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August 24, 2010: 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time in the Spellmaker.com chatroom
(that is 8:00 p.m. Central time, 7:00 p.m. Mountain Time, and 6:00 p.m. Pacific time).
When
a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the
only way he can get in touch with Reality. ~Oswald Chambers
Hi everyone! So over two years ago I published this post below about The Pink Bubble Meditation. Every once in awhile someone asks me about it and I will re-direct them to where the old post is. However, this week, no less than TEN PEOPLE have mentioned it to me! LOL. I truly took this as a sign from Les Lois that there were people out there in need of this meditation exercise so I am simply reposting my old post for probably a whole new audience who needs this pink magick!!
Whomever is out there that needed this – God bless and here it is!
Love,light, and peace,
Mambo Sam
www.spellmaker.com
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Hello everyone! Have you attempted meditation? Meditation has been around for centuries and is used for many different manifestations of life: health, love, anger management, relaxation, etc. There are literally thousands of ways to meditate and assist in the manifestation of your goals.
In spell work we are often trying to attain a particular goal: It may be love, money, a job, etc. Whatever our reason for doing the spell work, adding in some creative meditations can certainly be a way of assisting your situation.
Over the upcoming weeks, I would like to share with you some of my favorite meditation techniques. I hope you enjoy them! The meditation technique below, the "Pink Bubble Meditation", is a wonderful meditation to use if you are working with our favorite love lwa, Erzulie Freda or working with pink candle magick or any other love magick. 🙂
Love,light, and peace,
Mambo Sam
www.spellmaker.com
This meditation is simple and wonderfully effective.
Exercise:
Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain 1978
Good morning everyone! I woke up this morning smiling over the thought of what a happy hive we have here at www.spellmaker.com! :-) I just want to say some thank you's out there to all the folks that make things happen here.
First off, Parran Matt! Thank you so much for all that you do to keep the Spellmaker office running smoothly! From making product to filling orders to just general every day stuff – you are the man and I love you for it and so much MORE! 🙂
To our daughters: Sister Bridget and Sister Candelaria I cannot say enough about the efforts of these two women to help out wherever possible, and do whatever we ask without question to help the spiritual paths of themselves and others. They are truly gems.
To our caseworkers: God bless each and every one of you! Our confidential caseworker program is something very unique to Spellmaker. Every client who desires to have someone on board to help them is welcome to choose or have assigned a confidential caseworker to them! These very special folks are there to hold hands, make recommendations, offer solace, and in general take care of their clients. Each of them has a unique talent for what they do!
Unfortunately, caseworkers are often met with a lot of negativity and blame as oftentimes sad and angry people lash out at them as the nearest post of whipping. Frankly, sometimes our caseworkers take a beating! But each of them continues on, understanding that their clients are often hurt, afraid, and lonely and that is the reason for them taking the blame for things they had no control over. Let's face it, very few people whose lives are going great need a caseworker! The very need for a caseworker assumes that you are having some challenges in your life!
It would behoove people to remember that caseworkers volunteered for their job and accept no pay for what they do. It is part of their service to this House and Les Lois! Thank you, thank you, thank you to those of you who continue to do casework and reach out and help others even in the face of their sometimes seeming ungratefulness!
To tech support: Thank you so much for all the questions you answer and your tireless good cheer in doing so!
To Darla: My grandson's mom,and my dear friend, Darla, has been helping us with the phone. God bless her good cheer and constant great attitude towards clients! Thank you so much, Darla!
To Khouzhan Sierra: Thank you for undertaking the reimplementing of the birthday certificate program! It is a huge job and thank you so much for seeing it through!
To the Novitiates: Some of you are caseworkers, some of you are Prayer Group Leaders, technical support, writers, bloggers, plus many more unseen workers! :-) Those of you who have undertaken your service are doing a wonderful job! Prayer Group Leaders, Caseworkers, tech support, and the Class Secretary – please accept my thanks for your continued service. The others, please also accept my thanks for all that you are doing and will do in the future. You are a great group of students and spiritual novitiates! I appreciate the efforts of all of you who are working towards your goals and ours!
To whomever I forgot to mention: I love you and appreciate you, but if I forgot to mention you, it is just that I haven't had my two cups of coffee yet! LOL.
It is great to be here in The Happy Hive with each and every one of you!
If one of these wonderful people has helped you, please give them a shout out!
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com
Ridiculously, some might say,
I cried all the way home after I
met you.
But those who would say such
a thing would never understand
your sublime
perfection,
your precious spirit.
Surely they would never see as
I see into your past and present
and future all
at once.
Surely they have never held you
and smelled you and kissed at
the air because
you had breathed
into it.
So I shall remain ridiculously,
crazily, and maybe inexplicably,
a completely smitten
fan of your
incredible beingness.
Thank you for coming to
Planet Earth.
Love you!!!
Hello everyone,
I read a very intriguing article today that stated that doctors were starting to see stress symptoms caused by people trying to keep up with Facebook, Twitter, etc. These people felt compelled to keep their statuses updated, pictures uploaded, etc., etc. When they fell behind, they felt like failures.
In looking back over my fairly short history with social media (just a couple of years at most), I did see where there were times when I felt like needed to add "something" to Facebook or Twitter – otherwise it seemed like I was just sitting stagnant somewhere. There is, to me, sometimes a huge obligatory feel to catching up on Facebook.
But doesn't this kind of go against the whole idea of social media? Weren't we supposed to be on Facebook to have fun, catch up with one another, find old friends, reach out to those we love and care about? Was it ever supposed to be a chore?
I had read quite some time ago about some people thinking that the verb "friending" someone on Facebook demeaned the whole idea of a friend…. that it took away from the very word "friend."
Obviously, as an online business owner, I do feel that I should be on Facebook, not just for family and friends, but because I believe that it offers potential customers of Spellmaker another way to get to know me. Most of you who do know me, already know that I am big on having customers get to know us. I feel it is important for them to know who they will be not only giving their money to, but who are they entrusting with fragile things such as their love life! I have always been a big believer in telling pretty much all my personal business to my customers. LOL. That has been sometimes a bone of contention with certain family members, but I figure if you are entrusting me with your personal information, turnabout is fair play.
However, on a personal level, how do you feel about social media such as Facebook? Do you ever feel stressed about it? Do you feel that it is something you MUST keep up with or do you just want to keep up with it?
One of my Spellmaker Novitiates recently mentioned in one of her posts about evil Facebook and stalking people on there! LOL – that is worthy of a whole 'nuther post, but first I would like to get your opinion on social media in general!
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com
How DO you see yourself?
Hello everyone? Besides the unbearable cuteness of the above picture, it does get one to thinking… how do I see myself? And what is more important to you, how others see you, or how you see yourself? In a world where some struggle to be beautiful, popular, brave, or even just noticed, what brings the most satisfaction; being happy with what you see in the mirror or what others see?
I don't know if there is an easy answer, but would love to hear from you all about image, not just your physical image, but what do you see when you look in your spiritual mirror?
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com
Last week I had the opportunity to speak with an old friend that I had lost touch with. A rather unfortunate memory of this person is that she was always afraid of something! While I enjoyed catching up with her, I was also sad to find that she was still that fearful person – she was working the same job that she absolutely hates for fear of going to find another one ("not in THIS economy"); she still had very little outside interests ("the world is full of crazy people") and she was still alone ("there are no good men left").
While Ellie knows what I do for a living, she is not a person prone to do things like spell work or candle work! I wish she was… I would definitely recommend that she try something like some white candle magick or a Milk of Damballah white bath to try to help her remove some of the fear and negativity that she finds herself steeped in!
So we will call my friend Ellie. Ellie lives the State of Fear. Everything is riddled with negativity and fear and I began to remember why I had "lost touch." While Ellie is an extreme case, how many of you out there are living in the State of Fear? Are you afraid to make new friends, talk to people, put yourself out there, take a chance on… well… anything?
You know that old saying "nothing ventured, nothing gained?" It is just as viable today as it ever was. Even in these tough economic times, even while we are bombarded with news of atrocities throughout the world, there is still goodness, love, and fun to be had out there. Notice I said OUT THERE. It isn't coming to your doorstep. You must go out there and live your life. If you are afraid of every little thing – the dark, people, new friends,conversations,etc., you are doing yourself a terrible disservice.
I am not saying it is easy to overcome these fears, but won't you please try? If you see any of yourself in those paragraphs above, try to master your fears of just one thing! Are you afraid of people? Are you sure that all of them are up to no good? Try just talking to one new person a month – maybe they will be a rat bastard, but maybe they will be a new lifelong friend! Are you afraid of new ventures? Go some place new! Force yourself if you have to. I am sure you will find that there wasn't anything scary about it at all. 🙂 You might even enjoy yourself!
It's a big wide world out there people – if you are just existing in your tiny corner of it, never venturing out of your safe zone, not only are you doing yourself a disservice, you are doing the world a disservice – the rest of us out here might enjoy the pleasure of your company! 🙂
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com
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August 9, 2010: 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time in the Spellmaker.com chatroom
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"I believe in prayer. It is the best way to draw strength from Heaven"
~~Josephine Baker
Hello everyone! As most of you probably know by now, our 2010 Voodoo Conference will be an online video conference! We did this for a number of reasons, the number one being that right now is not a great financial time for a lot of people and so this allows us to cut the tuition for the conference by more than half from the prior conferences. In this way, we hope that all of those folks who have always wanted to come to the conference but couldn't afford it, will be able to come this time!
Folks have had some questions about the conference, especially about how they will participate. How much or how little you participate in this conference will be up to you – you can simply sit and watch or you can speak up or you can type your questions and we will see them as text questions, you can be "on" camera or "off" – there is a lot of flexibility as far as how you participate. If you desire to be completely confidential, you can!
People have also asked about social time (like we have at the regular conference) and we have decided that, yes, we will provide for that. Again, that is strictly up to you as to whether or not you want to join in on a video cocktail party or not! 🙂
Folks have also asked if we will be doing "hands on" workshops like we have in the past – yes, we will! Every participant will still receive their "goodie bag" just like they did at the other conference, only this time it will be mailed (and some literature emailed) to them before the conference. 🙂
The biggest thing about the whole conference is that you will be able to participate as much or as little as you desire and still get the whole benefit of the classes, lectures, workshops, and demonstrations.
Registration is still open and the payment plan is still in effect if you need to break the payment into two parts, but that won't last too much longer as the conference is coming up in October! 🙂
For more information, please see http://www.spellmaker.com/VoodooConvention/AVC2010REG.htm
Can't wait to see you all there!
Love,light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
— Thomas Edison
Greetings, everyone! 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 sign-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. But that is an extreme example – there are also smaller examples: Those folks 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! 😉
Love,light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com
