The Allure of Immortality
An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet

WOW. This is an amazing book, and I am a little mad at myself that I didn't snatch it up and read it when it first came out five years ago. It's a slow read -- it's taken me more than a month to finish it -- but that's not because the book is a slog. Far from it. It took me so long to read it becaus......more

This is how history should be written and read! As a docent at the Koreshan State Historic Site, I knew the story of Cyrus Teed and the Koreshan community. But this book has provided me with incredible facts, insight and understanding. Using first person accounts and blending meticulous historic det......more

Rating: 4.5/5 CWs: cults, detailed descriptions of a dead body, some misogyny I've been kind of obsessed with this cult for a couple of years, so finding there was a book on it was very exciting. Especially given how much detail it offers. This piece of history is very hard to tell due to the variety......more

I knew halfway through this book I’d be rating it 5 stars - anything less would be insulting to the sheer volume of research that went into writing and producing it. I’ve lived close to the Koreshan site for 13 years now, driven past it countless times on US 41, and had no idea what anything on that......more

A Fascinating Read Have visited Koreshan State Park in Estero last year...found it baffling and interesting at the same time...an establishment of well-educated followers that believed they lived inside the Earth and then set out to prove their theory...a wonderful history of their movement and plann......more