We haven’t had anything about Gnosticism on the website! Who better to school us than Andrew Phillip Smith, author of “A Dictionary of Gnosticism”?

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”.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

Or maybe Froggie. See how a simple article about frog symbolism turned into a love letter to a 3 year-old.

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.

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.