Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-30
KORESHAN SECT HERE
Plans to Establish a C0mn1un-
ity in Maryland.
DR.. TEED is REALLY DEAD
Local Representative Says Resurrec-
ton Story Is Untrue.
DISCUSSES TENETS OF UNITY
Makes Explanation of Scheme for
rl,o.. NH VYY:1y Man,
DISCUSSES TENETS OF UNITY
Makes Explanation of Scheme for
Those Who Will Become Mem
bers of Colony.

If DR.. Cyrus r. iced. the founder of a
! sect, half religious. half industrial. to
speak in common terms, known as the
| koreshan Unity, and who died in Florida
several days ago. claimed that lie would
rise again and walk the earth in his same
form. L. r. Webster who is in charge of
the Washington headquarters of the unity,
does not know it. Furthermore. Mr..
| Webster declares. the koreshan Unity
| has among it's tenets nothing that can be
construed into the resurrection idea in its
| ordinary sense.
Mr.. Webster says he has been Informed
| through official channels of the unity that
! DIR. Tweed died and was pronounced dead
| by two physicians of standing. not MEM
bers of the unity, who journeyed thirty
| five miles into the wilderness of Florida,
| where the Koreshan community is situat-
| cd, to pass on his case.
Disposition of the Body.
| DIR. Teed's body, according to informa-
| ton received by Mr.. Webster from his
associates in Florida, was Dramatically
sealed in glass-sided receptacle with the
| intention of depositing it in vault. This
| is all the information the Washington
| Cifu VI tIc VI Ids lCASiNSo. l hS
! reports sent here from the Koreshans in
| Florida were forwarded soon after DR..
Teed's DEATH before the final arrange
ments for the disposition of his body were
completed. So far as Mr.. Webster knows,
he says, DR.. Tweed's remains are to be
kept at Estero, Fla, the home Of the
koreshans.
The deceased was a man Of strong men
tally. He was born near Syracuse. n. Y.
in 1880. A close student of religion, he
founded the Koreshan sect on the theory
that the spirit of God never dies. He be-
leved. and his followers believe, in in
vo,ution and. to a certain extent. in evo-
luton but do not carry their belief in the
latter as far as did Darwin. They be-
lieve that man has existed since the world
began and that he will exist forever. but
that he steadily advances by evolution.
Transmigration of the Soul.
On the question of TRANSPORTATION Of the
| soul they vary trifie from several Of the
oriental sects. They hold that the spirit
is not in the atmosphere, but solely in
mankind. That spirit is manifested in
seven stages to describe which they use
fauna, SMILES. Take an oak. for exam
pie. The acorn is the first stage. the root
the second, the trunk the third. the
branches the fourth, the fruit the sixth
and the acorn, again. the seventh.
The spirit of the tree, Mr.. Webster said
in making the illustration is the same.
whether in the form Of the acorn or in
the form Of the trunk. Thus the spirit Of
God is manifested in man. In other words
the Koreshans apply to the spirit the
generic theory. According to their be-
| lief this generic spiritual power never dies.
! dozen spirits of mOrtals who are dead
may inhabit and influence the single ego
| contained in the body of living ind-
| vdual That is where they differ from
other Observation-Disclosures. who believe that
each spirit follows its course by inhabit-
| ing single bodies of different forms and
at different times during it's progression.
Plans Cooperative Community.
| In the meantime, however. Mr.. Web
ster is working toward the establishment
| of a cooperative community in Anne
Arundel county, Nd. near Hollywood, on
the Chesapeake Beach railroad. There are
between thrty-fivc and forty members OF
the unity now in Washington, and they
hope to give this section of the country
something good in the way of a Cooper
ativo colony.
To DO this they have obtained a charter
under the laws of New Jersey. They are
capita lzed at $200.OO and purpose issu-
ing two kinds of stock. First there is the
"a ptalsts' stock, which may be pur
chased for cash and upon which per
cent interest will be paid. Persons hold
ing this stock will get nothing but their
{ per cent
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