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Copyright 1990 The Warsaw Voice
The Warsaw Voice
September 23, 1990
SECTION: News
LENGTH: 426 words
HEADLINE: Out Of This World
BYLINE: Barbara imijewska
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"Your calling on Earth is to disseminate everything you hear about mysticism,
occultism and supernatural phenomena," a certain clairvoyant lady from Pakistan
told Norwegian reporter Finn A. Riise three years ago. She announced that,
within seven months, he would get a monthly magazine called Det Ukjente off the
ground, which would in time cause a sensation in other countries.
Mr. Riise was happy to repeat this message, at a press conference in the
Marriott Hotel, to scientists, writers and journalists who had come along in
connection with the first issue of the Polish edition, called Nie z tej ziemi
(Out of this World).
This monthly magazine has many reasons to be regarded as something rather
exotic on the Polish market. Take the content, for instance. The magazine will
publish articles on parapsychology, occult sciences, clairvoyance and, as the
editors put it, "parascience." Material will be collected from all over the
world (including from Professor Ralph Moody, the author of the book Life After
Life.) The first issue also features articles by Polish writers devoted to such
matters as Ossowiecki (the popular pre-war clairvoyant), the Soviet
psychotherapeutist Anatoly Kashpirovsky, and criminals with telepathic
abilities. The Polish editorial team is led by Adam Hollanek, who was the editor
of the monthly magazine Fantastyka for many years.
Another unusual element for Polish readers is the quality of the magazine's
graphic lay-out. It is printed in Great Britain, in color, on coated paper. It
has a circulation of 100,000 and is priced at 8,900 zlotys.
Inge Ostensen, the marketing director of the Scandinavia-Poland Publishing
House Ltd., does not hide the fact that, at the moment, they are investing in
the magazine. The relatively low price and daily advertizing on television are
considerably in excess of the profits they are expecting to receive on the first
issue. "We are, however, receiving several dozen phone calls a day from readers
congratulating us on this new idea," says Ostensen. "We expect to be making a
profit on out of this World after a while. We are also gathering experience in
organization, as we are planning to break into the Czech, Hungarian and Soviet
markets."
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOAD-DATE-MDC: March 8, 1991
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