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Conference hydra::dejavu

Title:	Psychic Phenomena
Notice:	Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:	JARETH::PAINTER

Created:	Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:	Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2143
Total number of notes:	41773

92.0. "The Law (_not_ cosmic)" by PEN::KALLIS () Tue Mar 18 1986 09:35

    Psychic activity can be regulated.  I don't mean mentally or
    supernaturally, but legally.  I'm opening this note to see if we
    can collect some examples.
    
    My contribution:
    
    If you're a practicing fortuneteller (Tarot, astrologer, tea-leaf
    reader, sand reader, etc.), you're required by law to have a license,
    if you practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  The license
    fee is to be established by the town or city where one practices
    (default =$2.00).
    
    Them law is on the books, but it is rarely enforced.  One of the
    few times I know of its being so was when an acquaintence of mine,
    who runs an occult shop, was being "investigated" by the local police
    (after he was unable to contribute to the Policeman's Benefit Fund)
    -- he was raided twice.  He asked his readers to get licenses; when
    they went to their local town halls, the officials said, "You've
    got to be kidding!"  But they got their licenses.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

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92.1		HUDSON::STANLEY	ASTRAl projectionist	`Wed Mar 19 1986 08:42`	28
	================================================================================ Note 93.1 Laws against New Age Activities. 1 of 1 SCORPI::MORGAN "MIKIE_MOUSE" 22 lines 19-MAR-1986 02:00 -< Please move this to 92.1. >- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -< Laws against New Age Activities. >- Ok folks the public law in Manitou Springs wasn't exactly what I thought it was going to be. The law is under fortune telling and is 9.44.010 in the city ordinances. It says: No person shall pratice or exercise the vocation or calling of clairvoyancy palmistry, mesmerism, fortune telling, astrology, seership, or like crafty science, readings, sittings or exhibitions of like charactor within the city and for which a fee or charge is made or excepted. It is further unlawful for any person to advertise that he carries on or conducts a vocation or calling described hereinabove within the city. Any and all persons convicted hereunder shall be fined in the sum of not less than ten dollars nor more than 300 hundred dollars. (Ord 15, series 1967 SS 20.) Steve has suggested a topic on laws affecting religious activities. So lets also consider laws affecting economic activities that nontraditional religious groups may rely upon for modes of living. Mr. Moderator please move this to note 92. Thanx.
92.2	Anti Voodoo laws	BISON::DENHAM	Life is complex; it has real and imaginary parts	`Wed Mar 19 1986 11:26`	7
	There are laws in most southern states forbidding the use of snakes in religious worship. The reason for these laws is actually to forbid the practice of Voodoo. I'll post another note about this religion when I have more time /Kathleen
92.3	Another Snakey Reason	PEN::KALLIS		`Wed Mar 19 1986 12:00`	8
	re .2: I believe bthis also inhibits some of the fringe Christian cults that go into ecstasies, "Speak with tongues," and hold snakes in their mouths. Steve Kallis, Jr.
92.4	A New Cotton Mather?	PEN::KALLIS		`Thu Mar 20 1986 10:49`	13
	According to news items in the 20 March _Boston Globe_, a UPI story concerns the surprise primary upset in the Democratic primary for the candidate for Lieutenant Governor. The victor, Mark Fairchild, is reportedly a supporter of Lyndon Larouche, who's been described as a political extremist. The interesting point for_this_ note is that one of the candidate's stated positions is reported to be to "... vigorously investigate witchcraft and cults." Anybody have any more information on the Fairchild or LaRouche position on this? Steve Kallis, Jr.
92.5	The Old Cotton Mather	VAXUUM::DYER	Brewer - Patriot	`Fri Mar 21 1986 14:17`	4
	. . . and how about Jesse Helms' law to remove religious tax-free status from religions that practice "Satanism or magic?" <_Jym_>
92.6	John Birch in Chicago.	SCORPI::MORGAN	MIKIE_MOUSE	`Sat Mar 22 1986 03:35`	5
	These Larouche people seem to be John Birchers in disguise Steve. They show many of the marks of the aforementioned group. It will be fun to see what happens up there. I have many friends who are ex Birchers who show the same emotional and political stands. After all the tri-laterals are going to get all of us.
92.7	And I had hoped we'd heard the last of this...	EVER11::EKLOF	There's no government like anarchy!	`Sat Mar 22 1986 23:58`	10
	> . . . and how about Jesse Helms' law to remove religious > tax-free status from religions that practice "Satanism or > magic?" Did this become law, Jym? I was watching for it, but lost it somewhere along the line. I don't know if it passed, or not. I doubt it would survive a constitutional challenge. Mark
92.8	Helms is out.	GALACH::MORGAN	MIKIE_MOUSE	`Sun Mar 23 1986 17:41`	8
	Mark, I helped alot of other people raise an objection to the Helms amendment to that particular law. The Coalition of Religious Freedom in D.C. was insturmental in having that tossed out. I think it was tossed out in Committee before it every got to the house. Anyway I feel sure that Helms will raise it again somehwere else. Keep an open eve. (*)
92.9	No place but Texas	USHS01::MCALLISTER	The Shadow Knows ...	`Wed Mar 26 1986 09:18`	8
	Just for the record.... here in Houston, you can carry your six-shooter into a bar, but not a tarot deck (unless you have a license). The people at city hall didn't even know how to provide a license. Dave "Cards is for shootin' at, not reading" :-)