The Vitellus of the Cosmogonic Egg: The Koreshan Unity, part 2

Communes USA by Christian Goodwillie

Episode notes

Take a trip inside!!! Cyrus Reed Teed, aka Koresh, posited that the earth was a hollow sphere and all the cosmos were contained therein. His followers believed this messiah would lead them into androgynous immortality as they journeyed from Chicago to the Florida gulf coast. We're joined by experts Lyn Millner, author of The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet, along with Adam Morris, author of

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