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		<title>10 Questions with Judika Illes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[10 questions with Judika Illes, author of "The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells", "The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft", "The Encyclopedia of Spirits", "Pure Magic", "Magic When You Need It" and the forthcoming "Weiser Field Guide to Witches".]]></description>
		<link>http://themagicalbuffet.com/blog1/2010/03/10/10-questions-with-judika-illes/</link>
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		<title>The Hero’s Journey: A Solid Kick to the Groin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month I published one of my old "Letters from the Publisher" from back when The Magical Buffet was a monthly e-zine because the letters didn’t migrate over to the new blog format.  As I said then, most of my letters aren’t worth republishing.  However there were a few that shared some of my more personal thoughts that I wanted new readers to have access to.  With that said, here is my "Letter from the Publisher" from August 2007.]]></description>
		<link>http://themagicalbuffet.com/blog1/2010/03/07/the-hero%e2%80%99s-journey-a-solid-kick-to-the-groin/</link>
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		<title>Apple Kimchi Salad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A tale of adventure and intrigue that culminates with a recipe for a tasty treat.  In the interest of full disclosure, it may be less like adventure and intrigue, and more like rambling snarkiness.  But there is still a recipe!]]></description>
		<link>http://themagicalbuffet.com/blog1/2010/03/03/apple-kimchi-salad/</link>
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		<title>Catching Up With Sandra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last time we heard from author Sandra Kynes it was the holiday season of 2008 where she shared her thoughts about the "Season of Light" with us.  I figured it was high time to check back in with her.]]></description>
		<link>http://themagicalbuffet.com/blog1/2010/02/28/catching-up-with-sandra/</link>
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		<title>Soldier of Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Somehow love has ended up being the theme for these last few posts.  First, "A Valentine for You", then "A Love Letter to Froggy", and well, now is the time I'm talking about the latest Sade album "Soldier of Love".  I guess love is in the air.]]></description>
		<link>http://themagicalbuffet.com/blog1/2010/02/24/soldier-of-love/</link>
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		<title>Witches and Wiccans and Pagans, Oh My: A Report from Pantheacon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author and friend of The Buffet Deborah Blake gives us the run down on Pantheacon, one of the biggest indoor Pagan events to be found anywhere!]]></description>
		<link>http://themagicalbuffet.com/blog1/2010/02/21/witches-and-wiccans-and-pagans-oh-my-a-report-from-pantheacon/</link>
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		<title>A Love Letter to Froggy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Or maybe Froggie.  See how a simple article about frog symbolism turned into a love letter to a 3 year-old.]]></description>
		<link>http://themagicalbuffet.com/blog1/2010/02/17/a-love-letter-to-froggy/</link>
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		<title>A Valentine for You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I don't really make a big deal out of Valentine's Day, or our wedding anniversary for that matter.  We never really talked about it, but somehow we ended up on the same page.  I know it's going to sound corny, but I swear it is true, when you spend everyday being grateful that you're with the one you love, you tend to not really care about holidays or events designed to make you feel the thing you are already feeling.  However, there is one fun Valentine's Day tradition that I would like to share with you.]]></description>
		<link>http://themagicalbuffet.com/blog1/2010/02/14/a-valentine-for-you/</link>
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		<title>The Sixties Were Awesome: Morgan&#8217;s Tarot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm enchanted by "Morgan's Tarot".  I had never heard of this deck before getting an email from U.S. Games Systems, but after seeing it first hand, I don't know how I hadn't heard about this before.  "Morgan's Tarot" was originally published in 1970; created by Morgan Robbins and illustrated by Darshan Chorpash.  It was republished again in 1983, and it has just been brought back again.  Anyone who has seen this deck in any of its printings knows what I mean, once you see it, you can't possibly forget.]]></description>
		<link>http://themagicalbuffet.com/blog1/2010/02/10/the-sixties-were-awesome-morgans-tarot/</link>
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		<title>Religion and Mythology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who are new to The Magical Buffet, you may not be aware that in October 2006, when we launched The Magical Buffet, it was actually a monthly e-zine.  Once a month our subscribers would have all the content emailed to them.  Since it was trying to follow a magazine-like format, I decided there should be a letter from the publisher, like most magazines have.

When we relaunched The Magical Buffet into it's new blog format, all of the old e-zine articles migrated over.  This means even if you're new, with a little time you could read all the content you may have missed from the "old days".  However my opening letters to my readers did not make it over to the new blog.  I didn't worry about it because they're "just letters", they're not "real writing".  But as time passed I started to wonder, was something missing by them not being here on the blog?  

So recently I started to read them again.  In truth, as a new reader you're probably not missing out on too much.  The letters were generally just filled with gratitude.  Thank you letters of the most earnest kind, published in response to the surprising outpouring of support and faith that I received, and continue to receive today.  I've always prided myself on loyalty, and it made me happy to see that many of the people who I thanked in those letters are people and organizations that I still interact with today.  It felt good to think that maybe I've done all right after all.

That said, there were a few letters that stood out.  These were letters that I found offered up a piece of who I am and what I believe to my readers.  Things that I thought I would like anyone who reads The Magical Buffet at any point to know about me, the person behind the keyboard.

This is one of those letters......
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		<link>http://themagicalbuffet.com/blog1/2010/02/04/religion-and-mythology/</link>
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