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Incase there are any of you out there that may have missed Mambo Sam's emailing or blog, June is Pap Legba month at Spellmaker.com!
Check out www.spellmaker.com/legba.htm to get the low down on all the activities, free rituals and deep discounts on all items Legba!
Have a great weekend!
Sister Bridget
Hey, y'all!
Check out the new pictures of the treasure chest I painted for Capitaine Agwe in my photo album!
have a great day!
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
That's Right! The Papa Legba Ritual Pack is finished and ready to ship! From what I hear, Legba was VERY meticulous about what and how he wanted things to be – JUST PERFECT of course!
Because we so often call upon Papa Alegba to help us with our communication with other lwa, we might almost forget to call upon his own great abilities to help us. Have a path that seems blocked to you? Doors won't open for you? Having troubling making someone you love understand what you want? Stuck at your own crossroads of life and don't know which way to turn? Our dear Papa is there for that and so much more! Few other lwa can offer as much comfort and understanding as Papa. His shoulder is there for us to cry upon; his arms welcome those who need safe haven. Few things are as satisfying spiritually as spending an evening doing a great service to Papa Alegba!
Mambo and Matt have put together a wonderful Ritual and Service package dedicated to Papa. This package not only includes instructions for a full authentic ritual, but also includes candles, special oil and incense developed on the point of and under the direction of Papa Alegba through Mambo Sam, veve, picture, and a number of unique and wonderful sacred items that have been dedicated and consecrated to Papa. Once you have this, you can do the ritual to Papa over and over again! There will be no need to purchase this package again. The ritual will be yours to use and you need only replace the oil, incense, and candles as needed!
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
The more and more I thought about it, I dont believe its EVER too late for a new beginning, to begin reinventing oneself, to head for a path full of light rather than dark. Sometimes I have been stuck in quite a funk, or a rut, or what have you, just like many of the people that write me (Believe me when I tell you I HAVE been where you are, and I do know what you are going thru!). This time of year is especially bad, as it is when we often see New Years Resolutions go by the wayside, the days are short, and in many areas, the weather is bad. It can be a very low time for people. And the whole Resolution gig – who came up with that? Not anyone who lived in today's chaotic world!
After surfing the net a bit, I came across the idea of something called a Personal Mission Statement. Some of you business-minded folks might know about Mission Statements as they relate to businesses and corporations. Well, a Personal Mission Statement isn't all that much different. It is a mission statement, or collection of affirmations about how you want to live your life. What values guide you? What long term goals do you desire? Think of a personal mission statement as a new years resolution that you have a lifetime to work towards – that if you stray from your path, the next day you get up and dust yourself off and turn your compass back towards your mission statement.
Over the next few blogs, I will go over the steps to writing a personal mission statement, and if you have any questions, please do post them in the comments. You can even post your results after each step if you like 😉 I think that would be encouraging to others as well! I am really looking forward to this process, and I hope you enjoy it.
On a side note – those of you with the Winter doldrums have no fear — February is coming! I know, I know, I hear you, February is still Winter……. BUT it is also the month of the Spellmaker Family month long ritual to Erzulie Freda! And that ALWAYS warms things up where ever you may be! Keep your eyes pealed for an email from Mambo Sam about Erzulie Fest 2009!
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
Hello my dear spell-casting friends! 😉
Very often people want to know how we do things around here at the Spellmaker offices! So I thought I would start a series of posts that let you know a little bit about how we make certain items and what kind of care goes into the products that we send you.
One of our most popular products are our Bayou Vodou Potions! These are extremely strong and powerful wearable (never drinkable) potions. The very history of the potions is so wonderful and dear to my heart that m My Aunt Fannie (who has now passed away) is the original creator of the potions that we use today. I have had my own hand in them, of course, but for the most part I have kept as close as possible to her original formulae.
It took me quite a bit of time to reproduce the forumale in the first place. Aunt Fannie wasn’t trying to be difficult, I promise you, but there was a lot of, "Well, honey, I think I put about, oh, I don’t know, an ounce or two of rose oil in this one… or wait.. no, well, yes, I think it was definitely an ounce or two." LOL. So that took quite a bit of time to get it down to what we both remembered.
So how do we make them? 🙂 Like the majority of our products, we mix them right here in our office. I used to make them a gallon at a time, but I actually like making a smaller batch. I don’t even know why! Maybe I just like to make them!! LOL. That way if I only make a quart at a time I have to do it more often. 😉 Most often I make them from start to finish. Occasionally Parran Matt makes them up and does his part of the consecration and then I do my part of the consecration. We find it especially powerful on the love potions if we do our consecration together. It feel really awesome to put a little bit of our own love in a product that is meant to help other people attain their happiness.
Following my hard-won written forumale, we mix the oils in one at a time and allow each one to "rest" on top of the next one. Each potion contains 7 or more different oils. Many herbal and flower oils are used. After all the oils are added, the bottle is very gently rotated to blend the oils without bruising them. Hand blending of delicate oils without the usage of any metal tools keeps them as clear as possible (although some clouding is usually inevitable) and is said to help them retain their inherent ingredients.
After they are mixed and blended, they are consecrated. They are then bottled up into their individual containers and await your order! 😉
I really wanted to share with you all a picture of my Aunt Fannie. Unfortunately, there are some of her family members who are less than enthusiastic about her memory (she did pass a few years ago) being linked with voodoo. SO, I set out to look for a picture of someone in a movie or something that might be a pretty good representation of what she looked like. WELL, you could have knocked me over with a feather when I found a picture of a painting by a Mr. Francoise Duparc that to me looks exactly like Aunt Fannie looked in her elder years (well, not the outfit, but the face and eyes are just incredibly like hers).
I was not familiar with Mr. Duparc’s work until now, but I thank him so much for this painting because it just so looks like my dear Auntie, the original creator of the potions that some of you are wearing as you read this!
Love, Mambo Sam
