• It’s STILL too much trouble!

    Hello everyone,

    I had to go back and look because I swore I had posted about this before, and I was right. So here it is again!  The constant,ongoing theme of being told "I would do anything to get him/her back" and telling that person, "well, here are some things you can do" only to be told how much trouble it is (or some version thereof), still reigns on in my top three aggravating things that people say to me!  LOL  And, yes, that was a big ol' run-on sentence.  

    Someone recently told me that they didn't have 30 minutes a day to devote to getting their love back. So I asked them if the HD wanted 30 minutes a day of their time,  could they do it? Oh, yes, of course… well, duh! 

    Here is my old post!

    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.

     

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  • If Ogoun had a parrot….

     

    If Ogoun had a parrot, I think it would sing something like this 🙂

    Love,

    Sister Bridget

  • Friggatriskaidekaphobia – BOO! Again!

    This is an oldie but had to repost considering the day! 😉

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    Happy Friday everyone!  And certainly Happy Friday the 13th!  :-)  Ah, the stuff from which movies are made.

    I actually remembering seeing the first of the Friday the 13th movies.  At that time, it was a pretty ground-breaking movie!  In my particular part of the country, New Orleans at that time, there was a very lively audience.  People were actually running screaming out of the theatre!  I don't think that happens too much anymore – too many things have happened to jade us about being afraid like that. However, at the time, a particular group of ladies of a certain age (who knows why the heck they were at that movie anyway) were sitting behind us in the theatre.  They were the first to go – knocking over other patrons seated near them and bounding down the theatre aisles, screaming, "Oh Lord, Oh God, get me out of here."  ;-)  No, I am not even kidding.

    Anyway, a few days ago I posted something about living in fear and how I don't want you to do that to yourself!  However, there is also the realization that we are all afraid of SOMETHING!  Me, not too fond of heights or close places.  I am not sure if I am afraid of clowns or just don't like them, but they do absolutely creep me out.  I love the Cirque du Soleil shows that Matt and I have seen in Las Vegas, and it seems that sophisticated clowns do not creep me out.  LOL. 

    Then, of course, there are more soul-trembling fears, those things that go beyond just creepy-crawly fears; there is the fear that the world will never come to peace again, fear that children will always be starving, fear that some people will never "get it", fear that someone will always be mistreating a pet, fear of America's disrespect for their elderly, fear that our educational system will never improve, and so forth and so on.

    What do you fear?  Do you think your fears are irrational, but you have them just the same?  Or do you think that your fears are pretty well grounded?  Do you know the root of your fear or is it something that just seemed to "pop up?"  (That's me with my "fear" of clowns, I swear I don't know why!)

    Enjoy your Friday the 13th! 

    Love, light, and peace,
    Mambo Samantha Corfield
    www.spellmaker.com

     
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  • A Year and a Day.

    Hello beautiful readers!

    Today, 9/9/2013 marks a year and a day since our beloved Sister Candelaria passed over to the other side.  I certainly wish I could say that I miss her less, or that the pain is better… but those things would not be true.

    I do take comfort in the fact that she is now risen in the Vodou religion.  She is a learned soul, our dear and wonderful helper again.  I do feel her – I feel her anxious and ready to hear from you.  I feel her having missed serving and helping.  I feel her reaching out to us.  I know some of you felt it, too, and expressed it!

    As of this day you may formally ask for her help!  If she was special to you, guided you, or even if you didn't know her, but wish you did, she is here for you.

    She blogged once about one of her favorite poems: http://voodooboutique.typepad.com/candelaria/2010/04/still-i-rise.html - it seems so personal and beautiful right now.

    If you want to call on her, ask for her help and guidance, or just honor her, you are all free to do so at this time.  

    Let me tell you some things about her:  She loves people.  She loves helping, nurturing, caring, shaping, molding, problem solving.  She doesn't eat seafood, so don't offer it to her!  She does love Mexican food and most spicy food… haha, most food – she loved to cook.  She loves a good cocktail and could make a mean martini.  She was funny.  She loved to laugh.  She was talented – could sing, dance, act, and publicly speak.  She was accomplished.  She wasn't perfect, nor would she want to be.  She knew the value in being real, in being beautifully flawed, and in learning from mistakes.  And she loves a good party!  So be happy in calling on her! 

    She is a Priestess of Agwe.  Anything that you would do to serve Agwe and/or LaSirene is appropriate for Sister C – blue candles, silver anything, mirrors, sea shells, etc.   Just light a blue candle, put out a glass of water, and talk to her.  She is listening.

    Still she rises.

    Love you all,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

    Chris3
    Sister Candelaria

     

  • Speaking of September Rituals!

    Hello friends and family!

    Thank goodness Khouzhan Lucy's post reminded me of  The Chinese Harvest Moon Festival!  This fun festival is easily celebrated by a party of one (or more) and ties right in with love spell work!

    I made  a  page about it several years ago:

     http://voodooboutique.typepad.com/mambosam/chineseharvestmoon.html

    It gives you all the history of the festival, how it relates to finding the love of your life (or petitioning if you have someone in mind!), and just the general beauty and tradition of this day.

    I think it is a great celebration whether you are involved in a love case or not! We all need more love in this life, this world! So petitioning for love and good wishes for yourself and others is a great thing.

    I would love to see any pictures you take, especially if you incorporate any love spell work with it!

    Love,

    Mambo Sam, www.spellmaker.com

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  • Inspiration from an unexpected place…

    Hi there!

    This needs to be watched and shared with all you know and love! Where ever you are in life right now, this speech is inspirational!

     

    Love

    Sister Bridget

  • ‘Tis the Season!

    Hello good folks!

    Seasoned Spellmaker friends and family know the season of which I speak:  Love Potion #9 making season!

    Remember, Love Potion #9 is made starting 9:00 a.m. on 9/9 – every year! So the time is coming soon!

    This potion IS a drinkable potion.  It is meant to slip a little bit into your intended's drink or food.  It is a classic love potion. There are some other lesser known usages that I will also blog about later.

    But what, if you say, you do not have an "intended" or you don't have access?  Take heart, make the potion anyway.  I feel like making this potion is a great affirmation stating that you will get your intended (or someone better!).  Besides, the potion making process is pretty wonderful, soothing, magickal!

    The recipe for the potion is located on the Spellmaker website, right where it has been for years and years:

    http://www.spellmaker.com/potion9.htm

    Khouzhan Lucy posted on the Spellmaker Novitate blog about it, too! 🙂

    So get to planning, get to making! Oh, and as we found out in 9/9/9 – it cans really well! If you are into canning or can boil some water and use a canning jar, it seals up nicely and when we opened one to check it three years later  - still perfect!  

    Love, Mambo Sam

    www.spellmaker.com

     
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  • Less than Perfect?

    Flawed

    Hello everyone!  Some recent events have made me think about a subject that often comes up – the perfect man  or woman!  Many clients have searched and searched for the perfect person and found that they came up short.  Upon speaking with them I find that their list of desires for a mate is quite extensive and detailed.  I don't really object to that; you want what you want!  However, the flaw in it is that I see how a lot of great potential mates could be overlooked.

    Also, what about time, age, illness, etc.?  What happens when Mr. or Ms. Perfect isn't so perfect anymore?  It reminded me of a post from Parran Matt a few years ago and I wanted to repost it here!

    "Hi everyone! Mambo and I watched a movie the other night titled, "Defiance."  Have you seen this movie?  It is a powerful film about the human spirit, survival, and love.  It is also a true story.  If you have not seen it, I highly recommend it.

    One thing among many that really struck me was the love story component to this story.  I don't really want to give the story away, but love grew in probably the most adverse conditions that one could experience.  It would seem that love, romantic love, would have been the last thing on peoples' minds in these conditions.  But it existed.  Not only did the love exist, it grew, thrived, and lasted for many years between some of the couples.

    It got me to thinking – are some people lazy about love?  If everything isn't perfect, the perfect man or woman, the perfect restaurant date, the perfect flowers and gifts, then does it mean the love is lessened?  I think a good question to ask is can you love under adverse conditions?  What happens when the "perfect" man or woman becomes less than perfect due to some terrible circumstance?  Do you walk away, or do you still see the perfection under the circumstance?

    So much emphasis is put on what someone you love has to be – what he or she has to do, give, become – that I cannot help but wonder if some people are just soft and lazy where love is concerned. To watch this movie and see these people falling in love under horrific circumstances was just mind blowing. On the other hand, I suppose that under horrific circumstances would be a great place to bond, share the fear and horror with someone.

    Anyway, if you want to see what I am talking about, watch the film!"

    I have to say it was a great movie!  And everyone should ask themselves the question Parran asked above, "Can you love under adverse conditions?"

    Love, Mambo Samantha Corfield

    www.spellmaker.com

     

  • LaSirene and Capitaine Agwe This Thursday

    Please join us for Spellmaker.com's next online Spellmaker Spiritual Power Group Ritual. We will be honoring LaSirene and Capitaine Agwe as our August lwa power couple! The ritual will be held on Thursday, August 29, 2013 9 PM Eastern time, 8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific. For more information please visit http://www.spellmaker.com/prayer.htm

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    Don't miss this one!!! It is sure to be awesome!

  • How do you deal with Frustration?

    Good Morning!!!

    Hope you all are doing well and are enjoying this lovely summer! 

    As some of you know, I have been working at times to settle some matters dealing with my father's estate. Estate stuff, at least in this situation, tends not to be very simple. I often have an idea or thought or plan of how things will go with a certain issue, and then, well, God Laughs! 

    Driving home yesterday, I certainly was feeling rather frustrated. I got to thinking alot about this feeling, and I really don not like it! It sucks, basically. And I think I would really rather not feel it so much anymore. I did a little surfing when I got home, to see if there are some tips on dealing with frustration. I would like to share with you what I have learned….

    First, just to help clarify – Frustration is a feeling that arises when something occurs which keeps us from reaching a goal or expectation. There are other feelings which can occur as well, such as disappointment. BUT mix a little anger with your disappointment, and you have frustration.

    "Expectation is the mother of all frustration"

                    …… Antonio Banderas 

    Second, we can experience different levels of frustration in different parts of our lives. Some folks are more easily frustrated in the work enviornment, some with family, some in more social settings. It seems to be the more intense a situation, the more important the goal is to us, the more easily we can become frustrated.

    Anyone out there working on a love situation? How important is it to you that it resolve successfully? 

    Third, how we handle our frustration can definitely directly influence how much frustration we could be feeling in the future! Huh, you say? I said that the first time I read this as well. But look at it this way….if we learn to handle our frustration productively, and that leads to a positive resolution to our situation, then there will be nothing to get frustrated about in the future! 

    Of course, frustration is not always a bad thing. It can be quite motivating and can help us figure out steps so that we can reach our goals. But it is how we choose to express our frustration may cause more stress in our life and the lives of others.

    So, how do we handle our frustration? What are some good tips to practice or skills to develop? 

    I found this wonderful article by Judith Orloff about Frustration, and ways to handle it. Dr Orloff has 4 tips for handiing frustration with people. Here is an exerpt: 

    Tip #1. Focus on a specific issue—don't escalate or mount a personal attack.
    For instance, "I feel frustrated when you promise to do something but there is no follow-through." No resorting to threats or insults. In an even, non-blaming tone, lead with how the behavior makes you feel rather than how you think the other person is wrong.

    Tip #2. Listen non-defensively without reacting or interrupting.
    It's a sign of respect to hear a person's point of view, even if you disagree. Avoid an aggressive tone or body language. Try not to squirm with discomfort or to judge.

    Tip #3. Intuit the feelings behind the words.
    When you can appreciate someone's motivation, it's easier to be patient. Try to sense if this person is frightened, insecure, up against a negative part of themselves they've never confronted. If so, realize this can be painful. See what change they're open to.

    Tip #4. Respond with clarity and compassion.
    This attitude takes others off the defensive so they're more comfortable admitting their part in causing frustration. Describe everything in terms of remedies to a specific task, rather then generalizing. State your needs. For instance, "I'd really appreciate you not shouting at me even if I disappoint you." If the person is willing to try, show how pleased you are. Validate their efforts: "Thanks for not yelling at me. I really value your understanding" See if the behavior improves. 

    (end exerpt) 

    I will be trying some of these techniques with the various realtors, inspectors, lawyers, etc associated with my dad's Estate and let you know which ones I have found helpful. If you try any of these tips out, I would love to hear how they worked for you :-) 

    Love

    Sister Bridget