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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Allure of Immortality, with a New Preface: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet

The Allure of Immortality, with a New Preface: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet

Millner, Lyn

Paperback

Historical FiguresReligion General 20th Century United States History

Publisher Price: $24.95

ISBN10: 0813080290
ISBN13: 9780813080291
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: Feb 7 2023
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Wall Street Journal's Five Best Books About Cults

The true story of cult leader Cyrus Teed and his hollow earth theory

For five days in December 1908 the body of Cyrus Teed lay in a bathtub at a beach house just south of Fort Myers, Florida. His followers, the Koreshans, waited for signs that he was coming back to life. They watched hieroglyphics emerge on his skin and observed what looked like the formation of a third arm. They saw his belly fall and rise with breath, even though his swollen tongue sealed his mouth. As his corpse turned black, they declared that their leader was transforming into the Egyptian god Horus. Teed was a charismatic and controversial guru who at the age of 30 had been illuminated by an angel in his electro-alchemical laboratory. At the turn of the twentieth century, surrounded by the marvels of the Second Industrial Revolution, he proclaimed himself a prophet and led 200 people out of Chicago and into a new age. Or so he promised.

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