User:Evincentbrown

From Shaker Pedia

I am currently (2018) a volunteer docent at Koreshan Unity Settlement in Estero, Florida. The religious utopian community was founded by Cyrus R. Teed who was from upstate New York and it lasted in Florida from 1894 to 1961. Teed was admitted as brother in the New Lebanon, NY community in 1896. Teed's followers, called Koreshans, shared some similar beliefs with the Shakers including that of a biune God. They preached celibacy and relied on conversion of new members to keep their community growing. The study of other religious utopian communities has led me to significant interest in the Shakers.