Even tho the phase of the moon has no bearing on our work with Les Lois, I have always found a full moon sooooo enchanting. When the weather permits, I try hard to find a few moments to sit outside under a full moon to just take a few deep breaths and clear my head. It has always been one of my favorite things to do. I have been writing about the history and stories associated with different full moons throughout the year. Just as an overview, every full moon throughout the year has its own name. Here’s what they’re called:
January: Old Moon, or Moon After Yule
February: Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, or Wolf Moon
March: Sap Moon, Crow Moon or Lenten Moon
April: Grass Moon, or Egg Moon
May: Planting Moon, or Milk Moon
June: Rose Moon, Flower Moon, or Strawberry Moon
July: Thunder Moon, or Hay Moon
August: Green Corn Moon, or Grain Moon
September: Fruit Moon, or Harvest Moon
October: Harvest Moon, or Hunter’s Moon
November: Hunter’s Moon, Frosty Moon, or Beaver Moon
December: Moon Before Yule, or Long Night Moon
See you in the moonlight!
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
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Spirituality Can Benefit Your Mental and Physical Health.
Happy Friday All!
I hope you all have something splendid planned for this weekend! It looks like Spring has *finally* Sprung around here, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high, as we have definitely had snow later than late April before.
I came across this wonderful article that talks about how people who are on a spiritual path (any spiritual path, it doesnt matter which one) show some clear health benefits! I thought this was a must read for those of you out there! Read the article through, and I will see you on the other side …..
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Spirituality Can Benefit Your Mental and Physical Health
By Elizabeth Scott, M.S.
While people use many different religions and paths to find God,
research has shown that those who are more religious or spiritual, and
use their spirituality to cope with life, experience many benefits to
their health and well-being. For many, this news would come as no
surprise; spirituality and religious activity have been a source of
comfort and relief from stress
for multitudes of people. In fact, according to a study from the
University of Florida in Gainesville and Wayne State University in
Detroit, older adults use prayer more than any other alternative
therapy for health; 96% of study participants use prayer specifically
to cope with stress. Here are just a few more of the many positive
findings about spirituality and its influence on physical and mental
health:- Canadian college students who are involved with campus ministries visited the doctor less, scored higher on tests of psychological well-being, and coped with stress more effectively.
- Older women are more grateful to God than older men, and they receive greater stress-buffering health effects due to this gratitude.
- Those with an intrinsic religious orientation, regardless of gender, exhibited less physiological reactivity toward stress than those with an extrinsic religious orientation. They were also less afraid of death and had greater feelings of well-being.
(Those who were intrinsically oriented dedicated their lives to God or
a ‘higher power,’ while the extrinsically oriented ones used religion
for external ends like making friends or increasing community social
standing.) - Prayer works for young and old alike. Prayer and spirituality have been linked to:
- Better health
- Less hypertension
- Less stress, even during difficult times
- More positive feelings
- Less depression
- Greater psychological well-being
- Superior ability to handle stress
Whether this information inspires you to rediscover a forgotten
spiritual path, reinforces your commitment to an already
well-established one, or simply provides interesting food for thought,
this is just a sample of all the encouraging research that’s been done
on the topic.Spirituality is personal, and everyone’s spiritual path may be unique. However, some spiritual stress relief strategies have been helpful to many, regardless of faith.
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Imagine that 😉 Spirituality can help us feel healthier and be healthier! No specific path is right for everyone, whether you choose Voodoo or any other path, the fact that you are on a path that fits well with your beliefs is what matters.
Near the end of the article it mentions about spiritual stress relief strategies. Those of you feeling stressed and would like some relief, be sure to write your caseworker. We are just full of great ideas! Also, be sure to stop over at Sister Candelaria's blog about Spiritual Boot Camp! for lots of great ideas and exercises as well.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Light and Love
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Authentic Voodoo Lamps by Sister Bridget
Sister Bridget, as an initiated Priestess of Ogoun, is now offering services to create, consecrate, and burn a voodoo lamp to Ogoun on your behalf! We realize that most people do not know a lot about Voodoo lamps, but these particular types of lamps are considered a very meaningful and important type of service to offer to the lwa.
Voodoo oil lamps are steeped in rich history and ritual originating in Africa, traveling to the United States, Haiti, and other countries. It is considered a great honor and an extraordinary offering to the lwa (Voodoo spirits) to burn a lamp on their behalf and ask for their favor on a particular matter in return. These lamps are not your every day “oil lamps.” These are lamps that are ritually composed and burned on your behalf. Do you feel like a matter in your life is “steeped in darkness?” Is there something you cannot see the solution to or feel like you are in the dark about? Is the answer to your happiness hidden from you? The Voodoo Ritual Lamp is meant to shine the light on your goal and light the path for you to obtain that which you desire. Sister Bridget’s Voodoo Lamps are a very unique combination of a ritual to Ogoun and a fire offering to Ogoun. Ogoun then takes this fire and applies it to whatever you have requested through Sister Bridget. This is truly an amazing thing because you are literally feeding fire to Ogoun and asking him to take that energy into your goal!
Voodoo Priestesses and Priests are trained in the art and ritual of the Voodoo Lamp. This is something that only an initiate can truly do properly and effectively, though, of course, anyone could burn an oil lamp in honor of a lwa! But if you want the true and authentic lamp of a Priestess done for you, this is Sister Bridget’s speciality.
Also, Sister Bridget is proud to offer a unique Lamp Ritual to the Power Couple Ogoun and Erzulie Freda! Harness the powerful love between these two great spirits, and infuse it into your situation.Each ritual is customized just for you and the lamps are burned for each individual for any request that you desire. When Sister Bridget has completed your lamp ritual and burning, she will then send you a complete report on your ritual as well as a picture of your lamp ritual, some of the oil and herbs used in your lamp, and instructions on how to use them to further empower the ritual on your end. In this way, although you are not required to build and burn a ritual lamp, you still are able to put some of your own energy into your goal.
Once you order your personal lamp ritual, Sister Bridget will contact you to discuss what your goals are for the burning of the lamp. All petitions can be made for personal empowerment, love, luck, money, banishing, or other custom needs you might have.
For an extra special value, you may also order a 15 minute tarot reading to be done for you while your lamp is burning during your ritual. Ordering the lamp and reading combined offers you an excellent value! For even more value, you may choose to get a total service package of a 15 minute tarot reading, lamp burning ritual, and a Pendulum of Ogoun reading. Please check out Sister Bridget’s Page for complete information and ordering instructions.
Best of luck to all of you – may the Light of Ogoun shine for each and every one of you!
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Are You Afraid to Love Completely?
Happy Friday, everyone!
Very often my clients tell me that they are “afraid to love” completely. Now, of course, we all fear being hurt. Many of us will hold back and not give ourselves fully into loving someone at first. We want to wait… we want to see if our feelings are returned. Putting it out there fully and completely is quite scary!
However… and this is a BIG however, if you are doing love spell work and yet you are afraid to give your heart completely then you may be running a very real risk of sabotaging your own spell work!
Think about this: If you are approaching the relationship you are trying to get or fix with fear, holding some of your feelings back, and being afraid that you might get hurt, then what kind of energy are you putting into your spell work? What you put into your spell work is most often what you get out of it. If you are putting fear and holding back your love because you might get hurt, then that is likely what you will get back.
Perfect love spell work must be done in perfect love. Now, spell work doesn’t have to be perfect to work for you! Hey, we all make mistakes, and there is a certain level of “accident forgiveness” built into our spell work. However, it is really important to think about how YOU are feeling towards the relationship you are trying to be in. Are you angry? Are you afraid? Are you afraid to truly love that person because you may never get them? What if I told you that you may never get the because you are afraid to truly love them???
There are those among us who feel like it is not worth it to fully love someone. It is too risky. We might get hurt. We might get dumped. We might not get that love returned to us. However, if you are not willing to take the risk then you can never reap the wonderful, incredible, dizzying rewards of truly being in love. The old saying that, “It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all” is just so true.
There is no more powerful emotion than love. If you are not willing to allow yourself to experience it, even if it seems one-sided right now, then you are doing yourself (and your spell work) a terrible disservice.
If you feel that perhaps you have been this person, I would like to suggest that you do something about it! 🙂 There is no point in getting upset if this has been you. Instead, make yourself the promise to no longer be that person! If you have been deeply afraid or angry or half-hearted in allowing yourself to love the person you want to be in a relationship with, then I am going to suggest that you do something such as Erzulie Freda’s Love Bath or perhaps some pink gender candles (in the gender of each of you – you and the person you want to be with) and ask that you allow yourself to feel this love again! Petition that you will not be a blockage to your own feelings of love, that even though right now those feelings might be bittersweet, you will allow yourself to feel them, relish them, wallow in them! THEN start back on your spell work or adjunct work – whatever you are working on right now.
Think of doing something like your love doll with the pulsing ecstasy of love that truly beats in your heart for your special person! Even if you feel like your love is one-sided right now, love is still a positive emotion! Allow yourself to feel it, really feel it, and then go do a love doll session or a candle session.
Trust me, I know that this can be a painful journey sometimes. But don’t sabotage it by not allowing yourself to fully commit to the love that you want. Your love is real, so really feel it!
Love, light, and peace,
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Happy Holiday to All!
Hi there!
Hope you are all having a wonderful holiday full of everything good! Lots of chocolate and hidden eggs, and celebration with friends and family of your holiday!
Today is also the last day for Mambo Sam's great 30% off holiday sale! It ends tonight ! Stop by www.spellmaker.com and take a look. You wont ever see a more generous sale than this 😉
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
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Happier Easter , All! Special Sale this weekend!
Hey there!
Just heard from our beloved Mambo Sam that there is a special 30% off sale this weekend until Sunday night only! Time to stock up on some candle magick or order that reading you have been thinking about! Or treat your self to something decadent from the Erzulie Freda page or something hot from the sex magick page! Oh Gosh, and dont forget the Voodoo Ritual Baths, either! Spring time is a great time for a nice Baron Bath and Marie Laveau House Blessing kit! A nice one-two punch for renewing your spirit and your living environment!
Stock up and save folks! Prices have never been lower 😉 Thank you Mambo!
Light and Love,
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Happy Easter Everyone!
Wishing all my beloved Spellmaker friends a wonderful holiday weekend. Here is a little something to help you all not have any guilt over the chocolate treats that may cross your path this weekend.
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
Chocolate:
The Fifth Basic Food Groupby Alanna
MacRitchieWhile
protein builds your muscles strongEating chocolate’s never wrong
It helps
you heal when you are downIt turns
your sadness right aroundWhile
grains can make you run, run, runEating chocolate’s really fun
It gives
you energy to wasteAnd it
has an A plus tasteDairy
builds strong teeth and bonesChocolate
should be in all our homesMilk Chocolate’s made with dairy too
It builds
strong bones just for youFruits
and Veggies keep you healthyChocolate
can make you very wealthyMake it
into chocolate barsAnd stack
them all the way to Mars__________________________________
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The April Full Moon is in the Pink! April 9, 2009
The first full moon of Spring is upon us! Look for it in the
sky April 9 & 10, 2009! The April full moon is also known as the Pink Full
Moon, as it marks the appearance of the grass pink, or wild ground phlox—one of
the first spring flowers. Native Americans of the northern and eastern part of
the United States tracked the seasons by giving a unique name to each of the
full moons. This name was for the entire month that the full moon
occurred in. The name of the full moon and variations of its name was used
by the Algonquin Indian tribes from New England to Lake Superior.It is also
known as the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and the Fish Moon. Coastal
tribes called this moon the Fish Moon, because it was this time of year that
shad began their upstream climg to their spawning grounds. Here is a short
video about how this “Pink Moon” got its name.This moon is also known as the Seed Moon. The energies
around this moon are ones of fertility, growth and inner wisdom. We are
encouraged to be bold at this time; to take action on things we have been putting
off all Winter. Spring has arrived, as has its energy for new starts and new
beginnings!Tonight’s full moon shines near the star Spica, the
brightest light in the constellation Virgo. The first full moon to follow the
March equinox faithfully shines in front of Virgo, the harvest goddess, to
signal the change of seasons.The Christian celebration of Easter falls on the first
Sunday after the first full moon of the northern hemisphere spring. So
tonight’s Easter Moon heralds the coming of Easter Sunday.APRIL
FULL MOON by Lee Emmett (Australia)in smoky-silk, milky-mist sea
full moon beauty gazes around
wearing lilac-veil she sails aloft
worldly domain without sounddark arms of eucalyptus caress
cool-spirited fairies of mid-night
bathing in droplets on silver-sheen
forest-leaves; forms magical sightCelebrate this time to begin welcoming in Spring! Clean out
your birdhouses, refill those bird feeders, go shopping in your favorite seed
catalogs 😉 Light a green candle for Gran Bwa and ask for his blessings in the
coming time of sun and lush grass and thick forests. Now would be a wonderful
time to do a simple Lwa honoring ritual for Gran Bwa as
well.This is also a great time to air out your house with a lovely Marie Laveau Clean Sweep House Blessing kit. Spiritual spring cleaning at its best 😉
Spring is arriving and it is time to celebrate!
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
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Earth Hour 2009 – This Saturday – March 27th.
Hey there!
This Saturday night is 2009's Earth Hour is this Saturday at 8:30 pm – wherever you are 😉
Help raise awareness about global warming and other serious environmental issues by going dark and turning off all electronics and lights around you for one hour.
http://www.earthhour.org/home/
For those of you working on spellwork or adjunct work, this would be a great time to get those love candles going! Or a nice, intimate love doll session ;-) Or, if you get together with a group of friends its a great time to sit by candlelight and catch up on the local gossip or tell tall tales about the past. Or, for those of you who meditate or journal, Earth Hour would be a great time for those activities as well.
Make a date with yourself for Earth Hour 2009!~
If you care to share how you spent your Earth Hour, please do leave a comment here!
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
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Mohawk Indian Prayer
Hey All-
I think that thinking its finally spring yet its 20 degrees outside is getting to my head! Cabin fever of the worst kind. The calender says its Spring, and it is light much later already, but its still cold and snowy. Blech! I love this prayer below, and have been saying it every day hoping it will hurry the grass to green up soon! ( I know, but a girl can dream, cant she?)
Light and Love
Sister BridgetMohawk Indian Prayer
Oh Great Spirit, Creator of all things;
Human Beings, trees, grass, berries.
Help us, be kind to us.
Let us be happy on earth.
Let us lead our children
To a good life and old age.
These our people; give them good minds
To love one another.
Oh Great Spirit,
Be kind to us
Give these people the favor
To see green trees,
Green grass, flowers, and berries
This next spring;
So we all meet again
Oh Great Spirit,
We ask of you.
