Comments on: Magonia – one of Britain’s oldest established magazines in the fields of ufology, Forteana and contemporary beliefs. http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/01/magonia-one-of-britain%e2%80%99s-oldest-established-magazines-in-the-fields-of-ufology-forteana-and-contemporary-beliefs/ The official Derren Brown Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 09:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: John Rimmer http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/01/magonia-one-of-britain%e2%80%99s-oldest-established-magazines-in-the-fields-of-ufology-forteana-and-contemporary-beliefs/#comment-14619 John Rimmer Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:58:20 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=310#comment-14619 Hi, Derren, and all your fans ... Thanks for giving us a plug, and apologies to any of your readers totally traumatised by the photograph of the Magonia Mobsters - it is pretty scary! Just an update on your information. After forty years of publication, I closed the magazine late last year with number 99 (number 144 if you counted from the original Merseyside UFO Bulletin) simply because I felt that UFO research was just going round in circles (yes, I must have been pretty slow on the uptake not to have worked that out in less than forty years!) We're keeping an Internet presence at http://magonia.haaan.com/ where I'm building up an archive of almost everything that we've published since 1968, and there's a blog at http://pelicanist.blogspot.com/ which is largely book reviews, mostly by our tame reviewer Peter Rogerson (on the right in the photo) and some general comment and waffle about ufology and suchlike. You're all very welcome to visit. I'm the tall guy at the back and the little chap with the glasses is John Harney who started the whole thing off in Merseyside forty years ago (we're down in The Smoke now). the balb bloke is just someone who dropped in for a chat and a pint or three. This photo was about ten years ago, we're even spookier-looking now! All the best: John Rimmer, Once and Future Editor of Magonia. Hi, Derren, and all your fans …

Thanks for giving us a plug, and apologies to any of your readers totally traumatised by the photograph of the Magonia Mobsters – it is pretty scary!

Just an update on your information. After forty years of publication, I closed the magazine late last year with number 99 (number 144 if you counted from the original Merseyside UFO Bulletin) simply because I felt that UFO research was just going round in circles (yes, I must have been pretty slow on the uptake not to have worked that out in less than forty years!)

We’re keeping an Internet presence at http://magonia.haaan.com/ where I’m building up an archive of almost everything that we’ve published since 1968, and there’s a blog at http://pelicanist.blogspot.com/ which is largely book reviews, mostly by our tame reviewer Peter Rogerson (on the right in the photo) and some general comment and waffle about ufology and suchlike. You’re all very welcome to visit.

I’m the tall guy at the back and the little chap with the glasses is John Harney who started the whole thing off in Merseyside forty years ago (we’re down in The Smoke now). the balb bloke is just someone who dropped in for a chat and a pint or three.

This photo was about ten years ago, we’re even spookier-looking now!

All the best:
John Rimmer, Once and Future Editor of Magonia.

]]> By: Ms G http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/01/magonia-one-of-britain%e2%80%99s-oldest-established-magazines-in-the-fields-of-ufology-forteana-and-contemporary-beliefs/#comment-2830 Ms G Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:31:34 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=310#comment-2830 Nice site. Read the part on headaches and close encounters. I'm in favor for looking for more normal explanations for those things. I relate most of my weird things to the body, although a few remain unexplained. Point is ofcourse as well that even though those brain 'disorders'/'flaws'/impulses/responses can not always, quite often, be explained properly by medical science either, so the patients gets to live with something something not so liveable. They will have to put sort of control on top of them which other people don't need to see to. With its backdrafts. Depression is often in the background and the brain/body seeks other ways as an outlet. Socially it didn't work out so well either anymore at times for lots. As others hide in their floor above their depressed core .. and socialize from there. These differences are quite clear between people .. between 35-45 there's a change and it does not get better due to these changes .. When people lack the awareness (that there's something not normal in theirselves for quite some time already) they will adapt to things they see/hear as if it was the real thing, and their brain will search for explanation other than that there is something not normal in their body/brain. Just because they had no reason to see it like that. No-one told them. They quite often misused those for something social wise. Pushing them even further in their depressed selves. Not being aware of that either. That's only one possible reason, weak points in the body / brain will take its time to come to the surface (or never will sometimes). Anyhow .. don't dislike Magonia from what I've read sofar. Researching the interesting things around and search for explanations other than the most wanted. Nice site. Read the part on headaches and close encounters. I’m in favor for looking for more normal explanations for those things. I relate most of my weird things to the body, although a few remain unexplained. Point is ofcourse as well that even though those brain ‘disorders’/'flaws’/impulses/responses can not always, quite often, be explained properly by medical science either, so the patients gets to live with something something not so liveable. They will have to put sort of control on top of them which other people don’t need to see to. With its backdrafts. Depression is often in the background and the brain/body seeks other ways as an outlet. Socially it didn’t work out so well either anymore at times for lots.
As others hide in their floor above their depressed core .. and socialize from there. These differences are quite clear between people .. between 35-45 there’s a change and it does not get better due to these changes ..

When people lack the awareness (that there’s something not normal in theirselves for quite some time already) they will adapt to things they see/hear as if it was the real thing, and their brain will search for explanation other than that there is something not normal in their body/brain. Just because they had no reason to see it like that. No-one told them. They quite often misused those for something social wise. Pushing them even further in their depressed selves. Not being aware of that either.
That’s only one possible reason, weak points in the body / brain will take its time to come to the surface (or never will sometimes).

Anyhow .. don’t dislike Magonia from what I’ve read sofar. Researching the interesting things around and search for explanations other than the most wanted.

]]> By: Christine http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/01/magonia-one-of-britain%e2%80%99s-oldest-established-magazines-in-the-fields-of-ufology-forteana-and-contemporary-beliefs/#comment-2822 Christine Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:37:12 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=310#comment-2822 They are a spooky looking lot They are a spooky looking lot

]]> By: Karl http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/01/magonia-one-of-britain%e2%80%99s-oldest-established-magazines-in-the-fields-of-ufology-forteana-and-contemporary-beliefs/#comment-2803 Karl Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:24:29 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=310#comment-2803 hey derren, is this something to do with why you're coming to liverpool this week? i may start a 'derren brown hunt' this week. because im off work and have nothing in particular to do :) hopefully see you (in the most non-stalkerish way possible) karl hey derren, is this something to do with why you’re coming to liverpool this week? i may start a ‘derren brown hunt’ this week. because im off work and have nothing in particular to do :)

hopefully see you (in the most non-stalkerish way possible)

karl

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