Author: Sister Bridget Corfield

  • “Strength, Courage & Wisdom”

    Hi there!

    Thought  I would get the discussion about songs rolling! Here is a song I really like to play while getting ready to do ritual work. Not the typical beat that I would play actually for Ogoun, but I really like the message and the frame of mind it puts me in while getting ready for work! Hope you like it too 😉

    Light and Love

    Sister Bridget

    "Strength, Courage & Wisdom" by  India Arie

    Inside my head there lives a dream that I want to see in the sun
    Behind my eyes there lives a me that I've been hiding for much too long
    'Cause I've been, too afraid to let it show
    'Cause I'm scared of the judgment that may follow
    Always putting off my living for tomorrow
    It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face
    It's been elusive for so long, but freedom is mine today
    I've gotta step out on faith, It's time to show my face
    Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found

    [Chorus:]
    Strength, courage, and wisdom
    And it's been inside of me all along,
    Strength, courage, and wisdom
    Inside of me

    Behind my pride there lives a me, that knows humility
    Inside my voice there is a soul, and in my soul there is a voice
    But I've been, too afraid to make a choice
    'Cause I'm scared of the things that I might be missing
    Running too fast to stop and listen

    It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face
    It's been elusive for so long but freedom is mine today
    I've gotta step out on faith it's time to show my face
    Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found

    Strength, courage, and wisdom
    And it's been inside of me all along,
    Strength, courage, and wisdom
    Inside of me

    [Bridge:]
    I close my eyes and I think of all the things that I want to see
    'Cause I know, now that I've opened up my heart I know that
    Anything I want can be, so let it be, so let it be:.

    Strength, courage, and wisdom
    It's been inside of me all along,
    Strength, courage, wisdom
    It's been inside of me all along, everyday I'm praying for:

    Strength, courage, and wisdom
    And it's been inside of me all along,
    Strength, courage, and wisdom
    Inside of me

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    I found it in me, I found it finally
    I'm sure to keep it' cause I like it, I say thank you

  • Go Forward With Courage.

    Go Forward With Courage



    When you are in doubt, be still, and wait;

    when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with
    courage.

    So long as mists envelop you, be still;

    be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the
    mists

    — as it surely will.

    Then act with courage.


    Ponca Chief White Eagle

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  • Quote for today.

    "Give thanks for unknown blessings

    already on their way."


    Native American saying

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  • What is your favorite “Ogoun” song?

    I recently was making a playlist in ITunes of my favorite songs I often play when working with Ogoun. It got me to wondering what other songs might be out there – what songs are YOU listening to? Post your favorite song here in the comments section, and you could (or you all could) win a prize at the end of the week 😉

    AYIBOBO!

    In Service,

    Sister Bridget

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  • Spellmaker Family Free Online Prayer Group.

    The next Spellmaker Family Free Online Prayer Group will be on April 20 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time (that is 8:00 p.m. Central, 7:00 p.m.
    Mountain, 6:00 p.m. Pacific). The prayer group is free, and open to the public. Come Pray with us – or send in a prayer request for yourself or someone in need. All Are Welcome!

    Details can be found here.

    The group is run by a very dedicated group of Khouzhans. (Khouzhan=a person who has received at least one initiation of the 9 initiations
    to become a Voodoo Priest or Priestess of the Spellmaker Family House.) These lovely ladies make the chat room environment warm and friendly, and also keep the requests moving along nicely. Stop by for a few minutes or stay and pray with us 😉 You will be very glad that you did!

    In Service,

    Sister Bridget

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  • El Santuario de Chimayo.

    Hi All!

    I am just back from spending a wonderful week with MaParents (aka Mambo Sam and Parran Matt) 😉 During my visit, we took a trip to El Santuario de Chimayo.  I know Mambo Sam has  mentioned Chimayo during chat class, so perhaps a few of you reading have heard of this beautiful church before. During Easter Week, many people (thousands of people) make a pilgrimage to Chimayo and throughout the week I was visiting, people could be seen headed north on foot. The church itself is visually beautiful, and very comfortable and inviting. A small room called el pocito (the little well) contains a round pit, the source of "holy dirt" (tierra bendita) that is believed to have healing powers. (I have a nice baggie full of healing dirt on hand now~!)  In a room adjacent to the little well, is a prayer room, where there are pictures of people with prayer requests. Also in this room is a large collection of crutches and canes discarded by folks who felt they no longer needed them after visiting!

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    The trip to Chimayo was just one of the great experiences I had on my trip to NM. I have lots of photos to post and stories to relay 😉 Keep an eye out in the coming weeks!

    Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

    In Service,

    Sister Bridget

     

  • Quote for today……

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     "If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
    – Mother Teresa

  • The Buddha’s Last Instruction.

    Something about this poem hit home  with me, and I hope there is something in this for you as well.

    Light and Love

    Sister Bridget

    The Buddha's Last Instruction by Mary Oliver
    

    "Make
    
of yourself a light"
    

    said the Buddha, 

    before he died.

    I think of this every morning

    as the east begins

    to tear off its many clouds

    of darkness, to send up the first

    signal-a white fan

    streaked with pink and violet,

    even green.

    An old man, he lay down 

    between two sala trees,

    and he might have said anything,

    knowing it was his final hour.

    The light burns upward,

    it thickens and settles over the fields.

    Around him, the villagers gathered

    and stretched forward to listen.

    Even before the sun itself

    hangs, disattached, in the blue air,

    I am touched everywhere

    by its ocean of yellow waves.

    No doubt he thought of everything

    that had happened in his difficult life.

    And then I feel the sun itself

    as it blazes over the hills,

    like a million flowers on fire-

    clearly I'm not needed,

    yet I feel myself turning

    into something of inexplicable value.

    Slowly, beneath the branches, 

    he raised his head.

    He looked into the faces of that frightened crowd.


    

    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Do we have any Parrot Head Vodouisants out there?
    
			
    I just got a hold of the new Jimmy Buffet CD that came out just before the holidays. The pictures were taken at a hotel in West Africa, near Timbuktu.  The paintings on the walls behind Jimmy are really interesting! ( You can click on the pictures to make them larger ) 
    

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    Enjoy! 
    

    Light and Love
    

    Sister Bridget 
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Quote for today – 1/10/10
    
			
    Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; 
    some
    
blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as 
    you can.
    
Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with 
    too high a
    
spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
    

      –Ralph Waldo Emerson
    

    

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