The sun., 1892-02-13
Koroshanity.

There is now religion coming out OF the
West. and according to its newspaper or
gan. the Flaming S,cord Of Chicago. 1t is
suffering bitter persecution from modern
Christianity" because OF It's triumphant
progress.
The head centre OF tho now religion
seems to be DIR. CYRUS r. TEEp Of Chicago.
the "Koresh." as he is called. and he ex-
plains It's principles and doctrines In an
Interview published in tho Ne,cs OF that
city. Koreshanity. 1t seems. Is akin to
Shakerism. DR.. TEED's followers hold oil
their property in common. and they believe
that Ito attain fellowship with GoD we
must conform to the law OF GoD by prao-
tical application Of that law In our lives,
fulfilling the law as completely as did
CHRIST in the beginning OF the age. and
that the doctrine Of oelibacy Is q part OF Its
fulillment."
They are Communists. but they deny that
they are Anarchists. though they "believe
that social revolution Is imminent" and
that It will be attended with much blood
she'd" Out OF tho resulting social chaos
Koreshanity Twill evolve q new System OF
government by natural order that will
be constructed upon the same basis
as the physical universe or the human
body. and when it is complete and in opera
tion. as 1t will be in few years. 1t will cor
respond In its functions to the different
parts Of tho physical macrocosm and
mcrocosm. with personalities whose offices
in the universal body will be the same as
are those Of tho heart. lungs. stomach. &C..
In the human body"
The Koresh says further that the world
is converging to the apex Of its revolution
ary force. The vortex Of potential energy
is reached. and the possibility OF the
Lords manifestations In the still. small
voice, beyond the whrlwind Of desolation. is
made attainable by the conservation Of the
substance Of life through the Shaker prepa-
ration" He also tells us that there are
two orders Of life. both OF which are factors
in the general activity Of propagative per-
petuaton. One Is the purely virginia.. 40
far as 1t pertains to natural existence: the
other Is generative. according to the laws
Of the flesh. Koreshans who are advanced.
and all who come into Korcshan homes.
have entered upon virginia. existence.
but such. as are not of this higher
order may be sanctifled In their own
sphere by the influence upon them
of those who belong to the vlrginal sphere"
" Natural propagation" according to Ko-
reshanity, sis legitimate when under the
dominion Of the laws OF divine ORDER" but
otherwise it Is illegtimate. Man. it holds.
should be both male and female. because the
Bible says that he was made in GoD's image
and likeness and that GOD is both male and
female" Men OF that sort. it acknowledges.
do not exist at this day. but only
" because man foil from his Edenic
state and deep sleep came upon him; that
is. his divine aspirations began to stagnate.
and as a result he fell from the biune. not
dual. state. and became the divided being
male and female In two FORMS" Koresh-
anity. apparently. proposes to obliterate
this division.
II anybody is unable to understand from
all this exactly what Koreshanity is. we
can only say that the essays Of the
Koreshan philosophers in the Flaming
Suord are Of a fathomless profundity for
US. Yet the Koresh says that the reason
why there are so many cranks In these
days is that there are so few Koreshans.
and that when Koreshanity becomes gen.
eral. cranks will disappear.
Undoubtedly II the Koreshans furnish
the model of the sound mind. the usual
OF the human intellect is all
awry. and the only salvation for the world
is in the triumph OF Koreshanity.