Tag: spellmaker

  • Oh Bother! …. or not.

    Hi There All!
    Today is such a beautiful day – the first in many months- that I was reminded of one of my favorite quotes:

    “Don't
    underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along,
    listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.”
           ~~~ Winnie the Pooh
     
    Here is to hoping each of you can have a bit of doing nothing today, and just enjoying the sunshine and new grass beneath your feet. Set aside your bothers, whether they be work or family or HD related, and just truly just enjoy the new Spring around us.

    Light and Love
    Sister Bridget
    http://www.spellmaker.com

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  • I Miss You!

    Hello everyone!

    Happy Sunday! I hope each and every one of you does something lovely for yourself today.


    So what about, “I miss you!” I was looking over some correspondence from an old friend yesterday and throughout it, she kept saying, “I miss you!” It made me think, does anyone ever say that when they are petitioning for someone to return to them? Just plain old, “I miss you.”


    When I was re-reading some of these old letters, I realized that I really got a little pang in my heart as my friend repeated that she missed me. I missed her, too. Even though I already realized it, her verbalization of it made me realize it even more.


    I certainly believe that if you are using something such as a love doll, which makes for a direct link to the person you are working on, telling them that you miss them, you miss their touch, you miss the times when you_______________(whatever you want to say), has the potential for having a great impact on them!


    First off, everyone wants to feel as if they are missed when they are away. Even if you have no contact with your love (or maybe especially if you have no contact with your love), reminding them that you MISS them, you miss your time together, you miss his/her voice, etc., just has to have positive effect on them. Second, I think this is something we might often forget to say. We get so wrapped up in doing love spell work and sending and receiving love energy, that something as simple as, “I miss you” might elude us. 😉


    So try it! For those of you whom I haven’t seen in awhile – I miss you! Never forget that! I really, truly do. I wish we were together more often. 🙂


    Love, light, and peace,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield

    www.spellmaker.com

  • Full Moon Names

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    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

    www.spellmaker.com

  • 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 …..

    —-begin article—-

    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.

    —-end article—-

    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
    Sister Bridget

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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! 

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    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,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield

    www.spellmaker.com

  • 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,
    Sister Bridget

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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 Group

    by Alanna
    MacRitchie


    While
    protein builds your muscles strong

    Eating chocolate’s never wrong

    It helps
    you heal when you are down

    It turns
    your sadness right around

    While
    grains can make you run, run, run

    Eating chocolate’s really fun

    It gives
    you energy to waste

    And it
    has an A plus taste

    Dairy
    builds strong teeth and bones

    Chocolate
    should be in all our homes

    Milk Chocolate’s made with dairy too

    It builds
    strong bones just for you

    Fruits
    and Veggies keep you healthy

    Chocolate
    can make you very wealthy

    Make it
    into chocolate bars

    And stack
    them all the way to Mars

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  • Good Friday in New Mexico

    Hello everyone! I know many of you have heard me speak of the church here in New Mexico, Santuario de Chimayo. This little church, built in the 1800’s, sits high in the New Mexico mountains and has been nicknamed “the Lourdes of America” due to the many documented healings that have taken place there.


    There is a tradition here of the faithful walking up the mountain to the Santuario from as far as 100 miles away! This happens every Good Friday here in New Mexico with different families along the route of the pilgrimage opening their homes to the faithful who walk. There are also re-enactments of different religious events and lots of volunteers to help those who walk.


    I found an article with pictures that I thought you all might enjoy:
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    Please enjoy!


    Love,

    Mambo Sam