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  • Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 3: How can I become who I want to be?

    Hello, welcome to Day Three of our exercise.

    Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "How can I become who I want to be?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "How can I become who I want to be?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "How can I become who I want to be?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow and do Day Four 🙂

    Love,
    Mambo Samantha Corfield
    www.spellmaker.com

    Howcanibecomewho

  • Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 2: Who do I want to be?

    Hello, welcome to Day Two of our exercise.

    Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "Who do I want to be?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "Who do I want to be?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "Who do I want to be?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow and do Day Three. 🙂

    Love,
    Mambo Samantha Corfield
    www.spellmaker.com

    WhodoIwanttobe

  • Meditation and Focus Exercise Day 1: Who am I?

    Hello, welcome to Day One of our exercise.

    FOR ALL DAYS OF THE EXERCISES:  Don't self edit!  Just let your thoughts flow.  Don't worry about punctuation, spelling, etc.  You might find yourself doodling pictures instead of writing words.  There is no wrong "answer" to the questions that will be asked. Don't limit yourself in these exercises. This is about setting your mind and will free.  Don't over think the process – just let it flow. Most of us block our own success. Don't block your mind and spirit in these exercises. This is all about the freedom to succeed in all things.  Please feel free to share your experiences each day in the "comments" section below the post.

    Instructions:  Take a few deep breaths and relax yourself. Stare at the picture below with the thought in mind:  "Who am I?"   Spend about 3-5 minutes staring at the picture and asking yourself the same question, "Who am I?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down some of your impressions.  When you are done writing, stare at the picture again and ask yourself the same question, "Who am I?" After about 3-5 minutes, write down your impressions. Repeat the process one more time.  After your final writing down of your impressions (you should have written something down three separate times), close your notebook and do not go back and read your impressions. Get up and get away from your computer for a few minutes, drink some water, or take a short walk.  Come back tomorrow and do Day Two. 🙂

    Love,
    Mambo Samantha Corfield
    www.spellmaker.com

    Whoami

  • 9-Day Meditation and Goal Focus Exercise

    Hello everyone!
    Here at Spellmaker we are always concerned with everyone's goals! What do you want? Why did you come to us? How can we help you get what you want?

    Over the years I have noticed that the busier we all get, the less time we have to truly focus on our goals. So many times I will have people tell me that they will do "anything" to get the person they love, and yet balk at the idea of having to spend 45 minutes a day doing that "anything." 😉 It isn't their fault entirely, though! We live in a world where we are forced to produce, get ahead, be on top of everything, etc. However, there is a problem with that: The very goals we are trying to achieve often elude us because we are so busy and so rushed to "get ahead" that we forget that those goals need our focus and attention! We end up frustrated, flustered, and feeling a lack of direction – and we see our goals slipping away from us.

    Therefore, starting tomorrow, I will publish a nine-day set of meditative and focal exercises that I structured to help you achieve your dreams and goals. For some, it may raise more questions than it answers! However, if you will stick to these exercises for nine days in a row, you will begin to see the benefit! Remember, the answers to ALL that you want to know are inside of you. You are the expert on you! Sometimes you just need a little help to remember that.

    No worries if you can't do the nine days in a row right now. This blog will have these exercises on it for as long as it exists, and I expect that to be a very long time. 😉

    What you will need for these exercises: About 15 minutes alone time (more if you can). A notebook that you can keep and refer to. You may want to do these exercises many times over your lifetime. If you can keep a notebook and refer back to it, you will see how you grow, change, and achieve! Something to write with. That's about it! Pretty simple.

    I look forward to your progress.

    Love,
    Mambo Samantha Corfield
    www.spellmaker.com

  • Squirrel Armor — Really.

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    I'm not really sure the WHY of all this – but if your want to read more about it, you can here.

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    It just made me laugh, and want to go watch Monty Python 😉

    Have a Great Day!

    Light and Love

    Sister Bridget Corfield

  • Universal Love – Live it, Love it!

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    Think about this!  What is the message there?  Is love available to everyone?  Are we all taking the time to actually feel that love and the warmth of it?  How accepting of love are we really?  If we cannot experience Universal Love and love of one's self, can we truly experience romantic love?  Just asking!  Love to hear your opinions.  Remember everyone, you can read everyone's comments and make your own simply by clicking on the "comments" link below each individual post.  🙂

    Love, Mambo Sam
    www.spellmaker.com

  • Papa Legba Month!

    Hi everyone! Hopefully by now you have received the special email about June being Papa Legba month at www.spellmaker.com!


    We will be doing three FREE main rituals on the feast days of the three saints with which Papa is syncretized. These three feast days all fall in June, thus our proclamation of June as Papa Alegba Month at Spellmaker! (June 13-Saint Anthony,June 21-Saint Lazarus,June 29-St. Peter). We will also be doing rituals throughout the month of June, but the main rituals will be on those days.


    Of course, we are encouraging yuo to you to send in a letter with your petitions that you would like to be included in the rituals for Papa Alegba. When writing your letter, please be sure that you are writing the letter to Papa Alegba himself, and be sure that your letter is appropriate. For example, you would NOT write to Papa Alegba asking, “Please make Johnny love me.” However, if yours is a love case you could ask Papa to “Please open communication between Johnny and I so that he can see the love in my heart.” The difference is subtle, but important. You could also ask Papa to remove blockages and clear the path between you and the one you love.


    Communication is such a huge part of all relationships of any kind – love, work, friends, etc. Remember, Papa not only speaks all languages but has the ability to translate all languages. So asking him to “translate” your words into words that someone else can understand is a really good petition.


    Of course, if you do not have a love situation, you could ask that Papa open the gate and clear the path to any goal that you have in mind. You can ask for anything, but to be most effective, try to be sure that what you are asking is within the scope of Papa!


    To be included in these rituals, please email your petition to papalegba@spellmaker.com. There is no charge at all to be included in these rituals and you do not need to purchase anything at all. If you do have or will be getting the Papa Alegba Knock-Knock™ Ritual Kit, or any of the other products, using them on the days we are doing the rituals will maximize their effectiveness for you! You certainly could just light some candles and use Papa’s oil and incense or take the Papa Alegba Clear Path™ Red and White bath. Anything you can do on those days, or any days in June, will be helpful in realizing your petitions. We have decided not to do a special ritual pack for this ritual because we already have specialized products for Papa that you can use during our ritual days.

    We have also included, on Papa’s page, a small, free ritual that you can do if you don’t have the Papa Alegba Knock Knock™ Ritual pack and/or cannot afford to purchase it right now. Money, or the lack of it, hopefully will not prevent you from participating!


    For the first time, also, there is a “donation button” on the Papa Legba page. Many folks have requested a way to donate for these free rituals that we do – just to help us cover costs, etc., if they weren’t planning on purchasing anything in particular at that time. It is neither required nor expected for anyone to donate anything, but for those of you asked to have a way to donate, the donate button is toward the bottom of the page at www.spellmaker.com/legba.htm. Thank you to those of you who asked for a way to donate! We appreciate it. 🙂


    Again, these rituals will be ongoing through June. The sooner you get your petition letter in to papalegba@spellmaker.com, the more times your letter will be included in the rituals! We really look forward to doing these rituals.


    Love to all,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield

    www.spellmaker.com

  • Buddhist Prayer.

    Hello everyone, happy  Monday!

    Many times I speak with people who want to pray, but don't really want to pray to any particular diety, saint, or being.  They just want to say a prayer of good wishes, love, etc.  I think this Buddhist prayer fits the bill very well and we could all benefit from the beautiful wishes of this prayer:

    "May all beings have happiness, and the causes of happiness.
    May all be free from sorrow, and the causes of sorrow.
    May all never be separated from the sacred happiness
    which is sorrowless.
    And may all live in equanimity,
    without too much attachment and too much aversion,
    And live believing in the equality of all that lives.

    May all beings be filled with joy and peace.
    May all beings everywhere,
    The strong and the weak,
    The great and the small,
    The mean and the powerful,
    The short and the long,
    the subtle and the gross:
    May all beings everywhere,
    Seen and unseen,
    Dwelling far off or nearby,
    Being or waiting to become:
    May all be filled with lasting joy.
    Let no one deceive another,

    Let no one anywhere despise another,
    Let no one out of anger or resentment
    Wish suffering on anyone at all.
    Just as a mother with her own life
    Protects her child, her only child, from harm,
    So within yourself let grow
    A boundless love for all creatures.

    Let your love flow outward through the universe,
    To its height, its depth, its broad extent,
    A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.
    Then as you stand or walk,
    Sit or lie down,
    As long as you are awake,
    Strive for this with a one-pointed mind;
    Your life will bring heaven to earth."

    ———–end of prayer————–

    Now, of course, it is a great accomplishment to pray this prayer and FEEL it truly.  However, I do think that there is a great deal of power in this prayer and a great deal of help for all who pray it.

    Love, light, and peace, Mambo Samantha Corfield

    www.spellmaker.com

  • May 15th – Special Day for Cousin Azacca and Saint Isidore 😉

    May
    15th is a special day – it is the feast day of our beloved Cousin
    Azacca, as well as St Isidore the Farmer, who Cousin Azacca is syncretized with    .

    You
    can read the free Spellmaker.com newsletter about Cousin Azacca here :

    http://www.spellmaker.com/SpellmakerNewsletter/Issue2.htm

    Isidore
    the Farmer, (Spanish:     San Isidro Labrador), (c. 1070 – May 15, 1130), was a Spanish day laborer.
    Isidore was born to very poor yet very pious Catholic parents in Madrid, Spain.
    His parents were unable to support him when he was a youth and sent him to work
    for a wealthy landowner, John de Vergas (He ended up working for him for the
    rest of his life). St. Isidore loved to attend the
    Holy Mass before going to work in the morning. Because of this, he usually
    arrived late at work. His fellow workers complained to their master Juan de
    Vargas who investigated the matter by himself. He found out the truth that St.
    Isidore went to mass daily and arrived at work late. Moreover, he discovered
    something – that while St. Isidore was praying in the church, his angels plowed
    the field for Him. He also discovered that while St. Isidore was plowing the
    field, two angels plowed with him at his sides so that his work was equivalent
    to the work of three farmers. From then on, they respected him.     He was
    known for his love of the poor, and there are accounts of Isidore’s supplying
    them miraculously with food. here was also an
    occasion when one snowy day, when going to the mill with corn to be ground
    which his wife had gleaned, he passed a flock of wood-pigeons scratching vainly
    for food on the hard surface of the frosty ground. Taking pity on the poor
    animals, he poured half of his sack of precious corn upon the ground for the
    birds, despite the mocking of witnesses. When he reached the mill, however, the
    bag was full, and the corn, when it was ground, produced double the expected
    amount of flour.     He had a great concern for the proper treatment of
    animals. He died May 15, 1130, and was declared a saint in 1622 with Ignatius
    of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila and Philip Neri. Together, the group
    is known in Spain as “the five saints.”

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    Patron
    Saint of farmers, field hands, day laborers, ranchers, livestock, rural
    communities and asking for rain.

    Saint
    Isidore the Farmer is invoked for the concerns affecting livestock,
    agriculture, and good weather and is even invoked for picnics.

    From the Spellmaker.com newsletter: No matter what you are trying to
    grow in your life, May 15 is the perfect day to offer a feast to Azacca! Set up
    a small altar using his colors and offerings: A piece of denim makes the
    perfect altar cloth for him, yellow and green candles, a container of dirt,
    small gardening tools, etc. Spend some time thinking of what plants need
    nurturing in your life garden and ask Azacca to nourish them and help them
    grow! Ask him to renew and rejuvenate any wilting plants and cut out all the
    weeds!

    Have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Get out there and play in some dirt!

    Light and Love

    Sister Bridget

    I2mages

  • That Looks Like a Lot of Trouble!

    Happy Sunday, everyone!

    Parran Matt and I had some guests for dinner a couple of weeks ago. He had run into an old friend that he had not seen in many years and it was a great reunion! Now this friend doesn’t care for spicy food (which most of you already know is my passion in the kitchen). What’s a poor cooking Mambo to do? 😉


    Well, easy enough, right? I decide that we will grill up some barbequed chicken and ribs, with some baby red potatos, and asparagus with Hollandaise sauce. Now, let me digress for a moment here: Who in the heck can afford asparagus right now, right? Well, as luck would have it, my darling mother-in-law Eileen, who many of you have met at our conventions, found wild asparagus growing near her property a few years ago. The property is public property owned by the Nature Conservancy here, but if it borders your property, you have water rights, etc., to it. SO, Eileen, bless her heart, transplanted the wild asparagus beds onto her property and they took off like wildfire. (This is the lady who “accidently” grew cantaloupes last year by throwing the seeds and rinds into her garden for mulch and off they took into a cantaloupe vine yielding big, beautiful cantaloupes. LOL.)


    So, bless her heart, in addition to her usual victory garden that she grows every year, we have fresh-picked asparagus this time of year. Well, as far as I am concerned I never met a grilled asparagus I loved more than with fresh Hollandaise sauce on it.
    😉


    Now Hollandaise sauce is best served fresh so I make it right before putting everything on the table to serve. As I was cooking it, our friend kept saying that it “looked like a lot of trouble.” I don’t think it is, for me it only takes a few minutes to make and is so worth it. The same with whipped cream, I always whip it fresh if we are having it. It just takes a couple of minutes and it is so much better, but I usually get the same response of “wow, that looks like a lot of trouble.”


    It made me think of how many times people have told me the same thing about spell casting, especially after exclaiming that they would “do anything” to get Jack (or Jill) back into their life. However, when presented with recommendations of what they should do to make this happen, I often get, “that sounds like a lot of trouble.”


    For those folks, sadly, I usually expect them to get a poor outcome from their spell work. Right away they are setting themselves up into a negative state of mind of how much trouble they are going through for their HD; how much work it is; how much time it takes, etc., etc., etc.


    But spell work, like good Hollandaise sauce, IS worth the effort. So if you are thinking your spell work is too much trouble – stop putting that into your mind. Consider calling that trouble “effort” instead of trouble. Consider calling it “being proactive.” Because if you are thinking this is all too much trouble, you couldn’t be thinking in a more negative manner!


    Love, light, and peace,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield

    www.spellmaker.com


    Mambo Sam’s Hollandaise Sauce

    4 egg yolks

    1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

    1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter

    1/2 cup half and half

    1/2 teaspoon hot Hungarian paprika (or just regular paprika;you can also use cayenne
    )
    Pinch of salt


    Whisk the egg yolks and lemon juice together in a stainless steel bowl and until the mixture is thick and approximately doubles in volume. Place the bowl over a saucepan containing barely simmering water (or use a double boiler if you have one.) The simmering water should not touch the bottom of the bowl. Continue to whisk rapidly. Be careful not to let the eggs get too hot or they will scramble. Mix your cream and butter together gently and slowly drizzle in the mixture. and continue to whisk until the sauce is thickened and doubled in volume. Remove from heat, whisk in paprika and salt. Keep warm until ready to use. If you are making this ahead of time and it thickens up too much, you can whisk in warm water a tablespoon at a time until you get the right consistency – thick, but still pourable.