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Wild talents

by Charles Fort

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  • 20th century
  • Language: English
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Wild Talents by American writer and researcher Charles Fort was first published in 1932. Like Fort's earlier works, this book examines anomalous phenomena while critiquing mainstream scientific theories. The book focuses on Fort's theory of 'wild talents' – latent psychic and mental powers he believed humans possess as evolutionary remnants. It explores topics such as poltergeists, spontaneous combustion, animal mutilations, psychokinesis, and occult-related murders, arguing that these abilities, though undeveloped, once aided survival in primeval times. Fort humorously recounts supposed cases of werewolves, psychic murders, and even personal experiences, such as imagining a picture frame falling moments before it happened. He critiques societal taboos and scientific dismissal of such phenomena, suggesting their acceptance hinges on scientific validation. An interesting thing about this book is that Fort proposes that people with these capabilities will be eventually used by the military. In 1933, this idea was no doubt laughable, but the Military did indeed delve into the realms of remote viewing and parapsychology in the 1970s.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Cryptozoology and Forteana, Legendary beings and transformations, Occultism and esotericism, Parapsychology and psychical research, and Psychokinesis and remote viewing.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “occult” in the description.

    • “occult”· in description
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from global-grey matched “Paranormal and Mysteries”. Retained metadata contains “Parapsychology” in the description and “Paranormal and Mysteries” in the subject metadata.

    • “Paranormal and Mysteries”· via Global Grey ebooks
    • “Parapsychology”· in description
    • “Paranormal and Mysteries”· in subject
  • Psychokinesis and remote viewing

    Retained metadata contains “Psychokinesis” in the description and “Remote viewing” in the description.

    • “Psychokinesis”· in description
    • “Remote viewing”· in description
  • Cryptozoology and Forteana

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page and openlibrary matched “Curiosities and wonders”. Retained metadata contains “Curiosities and wonders” in the subject metadata.

    • “Curiosities and wonders”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Curiosities and wonders”· via Open Library
    • “Curiosities and wonders”· in subject
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Retained metadata contains “Werewolves” in the description.

    • “Werewolves”· in description

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1975——
  • 9780824014148
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  • Open Library reports 16 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): AG243 .F67
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: from the 1941 Thayer 1-volume edition; originally published 1933
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