Hi there!
On my last trip out to visit MaParents this Fall, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Parran Matt in the Spellmaker workshop and assist a bit with making products. Here are a few pictures of Parran Matt hand mixing some of our Vodou Baths…..
Thanks, Parran, for all that you do!
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Wishing each of you a happy day!
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
Hi there-
If you havent already, check out Spellmaker's line of charms, earrings and bracelets dedicated to Les Lois!
They make a wonderful gift to yourself or someone special….
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
Hi there!
Those of you who were at our recent Video Conference saw the Dollar Store Voodoo presentation by Mambo Sam and myself. These two little fellows are my most recent dollar store find, just before Fet Ghede. Arent they adorable? They were 2 for a dollar! I used them on my Fet Ghede altar this year 🙂
Light and Love
Sister Bridget
Hi There!
On my trip to New Mexico last month to visit Marran and Parran, I received my second sacred rattle as a Voodoo Priestess. It is called a ti hochet (or little hochet) and it belonged to Marran before she took the Asson. I am very honored to add this special instrument into my "Voodoo Toolbox" and to be of service to our family members and clients.
In Service,
Sister Bridget Corfield
Just because the leaves are off the trees, doesn't mean we can't continue to serve Gran Bwa! Feeding the birds is a wonderful way to serve Gran Bwa in the colder months. Here is a bird feeder I found at the siore that reminded me of Ogoun as well 🙂
Light and Love,
Sister Bridget
Hi there, everyone!
Someone asked me a question the other day about what things in our www.spellmaker.com product line did I think got the most overlooked – what did people forget about that might be helpful for them? It was really such an interesting question! :-) This person has had a unique challenge that they have been working on for awhile now and wondered if they overlooking something that could help them.
It really did get me to thinking and I thought that I would share some of my answers to them with you, at least as much as I can without divulging information about their case. So here is my list of overlooked products:
1. The Voodoo Self Improvement Doll: This ranks way up there in overlooked and underused products. Most clients are very interested in changing someone else, or changing how someone else thinks. :-) Nothing wrong with that, however, the ability to "change" or improve one's self can be crucial to a case. For instance, let's say you are working on a love case where you were with someone and they broke up with you. You know for sure that there are some qualities about you that caused the break up. There are some things that your partner expressed to you that needed changing or that they didn't care for. Now as long as we aren't talking about your inherent belief system or something that is very important to you, why not try to change or improve that quality about yourself? Chances are, it probably is something that you know needs changing! ;-)
Also, let's say that YOU personally think that there was something about you that may have negatively impacted your relationship, some behavior that you feel needs changing. Don't be afraid to use this doll! :-)
What if you are working on spells like Get a Job(tm) or Big Money(tm)? Do you feel like maybe your job skills are a little rusty or perhaps your interview methods aren't perfect? Maybe you are nervous about interviewing? Maybe you fear that money and wealth are not for you? Maybe you have accepted your "fate" as being someone who just doesn't deserve money and wealth? Using the self-improvement doll to change your thinking is perfect.
There are so many things that we overlook about ourselves that can impact any kind of case we are working on! Remember that you are an intergral part of your own case, not just the people you are trying to affect with your spell work! 🙂
2. Cosmic Voodoo Destiny Egg and Cosmic Voodoo Spirituality Egg: Again, this is about the awareness of "self" (a much overlooked subject when people do spell work). The Cosmic Voodoo Destiny Egg can be used in a number of useful ways in spell work – especially love spell work. Why not use this egg to create the "destiny" of you and the person you want to be with? Using the visualization and spell techniques of the egg – you can use this tool as a perfect adjunct work to love spell work – CREATE the DESTINY that you WANT with you and the person you want to be with!
Don't know what you want your destiny to be? Petition for guidance and signs to see what direction you want your life to go in?
Again with job, luck, and money spell work - create that destiny! Certainly with adjunct work such as the Destiny Egg you can reinforce your spell work adding in this work where you start to create the destiny that you wish to live.
The Spirituality Egg can also be used in different ways for many different goals as well. One thing that is very common is that people are very hurt, angry, and lost when they start spell work and often, too, when a case goes on for longer than anyone hopes that it will. We start to lose faith, lose energy, and lose belief even in our selves! The Spirituality Egg is the perfect way to renew your spiritual energy, no matter what case you are working on! If you feel yourself getting down and feeling lost and feeling like nothing can work for you, using the Spirituality Egg to petition for spiritual strength to go on, to boost your spiritual energy, and to deepen your spiritual understanding is a great way to enhance your spell work (and your life in general!).
3. High John the Conquerer Root Bag: Many folks do use these root bags. However, lots of folks don't use them, don't know what they are for or how they can help them. High John root bags are one of those things that I feel that anyone who is going to do magick on a regular basis should have! High John root is traditionally used to strengthen any and all magick! It is also a personal luck and guidance and protection mechanism. It is something that people should keep for a lifetime and it has a tendency to take on a living energy of its own. Many people just won't be without theirs! I personally have had mine about 40 years. :-)
Simply used to put on an altar to strengthen the magick, bring luck and guidance, and strengthen one's own personal magickal powers are some of the ways to use this bag.
4.Holy Hyssop Bath Additive: Certainly this is not a substitute for something like the Milk of Damballh White Bath. However, not every situation warrants doing a complete white bath. There are days when you feel a temporary flood of negative emotions or you are just down or just need a quick rejuvenation! That is where the Holy Hyssop Bath Additive can come in! It is a great thing to just keep on hand for a quick bath to refresh yourself, refresh your energy, remove the negativity of the day, etc. This can certainly keep you from building up negative energy, especially if you already did a white bath!
5. The New Orleans Voodoo Lucky Doll: This special doll is really underused! It is a perfect way to bring more luck into the situation you are working on – love, money, etc. It is a doll that you can keep around and just use every so often to boost a situation. Going to see the person you are working on? Do a quick session with this doll beforehand. Going on an interview? Again, do a quick session with this doll. It isn't something you need to do every day, but certainly it is something that falls under the category of situational magickal – you want to influence a particular situation at a particular time to enhance an opportunity for success right at that moment. :-) This is a product that you can just keep around and pull it out when you know you are going into a circumstance where you could use some luck!
So there are a few things that can be very helpful in day-to-day spell work, enhance your work, boost your adjunct work, etc. 🙂
Thanks to the client who asked the question in the first place! It really did make me think. 🙂
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com
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Greetings, everyone!
As one might expect, I get a fair share of angry folks who are working on their cases. Often with hurt comes anger! Of course, we all experience anger at one time or another. Most of have lived through hearing that we should "rise above it" or "not stoop to that level" or something of that nature. Unfortunately, that isn't always possible.
Occasional anger can be good, gets the blood boiling, even can be put into spell work at certain times in certain ways to redirect a negative emotion into a positive endeavor. However, my concerns with anger come when I see that that is the first emotion that some people revert to in most situations. You probably know someone like that in your friends or family group – no matter what, they will find something wrong with what they have, what is being done, or what they are experiencing. There is no way to please them.
I get concerned for them because I wonder if anything will ever make them truly happy. They don't get excited over small victories. They don't see the good in what they are doing or learning. Nothing is ever helpful, useful, or right in their minds. No matter what I tell them, there is always an underlying tone of "no, that's not right, nothing ever goes right for me and it never will." I have even experienced those who got exactly what they asked for in spell work but then found a way to be angry about it. They literally will sabotage the exact results they were looking for by being angry about SOMETHING (i.e., usually nothing!).
Anger is a complicated emotion – not necessarily always negative, sometimes healthy. When it gets out of hand, though, seeking to change that behavior is crucial to your ultimate happiness. One thing I have noticed is that angry people generally have impossible standards. When I ask them if they feel that they, themselves, could hold up to the standards they impose on others, of course I am met with anger about deigning to ask them that. :-)
However, if you are finding that you are quite angry about most things most of the time, you might want to ask yourself just that question and then some: Can you live up to the standards you set for everyone else? Do you always do everything right? Are you always on your best behavior and is every decision you make the perfect one? Do you always choose your words just right? Do you never make a mistake? If just me asking you that is starting to make your blood boil, you might have an anger problem! 😉
In some cases, I have even recommended that folks do the Lady Samantha's Hex Removal kit to help alleviate and prevent some of their anger. No, they aren't cursed, but having that much anger is building up a wall of negativity that needs to be removed! white candle magick kits or a Cosmic Voodoo Healing Egg can also be used to help with anger issues.
I would like us all to take another look at anger, what it does to us, why, and why are we so angry? There is a great article at the American Psychological Association website that I think is a great read. If you aren't the one with the anger problem chances are you know someone who is. It's a good read for that, too!
http://www.apa.org/topics/anger/control.aspx#
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com
Hello everyone!
By the request of a number of clients, we have extended the two-part payment plan option for the upcoming Spellmaker Video Voodoo Conference. We are trying hard to work with everyone who wants to attend the conference! So if you choose the two-part payment plan by October 16, 2010 you will be able to attend all the classes and workshops of the conference even though your second payment will be made after the conference. We realize that times are still tough for many (us included) and the conference has never really been about making a huge profit. We have always tried to remain within the parameters of the cost of supplies, time, and effort of the conference as far as payment is concerned. So we are happy to work with anyone who wishes to attend the conference. If you need special arrangements, please contact customerservice@spellmaker.com and let us know. We do ask, however, that if at all possible you let us know by October 16.
In the meantime, we are very excited about the classes and presentations! Sister Bridget will be presenting a unique and informative presentation on Marie Laveau! Our psychic friend, Mary Lee Stein, will be doing a great presentation on crystals and their special properties. Khouzhan Ann will be talking with us about fresh new ways to use combo or adjunct work. Khouzhans Athena and Lucy will be presenting their sacred places visions. Khouzhan Heather will be doing an amazing presentation on serving the lwa through art and specialty offerings.
Yours truly will be teaching about the roots and philosphy of love spell work and sex magick as well as how they go hand-in-hand. I will also be teaching many other things including how to make a voodoo wand (wand included!), The Church of the Nine Mysteries, how to make your personal veve, and much more!
Parran Matt will be sharing his thunderstone ritual to Ogoun, something that everyone can benefit from!
Also, please note: You do NOT need a webcam to participate in the conference. You only need a webcam if you want to be seen. If you do not wish to be seen, you don't need a webcam. You can view the whole conference on your computer and ask your questions by typing them in, such as in a chatroom format. The conference is completely confidential and no one needs to be seen on camera unless they want to. If you do use a webcam you can ask your questions "in person" and interact with us that way. The choice is completely yours. 🙂
So please, if you are wanting to attend this conference, get registered SOON! :-) We really need a
head count for materials!
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com
Gathering the appropriate sticks for wands in the Cibola National Forest!
Found out that Gran Bwa LOVES camo clothes. Well, of course he does! LOL