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THC+ Book Report | The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort

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The Higherside ChatsFeb 19, 2026
Alternative History & Ancient CivilizationsConsciousness & PsiHigh Strangeness

Summary

Explore the intriguing themes of Charles Fort's 'The Book of the Damned', which questions the nature of reality and our place within it. The podcast delves into the paradoxes and forgotten phenomena that Fort documented. These discussions suggest that humanity may be merely property in a grander scheme of existence.

Key takeaways

  • 1Charles Fort: Author known for his work documenting unexplained phenomena, active in the early 20th century.
  • 2'The Book of the Damned': A pivotal book by Fort that compiles various strange occurrences and anomalies, challenging the conventional understanding of the world.
  • 3Themes of reality and property: The implication that humans may not be the ultimate owners of their existence.
  • 4Emphasis on the forgotten or overlooked details of life that Fort aimed to bring to light through his writings.

Source

The Higherside Chats
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today's offering on the higher side table is a plus only show but i will give you a preview here but first i gotta pitch you with thc plus you get five extra hours of material every month in the form of extended two-hour interviews solo shows book reports and an extra hour of the in the episodes as well as full access to a huge archive of interviews going back to 2010 you also get into the only comment section you'll find me hanging out in the rating system and lifetime access to the private forum but that's not all you also get a customized individualized rss feed url that works with all the major podcast players without annoying username and password stuff and if you were to become a member through patreon rather than my own website you can even get plus on spotify if that's your thing help me help you treat yourself and get twice as much with thc plus use the links right in the show notes or go to the higher side chats.com to start a free trial here's a preview of what we got going on today so i'm sure we've all at least heard of the book of the damned and i would say it's most commonly known for recounting strange events of bizarre things falling from the sky specifically during a violent storm in france a stone disc described as very regular and clearly worked by human-like means fell from the sky then comes the instance of a man his wife and his three daughters who were looking out at their own lawn during a thunderstorm when they saw a stone fall from the sky kill a sheep and bury itself in the ground in devonshire england inhabitants discovered a vast number of unclassifiable clawed footmarks then we have the vicksburg turtle of 1894 during a hail storm in mississippi a six to eight inch gopher turtle fell from the sky encased in ice the reverend w reed reported seeing a host of self-luminous bodies passing through the field of his telescope for six hours numbering in the millions so what do i think well you

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