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  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  I am grateful to all the magical people, named and unnamed, who helped me by sharing their experiences and knowledge with me. Thanks particularly to Frank Takei for his good humor and clear explanations of philosophical matters. To Sharon Grigsby, who read some of the early chapters, and all my friends who listened to many strange stories with great patience, many thanks. To my family, who support me no matter how far-out the topics I write about are, I am always grateful. My wonderful agent, Jandy Nelson, was an unfailing support. Endless thanks to all the people at HarperSanFrancisco, who are talented, hardworking, and always a delight to deal with, especially Gideon Weil, my editor, who worked the best kinds of magic on the manuscript and on my aspirations for it. He made even the most impossible parts of the writing seem imminently doable.

  About the Author

  CHRISTINE WICKER is the author of the highly acclaimed national bestseller Lily Dale: The Town That Talks to the Dead. She is a former religion reporter for the Dallas Morning News and has won numerous awards for her journalism. Visit the author online at www.christinewicker.com.

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  NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE: A CURIOUS TALE OF HOW MAGIC IS TRANSFORMING AMERICA. Copyright © 2005 by Christine Wicker. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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