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Cyrus Teed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Koreshanity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with the teachings of David Koresh Koreshanity is the set of religious/scientific beliefs put forth by Koresh (Cyrus Teed). Followers of this belief were called "Koreshans", and...
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With so many Koreshans, they seemed to disappear after the death of Cyrus Teed and the slow decline of the Unity. It is nice to see one who went on to a very successful life.
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Cyrus Read Teed was born on October 18, 1839 near Trout Creek, Delaware County, New York. He was the second son born into a family of eight children. As early as 1637, Teeds had lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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The Skeptic Tank text archives. ... THE HOLLOW EARTH: A MADDENING THEORY THAT CAN'T BE DISPROVED From OMNI Magazine (October 1983), Games section (p. 128) If there were a hall of fame for pseudoscientists, surely Cyrus Teed would deserve a place of honor.
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PHOTOS COURTESY KSHS RITTER COLLECTION AND JIM MCLAUGHLIN/ FLORIDA WEEKLY Cyrus Teed and his inside-out view of the world. ... In a move emulated by cult leaders into the 20th century, the group's leader, Cyrus Teed, adopted the Biblical translation of his name. He called himself Koresh.
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One of the more interesting variations on the Hollow Earth theory during the late nineteenth century was expounded by Cyrus Read Teed (1830–1908). ... Cyrus Teed, an eccentric doctor...
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If there were a hall of fame for pseudoscientists, surely Cyrus Teed would deserve a place of honor. It was shortly after the Civil War that Teed had his vision: The earth is a hollow sphere, and WE LIVE INSIDE IT.
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Kicking ass in the name of science! ... Cyrus Teed was an eclectic physician who liked to experiment with dangerously high levels of electicity. One day, he was badly shocked and passed out. When he came round, Teed proclaimed that he had been visited by a divine being who had informed him that he was the messiah.
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He brought Lee County its first grand piano, set up its first electric plant and masterminded its first incorporated town — and he’s not Thomas Edison.Cyrus Teed led his visionary sect to ... A New York-born Civil War doctor who dabbled in alchemy, Teed renamed himself Koresh, Hebrew for Cyrus, after he had an...
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