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Simon
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Around here Fort speculates that latent telekinetic powers might explain poltergeists, spontaneous human combustion and all that. In other words, what I expected to be the main focus for "Wild Talents". There are also chapters about his own ideas concerning how the universe works, which I to be honest do not understand 100% but I haven't read Fort's previous books yet.
— May 04, 2021 12:08AM
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Simon
is on page 150 of 222
The later chapters, like the one I just finished revolve around witchcraft and miracles, which Fort entertained as possible manifestations of psychic powers. The purely materialistic scientific worldview was also much younger and more obviously anomalous in the context of human history when Fort wrote this than now, something he spends many pages philosophising over.
— May 08, 2021 11:46PM
Simon
is on page 69 of 222
Just finished a chapter on modern day werewolf stories... and were-hyenas and were-gorillas! Including several incidents that were investigated by local police and even led to arrests and convictions of graverobbers. Also another chapter on spontaneous human combustion... I had no idea how many well documented cases of either there are from late 19th/early 20th century newspapers and police/firefighter archives
— Apr 29, 2021 11:43PM
Simon
is on page 32 of 222
Read the chapter about the unexplained disappearances of valuables that resulted in the coining of the term "cat burglar", where in fact it was never established that a burglar was even at fault and no culprit was ever caught... highly strange. I expected this to be a book largely focused on psychic powers but it seems to be a catch all book about weird occurrences and the author's personal philosophy...
— Apr 28, 2021 08:32AM
