Allure of Immortality

Wall Street Journal’s Five Best Books About Cults



The true story of cult leader Cyrus Teed and his hollow earth theory



For five days in December 1908 the body of Cyrus Teed lay in a bathtub at a beach house just south of Fort Myers, Florida. His followers, the Koreshans, waited for signs that he was coming back to life. They watched hieroglyphics emerge on his skin and observed what looked like t...