{"id":197,"date":"2010-12-05T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypnosisinmedia.com\/blog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2012-02-05T23:57:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T04:57:15","slug":"fate-magazine-special-hypnotism-issue-july-1954","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hypnosisinmedia.com\/blog\/197\/fate-magazine-special-hypnotism-issue-july-1954\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFate Magazine\u201d \u2014 \u2018Special Hypnotism Issue\u2019 \u2014 July, 1954"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The ven\u00ader\u00ada\u00adble \u201cFate Mag\u00ada\u00adzine\u201d<\/a>, first pub\u00adlished in 1948, has been in almost con\u00adstant pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion ever since. Self-described as \u201cthe world\u2019s lead\u00ading mag\u00ada\u00adzine of the para\u00adnor\u00admal\u201d it com\u00adbines non\u00adfic\u00adtion vary\u00ading from per\u00adson\u00adal anec\u00addotes on the para\u00adnor\u00admal to stud\u00adies and research on the var\u00adi\u00adous sub\u00adjects under the col\u00adlec\u00adtive descrip\u00adtion of \u201cpara\u00adnor\u00admal\u201d to fic\u00adtion, let\u00adters, reg\u00adu\u00adlar columns and advertisements.<\/p>\n

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His\u00adto\u00adry:<\/em> \u201cFate Mag\u00ada\u00adzine\u201d was found\u00aded by Ray Palmer<\/a> (edi\u00adtor of the SF mag\u00ada\u00adzine \u201cAmaz\u00ading Sto\u00adries\u201d and one of the pro\u00admot\u00aders of the \u201cShaver Mys\u00adter\u00adies\u201d<\/a>) and Cur\u00adtis Fuller, anoth\u00ader edi\u00adtor. The first issue includ\u00aded an arti\u00adcle recount\u00ading an encounter with a UFO and is con\u00adsid\u00adered one of the major ele\u00adments in start\u00ading the UFO craze at the time.<\/p>\n

Con\u00adtents:<\/em> The July, 1954, issue was a spe\u00adcial issue devot\u00aded to hypnotism.<\/p>\n

From the editorial:<\/p>\n

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This is our hyp\u00adno\u00adsis issue. There was a time when hyp\u00adno\u00adtism was looked upon much as psy\u00adchi\u00adcal phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adna are today. The major\u00adi\u00adty of the peo\u00adple did\u00adn\u2019t believe in it. Prac\u00adti\u00adtion\u00aders were hound\u00aded. Sci\u00aden\u00adtists would\u00adn\u2019t admit it exist\u00aded. And meth\u00adods of induc\u00ading hyp\u00adno\u00adsis were prim\u00adi\u00adtive and often ineffectual.<\/p>\n

There were also all man\u00adner of the\u00ado\u00adries on the nature of hyp\u00adno\u00adtism. some peo\u00adple believed it was due to the ether that sur\u00adrounds us. Oth\u00aders ascribed it to ani\u00admal magnetism.<\/p>\n

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This should\u00adn\u2019t dis\u00adcour\u00adage us. Doc\u00adtors today know how to treat many dis\u00adeases. They can describe their effects upon the body or help the body com\u00adbat, how the blood builds up anti\u00adbod\u00adies or what an anti\u00adbody is \u2014 they\u2019re still pret\u00adty much in the dark.<\/p>\n

Maybe this is why the field of mind research and psy\u00adchi\u00adcal research is so often frus\u00adtrat\u00ading. We are seek\u00ading to find out not only what works but why. And we aren\u2019t com\u00ading up with many answers to the lat\u00adter questions.<\/p>\n

So it is with hyp\u00adno\u00adtism. There aren\u2019t many per\u00adsons today who doubt that it exists. \u2026 But when we think about it care\u00adful\u00adly, we must admit that we don\u2019t under\u00adstand this won\u00adder\u00adful, mar\u00advelous facil\u00adi\u00adty of the mind much bet\u00adter than Mes\u00admer did.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal is fol\u00adlowed by sev\u00ader\u00adal arti\u00adcles on hyp\u00adno\u00adsis, form\u00ading the main part of the digest-sized magazine.<\/p>\n