Marjorie Cameron (April 23, 1922 – June 24, 1995) was an American
artist, poet, actress, and occultist. After serving in the navy during
the Second World War, she settled in Pasadena, California. There she met
the rocket pioneer Jack Parsons, whom she married in 1946. After
Parsons' death in an explosion at their home in 1952, Cameron came to
suspect that her husband had been assassinated, and began rituals to
communicate with his spirit. She was part of the avant-garde artistic
community of Los Angeles; among her friends were the filmmakers Curtis
Harrington and Kenneth Anger. She appeared in two of Harrington's films,
The Wormwood Star and Night Tide, as well as in Anger's film
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome. In later years, she made appearances
in art-house films created by John Chamberlain and Chick Strand.
Cameron's recognition as an artist increased after her death, and her
paintings were shown in exhibitions across the country.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Cameron>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1516:
The best-known version of the Reinheitsgebot, the German Beer
Purity Law, was adopted across the entirety of Bavaria.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot>
1879:
A fire destroyed the second version of the Main Building of the
University of Notre Dame.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Building_%28University_of_Notre_Dame%29>
1979:
Activist Blair Peach suffered fatal head injuries when he was
knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration in
Southall, London, against a National Front election meeting in the town
hall.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Blair_Peach>
2009:
Gamma-ray burst GRB 090423 was detected, coming from the most
distant astronomical object of any kind known at the time.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_090423>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Gramarye:
(literary, Arthurian, rare) The island of Britain.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gramarye>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as
derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness.
Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing,
postulates consciousness.
--Max Planck
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Planck>