Tag: www.spellmaker.com

  • On the right track? Now what?

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    Hello everyone!

    Are you on the right track?  Do you have a spell work goal? Are you focused on what you hope to accomplish?  If you are, then you are on the right track!  To move forward on the right track, though, you still have to work at that goal. 

    Knowing the goal and just pining after it simply will not work!  You have to put the "work" in spell work. So many of my good folks out there are just on the brink of success with their spell work when they seem to just sit down on the track instead of continuing to travel it.  ;-)  Get up, get moving.  Remember that every candle you light, every incense you burn, and every petition that you chant brings you just that much closer to success.

    God, the Ancestors, and Les Lois help those who help themselves.  Get cracking! 

    Love, light, and peace,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

  • Yahoo! Mail Users – Please Read!

    Hello everyone!  I am in hopes that some of our clients with Yahoo! Mail will read this post; some of you we don't have any other way to answer so hopefully this will help.

    If you have been waiting for a reading,an email from customer service, techsupport, or your caseworker, etc. from www.spellmaker.com and you aren't hearing from us it is because Yahoo! Mail currently has us branded as spammers and aren't letting our emails through to you. 🙁

    The most idiotic thing about this is that we very rarely send out any unsolicited emails – maybe about four times a year for specials and sales – otherwise just about all we are doing is answering your emails that you write to us.  I can't figure out how they can say we are spamming when we are obviously answering an email!!!! 

    I am not sure if it will help, but if you have a Yahoo! email address that you are using to contact us, perhaps putting us on your "white" list, or accepted list will help the emails go through.  Although I have filled out the form they request and am trying to make them see that we are simply doing business as usual, I am fearful that this is going to become a real problem.

    In the meantime, if you aren't hearing from us on your Yahoo! (and we have had the same problem with Hotmail recently) address, you might want to try re-sending your email from a different email address – maybe setting up a free email with an other service.

    I am sorry for the inconvenience, but I really don't know what else to do.

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

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  • Darned Postal Rates!

    Hi everyone,

    Just a quick note to say that our Free Shipping is going to have to end soon!  The increases in postal rates (hahahahaha, I just accidently wrote postal "rats" – wonder if I should have just left it that way) over the past couple of years are just making it cost-prohibitive for us.  :-( 

    We have been really happy to bring this value-added service to our clients over the last couple of years, but it is hitting us hard in the pocket book.  Rather than secretly increase prices and still say that the shipping is "free" like so many retailers do, we would rather actually just tell you the truth and say that we just can't afford to do the free shipping for much longer.

    We haven't totally decided yet, but right now we are looking at a $3.00 flat rate for shipping by the method of our choice (usually first class mail), and $6.00 if you want it shipped by Priority Mail.  So this will be for any weight or number of items shipped in the USA, so it will still be relatively inexpensive, just not FREE like we wanted it to be! International Rates and Express Mail rates are charged exactly what we pay, so that will remain the same.

    There is also the chance for Free Shipping in the USA to return when this recession is truly over (seriously, when is this going to get better???) and there is more money to go around for everyone! 

    Come on, better days!!!!!! 

    Love, light, and peace,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield
    www.spellmaker.com

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  • What are you doing with YOUR duck?

    "Getting your ducks in a row is not nearly as powerful as actually doing something with your duck." Seth Godin

    Besides some pretty funny imagery that comes up when reading that quote, it really rings true with me with some of the good folks that I speak with during consultations.  Very often I will ask, "what of our magickal products do you have on hand to work with?"  I am trying to find out what they already have on hand that might help the situation for which they asked to consult me on.

    So pretty often the answer is candle magick kits, incense, or a voodoo doll, or some oils, etc. Surprisingly, many of the items that they have are ones that they have never used despite the fact that they already have on hand the very things that could have helped them!  Their "ducks" were all sitting in a pretty row, neatly packaged, in the back of a closet, or in a drawer, or in a box under the bed.

    What are you doing with your "duck?"  Are you experiencing some issues, problems, concerns with your case?  Do you have candles, oils, doll, laying around unused?  Pick them up!  Dust them off!  They are there to help you!

    Remember, also, your caseworker is there to help you!  If you have www.spellmaker.com products laying around that you haven't used or stopped using, please consider picking them up again.  Don't just sit around accepting the things that might be happening to you, especially if you have the tools already there to help you! :-)  Your caseworker can help you tremendously in putting together a program of usage for the things you have!

    Love, light, and peace,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield 
    www.spellmaker.com

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  • ‘Memba This?

    Hi everyone!  So over two years ago I published this post below about The Pink Bubble Meditation. Every once in awhile someone asks me about it and I will re-direct them to where the old post is.  However, this week, no less than TEN PEOPLE have mentioned it to me!  LOL.  I truly took this as a sign from Les Lois that there were people out there in need of this meditation exercise so I am simply reposting my old post for probably a whole new audience who needs this pink magick!!

    Whomever is out there that needed this – God bless and here it is!

    Love,light, and peace,
    Mambo Sam
    www.spellmaker.com

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    Hello everyone!  Have you attempted meditation?  Meditation has been around for centuries and is used for many different manifestations of life:  health, love, anger management, relaxation, etc.  There are literally thousands of ways to meditate and assist in the manifestation of your goals. 

    In spell work we are often trying to attain a particular goal:  It may be love, money, a job, etc.  Whatever our reason for doing the spell work, adding in some creative meditations can certainly be a way of assisting your situation.

    Over the upcoming weeks, I would like to share with you some of my favorite meditation techniques. I hope you enjoy them!  The meditation technique below, the "Pink Bubble Meditation", is a wonderful meditation to use if you are working with our favorite love lwa, Erzulie Freda or working with pink candle magick or any other love magick.  🙂

    Love,light, and peace,
    Mambo Sam
    www.spellmaker.com

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    Pink Bubble Meditation Technique

    This meditation is simple and wonderfully effective.
    Exercise:

    • Sit or lie down comfortably, close your eyes and breathe deeply, slowly, and naturally. Gradually relax and feel this meditation taking you deeper and deeper.
    • Imagine something that you would like to manifest. Imagine that is already happened.
    • Picture it as clearly as possibly in your mind. Now in your mind’s eye surround your fantasy with a pink bubble; put your goal inside the bubble. Pink is the color associated with the heart, and if this color vibrations surrounds whatever you visualize, it bring to you only that which is in perfect affinity with your being.
    • The third step is to let go of your bubble and imagine it floating off into the universe, still containing your vision. This symbolizes that you are emotionally ‘letting go” of it.
    • Now it’s free to float around the universe, attracting and gathering energy for it’s manifestation.

    Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain 1978

  • The Happy Hive!

    Good morning everyone!  I woke up this morning smiling over the thought of what a happy hive we have here at www.spellmaker.com!  :-)  I just want to say some thank you's out there to all the folks that make things happen here.

    First off, Parran Matt!  Thank you so much for all that you do to keep the Spellmaker office running smoothly!  From making product to filling orders to just general every day stuff – you are the man and I love you for it and so much MORE! 🙂

    To our daughters:  Sister Bridget and Sister Candelaria I cannot say enough about the efforts of these two women to help out wherever possible, and do whatever we ask without question to help the spiritual paths of themselves and others.  They are truly gems.

    To our caseworkers:  God bless each and every one of  you!  Our confidential caseworker program is something very unique to Spellmaker.  Every client who desires to have someone on board to help them is welcome to choose or have assigned a confidential caseworker to them!  These very special folks are there to hold hands, make recommendations, offer solace, and in general take care of their clients. Each of them has a unique talent for what they do!

    Unfortunately, caseworkers are often met with a lot of negativity and blame as oftentimes sad and angry people lash out at them as the nearest post of whipping. Frankly, sometimes our caseworkers take a beating!  But each of them continues on, understanding that their clients are often hurt, afraid, and lonely and that is the reason for them taking the blame for things they had no control over.  Let's face it, very few people whose lives are going great need a caseworker!  The very need for a caseworker assumes that you are having some challenges in your life!

    It would behoove people to remember that caseworkers volunteered for their job and accept no pay for what they do.  It is part of their service to this House and Les Lois!  Thank you, thank you, thank you to those of you who continue to do casework and reach out and help others even in the face of their sometimes seeming ungratefulness!

    To tech support:  Thank you so much for all the questions you answer and your tireless good cheer in doing so!

    To Darla:  My grandson's mom,and my dear friend, Darla, has been helping us with the phone.  God bless her good cheer and constant great attitude towards clients!  Thank you so much, Darla!

    To Khouzhan Sierra:  Thank you for undertaking the reimplementing of the birthday certificate program!  It is a huge job and thank you so much for seeing it through!

    To the Novitiates:  Some of you are caseworkers, some of you are Prayer Group Leaders, technical support, writers, bloggers,  plus many more unseen workers! :-)  Those of you who have undertaken your service are doing a wonderful job!  Prayer Group Leaders, Caseworkers, tech support, and the Class Secretary – please accept my thanks for your continued service.  The others, please also accept my thanks for all that you are doing and will do in the future.  You are a great group of students and spiritual novitiates! I appreciate the efforts of all of you who are working towards your goals and ours!

    To whomever I forgot to mention:  I love you and appreciate you, but if I forgot to mention you, it is just that I haven't had my two cups of coffee yet!  LOL.

    It is great to be here in The Happy Hive with each and every one of you!

    If one of these wonderful people has helped you, please give them a shout out!

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

    Queenbee

  • Cookin’ up a spell!

    Hello everyone!

    Happy Monday!!!  :-)  So recently I had the pleasure of cooking dinner for some dear friends of ours.  It's "that" time of year so I was able to make spaghetti sauce from fresh pasta tomatoes grown in my mother-in-law Eileen's garden – use fresh herbs, peppers, etc. 

    In the midst of all that chopping, pureeing, stirring, etc., it struck me how much cooking was just like doing a spell (with a slight homage to Cajun Voodoo Love Cookin').   First of all, I had to want to cook this meal as perfectly as I could.  I couldn't just do it because I had to, or said I would.  It truly had to be a labor of love or that sauce would NOT come out right. (Hats off to my Dad for that one!)

    Second, I had to concentrate and think on what I wanted the outcome to be.  In order to make this meal truly special I had to visualize the joy that it would bring and the love that it would show.  I cooked this just for you, because I love you, and I want you to see that love in what I am offering you.  Nothing could be closer to being spell work without being spell work!

    Third, I had to take care with what I was doing; I had to check my ratios of tomatoes to garlic to peppers to onions. I had to make sure I stirred at the right time, checking to make sure nothing was burning, and get my timing right.

    In the end, the meal was as perfect as I could make it!  Notice I said as perfect as I could make it?  Not necessarily perfect, maybe something wasn't exactly right, maybe I might have made a mistake.  However, I knew that I had done my personal best – the end result was going to be loved because I knew that those good folks would know that something had been made especially for them and that THEY had been at the forefront of my thoughts the whole time I was preparing the meal.

    So approach your spell work the same way!  Care about what you are doing, follow the instructions to the best of your ability, and visualize the loving end result! Don't just go through the motions of your spell work because you have to, or the instructions said so, or Mambo said so!  Do it because you want to! You will feel happy and satisfied and you will know that no matter what the outcome, you did your very best!  That is success in a very special way!

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

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  • Friggatriskaidekaphobia – BOO!

    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

  • For Lazaro.

    Ridiculously, some might say,

    I cried all the way home after I

    met you.

    But those who would say such

    a thing would never understand

    your sublime

    perfection,

    your precious spirit.

    Surely they would never see as

    I see into your past and present

    and future all

    at once.

    Surely they have never held you

    and smelled you and kissed at

    the air because

    you had breathed

    into it.

    So I shall remain ridiculously,

    crazily, and maybe inexplicably,

    a completely smitten

    fan of your

    incredible beingness.

    Thank you for coming to

    Planet Earth.

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    Love you!!!

  • Stress in Social Media?

    Hello everyone,

    I read a very intriguing article today that stated that doctors were starting to see stress symptoms caused by people trying to keep up with Facebook, Twitter, etc.  These people felt compelled to keep their statuses updated, pictures uploaded, etc., etc.  When they fell behind, they felt like failures.

    In looking back over my fairly short history with social media (just a couple of years at most), I did see where there were times when I felt like needed to add "something" to Facebook or Twitter – otherwise it seemed like I was just sitting stagnant somewhere.  There is, to me, sometimes a huge obligatory feel to catching up on Facebook.

    But doesn't this kind of go against the whole idea of social media?  Weren't we supposed to be on Facebook to have fun, catch up with one another, find old friends, reach out to those we love and care about?  Was it ever supposed to be a chore?

    I had read quite some time ago about some people thinking that the verb "friending" someone on Facebook demeaned the whole idea of a friend…. that it took away from the very word "friend."

    Obviously, as an online business owner, I do feel that I should be on Facebook, not just for family and friends, but because I believe that it offers potential customers of Spellmaker another way to get to know me.  Most of you who do know me, already know that I am big on having customers get to know us. I feel it is important for them to know who they will be not only giving their money to, but who are they entrusting with fragile things such as their love life!  I have always been a big believer in telling pretty much all my personal business to my customers.  LOL.  That has been sometimes a bone of contention with certain family members, but I figure if you are entrusting me with your personal information, turnabout is fair play.

    However, on a personal level, how do you feel about social media such as Facebook?  Do you ever feel stressed about it?  Do you feel that it is something you MUST keep up with or do you just want to keep up with it?

    One of my  Spellmaker Novitiates recently mentioned in one of her posts about evil Facebook and stalking people on there!  LOL – that is worthy of a whole 'nuther post, but first I would like to get your opinion on social media in general! 

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

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