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Fantasite, v. 1, issue 6, November-December 1941
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maladjustments as vampiring to ordinary chemical-organic causes. In this case the physical breakdown, and that, he says, is vampiring. In New York, in Washington Square to be exact, he found a werewolf. And this, too was found to be a case of the sub-conscious working over-time. On the other hand he has exposed panther societies, mummy worshipers, satanists and devil-devotees in our very largest cities; according to him there are more witches and would-be witches in New York, London and Paris than in all the African jungles combined. That is black magic. Over the otherside of the ledger we have white magic, which is more or less the same forces working for good instead of evil. He recounts (thus automatically placing in such a classification as white "magic") the doings of Upton Sinclair and wife and their 'mental radio', the projecting of his astral body, the art of lying on a bed of nails (or driving a hatpin thru the jaw) entirely without harm or injury to one's self (I believe you could do it), engaging in experiments with the sixth sense, and what-have-you. Rhine's work at Duke University he regards as white magic. He and a girl (whether his sweetheart or wife is not made clear) have a lot of fun in experiments. In his apartment he would hang her from the ceiling by the wrists, in a manner practiced by a dervish sect in Tripoli. Presently when the unnatural position had dulled her five senses to the point where her sixth sense sprang alive, she went thru the "door" into some other world and told him what she saw. He jotted it down. They had many amazing and beautiful "trips" in this manner; once seeing an event that was to happen to them the following year in Europe. It concerned a lion and I regard it as one of the funniest things that could possibly happen because of a lion, with a homo sap as the butt of the joke. I don't want to tell you now and spoil a humorous surprise. In the face of all this, may I add, Seabrook still refuses to believe in prescience: even after, that following summer, they lived thru the episode of the lion exactly as she "saw" it while hanging, dervish fashion. The book is recommended for the down-to-earth treatment of a supernatural subject. It will easily be understood why witchcraft "works"; how it is kept alive; how and why we actually have vampires, even tho they aren't the terrorizing creatures of fiction; it explains why we have werewolves, were-panthers, and were-anything you think you might like to be if you but lived more primitively. I think I'll try a little witchery at the next convention. Maybe I can part someone of their money by casting a spell over the dice in a well-regulated poker game. By putting a hex over the players they will make themselves lose. It can't fail. ------------------------------------- More Recommend Reading next issue. Crowded out this issue, as a result of the decrease in size, were "Among the Hams and Pros" (We can just hear everybody kicking at this, but it cain't be helped this time, fellas! Eds...), Book Reviews by Russell (for the third consecutive time! but guaranteed for the next ish), "Robuttall" (sp.) by Joe Gilbert (Roitrof's articlette handles this angle appropriately enough, however) "Fanzine Fatigue", by Corry de la Ree, and other material by Hunt, Wells, (Basil, of course!), Fortier, etc. Some of this will appear in the anniversary number, but we have quite a bit of other stuff on hand for it, which we've been saving. However, we still are in need of good, long articles for the Anniversary issue, as there will be no limit to size, so you fan writers send those articles in now. ((Half of this issue was typed directly on stencil, and portions composed directly thereon, so excuse all the typographical errors for this once, fans...Eds.)).......................... ------------------------------------- Join the Fourth World Science Fiction Convention Society! Attend the Pacificon! ------------------------------------- There is no truth to the rumor that Tucker is really Saari in disguise............................................
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maladjustments as vampiring to ordinary chemical-organic causes. In this case the physical breakdown, and that, he says, is vampiring. In New York, in Washington Square to be exact, he found a werewolf. And this, too was found to be a case of the sub-conscious working over-time. On the other hand he has exposed panther societies, mummy worshipers, satanists and devil-devotees in our very largest cities; according to him there are more witches and would-be witches in New York, London and Paris than in all the African jungles combined. That is black magic. Over the otherside of the ledger we have white magic, which is more or less the same forces working for good instead of evil. He recounts (thus automatically placing in such a classification as white "magic") the doings of Upton Sinclair and wife and their 'mental radio', the projecting of his astral body, the art of lying on a bed of nails (or driving a hatpin thru the jaw) entirely without harm or injury to one's self (I believe you could do it), engaging in experiments with the sixth sense, and what-have-you. Rhine's work at Duke University he regards as white magic. He and a girl (whether his sweetheart or wife is not made clear) have a lot of fun in experiments. In his apartment he would hang her from the ceiling by the wrists, in a manner practiced by a dervish sect in Tripoli. Presently when the unnatural position had dulled her five senses to the point where her sixth sense sprang alive, she went thru the "door" into some other world and told him what she saw. He jotted it down. They had many amazing and beautiful "trips" in this manner; once seeing an event that was to happen to them the following year in Europe. It concerned a lion and I regard it as one of the funniest things that could possibly happen because of a lion, with a homo sap as the butt of the joke. I don't want to tell you now and spoil a humorous surprise. In the face of all this, may I add, Seabrook still refuses to believe in prescience: even after, that following summer, they lived thru the episode of the lion exactly as she "saw" it while hanging, dervish fashion. The book is recommended for the down-to-earth treatment of a supernatural subject. It will easily be understood why witchcraft "works"; how it is kept alive; how and why we actually have vampires, even tho they aren't the terrorizing creatures of fiction; it explains why we have werewolves, were-panthers, and were-anything you think you might like to be if you but lived more primitively. I think I'll try a little witchery at the next convention. Maybe I can part someone of their money by casting a spell over the dice in a well-regulated poker game. By putting a hex over the players they will make themselves lose. It can't fail. ------------------------------------- More Recommend Reading next issue. Crowded out this issue, as a result of the decrease in size, were "Among the Hams and Pros" (We can just hear everybody kicking at this, but it cain't be helped this time, fellas! Eds...), Book Reviews by Russell (for the third consecutive time! but guaranteed for the next ish), "Robuttall" (sp.) by Joe Gilbert (Roitrof's articlette handles this angle appropriately enough, however) "Fanzine Fatigue", by Corry de la Ree, and other material by Hunt, Wells, (Basil, of course!), Fortier, etc. Some of this will appear in the anniversary number, but we have quite a bit of other stuff on hand for it, which we've been saving. However, we still are in need of good, long articles for the Anniversary issue, as there will be no limit to size, so you fan writers send those articles in now. ((Half of this issue was typed directly on stencil, and portions composed directly thereon, so excuse all the typographical errors for this once, fans...Eds.)).......................... ------------------------------------- Join the Fourth World Science Fiction Convention Society! Attend the Pacificon! ------------------------------------- There is no truth to the rumor that Tucker is really Saari in disguise............................................
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