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DALE'S WORLD
By Dr. Francis R. Dale *
“WHY DOESN’T IT
WORK?”
This months column is a
little off-beat, it was
originally written for
‘‘OCCULT AMERICANA”
under the pen-name of,
THE GREY WITCH. At
the time I didn’t really pay
much attention to the
column, it was just
something that came from
“off the top of my head”.
But later I found that many
people found it interesting
enough to ask for re-prints.
One of which was a piano
teacher of mine, who said
that it applied to many
more things than just the
occult. Rereading it I
realized that it indeed has a
message for all people and
so I have decided to include
it here hMny BARB column
and 1 hope that you too will
get something of use from
it.....
Many times over the
years I have been asked
one question many times -
“Why doesn’t it work?
The question is usually in
reference to some chant,
talisman, potion or spell
etc. A variation on the
question is “Will this work
if I ?” My answer to
this question usually is
probably not!
Too many people seem
to think that all that is
necessary to work magic is
Dr. Francis R. Dale
to simply purchase a
talisman or read aloud
some spell from a book
etc., Then when it doesn’t
work for them, they wonder
why and often yell - FAKE!
The truth is that no oil,
powder, or spell is going to
automatically work some
magic for us - we only get
out of it what we put into
it! The real power and
catalyst has come from
within ourselves. That
power is belief!
I am reminded of an
incident in the Broadway
show “Gypsy”, in which
one of the strippers wears a
butterfly strategically
placed and which is sup
posed to flutter its wings
when she gives one of her
Dear Jeannie:
Like many gays, I am
interested in investing in a
gay business such as a gay
bath, but I have no idea
how to go about it. Could
you tell me if most baths
are stockholding companies
or are they privately
owned? How difficult is it
to establish a gay bath as
far as “protection” is
concerned? I’ve heard all
sorts of stories to the effect
that gay businesses must
“pay-off’ in order to stay
in business, etc. Is that
true?
I like the idea of “gay-
owned and gay-operated”,
and it seems to be that
more of us should get
involved in businesses that
cater to our own.
Earol
Dear Earol:
The majority of the gay
baths are privately owned,
although some larger chains
franchise all but the major
one or two establishments.
The thing to do is set
up your bath as a private,
membership health club
(check local regulations) as
opposed to a free-sex-for-all
joint. In the first place, it’s
more legal that way. Plus,
there is generally less
olice and/or political
arassment of “private”
establishments.
Whether or not you
would have to pay
“protection” would depend
entirely on the political
climate of your area, mob
involvement, etc.
I should tell you that
this a costly and com
petitive business. Recently,
a chain was up for sale for
more than a million
dollars...and that didn’t
even include the Crisco
concession!
Dear Jeannie:
I’m writing this letter
because I seem to have
come to an impasse in my
life and need a friend who
would understand my
problem.
I’m now just a few
months away from my 44th
birthday, and I find myself
completely alone. I awake
each day wondering if the
rest of my life will be the
same.
1 am by nature an
outgoing person and enjoy
people. I’m a non-drinker
and non-smoker. Bars are
a nice place to meet
people, but no lasting
relationships develop.
I’ve recently joined a
few local organizations
hoping to meet someone to
settle down with, and also
answered some of the
personal ads. But so far, all
I find are brothers in
terested only in one-night
stands.
During my life I’Vfe had
only two love relationships.
One lasted eight years and
the other r five. I gave
myself completely to each
one. Perhaps I was wrong
in doing so. I don’t know.
But I hope that they look
back on our years together
as their years of happiness.
In the end, each one met
someone new and wanted
bumps. But it will not
work unless she puts a lot
of oomph into her bump.
That’s what has to be put
into or behind anything we
want to accomplish -
OOMPH!
As Peter Pan said; you
can fly if you only believe.
When it comes to belief,
we would be best to take
the attitude of a child. One
of my favorite teachers, A1
Manning, of the ESP Lab.
in Calif., once told of a
couple with a young child
who regularly took astral-
trips, whereas his parents
were unable and remained
earth bound. The reason
the child was able to
perform astral-traveling was
simply because he was too
young to know that it was
impossible! He believed
that he could do it, so he
did it! If the Wright
brothers didn’t believe that
they could do the im
possible, we would still be
out there flapping our arms
and getting nowhere.
When I was in the Korean
Conflict, we often depended
on a certain type of plane
commonly known as the
flying boxcar or coffin. I
often thought to myself,
thank heavens the pilots
didn’t know that the army
engineers and scientists
said that it was impossible
for the plane to get off the
ground, let alone fly! If it
weren’t for their belief in
their machines, many of us
would not be here today.
The same goes for us, if
you don’t believe in what
you’re doing, then it can’t
work.
to be free to be with them.
They felt that life was
passing them by, and of
course age seeks youth.
Loving them as I did, I
knew that the best thing to
do was to give them their
freedom.
I know I still have a lot
of good years to give to
someone, years of hap
piness, love and laughter.
Do you think I can still
make it?
I’m enclosing a
photograph of myself. Is
there something I should
change?
JASON
Dear Jason:
There is nothing in your
appearance that needs
apparent change, but some
minor modifications in
attitude might be in order.
Try to look at things
more optimistically. For
example, you say “only”
two love relationships
when, instead, you should
realize that’s more than
many people have...and
they lasted a total of 13 I-
assume-happy years. And
you say that no lasting
relationships develop
between people who meet
in bars. This is frequently
true, but it’s still a
pessimistic galloping
generality. And you
wonder if you can still
make it instead of knowing
that you can.
I’d suggest that you
develop some lasting
friendships. Not that these
will necessarily turn into
love relationships, although
they may. But friends who
know you’re looking will
introduce you to other
friends who’re looking. At
the very least, you’ll have
close friends.
Realize, too, that age
does improve some
things...fine wine, fine
men. Or, as the ad goes,
“You’re not getting older -
you’re getting jetter!”
(This is a syndicated
column.)
(C) Copyright 1976, Jeannie
Chesley Barney
The truth of this has hit
me many times in the past.
I have always believed that
when in need I will receive,
and it has been that way.
When I needed money
badly, or even a lover, fate
brings it to me. But at
other times I have gone to
my “altar of concentration”
to work some spell only to
be disappointed because of
the simple fact that what 1
was trying - for was
something that I really
didn’t believe I could gain.
A perfect example would be
the fellow I mentioned in
my last article; the gen
tleman who managed to
stay alive lost at sea
because he believed that
there was someone else
there in that boat even il
he couldn’t see him, he
knew that he was there -
he believed!
To help you gain
discipline and the power
you need, practice your will
power. I don’t mean what
most people will think of, I
don’t mean “won’t power”.
Will Power is not, I won’t
eat that last piece of cake.
Think rather on the positive
aspects and put your efforts
towards gaining through “I
Will” power. Do these
things that you keep
putting off.
I would like to add a
word of warning here.
While it is possible to gain
what ever you want, it is
important to know that it is
something you really want!
For you may get precisely
what you ask for. For
example you gain a job
position you desire, but
then find yourself working
harder, spending less time
with the family and sorry
that you ever got yourself
into the trap. Or consider
the possibility of getting
yourself that man or
woman, then you find that
you don’t really want them,
but it takes, a lot more time
and money for that divorce
than it did to get married.
In closing 1 would like
to quote something Dr.
Manning once said to us in
a class: “In all of the
basic religions you will find
in the scriptures, “man was
given dominion oyer ’
But it doesn’t say anything
about man being given
dominion over other
men..;..” In high school
we learned about our rights
as quaranteed by the
Constitution and somebody
said, ‘My freedom to swing
my arm stops somewhere
before it hits the other
guy’s nose!’ Yes, you can
reach out and touch powers
that the average human
being doesn’t believe exist
and bend them to your will
by the act of salesmanship,
but anytime one has
authority, responsibility
tomes along with it. The
key to the question, ‘Will it
work?’ lies in the ability to
recognise your respon
sibility.
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