Wisdom’s Paradise: The Forgotten Shakers Of Union Village

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Ohio Congressman Rob Portman, a life-long Shaker enthusiast, and freelance author Cheryl Bauer, co-authored Wisdom’s Paradise, the story of the first western Shaker settlement, founded in 1805. It used to be here that missionaries from eastern communities joined with zealous wilderness reformers to create a utopian haven often known as Union Village, now Otterbein-Lebanon Retirement Community, near Lebanon, Ohio.

Here, Shakers tried to create a new heaven-on-earth but found that, even in paradise, perfection came with a heavy price. They contended with hostile mobs, the state legislature, and a newspaper publisher who deemed them satanic. Regardless of the chaos, the Shakers succeeded as religious publishers, innovators of garden seed and herbal medicine, and livestock breeders. They grew to be one of the vital influential Shaker settlements in The us. After which they were gone.

What happened? Why did the community and the Shaker faith fade within the West after seemingly triumphing over suspicion and prejudice? Wisdom’s Paradise answers these questions, and describes the struggles and successes of the individuals who known as themselves the Believers.

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