Some said she was mad and others that she was guided by Heaven. She was burned as a witch- yet she freed France and was sainted.

September 1952

by Peg Miller

“From the forests Bois-chen…will come a maid…who after throwing down the citadels will slay the stag…and will trouble the isles of Britain with woeful sound.”—Prophecy of the Wizard Merlin.

September 1952- Vol. 5, No. 9

Five centuries ago the world was not so different from today. Most of Europe was clouded by the smoke of destruction and threat of annihilation.

In France men lived in daily fear—humbled beneath the heel of the oppressors from England. Vast stretches of the country were laid waste. Weeds and thistles grew in the fields. Villages were abandoned and the people hid in caves. The uncrowned king, Charles of Valois, cowered in the south of France. Daily the French people consulted prophets and seers for a sign—a sign that 100 years of war would cease.

At dawn on April 25, 1429, in the city of Tours, excitement mounted along every street. A sign had appeared. The court of the Dauphin, the Marshall Generals of France and a simple maid called Joan of Arc had come to the city. Read the rest of this entry »

Psychical researcher Fred Gettings uncovers the fairies and exposes a 60-year-old girlish prank.

November 1978

By Jerome Clark

November 1978- Vol. 31, No. 11

Has the controversy surrounding the Cottingley fairy photo­graphs finally been laid to rest?

For 60 years the question of the authenticity of five pictures taken by cousins Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths of Cottingley, Yorkshire, England, has gone unanswered. Two early analyses, one by Kodak labora­tory technicians, concluded there was no evidence of fakery. And a Mr. Snelling, an expert photographer and employee of a photographic firm, con­cluded the two negatives he examined were entirely genuine, unfaked photo­graphs of single exposure, open-air work, even showing movement in the fairy figures. In 1920, shortly after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had brought the photographs to public attention in an article in The Strand, the Daily News & Westminster Gazette commissioned its Yorkshire reporter to Read the rest of this entry »

Critical events in the Middle East today suggest that the grim Biblical prophecy of Armageddon may be fulfilled.

March 1957

by Robert N. Webster

March 1957- Vol. 10, No. 3

In the middle of November, William H. Stoneman, famed war correspondent of the Chicago Daily News, stood upon a promontory in Northern Israel. A few hundred yards to the east, across the narrow valley of the Upper Jordan, were the fortifications of the Syrians.

At the point where Stoneman stood were the ruins of an Israeli village which the Syrians destroyed in May 1948. The trenches of the Israelis faced those across the Jordan.

To the southwest lay the lush valley of Esdraelon.

And above it commanding the valley, rose the heights of Armageddon.

Armageddon—a name to strike terror in the hearts of all students of the Bible and of prophecy. Armageddon—scene of the last and greatest battle that the world will ever know. Read the rest of this entry »

My Proof of Survival

January 2000

by Linda McDonald Williams

My husband Joe and I have had several paranormal experiences during our lives, individually before we met, and since our marriage 31 years ago. We are down-to-earth, commonsense people not given to flights of fancy. Our experiences are accepted as important facets of our lives and sometimes, the lesson to be learned from an encounter is not always clear at the moment it happens. This is an account of one experience I had:

It was a chilly Monday night in the fall and my husband was watching a football game on a TV set in our bedroom, while I sat in the living room watching a movie on another set. It was about 9:30 p.m. I had been watching a movie and dozed off, which I was prone to do occasionally when left alone to watch TV while my husband was in another room of our home. I had nodded off and upon waking, it was a little after ten o’clock. Having missed about 30 minutes of the movie I had planned to see, I decided to go to bed to read, a favorite ritual of mine. Read the rest of this entry »

True Mystic Experiences

November 2000
by Pamela Krommendyk

Out of no where the white wolf appeared streaking across the road.

This experience happened high in the mountains in the Flagstaff, Arizona, area at midnight.

I was tired of driving and my children were sleeping beside me as I drove on through the night. I started to get that heavy eyelid feeling more intensely as the twelve o’clock hour approached. I was thinking intensely about the man I loved so dearly; only a day ago we said goodbye in California. Little did I know at the time that I would never see him again. Read the rest of this entry »

True Mystic Experiences

November 2001

by Danyel Boone

I grew up in Rochester, New York. When I was a child, my family thought our house was haunted. There were many reasons for this. We heard sounds in the middle of the night, had visions of what were thought to be ghosts, and felt certain sensations in different rooms of the house. Read the rest of this entry »

Read what others have to say about the oldest and most respected magazine in its field.

February 2011

by FATE Staff

10. You can read Fate instead of watching David Letterman!

9. Keep up to date on the latest and greatest in paranormal news.

8. Discover the wonder of the spirit realm. Read the rest of this entry »

December 2001

by Evan Kress

I was a skeptic in all things paranormal until the death of my beloved, much admired wife Jeanne, when I realized that she was communicating something important to me through our garden angel.

Less than two months after her death from cancer on December l, 1997, an incident happened at our home in Asheville, North Carolina, that caused me to re-evaluate my beliefs. I have now accepted that communication can happen between people who love each other after one of them has left this physical world. My experiences with Flora, our garden angel, are responsible for my new belief in the “spirit world.” Read the rest of this entry »

October 1998

by Susan Omoto

Halloween in Minnesota is usually cold, rainy, and miserable. But Halloween 1991 turned out to be snowsuit weather — a night not fit for man or beast.

In the early afternoon, the wind began whipping the dry leaves into small cyclones. By 4:00, little costumed devils were dragging their pointed tails in a foot of snow. By 5:00, neighbors abandoned their candy stations to shovel their walks. Six o’clock brought two more feet of snow and the temperature plummeted. Ghosts and goblins looked more like mummies in scarves and snowsuits. Cars were stuck in the street. Jack-o-lanterns had icicle smiles.

Was Boo-Kitty dead, or just catatonic?

By 7:00, the streets were empty. I couldn’t believe it when I heard the doorbell ring. It was one of my neighbors, with a dazed cat in her arms. She had found him in a snow bank and wanted to know if we could take him in. Read the rest of this entry »

The big news this month is all about the Djinn- the release of The Vengeful Djinn and a new website.

February 2011

by Rosemary Ellen Guiley

Meanwhile, when I have not been out shoveling the never-ending snow, the winter doldrums have been broken up a bit by visits with demonologist John Zaffis to talk about new collaborations, and a lovely dinner in Manhattan with my editor Bob Gleason, executive editor of Tor Books.  Bob is publishing my forth-coming book with George Noory, host of Coast to Coast AM, on high tech spirit communications – it will be out this fall!  Bob and I discussed ideas for the next projects.  Phil Imbrogno and I worked on new projects, too, that are taking us deeper into interdimensional entity contact territory.  And, I devoted quite a bit of time to working with Christian Day on his first book, The Witches’ Book of the Dead, about necromancy, and poring over the page proofs to the second edition of my Encyclopedia of Vampires and Werewolves, due out in June. Read the rest of this entry »

by April Slaughter
Researcher, Author & Journalist

Drawing titled "Herbert" by Paulina Cassidy.

J.M. Barrie, author of the classic play Peter Pan, portrayed Tinker Bell as the quintessential fairy; a being of light constantly changing, beautiful, graceful and endearing. According to Barrie, not believing in the existence of fairies meant certain death to them as if being intimately tied into human imagination was intrinsic to their survival. But do fairies actually exist and are they what we grew up picturing them to be? Are they all as inviting as Tinker Bell, ready and willing to grant our every wish and lead us into a world of endless adventure? Read the rest of this entry »

Fairy raths such as this one pictured here, have been subject to myth and legend for centuries.

October 1960

by Raymond C. Otto

At the town of Wexford, Ireland, one day in May, 1958, some men from the state electricity board began digging a hole in a little mound for erection of a light pole. As soon as the townspeople saw what was happening they told the men that no light pole ever would stay put in that par­ticular spot.

The mound, they explained, was a fairy rath and everyone in Ireland knows that fairies who live in such raths resent being disturbed.

The electricity men just scoff­ed and finished the hole. They popped in the pole and care­fully tamped the earth back in around it.

The next morning the pole was loose. “It was the little peo­ple,” the Wexford folks said, shaking their heads.

The workmen came back and reset the pole, but the next morning it was loose again. Then the scientific-minded elec­tricity men dug a hole six feet wide, put the pole in the middle and rammed the earth around it so firmly they were certain nothing could shake it. The fol­lowing morning the pole was as loose as ever.

Finally the electricity men gave up. They dug another hole four feet outside the rath and set the pole there. It is still standing and is as steady as a rock.

True Mystic Experiences

September 2007

by Dennis Ambrose

On a late afternoon in the early spring of 1972 I was involved in my second auto accident in ten months. Another drunk driver hit my car, but this time the injuries were devastating. I blacked out for a moment. When coming to I witnessed the smoldering wreckage of the other vehicle. For sure I thought the other driver was dead. Twisted metal blocked my view for a moment. Don’t panic, I thought. Someone will come to help you. But it seemed forever before anyone arrived. Read the rest of this entry »

Analysis by a political astrologer.

Barack Obama's birth-chart.

September 2008

by Lakshmi Parthasarathy

Citizens decide elections to high office based on the performance and promises made by candidates. Cosmic forces have their own way of deciding such matters. This article analyzes the 2008 presidential election from an astrological point of view, taking into account the effects of the planets on the contestants and their compatibility, present transits, and aspects, and their ties with the U.S. chart.

Note: In these charts, the standard abbreviations for the Sanskrit names of the planets have been used instead of the Western planetary symbols: SY = Surya (Sun), CH = Chandra (Moon), MA = Mangala (Mars), BU = Budha (Mercury), GU = Brihaspati (Jupiter), SK = Shukra (Venus), SA = Shani (Saturn), RA = Rahu (Ascending Node), KE = Kethu (Descending Node).

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FATE Magazine “True Mystic Experiences”

January 2001

by Dolly Smith

When I was a young girl, I was a member of a group called “Brownies.” The troop building was not far from my school. This incident took place during the winter. It was so very cold and raining. It seemed the wind was always blowing. On this particular day I had walked home after school, and as I was doing my homework, I remembered my Brownie meeting. I rushed to my bedroom and put on my uniform. By now it was pouring down rain. I put the hood of my coat over my head and walked out the front door. I then ran as fast as I could to the troop building.

I was soaked by the time I arrived on the front porch. Nobody was there. I checked the front door and it was locked. It was either the wrong day or I was late for the meeting. The place was deserted. Read the rest of this entry »

Just a note about the Ozark UFO Conference in Eureka Springs, Arkansas will be held the weekend of April 8-10, 2011. Be sure to get your tickets in advance because the conference comittee offers discounted early bird tickets.

The conference this year will feature new conference merchandise including a custom-designed T-shirt, baseball caps and conference DVDs. There will also be 90-minute presentations, including Q & As from the audience. There is also to be an expanded vendor area.

This year’s speakers will include:

• Peter Davenport, director of the National UFO Reporting Center, will give us a nuts and bolts presentation about UFO reporting and investigation protocols.
• Richard Dolan will discuss his new co-authored book A. D. After Disclosure: The People’s Guide to Life After Contact.
• Linda Moulton Howe will present fascinating newly-revealed info on the Bentwater’s incident.
• John Major Jenkins will present the real meaning of the 2012 movement.
• Ryan Jones, aerospace engineer and author, will discuss his take on E. T..
• Steven Jones who has had a lifetime of alien abductions will offer his insight into the phenomenon.
• Kathy Marden is the niece of the late Betty and Barney Hill and will discuss one of the most famous abduction cases from her perspective.
• Richard Seifried will discuss his abduction experiences.
• Dr. Claude Swanson returns to the conference to discuss his new book, Life Force, the Scientific Basis.

FATE Magazine “True Mystic Experiences”

April 2003

by Martha Waters

My high school sweetheart and I were married soon after we graduated in 1970. Being children of the 1960s, we often talked about death and the occult. We agreed that whichever of us died first would try to make some kind of contact.

Jerry got into drugs, much to my dismay, and we eventually divorced in the late 1970s. As time went by, we both married again. We remained friends after our divorce but kept only minor contact.

In May 1993 I received a phone call that Jerry had died of an accidental drug overdose. I called my ex-sister-in-law who proceeded to tell me that Jerry’s current wife did not want me to attend his funeral. I did not want to cause any problems for the family, so I decided to abide by her wishes. Read the rest of this entry »

Does mediumistic ability exist within the circle of your family and friends? Here is how you may find it and put it to work.

July 1958

by Dr. W. D. Chesney

July 1958- Vol. 11 No. 7

The power of certain mediums to break through the veil and put us into communication with those we have loved and lost is unquestioned nowadays by many of us. I know it is possible to hold conversations with those who are living but invisible to our eyes—if certain conditions are supplied. And these conditions can be supplied. Read the rest of this entry »

Laboratory studies, old and new, may reveal some intriguing hints about the psychological workings behind some aspects of the out-of-body experience.

For as long as she could remember, Miss Z had experienced brief moments during the night in which she would wake up and find herself floating near her bedroom ceiling, looking down upon her still-sleeping body. And on this night, for the sake of science, she was apparently determined to try and have this same kind of out-of-body experience (OBE) again. Read the rest of this entry »

The Burwick House was named for the village of Burwick which is now Woodbridge, Ontario.

Walking into the circa 1840 house, there seemed to be something alluring about it, something I couldn’t immediately put my finger on.  As we entered the front door, it felt as though we were intruding in someone’s private gathering. The place was decorated with old Victorian charm. Evergreens, berries, and dried fruits added the sense of Christmas from years gone by. The Burwick home must have been inviting to anyone who was fortunate to attend the parties that took place here long ago. Wandering around this magnificent home was like being taken back in time. The table was set, the furniture all in its place, the grandfather clock stood tall and proud as we passed it to walk up the staircase. Read the rest of this entry »

The premier issue of FATE. Vol. 1, No. 1.

On the cover of this magazine you will find the title, FATE, which is perhaps the most significant, most dominant word the world has ever known. It has been the basis for innumerable dogmatic religions, for stultifying superstitions, for lack of progress through despair and hopelessness. At the same time it has brought into the open the highest courage of body and soul, been the foundation of rigid discipline that has established great nations and conquered others as great, and drawn man’s eyes toward the inexpressible mystery of an all-powerful Creator. Because of its relationship to these things, this magazine has been called FATE. Read the rest of this entry »

Sunday, where I was scheduled to deliver the sermon. There were people behind me that I did not know. As I entered the church, one of the members called to me, “Charlie Brown, it’s about time you got here.” I was 15 minutes early, but they had expected me sooner.

A few minutes later, I was approached by a man who came up behind me. He asked if I was the same Charlie Brown that writes about angels. I told him I didn’t know if I was the only one, but I did write about angels.

“Did you write one about 50 years ago about your brother?” he asked.

I paused in amazement. “Yes, I did,” I replied. I had totally forgotten the story. It appeared in a magazine that I could no longer remember. Read the rest of this entry »

November 4, 1989, to September 2, 2001: That’s how long we had Dakota to share our lives. Her dam was a purebred black lab and her sire was a purebred collie. She was named after the Black Hills of South Dakota where we vacationed every year during Bike Week in Sturgis. My husband Guy brought her home just before Christmas 1989. Our daughter Amy and I had our backs turned when he walked in and placed this small package with a large heart under our Christmas tree. We were delighted.

She was still just a cute little puppy when I realized she could be aggressive. She also seemed not to walk quite right. One day I read about hip dysplasia and realized that could be the problem. I told the vet about it. Dakota was too young for him to run tests on her, so we waited. Some months later, the vet took her out to the parking lot and watched her walk. He admitted I was right, and the X-rays proved it. Read the rest of this entry »

You could say I discovered FATE magazine while conducting an experiment. I am not sure of the year, but I think it was 2003. I was working a part-time job at a small shop in Lake Anne Village Center in Reston, Virginia.

One evening as the daylight ran out, I left work and walked to my car. I had recently been experimenting with “asking and listening.” I had some free time between work and an event I was attending later that evening, so I decided to try asking and listening to see if an angel or spirit guide might suggest something to for me to do. I posed my question and waited silently in my car for an answer. I had only so much faith in this kind of thing, but I was open enough to experiment, in spite of being uncomfortable with the whole business. Read the rest of this entry »

Brandy Green is well known from Syfy’s Ghost Hunters International as the case manager working among cast members Robb Demarest & Joe Chin. From a young age, Brandy had personal experiences in the paranormal, fueling the interest. She began her search hoping to find some answers. She is a local Minnesotan. We were lucky enough to catch up with her between speaking appearances.

• How did you become interested in the paranormal?

As a child, I spent much of my time in South Minneapolis at my maternal grandmother’s home. At that time the house was already well over 100 years old with an interesting history, which doesn’t automatically mean a place is haunted; however, there was certainly some strange activity occurring within the walls of that home. Almost everyone that either lived in or stayed at the house experienced something paranormal. Radios, televisions, lights, and battery operated toys missing batteries would turn on and off with no aid from the living. Full bodied apparitions were seen by two family members, people would hear and feel breathing, movement, shadows, extreme anxiety in certain areas of the home, etc. That house had a little bit of everything and I had my share of odd experiences as a child and in my young adult life. Activity was also encountered at my other grandmother’s home as well. So, needless to say, it was this activity that drew me to paranormal research. With my combined knowledge in psychology, anthropology, and history, I have been researching claims of paranormal activity for years. It only seemed natural that I would end up involved in research such as this.

• You’ve been everywhere in your travels with Ghost Hunters, Int’l.  What was your favorite location?

My favorite location would have to be my bed in my house. *haha* I really enjoyed Costa Rica because of the diverse climate. Costa Rica is the size of West Virginia and is the seat of twelve different ecosystems containing extremely diverse wildlife on land, in the sky, and in the water. I enjoyed Poland not because of the country itself but because of the case that we had which was the Wolf’s Lair where the infamous Operation Valkyrie happened. Robb and I had a great time investigating together at the compound, and we walked away with perhaps more questions than answers. Read the rest of this entry »

I remember that balmy summer evening in 2006 as if it were yesterday: suburban noises echoing in the warm outside air, dogs barking, the excited laughter of children, and the distant sound of cars and motorbikes snorting past in the merriment. I sat alone in my sitting room, meditating quietly on the joyful sounds outside in my neighborhood. The clock on the mantelpiece told me that it was just after 7:00 p.m. The television was switched off, and my mind gently surrendered to a quiet smoothness of contentment. From time to time,my eyes wandered to gaze at the familiar objects in the room: the small statue of Buddha on the mantle, the family photographs, and finally the large, colorful tapestry of a proud American Indian chief wearing a fabulous headdress of feathers. Read the rest of this entry »

Vyktoria Pratt Keating Interview

It was in the city of Sedona, where Vyktoria Pratt Keating performed her mystical harmonies, that something amazing happened that would alter her perspective and her music forever. Although she had played many shows before, this would be the first time that her audience connected with her on a level that went far beyond previous experience. As an artist, Keating is an intellectual and metaphysical visionary with a down-to-earth style.

This niece of the famous horror actor Boris Karloff began playing her favorite Beatles and Bob Dylan tunes at the age of seven. Since then, she has been constantly perfecting her craft. Keating has toured the world with bands such as Jethro Tull, offering her the opportunity to spread her paranormal poetry with gypsy-like finesse.  Read the rest of this entry »

Deaf Bill
My name is Wayne Hensley and I do the haunted tours in Alton, Illinois, at the old Mineral Springs Hotel (now a mall), with my co-workers Janet Kolar and Crystal Beacon, and I also own the barbershop in the building,which I have operated for the last 28 years.

The Mineral Springs Hotel sits near the Mississippi River.Years ago there was an island near the Missouri side call McPike Island. During the Civil War it was home to Confederate prisoners of war who suffered from smallpox. The island disappeared while the Alton Dam was
being built in the 1930s. The water level rose and it was washed away. Read the rest of this entry »

What would you do if an eight-foot tall glowing, handsome male being appeared in front of you?

As a young married housewife, Judith Darlene was stunned, nearly in shock, and speechless.

This radiant being, who called himself Ramtha, became a very important part of this woman’s life and spiritual development. She is now known throughout the world as JZ Knight, and has come a long way from a hardscrabble life in the South. She was born in 1946 in Roswell,  New Mexico, and moved with her family to Texas where work in the cotton fields provided a meager sustenance, living in a state of poverty in a poor shack.

JZ grew up with many hardships and obstacles. Loneliness, disease, and prejudice were some of her teachers. She has been married three times, and has two sons.

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In light of the holidays now upon us, FATE is offering a themed back issue package for your winter reading pleasure. Content covers wonderful subjects such as angels, fairies, interviews with mediums and past life experiences just to name a few. Only available while supplies last. Order Now! Read the rest of this entry »