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Reboot emphasizes Justin’s reoccurring preoccupations—faith, fanaticism, utopia—and warps them into a genre-defying, video-game-inspired novel of the present. On a gorgeous spring day, I spoke with Justin on the phone about anarchy, the rewards of literary criticism, the lineage of a teacher, and Garielle Lutz.

While visitors to Koreshan State Park in Estero have often asked whether there was any connection between Cyrus Teed Koresh — the man who founded The Koreshan Unity which called the land home beginning in the early 1800s, and David Koresh — the man who led the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas from the mid 1980s until the group’s fiery demise during an FBI siege gone wrong on their Mount Carmel compound on April 19th, 1993 — the answer was always no, there is no connection between the two ...

Koreshan State Park was once home to the Koreshan Unity, a religious commune founded by Dr. Cyrus R. Teed with history still on display.

Koreshan State Park was once home to the Koreshan Unity, a religious commune founded by Dr. Cyrus R. Teed with history still on display.

An FGCU professor has drawn connections between the Koreshans, who gave the Estero park its name, and the Branch Davidians of Waco, Texas.

While visitors to Koreshan State Park in Estero have often asked whether there was any connection between Cyrus Teed Koresh — the man who founded The Koreshan Unity which called the land home beginning in the early 1800s, and David Koresh — the man who led the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas from the mid 1980s until the group’s fiery demise during an FBI siege gone wrong on their Mount Carmel compound on April 19th, 1993 — the answer was always no, there is no connection between the two ...

Koresh, born Vernon Wayne Howell, made religious claims strikingly similar to those of Cyrus Teed, an eclectic physician and alchemist who founded a commune in Estero, Florida in 1894.

Thirty years after the Waco siege, we dive into the world of the little-known Florida doctor and cult leader, now credited as David Koresh's predecessor.

Regina King learns more about her ancestry with Henry Louis Gates on “Finding Your Roots” on Nov. 22. COURTESY PHOTO THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 8:30 P.M.on WGCU PBSKoreshan Unity:A Quest for Utopia The Koreshan Unity has been called “one of the most bizarre” communal utopias developed in the 19th century. Historians and descendants tell the story

‘We Live Inside’ art installation reconstructs reality at University of Florida’s 4Most Gallery The free exhibition is the latest in the gallerys Spring 2021 lineup and is open until March 12 March 4, 2021 | 6:00am EST Handmade furniture from salvaged old-growth pine wood stands in the center of the “We Live Inside” exhibition at 4Most Gallery. With old-growth Florida wood and echoing soundscapes, artist Jordan Marty is ...