Delusions

Manfred Cassirer

Magonia 36, May 1990.

‘Delusion’, says the Concise Oxford Dictionary, is a process that entails elements of ‘imposing or being imposed on’; a ‘false impression’ or an unfounded ‘opinion’ There is a distinct feeling of malaise. So what about `illusions’, with which they are often confounded? These are supposed to have an underlying physical stimulus, though the dictionary suggests that here also `deception’of some kind, if not the very same delusive process, may be at work.

Abductions: Who’s Being Taken for a Ride?

John Rimmer
Magonia 36, May 1990

Are UFO abductions finally moving where they belong, i.e. out of the hands of ufologists? This question is prompted by several recent books, and news of new directions in UFO research which is starting to emerge from the USA. There has been a tendency over the past couple of years to see American UFO research as monolithic and ETH-dominated, especially in the abduction field, which Europeans have seen as being centred on Hopkins and his genetic-experimenting aliens.