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Dance in the Graveyards!

Hi!

I just can not get enough of this song. I love it on so many levels!

Love

Sister Bridget

Lyrics:

When I die
I don’t want to rest in peace
I want to dance in joy
I want to dance in the graveyards, the graveyards
And while I’m alive
I don’t want to be alone
Mourning the ones who came before
I want to dance with them some more
Let’s dance in the graveyards

Gloria, like some other name we kept on calling ya and waiting for change
But I belong to all of your mysteries

And all of us, we’re meant for the fire, but we keep rising up and walking the wires
So when we go below don’t lose us in mourning

’Cause when I die
I don’t want to rest in peace
I want to dance in joy
I want to dance in the graveyards, the graveyards
And while I’m alive
I don’t want to be alone
Mourning the ones who came before
I want to dance with them some more
Let’s dance in the graveyards

Oh my love, don’t cry when I’m gone
I will lift you up, the air in your lungs
And when you reach for me, we’ll dance in the darkness

And we will walk beyond
Our daughters and sons, they will carry on
Like when we were young, and we will stand beside and breathe in their new life

’Cause when I die
I don’t want to rest in peace
I want to dance in joy
I want to dance in the graveyards, the graveyards
And while I’m alive
I don’t want to be alone
Mourning the ones who came before
I want to dance with them some more
Let’s dance in the graveyards

May 30, 2013
Didn’t Mean to Call You That…

Hello my dear readers! I find myself in, yet again, the position of feeling like I need to re-re-post this blog post of mine. This time, though, I would like to also call some attention to the idea of teen dating abuse! I have seen some billboards up in my town with numbers to call if a teenager feels like they are in an abusive dating situation.

I do hope that if you have a teenager, you will have some opportunities to talk with them about this! What a sad situation… I can remember feeling a little bit bullied (a LONG time ago) by a boyfriend. Nothing was ever physical about it, but I do remember how it made me feel to try to please him just to have him get angry with me. Not a great feeling. Apparently, though, there is a lot more going on these days than some mild bullying. My heart goes out to parents of teenagers these days – there just seem to be so much to contend with!

Although this post focused mainly on verbal abuse, abuse of any kind should never, ever be stood for! Please get help if you or someone you love is in an abusive situation.

Anyway, here's the post yet again.

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I feel compelled to revisit a subject that I blogged about awhile back – so I am reposting the blog here. I just want you to think about your self worth and while I use female clients here as an example, it doesn't mean that it doesn't happen to men, too! Self worth knows no gender boundaries!

There is a popular song by "Lit" with these lyrics:
Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk
I didn't mean to call you that
I can't remember what was said or what you threw at me
Please tell me
Please tell me why
My car is in the front yard
And I'm sleeping with my clothes on
I came in through the window last night
And you're gone

Okay, so it's a funny song, I actually even like the song! But it is not really funny when you think about it in the context of possible emotional abuse. I am sorry to say that I see a trend of female clients who are being abused but they don't seem to know it. Not every form of abuse leaves you with a black eye or a broken bone. Some of the more insidious forms of abuse include how your partner speaks to you.

I am seeing more and more Heart's Desire letters that go something like this, "I want Fred to stop calling me a b*tch, a c*nt, a worthless, useless,piece of sh*t." This is in HD letters for Leave My Man Alone™ where the person is trying to get their HD to stop this kind of behavior towards them.

I am sorry, but I have to ask myself, why are you putting up with that in the first place? Has that person convinced you that you are worth so little that they have totally destroyed your self esteem and you think you can't do better? Well, let me tell you, YOU CAN DO BETTER than some low life who doesn't have one good thing to say about you.

Look, I am not saying that people don't have a bad day, or, as the song says, do and say things when intoxicated. But if you are with a person who says horrible things to you on a regular basis, YOU ARE BEING EMOTIONALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABUSED, and you shouldn't be doing the love trio, you should be doing The Ultimate Revenge Kit™, a Milk of Damballah™ white bath, and then an Attract Love to Me™ spell kit!

I beg you, if you are in an abusive relationship, please get help. A lot of crisis intervention revolves around physical abuse, but emotional abuse can be just as much, or maybe even more damaging in the long run. You may think you have to take emotional abuse for one reason or another, but trust me, you do not. I did a search on the Internet and there are tons of books and articles written on this subject and how to get out of these relationships. Please don't allow yourself to be treated like this.

Granted, sometimes the only person who can truly help you is YOU… like the song says above, "And you're GONE."

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

Learn to get help: http://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/emotional-psychological-abuse/emotional-abuse-help-support-and-recovery/

May 18, 2013
Who put the work in spell work?

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

— Thomas Edison

Greetings, everyone! Hope you are all ready fo a great weekend! I know we have talked about this before – the work of spellwork! However, I do think the subject can be revisited over and over again and still be of value!

All too often I hear people say that they think things like our spell kits are "just too much work." It is always a sigh-inducing, eye-rolling moment for me because that statement generally comes from someone who just told me they would do ANYTHING to get Jack (or Jill) back into their lives. Of course we offer solo castings with most of our spells (where I do the work for you), and that is a fine choice for those who are truly too busy (lots of folks working two jobs these days!) or do not have the privacy to do spell work.

However, I fear that sometimes people choose the solo casting just because they think doing their own spell work is just too much work! That is troubling because in the category of "doing anything" to get Jack or Jill back in your life could involve some work!

It could involve spell work! It could involve working on yourself. It could involve working on your relationship, but if you aren't invested enough in the relationship to do some work on it, why do you want that relationship in the first place? I dont' have the answer to that – but I do think it is something worth thinking about!

And let's not get confused about you good folks who occasionally need a break from spell work or adjunct work! There are those who just don't want to do another doll session or light another candle… they are just sick of spell work at the moment.

Now that is something different! Sometimes a little break from spell work is a good thing. It gives you time to refresh your spirit,look at the spellwork with fresh eyes, and regain your energy. The best way to take a break from spell work is during the break to assess the break itself; are you feeling good about the break? Are you feeling that this is a time for you to renew yourself and your purpose? The biggest danger in taking a break sometimes comes in the form of not knowing when the break should be over.

I always tell the folks to whom I recommend a break to be on the look out for signs that their break is over. If you are longing for your voodoo doll, or you start to miss the comfort and ritual of your candle magick, or you feel an incredible pull back into the work - those kinds of things are clear signs that your break is over!

Lately I have been literally bombarded with stories of clients and the success of their spellwork! :-) Needless to say, that is always amazingly awesome to hear! As I have mentioned before, I do notice a very common thread in these success stories – these are very often folks who were dedicated to that work, had a real heart for it, and stuck to their guns even in the face of adversity. Their success is inspiring!

So if the spellwork is seeming too much like work, then yes, take a small break, but never take your eye off the prize! 😉 If it is worth having, it is worth working for!

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

May 10, 2013
The Universal Prayer

Good morning, everyone! I wanted to share one of my favorite poems/prayers with you today! If you aren't familiar with the works of Alexander Pope, it might take a bit of re-reading to get some of his meanings! You know how it with these things written in the 1800's since we just don't talk that way anymore.

I love his interpretations of God! My favorite stanza is the one that starts with "What blessings thy free bounty gives." The idea that God is "paid" when we enjoy the bounties we are given really resonates with me. I also enjoy the references to free will, the idea that we are not alone in the universe, and especially the thought that it is not our job to go around chastising those who have ideas about God that differ from our own. 😉

There is also a sense to me that Mr. Pope saw God beyond the usual Christian beliefs; he interprets him more as a universal energy that sometimes extends beyond our scope. That is also somewhat of our Vodou/Voodoo way of seeing God – not so much the guy sitting in the clouds metting out justice and favors, but rather an overwhelming sense of Beingness with whom we are allowed to forge our own relationship.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this prayer – I love that it is so rich in spirituality without being preachy about religion. Also, it isn't a bad way to start the day!

Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

The Universal Prayer

BY ALEXANDER POPE

Father of all! in every age,

    In every clime adored,

By saint, by savage, and by sage,

    Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

Thou Great First Cause, least understood:

    Who all my sense confined

To know but this—that thou art good,

    And that myself am blind:

Yet gave me, in this dark estate,

    To see the good from ill;

And binding Nature fast in fate,

    Left free the human will.

What conscience dictates to be done,

    Or warns me not to do,

This, teach me more than Hell to shun,

    That, more than Heaven pursue.

What blessings thy free bounty gives,

    Let me not cast away;

For God is paid when man receives,

    To enjoy is to obey.

Yet not to earth’s contracted span,

    Thy goodness let me bound,

Or think thee Lord alone of man,

    When thousand worlds are round:

Let not this weak, unknowing hand

    Presume thy bolts to throw,

And deal damnation round the land,

    On each I judge thy foe.

If I am right, thy grace impart,

    Still in the right to stay;

If I am wrong, oh teach my heart

    To find a better way.

Save me alike from foolish pride,

    Or impious discontent,

At aught thy wisdom has denied,

    Or aught thy goodness lent.

Teach me to feel another’s woe,

    To hide the fault I see;

That mercy I to others show,

    That mercy show to me.

Mean though I am, not wholly so

    Since quickened by thy breath;

Oh lead me wheresoe’er I go,

    Through this day’s life or death.

This day, be bread and peace my lot:

    All else beneath the sun,

Thou know’st if best bestowed or not,

    And let thy will be done.

To thee, whose temple is all space,

    Whose altar, earth, sea, skies!

One chorus let all being raise!

    All Nature’s incense rise!

May 8, 2013
Cinco de Mayo!

I love this old poster (1901) for Cinco de Mayo!

Have a great day if you are celebrating!!

Love,

Mambo Sam

www.spellmaker.com

May 5, 2013
May Day, May Day, May Day!

Happy May 1, one and all! I have posted about May Day in the past – see below, with some new additions! 🙂

Ah, May 1! This day has been celebrated in so many ways through so many cultures. The halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice, May 1 has elicited many different rituals through the years.

For Wiccans, this is Beltane; many Catholics celebrate the life of the Vigin Mary in some way. Yours truly was once the "May Queen" at her Catholic elementary school – St. Anthony of Padua on Canal Street in New Orleans. Yes, I got to wear the beautiful white outfit and lead the procession into the church and lay the first roses at the foot of the statue of the Virgin Mary. Pretty heady stuff for an 8-year-old girl. (Somehwere I have a picture of this and just have to find it – I am sure some of you will find it a hoot!)

Of course, nevermind the Catholics totally borrowed the holiday from the pagans who celebrated their first fertility rituals of the year on this date. ;-) Children conceived on this date are said to have special magickal powers. Children conceived on Walpurgis (the night before May 1, Beltane Eve) are said to have the ability to communicate with the dead because Walpurgis is, traditionally, one of the days when the veil between the world of the living and the dead is considered most thin and penetrable.

May 1 is often celebrated with different types of floral offerings. In some countries the ladies all wear flowers on this day – if your flower is worn on your right side, you are available; a flower on the left signifies that you are already taken. This is also considered the day to meet a new lover or celebrate an old one. ;-)

The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times, with the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, and the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic countries.
It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane. Many pagan celebrations were
abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe. A more
secular version of May Day continues to be observed in Europe and America. In
this form, May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the maypole dance and crowning of the Queen of the May.

This day is often associated with new beginnings, planting a new seed, looking towards shedding off the past and looking towards the future with new, hopeful ideation. Not too many of us get the chance to dance around the Maypole these days, but certainly you can do that in your heart and mind. I hope you all have a beautiful May 1 and beyond! Let's look towards new beginnings, new hope, and beautiful outcomes for us all.

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

P.S. Despite my title of this post, the distress call "MayDay" has nothing to do with May Day! LOL. It is from the French venez m'aider, meaning "come help me". Of course, we could do some work to ask for help today from a particular lwa, such as Erzulie Freda. ;-) And there is the fact that the distress call MayDay is always said in groups of three. Gee, I can find Voodoo in anything! 🙂

May 1, 2013
Ceremonial Clothing

Happy Tuesday, one and all! :-) I am reposting this blog about ceremonial clothing because for awhile my mother-in-law, the talented and wonderful Eileen, was unable to do the apron and scarf sets because she had a double knee replacement. She is all healed and back in the garden and at the sewing machine! ;-) So for those of you who have been waiting to order, she is available again for your orders.

via voodooboutique.typepad.com

April 30, 2013
Monday Morning Inspiration.

Hi there-

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. It was pretty snowy and cold where I am, so I spent a little time watching movies. I rewatched a classic – Cool Hand Luke. Paul Newman and those baby blues — Oh My!

This scene below has been staying on my mind, and I wanted to share it with all of you. It is the epitome of determination, the fighting spirit, and to just keep on swinging, no matter how things seem.

Hope you all have a great week!

Love

Sister Bridget

January 21, 2013
Belleau Wood.

Happy New Year!

I may be a bit early with my wishes where you are – and a little late where some other are. But wherever you are, I hope you are with loved ones, and enjoying the last of this holiday season.

I recently came across this song by Garth Brooks again, after kind of having it slip my mind. It really is lovely, and tho it is about something that happened at Christmas time during WWI, the message fits New Year's as well. The lyrics of this song are really poetic – but my favorite are really the last 2 lines.

Enjoy, and I wish for next year to be the best ever for all!

Love

Sister Bridget

December 31, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello!

Here we are, the day of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, football and parades 🙂 As I am in the kitchen, chopping and prepping, I look back on this year with much gratitude. It has been, by all standards, a year of great sorrow. And yet, those we have lost in my family, are not really lost at all. They are still here, just in another form, and I am very grateful for their continued presence in my life. While they may not be able to help in the preparations or such, they surely will have a seat at the table today 🙂

HappyThanksgiving to all — to my family, my wondeful clients and friends. I wish you all a lovely day with those you love, here and gone, but not really.

Love

Sister Bridget

Thanksgiving
Prayer

We return thanks
to our mother, the earth, which sustains us.

We return thanks
to the rivers and streams, which supply us with
water.

We return thanks
to all herbs, which furnish medicines for the cure of our
diseases.

We return thanks
to the moon and stars, which have given to us their light
when the sun was gone.

We return thanks
to the sun, that has looked upon the earth with a beneficent
eye.

Lastly, we
return thanks to the Great Spirit, in Whom is embodied all
goodness, and Who directs all things for the good of Her
children.

Iroquois Prayer,
adapted bySisters of St.
Joseph of Peace

November 21, 2012