{"id":16033,"date":"2020-05-25T16:06:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T21:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=16033"},"modified":"2020-05-30T14:46:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T19:46:04","slug":"magical-symbols-and-alphabets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=16033","title":{"rendered":"Magical Symbols and Alphabets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/magical-symbols-cover-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/magical-symbols-cover-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/magical-symbols-cover-768x948.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/magical-symbols-cover-685x846.jpg 685w, https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/magical-symbols-cover.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>I\u2019m 99% sure that I\u2019ve stated this repeatedly on my site, and on social media, and in interviews, and I may have grabbed random people on the street to share this, but when it comes to compilation style books (encyclopedia, complete book of, compendium) there are two people I adore for it: Judika Illes and Sandra Kynes. 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