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  • Do Something Nice for Someone!

    Happy Friday, everyone! I know that some of you are going to be alone for Valentine’s day tomorrow. Understandably it is a rough time of year with signs of love all around. I would like to encourage all of you to do something nice for someone tomorrow, someone you know will be alone or needs cheering up. It might be someone with a broken heart, but it might also be someone lonely, sick, afraid.


    If there is some way for you to give from your heart tomorrow, it will be appreciated and your heart will be filled with love and contentment from bringing joy into someone else’s life.


    This doesn’t have to be something grand or something that costs money. E-cards are free and can brighten up someone’s day! Writing a real letter or bringing someone a card (the dollar store here has cards 2/$1.00!!) is a great way to show someone you care. Just sit and have a conversation with someone who needs the company!


    Open your hearts to someone, somewhere out there! Don’t sit in bitterness and tears because another Hallmark holiday is passing you by. Now, of course, we hope that you are joining us for our Erzulie’s Valentine’s Day Ritual. That obviously isn’t going to take up your whole day! So I encourage you to make plans! If you plans can include brightening someone else’s day, it will be a great day for you both!


    St. Valentine’s Day is about giving, sharing love, remembering the meaning of love in all of its forms. I copied in below a little bit of the folklore about St. Valentine from goodworksonearth.org. I have heard a few different versions of the St. Valentine story, but this is a nice one and captures the idea of what different kinds of love exist for all of us to embrace. Whether the story is folklore or fact, it is still a reminder of the love that lives in all of our hearts, Valentine’s or not!


    I wish for love of all kinds for all of you!


    Love,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield


    ST. VALENTINE’S DAY – How It All Began


    The story of Valentine’s Day begins in the third century with an
    oppressive Roman emperor and a humble Christian martyr. The
    emperor was Claudius II Gothicus. The Christian was Valentinus.


    Claudius had ordered all Romans to worship the state religion’s
    idols, and he had made it a crime punishable by death to associate
    with Christians.


    But Valentinus was dedicated to the ideals of Christ, and not even
    the threat of death could keep him from practicing his beliefs.
    During the last weeks of Valentinus’s life a remarkable thing
    happened. One day a jailer for the Emperor of Rome knocked at
    Valentinus’s door clutching his blind daughter in his arms. He had
    learned of Valentinus’s medical and spiritual healing abilities, and
    appealed to Valentinus to treat his daughter’s blindness. She had
    been blind since birth.


    Valentinus knew her condition would be difficult to treat but he gave
    the manhis word he would do his best. The little girl was examined,
    given an ointment for her eyes and a series of re-visits were scheduled.


    Seeing that he was a man of learning, the jailer asked whether his
    daughter, Julia, might also be brought to Valentinus for lessons.
    Julia was a pretty young girl with a quick mind. Valentinus read
    stories of Rome’s history to her. He described the world of nature
    to her. He taught her arithmetic and told her about God. She saw
    the world through his eyes, trusted in his wisdom, and found
    comfort in his quiet strength.


    ‘Valentinus, does God really hear our prayers?’ Julia said one day.


    ‘Yes, my child, He hears each one, ‘he replied.


    ‘Do you know what I pray for every morning and every night?
    I pray that I might see. I want so much to see everything you’ve
    told me about!’


    ‘God does what is best for us if we will believe in Him,’ Valentinus
    said.


    ‘Oh, Valentinus, I do believe,’ Julia said intensely. ‘I do.’ She
    knelt and grasped his hand. They sat quietly together, each praying.


    Several weeks passed and the girl’s sight was not restored. Yet the
    man and his daughter never wavered in their faith and returned each
    week.


    Then one day, Valentinus received a visit from Roman soldiers who
    arrested him, destroyed his medicines and admonished him for his
    religious beliefs. When the little girl’s father learned of his arrest
    and
    imprisonment, he wanted to intervene but there was nothing he could do.


    On the eve of his death, Valentinus wrote a last note to Julia –
    knowing his execution was imminent. Valentinus asked the jailer
    for a paper, pen and ink. He quickly jotted a farewell note and
    handed it to the jailer to give to his blind daughter. He urged her
    to stay close to God, and he signed it ‘From Your Valentine.’ His
    sentence was carried out the next day, February 14, 270 AD, near
    a gate that was later named Porta Valentini in his memory.


    When the jailer went home, he was greeted by his little girl. The
    little girl opened the note and discovered a yellow crocus inside.
    The message said, ‘From your Valentine.’ As the little girl looked
    down upon the crocus that spilled into her palm she saw brilliant
    colors for the first time in her life! The girl’s eyesight was restored!
    A miracle!


    He was buried at what is now the Church of Praxedes in Rome. It
    is said that Julia herself planted a pink-blossomed almond tree near
    his grave.


    Today, the almond tree remains a symbol of abiding love and
    friendship. In 496 Pope Gelasius I named February 14 as Saint
    Valentine’s Day. On each Valentine’s Day, messages of affection,
    love and devotion are still exchanged around the world.

  • Family Ritual to Erzulie Freda is Tomorrow!

    Dont forget to get your emails in!

    www.spellmaker.com/erzulie.htm

    In Service,

    Sister Bridget

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  • Papa Alegba Kits Gets Rave Reviews!

    Greetings one and all! Happy Thursday! 🙂 So have you used the Papa Alegba Knock-Knock Ritual Pack or Papa Alegba’s Open Door Red and White Bath??


    We were so happy to be able to launch these products a few weeks ago and many of you have already used them and reported back to us! I just wanted to share a few of the comments with you that people have written:


    “I feel like I have been waiting a long time for something like this. Never did I feel so much at peace and free as I did after using the ritual and bath. I did the bath after the ritual and went right to sleep. I don’t sleep well and could not believe when I woke up and it was morning. I usually wake up three to five times a night. I woke up feeling like I could conquer the world.”


    “Mambo Sam thank you so much for this Papa kit. I opened my package and smelled everything and started to cry. It felt like I was home and everything would be okay.”


    “Tell me about the smell in this bath! I was so comforted and felt so good after I did it. I had been sick for three weeks with a cold or something. The next morning I was well and felt ready for anything that was coming my way.”


    “Knock knock! I love that name and I love you and this ritual pack. I feel like I wasn’t just knocking on the door but knocking the door down. Awesome!”


    “I have never felt so connected to Papa. He has been my best friend for a long time but this has made it so much better.”


    Those are just a few of the rave reviews! I was especially elated to hear how much people felt like they could conquer the world or meet whatever was coming next! I really enjoyed hearing about the confidence factor that these products elicited!


    Have you used your kit and/or bath yet?? Let us hear from you!! I would love to hear from you all about it. Just click on the comments below and let us hear from you.


    Love,light,and peace,

    Mambo Sam

  • Oceanside Rituals and Cowrie Shell Readings by Sister Candelaria!

    Dear Friends,

    We are very excited to offer to all of you an extremely unique service. Our very own Sister Candelaria is now offering Oceanside Rituals to Agwe and LaSiren as well as cowrie shell readings!


    Sister Candelaria is, of course, a New Orleans Voodoo initiate, child of myself and Parran Matt. She is a priestess of Agwe and therefore is able to do work with him and his beautiful wife, LaSirene, on your behalf.


    If you are not familiar with cowrie shell readings, I think you are going to really love them! Cowrie shell readings are an extremely unique type of reading during which the priestess ritualistically throws the shells and asks questions on your behalf of the powerful lwa couple, Agwe and LaSiren. It is important for you to know that, generally speaking, cowrie shell readings are not considered psychic nor even prophetic types of readings. Cowrie shell readings are meant to give you direct guidance from the lwa through their priestess. These readings are generally done in the spirit of you wanting to know what to do next about a specific situation in your life, which path to take in a certain situation, etc. Cowrie shell readings traditionally are meant to clear up confusion, ask direct questions about a situation, etc. Cowrie shell readings are a spiritual experience between you, the priestess, and the lwa. Often times the priestess will be compelled to tell you things that do not even have to do with the subject at hand. The priestess is bound by oath to tell you whatever the lwa want you to hear.


    Equally exciting are the Oceanside Rituals that Sister Candelaria is now offering. These sanctified rituals begin at Sister Candelaria’s altar and end with her actually going to the ocean on your behalf where she will make your offerings and petitions to LaSirene and Agwe! She will then send you pictures, a ritual item, and a full report on your ritual. This is not the type of ritual that you can get just anywhere and especially not in the detail that she will provide to you with the pictures and guidance.


    Each ritual is customized to your requests to meet your goals. While the rituals do not replace regular spell work, they certainly are an extraordinary form of adjunct work! For instance, for love work, she will be calling upon the power of the love between Agwe and LaSiren to help your case. For money work, she will be calling on them to share their riches. For the Spiritual Power ritual, she will be calling on them to help you open up your spiritual centers, intuition, psychic centers and pathways, etc. You will discuss your needs with Sister Candelaria prior to the ritual. When your ritual is performed, she will send you a digital picture of your ritual set up as well as mailing you some of the materials used in the ritual with instructions for what you are to do with them.


    Please visit Sister Candelaria’s Page at www.spellmaker.com/candelaria.htm. If you have questions, please email Sister directly at candelaria@spellmaker.com


    Now some of you were lucky enough to have a reading with Sister Candelaria at the convention and/or have already had your Oceanside Ritual because you were at the convention and ordered there! We would love to hear your feedback! Just comment at the comment link below!


    Love, light, and peace,

    Mambo Samantha Corfield

  • Quote for today 😉

    here is one more quote I couldn't  resist passing along……..


    Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
    — Marie Curie


    Have a great Monday!
    Light and Love
    Sister Bridget

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  • Are you determined to be negative?

    Hello everyone!

    There seems to be a trend that I have noticed lately. This trend is not just among clients, but among other people that I see and deal with on a day-to-day basis. I don’t know if this trend is due to the economy, winter blues, or what, but there seems to be a certain faction of people who are just determined to have a negative attitude no matter what!


    Caseworkers have drawn my attention to this with some of their clients, but I had actually noticed it already. For some people, no matter how much we counsel them, they are determined to turn what we say into a something negative. For instance, if I tell a client in a reading that I don’t see the HD calling them tomorrow, they will turn around and say, “I bet he will never call me.” Or if the HD doesn’t want to see them right now because the spells are being processed: “Oh he never wants to see me and I don’t think he will ever come and see me again.”


    It is frustrating to try to counsel and help a person who can only see a negative outcome. Plus, somehow, they cannot seem to understand how only seeing a negative outcome will breed, of course, a negative outcome. If you constantly are talking about, expecting, and assuming that you will have a negative outcome, how can you have anything but that? You are not just shooting yourself in the foot, you just shot your foot OFF!


    Look, I know it is hard to remain positive sometimes. We all have negative moments, sad thoughts, fears that things won’t work out. However, when you allow all of that to become a lifestyle or an expectation, you are doing yourself a huge disservice. If you have spent time and money and effort on spell work, you are doing yourself an even bigger disservice. I had a client tell me one time that she didn’t want to think of the possibility of a good outcome from her spell work becaues she didn’t want to “get my hopes up and then be disappointed.” Okay, I get that. But, what kind of energy did she put out there: “Well, this probably won’t work, but I will try it anyway.”


    Is that how you are approaching your spell work? If so, I totally agree that you will probably get a negative result. That is a shame! So many of you have become steeped in such negativity and assurance that you will fail that we are left to sit an watch you plunge head long right into disasister. It is painful to watch.


    I really want to encourage you to try to find a way to look towards things (at least a little bit of the time) in a positive manner. If you truly cannot find anything positive in your life or you are so depressed that you do not see a chance for any happiness in your life, then I encourage you to seek professional help. Here at Spellmaker, all we want is the best for you. We want you to succeed. We want you to have the fairy tale ending. Don’t fight it! Let it happen!!!


    You know, being negative is easy. We are almost bred to it! When you go into a bookstore, you don’t see rows and rows of books on how to be negative. What you do see are rows and rows of books about positive thinking, having a winning attitude, etc. As humans we seem to need that kind of help and positive reinforcement!


    I know it isn’t easy to pull yourself out of a negative state of being, but trying is half the battle! Do some of you have tips for what you do when you feel negativity creeping into your life? We would love to hear them here!


    Love, light, and peace,

    Mambo Sam

  • Facebook Fun!

    Hello everyone!

    Any Facebook fans out there?? 🙂 I admit to having been somewhat bewildered at the popularity of Facebook when I first heard of it. However, after some time of exploring it and seeing so many friends, family, and client on there I decided to take a stab at it!


    It is fun and quirky and interesting to me. It is great to connect with everyone and see what is happening in their lives.


    I even made my first “app” for all of us to use to send lwa to each other! I even blessed the app, which may sound silly, but I chose all the pictures very carefully and sent my best possible blessings into each one in hopes that we could all help each other by sending different lwa to each other. 🙂


    We now even have a Spellmaker page on Facebook where you can become a fan of Spellmaker! It’s fun and it is a great way for all of us to stay in touch.


    So if you have been avoiding the whole Facebook scene, come see us, join us, and have some fun with us!


    Love,

    Mambo Sam

  • Gossip Girl

    Okay, okay… I confess, I have never seen the show “Gossip Girl” but I love the name of it! Or maybe I hate the name of it. I am not sure! LOL.


    On a more serious note, I have talked about this before on our forum (which is soon to be resurrected, by the way!), and even in person at conferences and lave tets: There is an unfortunate side effect to having friends that you made through Spellmaker – either you met them online or in person, doesn’t matter. What ends up happening is that you talk too much about your spell casting work!


    But, Mambo, you ask me, what’s wrong with that? Well, plenty. You know how in the spell casting instructions it pretty clearly states that you should tell no one of your spell work? There is a good reason for that. Unfortunately, talking about it too much, even to those you think support you, can often have an adverse effect.


    The first thing is that discussing it too much makes you tend to dissect it: What did you do, Susie Spellmaker Friend? Oh, I didn’t do that, I did this. Maybe I should have done what you did, SSF. Or maybe you should have done what I did, SSF. Oh, SSF, my HD called me. SSF says: Oh big deal, that doesn’t mean anything. You say: But I thought it was a good sign. SSF says: You put too much into it. Don’t let him take advantage of you, calling whenever he wants. You say: Is this spell work really working? SSF says: Maybe. Maybe not.


    My point is that very often SSF actually is jealous of your progress, or doesn’t interpret the spell work the way you do, or just plain old isn’t actually a “friend.” We have such a loose interpretation of what a friend is these days. Someone we meet on the internet and have a little something in common with is suddenly the definition of “friendship.”


    I find this especially true, unfortunately, of my female clients. They want to compare spellcasting notes with their SSF’s, pour over what is happening to them, lament the state of their case, cry on each other’s shoulders, etc., etc., etc. Frankly, I think it is detrimental to your spell work. I have tried to tell some people this and am met with a fairly chilly reception and THEN am told I am wrong. Well, guess what, I can’t be wrong because I crafted your spellwork. I created the very place where you met SSF.


    Look, I am not trying to say you shouldn’t talk to your personal SSF, but what I am saying is that you should try to keep the talk down that dissects your personal spell work and its results. You are truly doing yourself a disservice in that you might be wrecking your own work by putting doubt into it or worrying about the fact that SSF got some kind of result that YOU were hoping for and you are still waiting. Or SSF seems to be in one disaster after another and is dragging you in with her. Yes, keep your SSF! But think about the discussions you are having – are they truly helping you? Are those discussions truly supportive? Do you come away from talking to SSF feeling BETTER or WORSE?


    The main thing that prompted me to write this post is that I have received some pretty emotional letters from some of you regarding your SSF and a relationship with her that has gone terribly wrong or is counterproductive. One thing I do recommend is that if you have an SSF and you feel like the relationship isn’t doing either one of you any good, you should talk to her! Tell her how you feel. If she is truly your friend, then she will work with you to salvage the relationship and keep it healthy. If she is not your friend, you will know it right away and should just cut your losses.


    Sorry for shooting straight from the hip on this one, but I just thought you should all think about it!


    Love, light, and peace,

    Mambo Sam

  • Service to Erzulie Freda

    Erzuliekiss Hello everyone!
    Of course, we here at Spellmaker.com are gearing up for our annual Valentine's Day Service to the lovely Vodou love goddess,Erzulie Freda! Many of you have already sent in your petitions to be included in the free ritual. We are hoping that many more of you will!

    One thing I have noticed is that many of you are still worried that your service to Erzulie will not be "enough" for her. Certainly, it is understandable when working with the lwa who is known for loving opulence and luxury that one might have these concerns. Although I have tried to let people know that even the smallest service done with a good heart will be well received, there are still those who wish they could do more. 🙂

    I have some ideas for you! Remember that "luxury" can be a state of mind and an environment can be luxurious without being expensive. So first start thinking of the space that you will be doing your service in. If you purchased the one-day ritual kit or plan on doing the ritual as written on the website make whatever area you will be doing your service in as lovely as you can! Even if you temporarily use one of your own bed sheets as an altar cloth, that is okay because you can spray your perfume on it and make it something special.

    Set the mood for the ritual with any candles you have and put on romantic music or tune your radio to a soft rock or other type of station that plays the kind of music that would set the mood for romance.

    Do you have jewelry? You can put it on the altar and "give" it to Erzulie! That doesn't mean you can't wear it! Of course you can, but if you dedicate it to her, then you have given her something wonderful.

    Do you have old magazines laying around? Cut out pictures of beautiful things – jewelry, clothes, perfume, etc. Make a simple collage out of them and put them on your altar for her!

    How about the rest of you out there? What ideas do you have for serving Erzulie in a respectful, but economical, way? Just click on the little link below the post that says "comments" and leave us your suggestions!

    Love,
    Mambo Sam

  • February is Erzulie Freda Month!

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      Hey There!

    Well, its nearly February again, and Marran Sam's New Orlean's Voodoo Family is gearing up for its annual month long ritual to the most beloved love lwa, Erzulie Freda. Past years  have been very rewarding and sucessful, and we very much look forward to this year's riitual!

    This is a totally free ritual – anyone can send in a request to erzulie@spellmaker.com No purchase is required to participate. This year, Mambo Sam has written up some instructions for people who would like to participate as well, but again, no purchase is necessary. There is a ritual kit available along the lines of the one crafted for the Sobo ritual done not so long ago, for people who are interested.

    Please see Erzulie's Page  for LOTS of information about Erzulie, products dedicated especially to her, the one time ritual pack, and also instructions for the ritual itself. 

    Wishing you all a very happy February!

    Light and Love

    Sister Bridget