What a marvelous quote!
Love,
Mambo Sam
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Yes You Can!
CAN'T – A POEM BY EDGAR GUEST
Can't is the worst word that's written or spoken;
Doing more harm here than slander and lies;
On it is many a strong spirit broken,
And with it many a good purpose dies.
It springs from the lips of the thoughtless each
morning
And robs us of courage we need through the
day:
It rings in our ears like a timely-sent warning
And laughs when we falter and fall by the
way.Can't is the father of feeble endeavor,
The parent of terror and half-hearted work;
It weakens the efforts of artisans clever,
And makes of the toiler an indolent shirk.
It poisons the soul of the man with a vision.It stifles in infancy many a plan;
It greets honest toiling with open derision
And mocks at the hopes and the dreams of a
man.Can't is a word none should speak without
blushing;
To utter it should be a symbol of shame;
Ambition and courage it daily is crushing;
It blights a man's purpose and shortens his
aim.
Despise it with all of your hatred of error;
Refuse it the lodgment it seeks in your brain;
Arm against it as a creature of terror,
And all that you dream of you some day shall
gain.Can't is the word that is foe to ambition,
An enemy ambushed to shatter your will;
Its prey is forever the man with a mission
And bows but to courage and patience and
skill.
Hate it, with hatred that's deep and undying,
For once it is welcomed 'twill break any
man;
Whatever the goal you are seeking, keep trying
And answer this demon by saying: "I can.""End of Poem"—————————————
Happy Sunday one and all! Remember that you CAN! Whatever it is, you truly can do it. I really enjoy this poem because of it's strength in railing against the "can't" attitude. Written in the 1800's well before the "new age" movement of watered down affirmations, this tells us to HATE the word "can't," to fight against it!
I love that! Now don't get me wrong, I love a good affirmation as well as the next person – but there is something wonderfully invigorating about this poem and it's healthy hatred of the word can't! 🙂
Love,light, and peace,
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Milk of Damballah White Bath Ongoing Possibilities!
Happy Saturday, everyone! As Sister Bridget recently mentioned in her blog, we now have “refill” or “replacement” packs for our Haitian Vodou Formula Baths!
One of our most popular baths, the Milk of Damballah™ White Bath is something that I have actually been recommending to certain clients for years as something that can be re-done in parts. Most of the time these clients were folks who were working on especially hard love case, tough job or money goal, anything that seemed fraught with ongoing negativity. In those cases, I recommended that they do the original bath and then buy another one and take the herbs out of the herb packet and divide the other part of the bath mixture and do a refresh on the bath over several days or weeks, as necessary.
In those cases, I recommended that they just use a little bit at a time any time they were feeling down or sad or negative about their particular case, no matter what the reason. Having done the original bath, they could easily call back on that energy. The great thing about now having the refill packs is that you no longer have to keep buying the complete white bath if you have recently done one.
One thing, however,like Sister Bridget said, we hate to keep harping on it, but you must first do the original bath before using the refresher pack. If you don’t, you are wasting your time using the refresher pack. 🙂 Also, if it has been more than a year since you did the original bath, I would suggest redoing the original bath in its entirety if you have not done any refreshers. However, if you are doing refreshers regularly, you can just keep going with that!
Especially with the white bath, it would be nice to think that you would be rid of negativity forever! What a world that would be! Unfortunately, we are all bombarded by negative images, thoughts, and energies almost every day of our life. Getting rid of them can lead to better health, attainment of goals, lifting of depression and so much more. Yes, sometimes you have to work at it, but the results are so worth it!
Love to all!
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GOD AS THE BOOGEY-MAN.
Hello, my dear readers! Recently a friend of mine came to me with some issues of spirituality regarding a family member. This particular family member was having various symptoms which led her to believe that there might be a spiritual component to the symptoms and after discussing it and coming to the conclusion that there were spiritual components, we started to discuss appropriate treatments.
As I always do in these situations I asked her, "Is Fred more of a God person or more of, oh, say a Universal Energy type person?" My question was based on the fact that many people, while spiritual, balk at even the word "God." It has come to mean something unpleasant to them, or unbelieveable, even.
Over the years I have come to the conclusion that so many adults have turned away from the idea of God because as children God is used as a threat against us. We are taught to fear rather than revere. So as adults, why would we turn to someone/thing that has been used against us? God has been used as the boogey-man! Why would we try to find comfort there? Many, many people just do not and, instead, if they are left with any spirituality at all, tend to find more comfort in the idea of Cosmic Consciousness, Universal Energy, that kind of thing. While I think that is fine, I feel that many people are missing out on the God Experience.
I think God has been given a bad rap. Don't be afraid – embrace the idea of something bigger than yourself! Embrace the idea that "God" can mean whatever you want it to you. You don't have to follow the God beliefs of someone else. God is so powerful that you can choose to tap into that power in a number of ways. The God of your childhood is a grown up now, just like you! So don't be shying away from the God in your Heart, the God Within, or the God Without; the comfort of the God energy is universal, powerful, and free for the taking. You only need to open up your heart and mind to it!
Love to all!
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Love Potion #9 Update!
Hello everyone! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, that was a lot of potion that I made yesterday! LOL. It was so much fun to do it that way, though. I really felt so much energy and good vibrations from doing those big old pots of love potion!!
Even though I made quite a bit of it, I am going to only leave it up for sale another 24 hours. When all the orders are filled that already came in, if I have any left over, I will put those jars up for sale again. Right at this minute, I know that I have quite a few "extra" jars left, but I obviously want to make sure that everyone who ordered gets their order! So, this is only going to be available another 24 hours, but, as I said, if there is extra, I will put it back up for sale.
For those of you who made your own potion, and those of you who are getting the potion I made, remember there are a lot of ways to use this potion. I believe Sister Bridget is going to post some ideas on how to use the potion. Remember, a little bit of this potion goes a long way! You only need to add in a few drops of it to something else – not necessarily to get your intended to drink a whole glass of it! 🙂 Have fun with it!
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Happy 09/09/09 to you!
Hello all you magickal creatures! :-) Parran Matt and I are preparing all the ingredients to make our Love Potion #9 for those of you who ordered it! We have all the big pots in the house filling up with wine. I picked the basil and roses right out of our own garden and we harvested the apple seeds last night (I am going to be making a lot of apple pie filling later on!).
Don't forget, though, this is a great day to do ANY magick, say prayers, light a candle, do whatever spiritual endeavors you like. The power of the triple 3's in the 09/09/09 day is sure to give a huge boost to whatever magick you are doing!
Even if you can't do any magick today, try to allow the energy and power of this day wash over you. Make it a lucky day for you! Do something wonderful for yourself and someone else – remember that magick needs a carrier! Be the magickal carrier today – spread joy and luck from your heart to the heart of others.
Love, Mambo Sam
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The New Charms are Ready!!!!
Hello everyone! Just a quick note to let you all know that the first batch of new charms are ready! I cannot even tell you how excited we are to offer these. They are so nice and such a good quality… all shiny stainless steel on black leather cords with stainless steel clasps. Nice!
Also, we are doing things a bit differently this time with charms: Each charm is dedicated to a specific lwa and you will know who that lwa is. Our old charms were dedicated a little bit differently and worked great, but we are feeling these are going to be even better. Now this doesn't mean throw your old charms away! NO way! However, you can use these with them or alone.
One thing that was a little disappointing about the old charms was that over the years the manufacturing of them had degenerated quite a bit. When we first started carrying them almost 15 years ago, they were much better. But as time passed, we noticed that we were getting a more inferior quality. Now, that would not affect the overall efficacy of the charm, but still, we want to be giving you something nice for your money, too. I mean I could consecrate a paper clip and it would have some power, but no one particularly wants to wear that… hmmm, wait, I think I saw a girl wearing a paper clip earring the other day so nevermind! LOL.
Anyway, go check them out!! We are excited! Can you tell? 😉
www.spellmaker.com/amulets.htm
Love, Mambo Sam
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Love Potion #9 Will Be Available!
Wheee!!! Okay, there was a really good response from those of you who would like me to go ahead and make the Love Potion #9 on 09/09/09. :-)
Now, of course, as most of you know, generally we simply offer the recipe on our website and everyone makes their own batch of potion as desired. However, we just couldn't resist the idea of making this on 09/09/09 – I mean, we won't get another chance at this in our lifetimes, so that made it pretty irresistible! 🙂
After thinking about it for awhile, what I have decided to do is pressure can it. I can a lot of vegetables, soups, salsa, etc., and so I have a pressure canner and so will end up sealing this potion in 8 ounce jars. This is going to help us all out a lot because it will preserve it much longer than the usual recommended one year to keep this potion!
Realistically speaking, I feel that I can only successfully make about 40 jars for it to be effective. I need to make the potion itself within that 9:00 a.m. hour – so however much I can make in an hour will be what we will have. I am sort of guessing at the 40 jars, but I feel confident I can make that much for sure. The canning process itself will obviously take longer, but the batches would already be made and just needing to be canned.
I have pasted in below the information that I just put up on the website about the potion, buying the potion, etc. Of course, as with everything we sell, we will include an instruction sheet with the jars of potion.
Naturally, you can still make this potion yourself, as usual! The information about the potion itself, the recipe, and the way to buy the potion is located at www.spellmaker.com/potion9.htm.
Here is the information from the website:
Information concerning purchasing our special batch of 09/09/09 Love Potion #9:
(Please read carefully so that you understand what you are getting!) - Mambo Sam will make a big batch of this potion on 09/09/09. Normally, we do not make and/or sell this potion – we recommend that everyone make their own.
- However, since we won't get another chance in our life time to do this again on this amazing date, we have decided to make a batch this year and offer it to those who want it.
- Please be aware that normally we would never sell anything that is edible or meant to be taken internally in any way, this will be an exception to that rule! Because we are not licensed to sell anything that anyone would eat or drink, by your purchase of this item you are accepting that this was made in a home kitchen, under extremely clean and as sterile as possible, circumstances.
- To further insure the viability and storage of the potion, Mambo Sam will can the potion with a pressure canner. This will preserve it for maximum freshness and the potion will more than likely last much longer than one year. Your potion will come in a heat sealed, 8 ounce glass jar. Until you break the seal, the potion will keep for quite some time!
- You will have the option to have her consecrate your particular bottle of potion just in your name (so you decide later upon whom you want to use it) OR in the name of you and someone specific OR have it consecrated for someone else entirely (for instance, if you wanted to give it to someone as a gift).
- Since these will be pressure sealed, you will have the option to buy more than one jar in order to keep it longer safely.
- We are asking that you order this product separately, apart from other products, and then email us at customerservice@spellmaker.com and tell us how you want your jar(s) consecrated once you have paid for it.
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
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Love Potion Number 9 – 09/09/09
Hello everyone,
Happy Monday! While I am still working on the comparative religion project (and thank you all for your suggestions), I did want to mention that the time to make your Love Potion #9 is fast upon us!
This year will be a particularly wonderful year for making this potion because it will be made on 09/09/09 this year! 🙂 Of course that gives us the triple threat, right? 😉
For some reason, there always seem to be some confusion on when the “ninth hour” of the day is – even though I have it printed on the instructions that the ninth hour of ANY day is 9:00 a.m., not 9:00 p.m. – so the potion is supposed to be made at 9:00 a.m.
Because this is such a special year for making the potion, if there is enough interest, we will make a big batch here at Spellmaker and make it available for purchase, if folks wnat it. Obviously, 09/09/09 isn’t going to be around again, so we are in a position to make a very strong batch of this potion! Usually we do not make here for sale at the Spellmaker office, but because of the special date, we will make it this time if people are interested.
If there is enough interest and we do make the batch, we will make a big batch and then consecrate the bottles individually for those who want to purchase it. We would probably make it available in about an 8 ounce container – so that would be more than enough for personal usage.
So, if you think you might interested in purchasing a container from us and/or you cannot make your own for any reason, please email us at customerservice@spellmaker.com and let us know. If there is enough interest, we will definitely do it!
In the meantime, check out the Spellmaker Forum for the recipe or click the link above for the recipe for making your own Love Potion #9!
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
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Working on the comparative religion project!
Hello my good readers! Thank you all for the great suggestions for different religious aspects you would like explore in blending your magickal and/or Vodou practives with your other religious practices. You have all given me some great ideas and asked some really wonderful questions. I will start putting this project together and start posting it next week sometime.
In the meantime, I also wanted to mention that many of you are still doing the 9-day meditation practice that was previously posted. Please do continue to do it and feel free to post your comments even though many people already did the exercises. Those exercises were truly meant for you to keep and do any time that you feel like you need them.
As you move along in doing those exercises, and do them more often, you will start to become more familiar with them, make them your own, and break them down into pieces. I will be blogging more about those exercises as well so that we can refine their usage for you. There are many uses for them to help you reach specific goals and manage different needs. So, that was definitely not a one-time usage item! 🙂
I hope you are all having a great weekend.
Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com