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Buddhist Prayer.

Hello everyone, happy Monday!

Many times I speak with people who want to pray, but don't really want to pray to any particular diety, saint, or being. They just want to say a prayer of good wishes, love, etc. I think this Buddhist prayer fits the bill very well and we could all benefit from the beautiful wishes of this prayer:

"May all beings have happiness, and the causes of happiness.
May all be free from sorrow, and the causes of sorrow.
May all never be separated from the sacred happiness
which is sorrowless.
And may all live in equanimity,
without too much attachment and too much aversion,
And live believing in the equality of all that lives.

May all beings be filled with joy and peace.
May all beings everywhere,
The strong and the weak,
The great and the small,
The mean and the powerful,
The short and the long,
the subtle and the gross:
May all beings everywhere,
Seen and unseen,
Dwelling far off or nearby,
Being or waiting to become:
May all be filled with lasting joy.
Let no one deceive another,

Let no one anywhere despise another,
Let no one out of anger or resentment
Wish suffering on anyone at all.
Just as a mother with her own life
Protects her child, her only child, from harm,
So within yourself let grow
A boundless love for all creatures.

Let your love flow outward through the universe,
To its height, its depth, its broad extent,
A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.
Then as you stand or walk,
Sit or lie down,
As long as you are awake,
Strive for this with a one-pointed mind;
Your life will bring heaven to earth."

———–end of prayer————–

Now, of course, it is a great accomplishment to pray this prayer and FEEL it truly. However, I do think that there is a great deal of power in this prayer and a great deal of help for all who pray it.

Love, light, and peace, Mambo Samantha Corfield

www.spellmaker.com

May 18, 2009
New Customer Service Email Address

Happy Sunday, one and all!

I want to let you all know that we now have a new customer service email address. It’s a pretty easy one: customerservice@spellmaker.com – catchy, huh? 😉

Of course we are always striving to serve you the best way that we can, but realize that even under the best of circumstances sometimes things can go wrong, miscommunications can occur, and misunderstandings can happen to anyone! No matter what the problem or challenge might be, we want to work with you to resolve it satisfactorily!

I have noticed that many times people approach the idea of “customer service” in an angry and defensive way…. almost as if one expects to be put off or ignored and so, to get the attention one needs, the first line of attack is through anger. There is no reason to do that with us. If you are experiencing any kind of challenge with us, we want to resolve it! We want you to be happy, content, and satisified.

It is unrealistic to think that any business is going to get it right all the time. Everyone everywhere makes mistakes! We try to be extremely careful NOT to make mistakes, but when I woke up this morning we were all human, and I expect the same thing tomorrow morning, too. 😉 So, all we are asking is that if you are having a problem with us, that you let us know and let us try to fix it!

If you are writing to customer service, for fastest service, please include your full name (first and last/surname), an order number (if you are referring to a product or service that you have purchased), and a synopsis of what the challenge is. If you have an idea of what you would like to happen to resolve the issue, we would love it if you put that in there, too! 🙂

Please remember that we never, ever guarantee that anyone will get a particular result with spell work or spell products. It is really impossible to do that! But we do guarantee that we will always try our best for you, that our products and services are 100% authentic, and that we will work with you on any issue you encounter.

Having said that, I hope each and every one of you never, ever needs to write to customer service! 😉

Love, light,and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield

www.spellmaker.com

www.sheergoddess.com

May 17, 2009
I didn’t mean to call you that….

There is a popular song by “Lit” with these lyrics:

Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk

I didn’t mean to call you that

I can’t remember what was said or what you threw at me

Please tell me

Please tell me why

My car is in the front yard

And I’m sleeping with my clothes on

I came in through the window last night

And you’re gone

Okay, so it’s a funny song, but not really when you think about it. I am sorry to say that I see a trend of female clients who are being abused but they don’t seem to know it. Not every form of abuse leaves you with a black eye or a broken bone. Some of the more insidious forms of abuse include how your partner speaks to you.

I am seeing more and more Heart’s Desire letters that go something like this, “I want Fred to stop calling me a b*tch, a c*nt, a worthless, useless,piece of sh*t.” This is in HD letters for Leave My Man Alone™ where the person is trying to get their HD to stop this kind of behavior towards them.

I am sorry, but I have to ask myself, why are you putting up with that in the first place? Has that person convinced you that you are worth so little that they have totally destroyed your self esteem and you think you can’t do better? Well, let me tell you, YOU CAN DO BETTER than some low life who doesn’t have one good thing to say about you.

Look, I am not saying that people don’t have a bad day, or, as the song says, do and say things when intoxicated. But if you are with a person who says horrible things to you on a regular basis, YOU ARE BEING EMOTIONALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABUSED, and you shouldn’t be doing the love trio, you should be doing The Ultimate Revenge Kit™, a Milk of Damballah™ white bath, and then an Attract Love to Me™ spell kit!

I beg you, if you are in an abusive relationship, please get help. Unfortunately, most crisis intervention revolves around physical abuse, but emotional abuse can be just as much, or maybe even more damaging in the long run. You may think you have to take emotional abuse for one reason or another, but trust me, you do not. I did a search on the Internet and there are tons of books and articles written on this subject and how to get out of these relationships. Please don’t allow yourself to be treated like this.

Granted, sometimes the only person who can truly help you is YOU… like the song says above, “And you’re GONE.”

Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield

www.spellmaker.com

May 15, 2009
May 15th – Special Day for Cousin Azacca and Saint Isidore 😉

May
15^th is a special day – it is the feast day of our beloved Cousin
Azacca, as well as St Isidore the Farmer, who Cousin Azacca is syncretized with.

You
can read the free Spellmaker.com newsletter about Cousin Azacca here :

http://www.spellmaker.com/SpellmakerNewsletter/Issue2.htm

Isidore
the Farmer, (Spanish: San Isidro Labrador), (c. 1070 – May 15, 1130), was a Spanish day laborer.
Isidore was born to very poor yet very pious Catholic parents in Madrid, Spain.
His parents were unable to support him when he was a youth and sent him to work
for a wealthy landowner, John de Vergas (He ended up working for him for the
rest of his life). St. Isidore loved to attend the
Holy Mass before going to work in the morning. Because of this, he usually
arrived late at work. His fellow workers complained to their master Juan de
Vargas who investigated the matter by himself. He found out the truth that St.
Isidore went to mass daily and arrived at work late. Moreover, he discovered
something – that while St. Isidore was praying in the church, his angels plowed
the field for Him. He also discovered that while St. Isidore was plowing the
field, two angels plowed with him at his sides so that his work was equivalent
to the work of three farmers. From then on, they respected him. He was
known for his love of the poor, and there are accounts of Isidore’s supplying
them miraculously with food. here was also an
occasion when one snowy day, when going to the mill with corn to be ground
which his wife had gleaned, he passed a flock of wood-pigeons scratching vainly
for food on the hard surface of the frosty ground. Taking pity on the poor
animals, he poured half of his sack of precious corn upon the ground for the
birds, despite the mocking of witnesses. When he reached the mill, however, the
bag was full, and the corn, when it was ground, produced double the expected
amount of flour. He had a great concern for the proper treatment of
animals. He died May 15, 1130, and was declared a saint in 1622 with Ignatius
of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila and Philip Neri. Together, the group
is known in Spain as “the five saints.”

Patron
Saint of farmers, field hands, day laborers, ranchers, livestock, rural
communities and asking for rain.

Saint
Isidore the Farmer is invoked for the concerns affecting livestock,
agriculture, and good weather and is even invoked for picnics.

From the Spellmaker.com newsletter: No matter what you are trying to
grow in your life, May 15 is the perfect day to offer a feast to Azacca! Set up
a small altar using his colors and offerings: A piece of denim makes the
perfect altar cloth for him, yellow and green candles, a container of dirt,
small gardening tools, etc. Spend some time thinking of what plants need
nurturing in your life garden and ask Azacca to nourish them and help them
grow! Ask him to renew and rejuvenate any wilting plants and cut out all the
weeds!

Have a great day and a wonderful weekend! Get out there and play in some dirt!

Light and Love

Sister Bridget

May 15, 2009
Quote for today……

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.

~~~~~Mary Manin Morrissey

May 13, 2009
Quote for today.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

~~~~~~~~~Saint Francis of Assisi

May 9, 2009
Free Chocolate Every Friday! Really!

At first, I thought it was a hoax – definately too good to be true. But it was on the news – more than one channel, even. As I was sitting in the waiting room while my car was being serviced, I kept flipping from cable news channel to cable news channel – Surely, they all couldn't be wrong……

So, when I got home later on, I checked out the website that was being mentioned, and it does seem to be TRUE!

The Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act is real! Every Friday at 9am ET thru September, Mars Candy Company will be giving away 250,000 coupons for a free candy bar every week!

Check it out! There may not be any such thing as a free lunch, but there are free candy bars!

Light and Love

Sister Bridget

May 8, 2009
The Divine Horsemen.

Hi Gang,

I often get emails asking me about what books folks can read to learn more about Voodoo. Mambo Sam has created a collection of recommended books on Amazon.com. One book that Mambo Sam recommends is called The Divine Horsemen, the Living Gods of Haiti by Maya Deren. This was the first book I ever read about Les Lois and it is one I find myself going back to again and again. There is even a movie/documentary of footage shot by Maya Deren filmed while she was doing her research. It is not as in depth as the book is, by any means, but it is an interesting film to watch. Recently a client sent me a link to The Divine Horsemen on Youtube! Go Figure 😉 So, I thought I would pass the link along as I thought some readers might be interested. If you find the footage interesting, I highly recommend ordering the book and giving it a read 😉

Light and Love

Sister Bridget

May 7, 2009
Happy May Day everyone!

Ah, May 1! This day has been celebrated in so many ways through so many cultures. The halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice, May 1 has elicited many different rituals through the years.

For Wiccans, this is Beltane; many Catholics celebrate the life of the Vigin Mary in some way. Yours truly was once the "May Queen" at her Catholic elementary school – St. Anthony of Padua on Canal Street in New Orleans. Yes, I got to wear the beautiful white outfit and lead the procession into the church and lay the first roses at the foot of the statue of the Virgin Mary. Pretty heady stuff for an 8-year-old girl.

Of course, nevermind the Catholics totally borrowed the holiday from the pagans who celebrated their first fertility rituals of the year on this date. ;-) Children conceived on this date are said to have special magickal powers. Children conceived on Walpurgis (the night before May 1, Beltane Eve) are said to have the ability to communicate with the dead because Walpurgis is, traditionally, one of the days when the veil between the world of the living and the dead is considered most thin and penetrable.

May 1 is often celebrated with different types of floral offerings. In some countries the ladies all wear flowers on this day – if your flower is worn on your right side, you are available; a flower on the left signifies that you are already taken. This is also considered the day to meet a new lover or celebrate an old one. ;-)

This day is often associated with new beginnings, planting a new seed, looking towards shedding off the past and looking towards the future with new, hopeful ideation. Not too many of us get the chance to dance around the Maypole these days, but certainly you can do that in your heart and mind. I hope you all have a beautiful May 1 and beyond! Let's look towards new beginnings, new hope, and beautiful outcomes for us all.
Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com
P.S. Everything is 30% off on the website through May 4!!!!

May 1, 2009
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

April 27, 2009