I was finishing up some lamp work for a dear client yesterday, and had to take a picture of this vial of oil. It looked so pretty with the herbs, I really wanted to share this with you all.
In Service,
Sister Bridget
Hi there,
I have updated this photo album to include pictures from yesterdays ritual to Papa Legba and St. Anthony. It was such a wonderful experience and the energy was awesome. And we get to keep on going all month working with Papa 😉 Hope your experience was as splendid as mine! Enjoy the photos.
In Service,
Sister Bridget
It
is time for our free Papa Alegba rituals to be done in our
Spellmaker offices! We will do this ritual in our office on June 13,21,
and 29, 2010. You can be included in this ritual in many different
ways: You can send in an email and ask for your petition to
be presented in our rituals. There is no cost for this! You can also
choose to do the ritual below on that to tap into the group energy of
the days we will be working or on any other day you desire – also free!
You can also choose to use Papa's Ritual Pack on any or all
of his special feast day or any other day you desire! You can use his
special bath on these days! You can use his special oil and
incense and do a ritual of your own to honor him! There are lots of
ways for you to participate at this special time of year when Papa
Alegba is being honored all over the world! The choice is completely
yours!
For details please click here!
Its not too late to join in! Hope to "see" you there!
Perseverance seems to be a theme near and dear to me lately. When I came across this poem by Maya Angelou, it really spoke to me….I hope you find some inspiration in it as well.
In Service,
Sister Bridget
by Maya Angelou
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise. I rise.
Here are some photos about a new skill I learned on my last trip to visit Marran and Parran.
Enjoy!
In Service,
Sister Bridget
Hi There!
when coming into a reading, as a client you will have things you desire
clarification on. Knowing how to phrase
questions well will help you get the most possible benefit from your reading.
Here are some basic guidelines.
The Tarot
will give you an overview of a situation and let you know what will happen if
you choose to either do nothing and continue the way you are going, or take
another path. The tarot itself is more about insight and guidance that black
and white answers. Open ended questions seem to work best. Here are some examples:
Can you give me insight into …
What do I need to understand about …
What is the meaning of …
What is the lesson or purpose of …
What are the circumstances underlying …
How can I improve my chances of …
How might I …
What do I need to know about . . . ?
What internal and external influences are affecting my goal
to…?
What is the next step I need to take to achieve . . . ?
What is standing in the way of my . . . ?
How can I best overcome the obstacle of . . . ?
How can I be a better . . . ?
Which is the best choice between . . . ?
Asking closed
ended questions limits the scope of advice that the cards can lend. Yes and No questions can be asked, but that
then leaves us asking yet another question about what to do next. The cards themselves do not give specific
names, places or dates. Although,
general time frames can be interpreted by a skilled reader 😉 (We can address timelines
in another post!) And always, if you are having trouble framing a
question, just describe what it is you
wish to know about, what information you are seeking, and we can work together
on phrasing your question. No worries!
Keep in mind
that there are always challenges and obstacles in life and the Tarot never
gives an inevitable outcome but, rather, a possible
one based on the circumstances presently surrounding your question. Readings of any kind should be used as a tool to help you in
deciding what to do next, what you can work towards changing, and what you
decide to accept as your destiny. In other words, if you get a reading
that doesn't seem particularly good, what can you do to change that?
If you couldn't potentially change your future, then we at Spellmaker wouldn’t
be here working so hard for you and with you!
Light and Love
Sister Bridget