sentences:  while actively seeking out new membersincluding Formanand financially supported Crowley in London through Germer.Parsons' enthusiasm for the Lodge quickly began to impact on his professional life.He frequently appeared at Aerojet hungover and sleep-deprived from late nights of Lodge activities, and invited many of his colleagues to them, drawing the ire of staff who previously tolerated Parsons' occultism as harmless eccentricity; known to von Kármán as a "delightful screwball", he was frequently observed reciting Crowley's poem "Hymn to Pan" in an ecstatic manner compared to the preaching of Billy Graham during rocket testsand on request at parties to their great amusement.