• Less than Perfect?

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    Hello everyone!  Some recent events have made me think about a subject that often comes up – the perfect man  or woman!  Many clients have searched and searched for the perfect person and found that they came up short.  Upon speaking with them I find that their list of desires for a mate is quite extensive and detailed.  I don't really object to that; you want what you want!  However, the flaw in it is that I see how a lot of great potential mates could be overlooked.

    Also, what about time, age, illness, etc.?  What happens when Mr. or Ms. Perfect isn't so perfect anymore?  It reminded me of a post from Parran Matt a few years ago and I wanted to repost it here!

    "Hi everyone! Mambo and I watched a movie the other night titled, "Defiance."  Have you seen this movie?  It is a powerful film about the human spirit, survival, and love.  It is also a true story.  If you have not seen it, I highly recommend it.

    One thing among many that really struck me was the love story component to this story.  I don't really want to give the story away, but love grew in probably the most adverse conditions that one could experience.  It would seem that love, romantic love, would have been the last thing on peoples' minds in these conditions.  But it existed.  Not only did the love exist, it grew, thrived, and lasted for many years between some of the couples.

    It got me to thinking – are some people lazy about love?  If everything isn't perfect, the perfect man or woman, the perfect restaurant date, the perfect flowers and gifts, then does it mean the love is lessened?  I think a good question to ask is can you love under adverse conditions?  What happens when the "perfect" man or woman becomes less than perfect due to some terrible circumstance?  Do you walk away, or do you still see the perfection under the circumstance?

    So much emphasis is put on what someone you love has to be – what he or she has to do, give, become – that I cannot help but wonder if some people are just soft and lazy where love is concerned. To watch this movie and see these people falling in love under horrific circumstances was just mind blowing. On the other hand, I suppose that under horrific circumstances would be a great place to bond, share the fear and horror with someone.

    Anyway, if you want to see what I am talking about, watch the film!"

    I have to say it was a great movie!  And everyone should ask themselves the question Parran asked above, "Can you love under adverse conditions?"

    Love, Mambo Samantha Corfield

    www.spellmaker.com

     

  • LaSirene and Capitaine Agwe This Thursday

    Please join us for Spellmaker.com's next online Spellmaker Spiritual Power Group Ritual. We will be honoring LaSirene and Capitaine Agwe as our August lwa power couple! The ritual will be held on Thursday, August 29, 2013 9 PM Eastern time, 8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific. For more information please visit http://www.spellmaker.com/prayer.htm

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    Don't miss this one!!! It is sure to be awesome!

  • Inspiring Quote of the Day

    Inspiring Quote of the Day

    From Khouzhan Kat
    "Accept and allow. This is the key to living a life full of Love." ~ Chris Johnson

    Eliminating judgment does not mean you lose your ability to choose what is desirable to you, what you prefer. It's to recognize that you and others are expressions of divine Love. Love is unconditional acceptance. So we allow others and ourself to be as we are, joined in our essence.

  • Sad to See it End!

    Happy Monday, everyone!  I cannot believe that Papa Legba Month is coming to end here at www.spellmaker.com! Of course, we honor, serve, and call upon Papa throughout the year, but his month is always so special to us all. 🙂

    But luckily, it isn't over yet!  There is still plenty of time to participate. 🙂

    We are still accepting petitions for our two last events:

    1.  Our online Papa Legba ritual will take place on June 27, 9 pm Eastern time (that is 8 pm Central time, 7 pm Mountain time, and 6 pm Pacific time).  To join in or to send in a petition, please see the informational page at www.spellmaker.com/prayer.htm

    2.  Our last in-house ritual to Papa will take place on St. Peter's Feast Day, June 29.  This is a ritual that we do in house and you are welcome to send in a petition.  For information, please see the page at www.spellmaker.com/legba.htm

    Remember,  Papa is the great communicator, the translator of all languages, the opening of door, and the clearer of paths!  He is so much more, but those are the main things for which we know him.

    He is also known as one of the kindest, most understanding lwa – he wants to help you with your problems! 

    So, please, feel free to join us as we wind up this great month!

     

    Love,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com 

     

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  • A Word About Betrayal.

    DON'T.

    Seriously.  Life will be much easier on you.

    Love,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com


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  • Are you missing someone?

    Hello everyone,

    Hope your Monday has been going well!  Lately I have been missing folks!  Some of them are gone from this earthly realm and I miss them in very particular ways.  But most of them are still here with me in the physical sense!  I try to always tell them that I miss them, want to see them, etc.  Today I was feeling particularly like I was missing some folks in my life and it made me remember a post I wrote some time back.  

    I thought I would repost it for two reasons:  

    1.  If you are missing someone and you cannot see them for some reason, but you can talk – let them know you miss them!

    2.  If you are missing someone, like a person you have been doing spell work on, and you cannot tell them outright that you miss them – read the post below! 😉


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    Hello everyone!
    Happy Sunday! I hope each and every one of you does something lovely for yourself today.

    So what about, "I miss you!" I was looking over some correspondence from an old friend yesterday and throughout it, she kept saying, "I miss you!" It made me think, does anyone ever say that when they are petitioning for someone to return to them? Just plain old, "I miss you."

    When I was re-reading some of these old letters, I realized that I really got a little pang in my heart as my friend repeated that she missed me. I missed her, too. Even though I already realized it, her verbalization of it made me realize it even more.

    I certainly believe that if you are using something such as a love doll, which makes for a direct link to the person you are working on, telling them that you miss them, you miss their touch, you miss the times when you_______________(whatever you want to say), has the potential for having a great impact on them!

    First off, everyone wants to feel as if they are missed when they are away. Even if you have no contact with your love (or maybe especially if you have no contact with your love), reminding them that you MISS them, you miss your time together, you miss his/her voice, etc., just has to have positive effect on them. Second, I think this is something we might often forget to say. We get so wrapped up in doing love spell work and sending and receiving love energy, that something as simple as, "I miss you" might elude us. 😉

    So try it! For those of you whom I haven't seen in awhile – I miss you! Never forget that! I really, truly do. I wish we were together more often. 🙂

    Love, light, and peace,
    Mambo Samantha Corfield
    www.spellmaker.com

     
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  • Maybe it is You?

    Happy Friday, everyone!  Hope your week went well!  Mine seemed to fly by! 🙂  That isn't a bad thing, right?

    As one might suspect, I spend a great deal of time asking for and receiving guidance from our great Vodou Spirits (the lwa, les lois).  In the instances where I am asking and receiving, it is very clear cut to me who needs what (since I am the one doing the asking  - LOL).  However, there are instances when I am sent on somewhat of a treasure hunt – someone needs something… what is it?  Where is it? 😉

    This time the guidance and the search took a rather circuitous route with me looking up different things for Papa Legba. (It is, after his month here at Spellmaker!)  The search for Papa goodies led me to a very powerful post that Khouzhan Menfo' had done some time back regarding a visit he made to a particular monument.

    When I ran across that post the guidance that followed was one of those "no guessing" guidances… chills, smiles, tears, butterflies in my stomach.. all that good stuff!  That post was what I was looking for..someone, somewhere needs to see that post!  I don't know who.  I don't know where.  I don't even know if we here at Spellmaker even know the person – all I know is this – Papa says that it will be life-altering for someone.  It will set them on their path.   Maybe it isn't just one person?? That part of the guidance was shielded from me (and that happens, by the way, when the guidance is something that I am just a part of – that I am just a part of of something bigger than just me and what I do). 

    I am sure that whomever is supposed to see this post will!   I hope that they will join in on one or more of the Papa Legba free rituals this month, too! 🙂

    So, anyway, you will see me posting this post just about everywhere that I post things (how many times can I say a version of "post" in a sentence?). 

    CLICK HERE TO READ THE POST BY KHOUZHAN MENFO'

    I feel assured that this will reach the folks that it is supposed to!  Happy to be merely the guide who leads you to it!

    I would love it if Khouzhan Menfo's post inspires you in some way and you leave us a comment! It would be great to hear what feelings it brought to you!

    Love, light, and peace,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

     
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  • Making Me the Superstar of My Life

    I know many of you remember our wonderful past office manager, Berkeley. I left her blog up after she left because she had a lot of wisdom up there! Still does! I wanted to share this blog of hers with you all because it is just wonderful!

    Love, Mambo Sam

    P.S.  By the way, Berkeley is doing GREAT!  :-)  I am so very proud of all that she has accomplished!

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    Here is the blog post from Berkeley:

    I have a tendency to obsess. 
    I obsess about everything, but it is the external that I cant control that I obsess over most. During spellwork this obsession is heightened. I (and no one) can control how someone processes spellwork, or how fast it will work. 
    Info about this is all over the spellmaker website, and I tell people over the phone every day how to deal with the effects, but the bottom line is that spellwork (especially for love related issues) is hard. Spellwork creates this emotional rollercoaster that can truly be rough. 

    For the long haul it is worthwhile for the person initiating the spell and the person being cast upon. If you have a tendency to obsess, like I do, then the entire situation becomes really hard! 
    Obsessing can be bad for you and your spellwork. It causes undue stress on you, and it tends to choke your spellwork – no matter what you are working towards. If you constantly think about and dwell on your spells, and pine for the person or the situation to come to fruition then you probably are doing exactly what I am doing – accidentally making the results take longer. I choke my spellwork all the time, because I cant stop obsessing. 

    After an ill advised conversation with my own HD starting with the words "what do you want in the future…?" I realized that I am not a high enough priority in my world. My mom made my dad and her kids the center of her universe. She gave all of herself to us, and now that we are grown and the rents are retired she is a little bitter about what she did and didn’t give to herself.

    I appreciate the sacrifices my mom made for us, but I don’t want to repeat her mistakes regarding what she didn’t hold back for herself

    I realized that I need to put my love related work on the back burner and become the star of my life. A lot of people, especially women, tend to make the person they are working on the star of their life. We all generally want to become a high priority in the lives of our HD (hearts desire – or recipient of love spellwork), but the trouble is we are not being a high priority in our own lives.

    After talking to Sister Candelaria about it (yes, caseworkers casework each other) I let everything digest. I need to be the star of my life. I need to become the most important person to me. Sister Candelaria had some great suggestions that I am going to share because I know I am not the only one in this position. First is the Lady Samantha’s Hex Removal Spell kit. This kit will of course get rid of curses and anything someone has done to you, but it will also get rid of the things you do to your self! A lot of people tend to doubt themselves all the time, harbor insecurity, and hold on to the bad. Sometimes we just accidentally curse ourselves. This holds true for anyone regardless of spellwork. If you have not done spellwork, but some of this is ringing true for you then try this kit, it can help! 

    The other things that Sister Candelaria and I talked about were the spell Attract Love To Me  and theErzulie's Bain Rose D'Amour™ Pink Bath Kit.   Now dont get me wrong, I don’t want to attract someone else’s love – I want to attract my own. I need to learn to put myself first, and be a little more selfish.  I dont know how to do this, and the Attract Love to Me and the Pink bath can help that.  

    Thanks for reading

    Berkeley

    www.spellmaker.com

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  • What the Funk?

    Hi everyone!

    I don't know what is in the air, the water, or the oscillating energy textile vibrations of the Mars connection (okay, I made that last one up)!  Seriously, what is going on out there?  So many folks that I know are in a huge funk right now – is it the economy?  Is it some sort of global funkittude (yep, made that one up, too). Is it the political atmosphere? Disillusionment? What is causing this funk? (But, just think – if we get rid of that "k" then it turns into "fun!")

    Well, if only it were that easy – I can drop that "k" and get FUN!  Truth is, it usually takes a lot more than dropping a letter to get us out of a funk!

    Not even the best of good articles will completely do the trick – though this one is pretty great!

    http://www.highexistence.com/choose-happiness-5-ways-to-get-out-of-a-funk

    I do believe understanding our funk is key!  Facing that situation head-on, although frightening, is going to help us much more than trying to hide from it.  Are you grieving?  Are you broke? Are you broken-hearted? Have you stopped believing in yourself? Do you just not give a damn right now?

    Guess what?  You are not alone.  You might feel isolated, but truthfully a few trips around the Internet will let you see that you have a lot of company. Heck, a trip around your friends and family might let you see that you have a lot of company!  I truly believe that reaching out in some way to someone is key to helping shed that funk!  Someone who will listen to you rant, rave, and probably finally break down in tears is invaluable. I have found that sometimes just verbalizing my feelings, out loud (not in an email or text) can be so helpful. When I am done, it seems that I can, somehow, face those challenges that were dragging me down.

    So I am going to say step one is talk to someone! All the self help tips in the world won't help you much if you don't feel like you have someone to talk to! Find that one person you can blather all the crap out to – hopefully someone who will just sit and listen – and then take a deep breath and figure out what, amongst all the self help stuff, can help you.  The article I reference above truly is a good one – it makes a lot of sense.  But, if you read the article, you will see that the gentleman who wrote it, first had sort of a "breakdown" to someone he loved! THEN he was able to go on to his self-help techniques!

    Of course, at Spellmaker, we sell lots of stuff for helping with negative energy – white candles, baths, etc. And I do recommend them, obviously! Sometimes you have to keep working with things – white candles are a good example of that.  Using the white male or female image candles on yourself can sometimes be an ongoing thing!  It just depends on how much stress you have in your life!  There isn't anything wrong with feeling like you need to spark up your candle every so often and burn off that negative energy!

    But most of all, I want you to talk with someone you trust!  Just for a minute, wallow in and embrace that funk! Tell them what you are feeling, tell them if you feel you are at the end of your rope… you might even tell them that you aren't looking for advice – you just want to vent! 😉  Then, look for the things that will help you with the situations at hand! 

    I know that things seem insurmountable sometimes; I have a pile of stuff going on right now that seems exactly that!  I know that I will get through it.  But I share in your funk!  Maybe we can share in getting rid of it, too! 🙂  Oh, and I almost forgot  - take it easy on yourself!!!!!  Not everything is your fault – I swear!

    Love, light, and peace,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

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  • On again/off again – frustrating relationships!

    Good morning everyone!  Hope you are having a great Saturday.  Very often we get in our Heart's Desire letters for spellwork information that the relationship has been "on again/off again."  These relationships can be SO frustrating, right?  In fact, however, sometimes this can be an upward spiral in the relationship as you learn more about each other and learn what to do (and not to do!).  

    Very often, these kinds of relationships responds extremely well to love spell work!  I believe that is because there is something there or there would only be "off" and no "on again" to the relationship!  The couple is generally searching for a way to make things better – they keep coming back for more! 🙂

    Many times, we get some of our best spell casting results from those people who are in these kinds of relationshps – they know there is something worth fighting for! 🙂

    I like this article about on-again/off-again types of relationships! It can help put some things into perspective!

     

    http://www.sheknows.com/love-and-sex/articles/816541/on-again-off-again-relationships-not-always-bad-1

    Love, light, and peace,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield

    www.spellmaker.com

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