Philosopher of the Damned
The pioneering voice of Charles Fort
10 min readFeb 25
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Almost unclassifiable in nature, the enduring work of paranormalist writer Charles Fort (1874–1932) served to poke holes in the straight story of materialist science and provide a framework for documentation of oddities and the unknown.
Fort’s four books on anomalous phenomena — starting with The Book of the Damned in 1919, followed…
