THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT

San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.

1 March 1939

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Purple Cult Temple.

While police continued search for the slayer of Anya Sosoyeva, Russian dancer, a group called the “Thelemites” has been found. It is known to the students as the “Purple Cult.” Classmates and fellow students of the slain girl were members of this clique. Left to right, High Priest Wilford [sic] T. Smith [Wilfred Talbot Smith], Priestess Regina Kuhl [sic] [Regina Kahl], and Deacon Luther Carroll, all of the Los Angeles City college.