Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10
THINK WORLD HOLLOW
A Religious Sect With Many
Queer Theories.
THE KORESHAN UNITY
HAS ALREADY STARTED A TOWN
IN FLORIDA.
All the Problems of the Universe
Solved Without the Least
Difficulty.
THE KORESHAN UNITY

lieve that the earth is a hollow globe and
that the sky in some way is its shell, ere
energeticaIly engaged Incorporating a new
city of Jerusalem on the banks of the beau
tiful Estero bay, in Lee county. Fla, to be
populated by ten millions Of people.
New Jerusalem will be constructed on a
scale of such magnificence as to sink into
irsignificance all plans of present large
cities. In fact, it is claimed by the leaders
of the new cult that the city now being
built will be the Greatest on the continent
The foundations of this new twentieth
century city are already laid. The munich
paity springs into existence on such an ex-
tensve scale as to create genuine surprise
wherever known. The work of creating the
rev municipality is unprecedented in his
tory.
Estero, Fla, the new city of the Kore-
shans, begins its existence with an area of
about 10 square miles. the largest area
ever contained within the boundary lines
in any new town or city.
1t is claimed by those who seem to know
that everything about the new cult, called
Korcshan Universology, is likewise sur
prise. 1t manifests striking originality and
pure genius. 1t contains the elements of
discovery, and startles conservatives with
its daring in research and holiness of dec
laration of truths discovered and plans
conceived. The establishment of the Kore-
building of it's representative city from
which may emanate worldwide iniu-
ence.
All Mapped Out.
The plans for the construction of Greater
Estero. Fla. both unique and extern
Sive. There is to be no chance develop
ment of the city. It's streets, avenues and
boulevards its parks and plazas, magnif-
cent courts and all public buildings are all
mapped out.
In the work of building the city, there is
TO be. no waste OF energy or material, and
no waste of funds in the conduct of it's
affairs. The homes of 10, DOC. 900 to 10000, 900
of people. the population expected for
world-focus. may be maintained according
to the principles of the StricteSt order and
economy.
Estero City promises to be the great CO.
operative city of America. Competition is
to be abolished and scientific economy sub
stituted, and equitable relations of all its
inhabitants guaranteed. Municipal owner
ship of public utilities and control of in
dustries are features introduced at once in
the new municipality; and steps taken
which will forever bar from the city all
forms and elements of vice common to all
large cities. Whisky, tobacco. gambling and
kindred vices are prohibited. Estero is
city without taxation, but city in which
colleges, schools art galleries. music halls.
theaters and all places of amusement and
refinement will be absolutely free to the
resident population.
A scientific Religion"
Estero City. as incorporated, comes as
surprise in an age of surprises. Not less
unique and remarkable, but infinitely more
complex, is the cult of which the new city
Is the headquarters. koreShanity Is a re-
ligio-science, which means that the cult
teaches what purports to be scientific re-
ligion, as we'll as the science OF all forms
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the universe. In some respect or other,
Koreshanity is like every great system of
thought ever promulgated in the world 1t
certainly has great deal TO say ABOUT the
great universal doctrines of religion about
the various systems of mental and moral
culture about the realms of the unseen.
about the physical sciences and about So.
cai, industrial and political economy
What the x-ray has done in the realm
of physics as an aid to natural vision.
Koreshanity claims to do in all realms, of
thought and kingdoms of life. as an aid TO
the human intellect. What rad1um did TO
chemistry and physics Koreshanity pro-
noses to do to all modern conclusions; for
it is maintained by the new cult that not
withstanding the fact that there Is today
a better and more comprehensive ciaSslnca-
tion of superficial knOwledges than ever
before, not a single conclusion of modern
scientists is fundamentally true.
Here's Science for You.
with ono great sweep Koreshanity COM
pletely subverts modern astronomy and all
kindred sciences, by claiming to demon
citrate the startling Koreshan discovery that
the universe is cellular in form. the basis
of which is the physical body of the earth,
itself concaye with its inhabitants dwelling
upon the inner surface.
The basis of the Koreshan coSmogony is
that all life is cellular, originating In cells,
All living structures being composed of cells
and pagating cells, whence the conclu-
sion that the universe the great aggrega-
ton of all cells must itself be cell, the
material walls of which are comprised or
the Shelf of the earth.
Recently the scientific staff of the Kore-
shan Unity undertook the work of demon
Strating the truth of the cosmogonic con-
ception by actual experimentation. They
claim to have found by geodetic survey of
the gulf coast of Florida that a rectilne
extended over a portion of the earth's or
waters surface, which is the chord of a
concave arc. and not tangent to a con-
vex curvature; and that the surface of wat
er, from the basis of visual and other tests
over long distances, cannot possibly be con-
veX.
For instance, on canals, lakes and the
Gulf of Mexico, targets on the water were
viewed with telescopes placed near the wa
ter at such distances from the targets
would be seemingly impossible If the waters
presented a convex surface.
A Clear Solution.
A strange thing about the Koreshan cos
mogony is that 1t seems to furnish basis
for an equitable system Of industrial econ
omy: and withal. the numerous mysteries
concerning the origin and perpetuity Of life
seem, to the adherents of the KOreshan
Unity, to be clearly solved from the basis of
the cellular system.
From the basis of the cellular cosmogony
also the Koreshans derive all their concep-
lions of economic. social and political re-
form. They maintain that the government
Of the universe is a great system of impe-
rialism. and that the ultimate form of hu-
man government, when humanity will have
progressed to the stage of higher concep-
tions will be universal empire Thus,
Koreshans attach great Importance to their
science of cosmogony, holding that it con-
tains the key, not only Is scientific adjust
ment of human relations, but the key to
the solution of all problems which now con-
front the modern world.
In their communistic life the Koreshans
sustain some semblance to the. primitive
Christians, who held their possessions In
common. Their secular organization is
called the Koreshan Unity. which is incor-
porated according to the laws of the state
of New Jersey. The properties held by the
Koreshan Unity are owned in common by
the members. In Lee county, Florida
alone they own about eleven square miles
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