The Koreshan Unity was a communal utopia (aka religious cult) formed in the 1870s by Cyrus Teed. The cult moved from New York to Florida in 1897. After teed died in the early 1900s, his followers initially expected his resurrection. They expected him to come back and take them all to space. The followers put his body in a bathtub and kept a constant vigil over his body for days, after which time it began to show signs of decay. After a week the county health officer stepped in to order his buria