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Fortean: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Fortean

Fortean

Strange phenomena. Derived from Charles Fort, "philosopher of strangeness. "

Fortean: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Fortean

Fortean

Strange phenomena. Derived from Charles Fort, "philosopher of strangeness. "

Fortean: Parapsychology Dictionary on Fortean Phenomena

Fortean Phenomena:

Strange phenomena, especially those that challenge conventional scientific knowledge. Named after the American researcher and writer Charles Fort. Fortean phenomena include those generally considered paranormal, but also bizarre non-paranormal events such as monsters and prodigies, extraordinary coincidences, and unusual rains.

Fortean: Encyclopedia - Charles Bonnet syndrome

Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) is named after the Swiss naturalist Charles Bonnet. In 1760 he described a condition in which vivid, complex visual hallucinations (fictive visual percepts) occur in mentally healthy people. He first documented it in his 87 year old grandfather, who was nearly blind from cataracts in both eyes but perceived men, women, birds, carriages, buildings, tapestries and scaffolding patterns. Most who are affected by this are people with visual imp ...

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Fortean: Encyclopedia - Simulacrum

Simulacrum (plural: simulacra), from the Latin simulare, "to make like, to put on an appearance of", originally meaning a material object representing something (such as an idol representing a deity, or a painted still-life of a bowl of fruit). By the 1800s it developed a sense of a "mere" image, an empty form devoid of spirit, and descended to connote a specious or fallow representation. In the book Simulacra and Simulation (1981/1995), the French social theorist Jean Baudrillard gave the term a specific m ...

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Fortean: Encyclopedia - Bizarre

The word "bizarre" may refer to the following people or things: (Bizarre) is a word which means strange, weird, or completely out of the usual or expected. Bizarre is a rapper, part of the group D12. Bizarre was a Canadian sketch comedy television series starring John Byner. Bizarre was a fetish magazine published by John Willie. Bizarre is a sister magazine to Fortean Times.

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Fortean: Encyclopedia - Charles Fort

Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 - May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. (According to some sources he was born on August 9.) Fort is best known for his books, in which he compiled — with his characteristic wry, tongue in cheek sense of humor — many accounts of odd, inexplicable or strange events, usually taken from newspapers or scientific journals. Fort's books sold well, and remain in print. The term Forteana is sometimes used to describe various anomalous phenomena.Including:

Fortean: Encyclopedia - FT

FT can mean: EMD FT, a pioneering diesel locomotive built in the 1930s by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division Fault tolerant design The Financial Times, a business-oriented newspaper Flyertalk, a travel-related Internet forum Fortean Times, a magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularized by Charles Fort In mathematics, a Fourier transform Northrop FT fighter aircraft Fawlty Towers, a British sitcom Flan Tracking or F

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Fortean: Encyclopedia II - Fortean Times - About the magazine

The magazine was founded by Bob Rickard as The News in 1973 in order to continue Fort's work, renaming it Fortean Times in 1976. In 1978, Paul Sieveking joined as editorial assistant, and eventually became co-editor. Several noted authors and researchers have been members of its staff, such as writer Mike Dash. The editorship passed to David Sutton in 2002, but both Rickard and Sieveking continue to work on the magazine. Sieveking edits ...

The following list is a selection of examples, focusing on the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Raining animals - Fish. Cambridge, Maryland, 1828 Rahway, New Jersey, November 13, 1833 Aberdare 1841 Mountain Ash, Glamorganshire, Wales, February 9, 1859 Olneyville, Rhode Island, May 15, 1900 Tiller’s Ferry, South Carolina, June 1901 (catfish) Marksville, Louisiana, October 23, 1947 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, August 8, 2000 Wiltshire, May 2001See also:

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Fortean: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Ancient Astronauts

Ancient Astronauts

Astronauts from other planets which allegedly visited Earth in spaceships in ancient times. This theory claims to explain Fortean mysteries and the evidence of ancient sophisticated technology, and primitive societies feats of engineering.

Ancient astronaut writers say also that Man did not evolve only from earthly beings like Adam and Eve. A misreading of Genesis leads one to believe that a second strain not from this world but from a 'heavenly source', was added to the human gene-pool (Genesis chapter

Devotees of this theory like to quote the myths and legends of ancient or primitive peoples in an attempt to justify their case. According to the folklore and mythology of many peoples, the gods gave fire and the skills of agriculture to mankind. However, this fact alone does not mean that the gods of the ancients were extraterrestrial beings, and that our ancestors were so simple minded that they could not have discovered these things by themselves.

In 1968 Erich von D�niken published a book, Chariots of the Gods?, in which he argued the ancient astronauts theory, presenting supposedly 'proof' of his claims. Zecharia Sitchin is a more modern author who claims to translated ancient Sumerian manuscripts which tell the story of Ancient Astronauts.

Fortean: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Ancient Astronauts

Ancient Astronauts

Astronauts from other planets which allegedly visited Earth in spaceships in ancient times. This theory claims to explain Fortean mysteries and the evidence of ancient sophisticated technology, and primitive societies feats of engineering.

Ancient astronaut writers say also that Man did not evolve only from earthly beings like Adam and Eve. A misreading of Genesis leads one to believe that a second strain not from this world but from a 'heavenly source', was added to the human gene-pool (Genesis chapter

Devotees of this theory like to quote the myths and legends of ancient or primitive peoples in an attempt to justify their case. According to the folklore and mythology of many peoples, the gods gave fire and the skills of agriculture to mankind. However, this fact alone does not mean that the gods of the ancients were extraterrestrial beings, and that our ancestors were so simple minded that they could not have discovered these things by themselves.

In 1968 Erich von Däniken published a book, Chariots of the Gods?, in which he argued the ancient astronauts theory, presenting supposedly 'proof' of his claims. Zecharia Sitchin is a more modern author who claims to translated ancient Sumerian manuscripts which tell the story of Ancient Astronauts.

Fortean: Encyclopedia - Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology is the study of rumored animals that are presumed (at least by the researcher) to exist, but for which conclusive proof does not exist, or for animals which are generally considered extinct, but are occasionally reported. Those who study or search for such animals are called cryptozoologists, while the hypothetical creatures involved are referred to by some as "cryptids", a term coined by John Wall in 1983. Invention of the term (adding the Greek prefix kryptós, or "hidden" to zoology to mean ...

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Fortean: Encyclopedia II - Cryptozoology - Justifications for cryptozoology

Scientists have demonstrated that some creatures of mythology, legend or local folklore were rooted in real animals or phenomena. Thus, cryptozoologists hold that people should be open to the possibility that many more such animals exist. In the early days of western exploration of the world, many native tales of unknown animals were initially dismissed as mythology or superstition by western scientis ...

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