Friday, July 11, 2008

FATE

Psychological and motivational studies applied to publications have a lot of hokum about them, but i think you should both ask yourselves: What is FATE all about??
Im going to tell you what i think FATE is about.
I think FATE is a book of magic. When we were kids we believed in fairies and brownies and ghosts and hobgoblins and miracles. I think FATE shows, or should show, that fairies and brownies and hobgoblins and miracles exist today.
When we write a story about the mind, all the direction of that story and the efforts of that story should be in writing about the miracle of the mind - the magical accomplishments of that mind.
And that should be true of everything that appears in FATE.
In a world od materialism people have lost faith inmagic. Yet from that same materialistic world, some have re-created the basis for a new belief in magic. The science that destroyed magic has advanced to the point where belief in magic again becomes scientifically possible.
It is FATE's job not only to point this out but to create an aura of magical belief for its readers.I think we should reason this out most carefully. We should weigh everything in the magazine from this viewpoint.
An ancient civilization has magic because it shows what the mind of man has accomplished. The mind, everything we run are subjects for FATE only if the editorial slant is towards that of magic.
Webster defines magic as '' The art which claims or is believed to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings or by a mastery or secret forces in nature.'' I think our emphasis should be on the second part of this definition. We all believe that the magic we write about is produce by the secrets forces in natures.
As far as we concerned, we do not know what these forces are. But science seems to believe they exist (at least our science does) and i think that we all agree. Let's understand, then, that we are selling this kind of magic.
What is the importance of magic to FATE??
To the reader it re-creates the days of his childhood when he believed in magic. Usually the reader, at some time in his life, has doubted or lost faith. FATE can restore that faith and belief in magic. It is also magical to believe in spirits, in survival, in the healing powers of the mind.
Survival and its belief are ac much a part of magic as is religion. We do not emphasize religion very much; that is not our province. But from the purely scientific viewpoint, religion is magic.
Millions of people want to believe in magic. Somehow we've got to convince them FATE will help them toward that belief. And all of this points toward those most fundamental wishful thoughts that:

''My mind is all powerful; it can do anything.''
''Man survives; I survives!''
''The mind heals; it accomplishes miracles.''
''Many strange things are going on in the world which no one yet understand.''
''All these things enchance my faith, my powers, my chances of success and wealth and happiness.''

Haiz..... you guys understand these??.... hope you guys can understand it la... today is a tired day for me...i cried..so sad...but now recover ad lu...hehe...XD..

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