Philip Toelkes

Philip Toelkes
Philip Toelkes
2nd Mayor of Rajneeshpuram
	In office; 1985–1986

Last updated October 11, 2025

↑ Herzog, Kenny (March 27, 2018). "Wild Wild Country: Where Are They Now?". Vulture. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
↑ "A Swami by Any Other Name Is--Philip J. Toelkes, Attorney". Los Angeles Times. January 9, 1986. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
↑ Oregonian/OregonLive, The (1985-07-20). "Rajneeshees catch service napping (part 20 of 20)". oregonlive. Archived from the original on 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
1 2 3 4 Win McCormack (2010). The Rajneesh Chronicles: The True Story of the Cult that Unleashed the First Act of Bioterrorism on U.S. Soil. Tin House Books. pp. 129, 325. ISBN 978-0982569191.
↑ "Recounting the community of Rajneeshpuram". The Argonaut. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
↑ "Swami Prem Niren Wants His Old Name Back". AP NEWS . Retrieved 2020-12-28.
↑ "Recounting the community of Rajneeshpuram". The Argonaut. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
↑ Gajanan, Mahita (April 13, 2018). "How the Makers of Wild Wild Country Think About the Heroes and Villains of Their Story". Time. Archived from the original on April 15, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
↑ Turnquist, Kristi (March 14, 2018). "Netflix documentary on Rajneeshees in Oregon revisits an amazing, enraging true story". OregonLive. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
↑ Toelkes, Philip (6 March 2021). USA v. OSHO: A Legal History of the US Government Persecution of a Minority Religious Community, Oregon 1981-1986. Independent Publisher. ISBN 978-1792363986. Archived from the original on Dec 11, 2021. Retrieved Jan 13, 2022.

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[1] Herzog, Kenny (March 27, 2018). "Wild Wild Country: Where Are They Now?". Vulture. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[2] "A Swami by Any Other Name Is--Philip J. Toelkes, Attorney". Los Angeles Times. January 9, 1986. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

[3] Oregonian/OregonLive, The (1985-07-20). "Rajneeshees catch service napping (part 20 of 20)". oregonlive. Archived from the original on 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2020-12-28.

[Chron-4] 1 2 3 4 Win McCormack (2010). The Rajneesh Chronicles: The True Story of the Cult that Unleashed the First Act of Bioterrorism on U.S. Soil. Tin House Books. pp. 129, 325. ISBN 978-0982569191.

[5] "Recounting the community of Rajneeshpuram". The Argonaut. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2020-12-28.

[6] "Swami Prem Niren Wants His Old Name Back". AP NEWS . Retrieved 2020-12-28.

[7] "Recounting the community of Rajneeshpuram". The Argonaut. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2020-12-28.

[8] Gajanan, Mahita (April 13, 2018). "How the Makers of Wild Wild Country Think About the Heroes and Villains of Their Story". Time. Archived from the original on April 15, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

[9] Turnquist, Kristi (March 14, 2018). "Netflix documentary on Rajneeshees in Oregon revisits an amazing, enraging true story". OregonLive. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

[10] Toelkes, Philip (6 March 2021). USA v. OSHO: A Legal History of the US Government Persecution of a Minority Religious Community, Oregon 1981-1986. Independent Publisher. ISBN 978-1792363986. Archived from the original on Dec 11, 2021. Retrieved Jan 13, 2022.

v t e Rajneesh movement
People	Rajneesh Ma Anand Sheela Pratiksha Apurv Ma Prem Hasya David Berry Knapp Jane Stork Philip Toelkes
Locations	Antelope, Oregon Pune Rajneeshpuram The Dalles, Oregon Wasco County, Oregon
Incidents	1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack 1985 Rajneeshee assassination plot
Legal cases	Byron v. Rajneesh Foundation International (1985)
In media and culture	My Life in Orange (2004) Breaking the Spell: My Life as a Rajneeshee and the Long Journey Back to Freedom (2009) Rebellious Flower (2016) Wild Wild Country (2018) Searching for Sheela (2021)
Related	Air Rajneesh
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