Wild Talents
Charles Fort
Wild Talents is the fourth and final nonfiction book written by paranormal author Charles Fort, published in 1932. In recounting a wide variety of odd phenomena, Fort largely disregards his previous teleportation theory, or at least incorporates him into his new thesis. Rather than a vague "Cosmic joker", as he postulated in his earlier books, the responsibility for these occurrences are freak powers that occur in the human mind, that cannot be naturally developed, but are there, Fort feels, as a sort of throwback to primeval times.
Fort discusses many topics he had touched on before, though generally in more detail than in his other works - poltergeists, spontaneous human combustion, animal mutilations, vampires, and ghosts - along with many supposed cases of psychokinesis and ability to control one's surroundings. His thesis is that in primeval times, man needed such extraordinary powers in order to survive in the wilderness, and that all people can potentially develop these powers if they literally put their mind to it. He also explores alleged cases of witchcraft and murder by mental suggestion, compiling an impressive list of "occult criminology" (people apparently being murdered under peculiar or unexplainable circumstances) in support. He also attacks the general sense of taboo which he feels prevents wild talents from being accepted, and suggests that such "talents" would become acceptable if science would deem them as such.
Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Today, the terms Fortean and Forteana are used to characterize various such phenomena.
Duration - 8h 56m.
Author - Charles Fort.
Narrator - Graham Dunlop.
Published Date - Thursday, 12 January 2023.
Copyright - © 1932 Charles Fort ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Wild Talents is the fourth and final nonfiction book written by paranormal author Charles Fort, published in 1932. In recounting a wide variety of odd phenomena, Fort largely disregards his previous teleportation theory, or at least incorporates him into his new thesis. Rather than a vague "Cosmic joker", as he postulated in his earlier books, the responsibility for these occurrences are freak powers that occur in the human mind, that cannot be naturally developed, but are there, Fort feels, as a sort of throwback to primeval times. Fort discusses many topics he had touched on before, though generally in more detail than in his other works - poltergeists, spontaneous human combustion, animal mutilations, vampires, and ghosts - along with many supposed cases of psychokinesis and ability to control one's surroundings. His thesis is that in primeval times, man needed such extraordinary powers in order to survive in the wilderness, and that all people can potentially develop these powers if they literally put their mind to it. He also explores alleged cases of witchcraft and murder by mental suggestion, compiling an impressive list of "occult criminology" (people apparently being murdered under peculiar or unexplainable circumstances) in support. He also attacks the general sense of taboo which he feels prevents wild talents from being accepted, and suggests that such "talents" would become acceptable if science would deem them as such. Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Today, the terms Fortean and Forteana are used to characterize various such phenomena. Duration - 8h 56m. Author - Charles Fort. Narrator - Graham Dunlop. Published Date - Thursday, 12 January 2023. Copyright - © 1932 Charles Fort ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
Duration:00:16:29
Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
Duration:00:18:50
Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
Duration:00:24:38
Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
Duration:00:26:54
Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
Duration:00:29:51
Chapter 22
Duration:00:14:37
Chapter 23
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Chapter 24
Duration:00:16:06
Chapter 25
Duration:00:12:48
Chapter 26
Duration:00:31:45
Chapter 27
Duration:00:36:12
Chapter 28
Duration:00:06:25
Chapter 29
Duration:00:07:16
Chapter 30
Duration:00:08:45
Chapter 31
Duration:00:06:56
Chapter 32
Duration:00:16:44
Ending Credits
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