205 - Oneida Community: From Sex Cult to Dinnerware

Which 19th Century sex cult evolved into a dinnerware company? The Oneida Community! Set up by John Humphrey Noyes in the mid 1800s, hear about the Oneida Community (aka Perfectionists aka Bible Communists) and Noyes' bizarre theories about sex and the afterlife. 

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://timeline.com/it-was-sex-all-the-time-at-this-1800s-commune-with-anyone-you-wanted-and-none-of-the-guilt-c7ea4734e9ca

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Community

https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/20/business/why-the-keepers-of-oneida-don-t-care-to-share-the-table.html?pagewanted=all

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oneida-Community

http://www.nyhistory.com/central/oneida.htm

https://gawker.com/inside-the-19th-century-free-love-commune-powered-by-el-1774756002

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Humphrey_Noyes

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Humphrey-Noyes

https://biography.yourdictionary.com/john-humphrey-noyes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18MrYQrpAeI

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