M.A. Lecture: "The Paranormal in Post-War Popular Culture"

Event Title: "I Remember Lemuria: The Paranormal in Post-War Popular Culture" with J. W. Dotson, MD

Event Date: Monday, Sept. 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT

Ticketing Info: FREE - but you must still register at: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/p/free-online-talk-i-remember-lemuria-the-paranormal-in-post-war-popular-culture-with-j-w-dotson-md-september-22

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Event Description:
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.

NOTE: This talk will introduce the new class "Weird Tales and True Mysteries: The Legacy of Fate Magazine", Beginning October 14; more here

About the Speaker:

• 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.

About the Event Host:
This event is hosted by the Morbid Anatomy Blog & Library, a website dedicated to interstices of art and medicine, death and culture. Morbid Anatomy was created in 2007 as a blog by Joanna Ebenstein, a multi-disciplinary artist, curator, writer, lecturer and graphic designer. It later expanded to include a library of lectures, exhibitions, classes, spectacles, symposia, field trips, books, parties, and films. It is best known for its brief incarnation as the critically acclaimed Morbid Anatomy Museum (2013-2016) in Brooklyn, New York.

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