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Kansas DOC Restrictions on Thelema Religion Upheld

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2008

Filed under: Ex Post Facto, Prisoner Property, Publications/Books, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Property. Location: Kansas.

The plaintiff complained of restrictions on his religious practice as a follower of the First Hermetic Order of Thelema, a religion founded in 1904 by Aleister Crowley. Prison officials recognized the religion and arranged for a visit from Thelemic clergy from the Khensu-Ra-Oasis in Bellevue, Nebraska, and sought volunteers from …

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