Free Online Talk · I Remember Lemuria: The Paranormal in Post-War Popular Culture with J W Dotson, MD
Monday, September 22, 2025
7pm ET (NYC time)
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This talk will introduce the new class Weird Tales and True Mysteries: The Legacy of Fate Magazine, Beginning October 14; more here.
In the late 1940s, the flying saucer craze swept through post-war America, sparking renewed fascination with the marvelous and the strange—psychic powers, supernatural and alien encounters, and fringe occult beliefs. This talk will examine the intersection of science fiction fandom and mid-century bohemian culture with the paranormal, including a discussion of outsider artist and alien contactee Richard Shaver.
J.W. Dotson MD is a psychiatrist and an independent scholar fascinated by cultural and anthropological olfaction studies, ethnobotany and medical astrology. James has presented esoteric fragrance lectures as part of The Scent and Society series at the Institute for Art and Olfaction and the Experimental Scent Summit (2020 & 2025) and is a recurring speaker for The Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival and Morbid Anatomy. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Archive of Healing.
Monday, September 22, 2025
7pm ET (NYC time)
Free! RSVP with email at checkout
PLEASE NOTE: Video playback of free events is only available to Patreon members. Become a Member HERE.
Ticketholders: A Zoom invite is sent out two hours before the event to the email used at checkout. Please check your spam folder and if not received, email hello@morbidanatomy.org.
This talk will introduce the new class Weird Tales and True Mysteries: The Legacy of Fate Magazine, Beginning October 14; more here.
In the late 1940s, the flying saucer craze swept through post-war America, sparking renewed fascination with the marvelous and the strange—psychic powers, supernatural and alien encounters, and fringe occult beliefs. This talk will examine the intersection of science fiction fandom and mid-century bohemian culture with the paranormal, including a discussion of outsider artist and alien contactee Richard Shaver.
J.W. Dotson MD is a psychiatrist and an independent scholar fascinated by cultural and anthropological olfaction studies, ethnobotany and medical astrology. James has presented esoteric fragrance lectures as part of The Scent and Society series at the Institute for Art and Olfaction and the Experimental Scent Summit (2020 & 2025) and is a recurring speaker for The Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival and Morbid Anatomy. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Archive of Healing.
Monday, September 22, 2025
7pm ET (NYC time)
Free! RSVP with email at checkout
PLEASE NOTE: Video playback of free events is only available to Patreon members. Become a Member HERE.
Ticketholders: A Zoom invite is sent out two hours before the event to the email used at checkout. Please check your spam folder and if not received, email hello@morbidanatomy.org.
This talk will introduce the new class Weird Tales and True Mysteries: The Legacy of Fate Magazine, Beginning October 14; more here.
In the late 1940s, the flying saucer craze swept through post-war America, sparking renewed fascination with the marvelous and the strange—psychic powers, supernatural and alien encounters, and fringe occult beliefs. This talk will examine the intersection of science fiction fandom and mid-century bohemian culture with the paranormal, including a discussion of outsider artist and alien contactee Richard Shaver.
J.W. Dotson MD is a psychiatrist and an independent scholar fascinated by cultural and anthropological olfaction studies, ethnobotany and medical astrology. James has presented esoteric fragrance lectures as part of The Scent and Society series at the Institute for Art and Olfaction and the Experimental Scent Summit (2020 & 2025) and is a recurring speaker for The Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival and Morbid Anatomy. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Archive of Healing.