Tag: voodoo

  • Because You Needed to Know… That’s Why!

    Hello everyone!  Quite often many of our clients, at some point during their love spell casting, find out things regarding the person they are working on.  A great deal of the time these things may seem like "bad" or "undesirable" things.  However, most of the time these things are found out because you need to know.

    In some cases you find out that there is another person involved that you didn’t know about, sometimes it is something about the person’s past that may be what is keeping them from you; there can be many, many things that one finds out.

    For most people, finding out these things sends them into a tailspin.  Suddenly there is a lot of negative thinking and worry that the spells aren’t working, or that they aren’t going to get what they want, etc., etc., etc.  But the truth is that most often you NEED to know these things.  Our spell work is not meant to sweep problems under the rug and give you the illusion that everything is okay and you are getting together with the person.  Our spell work is meant to seek out and bring to light what the REAL problems are so that you can deal with them and stand a real chance of being with the person.

    Many of you have often heard me say that "spell work brings the truth to light whether you want it to or not."  It is the absolute truth.  Of course none of us wants to hear bad news or negative things, especially in regards to our relationships.  But if we are working on a difficult relationship with our spell work, then it is imperative to know what the real problems and challenges are.  How you deal with the knowledge is most important.

    What seems like "negative news" is often Les Lois (the spirits of the Vodou religion) letting you know that "this" is something you need to work on; they are showing you the heart of the challenges of your relationship and letting you know that you still need to work on this subject.  Going downhill and getting depressed and freaking out at these things really isn’t going to help.  Figuring them into your spell work and adjunct work such as candle magick work, love doll work, etc. IS the thing to do with any kind of information that you get.  So when information is brought to you about the person you are working your magick on, think about why you are getting it!

    Now don’t misunderstand me, I am completely empathetic to the fact that sometimes it just plain old hurts to find out things that you didn’t know about your intended partner.  I am not saying that you aren’t going to sad or upset.  But unless it is something horrible like he is a serial killer or pedophile (in which case you are being brought that information so that you can RUN AWAY as fast as you can), then you should use that information to properly configure your spell work to account for what you have learned.  Try as best you can to channel all that hurt and upset into something positive such as working on the situation.

    Nobody likes to hear bad news, but just try to remember that sometimes it isn’t bad news, it is just information that you need to get your case on track.  🙂

    Love, Mambo Sam

  • FREE SHIPPING and 15% off right now!

    Hello everyone!  I know a lot of us are really feeling the crunch of the high gas prices and resulting high prices for food and everything else in our lives.  Obviously, because of the high fuel prices, shipping costs have gone up and up and up! 

    However, to try to help out a little bit, we are right now offering not only 15% off all products on the website (www.spellmaker.com), but we are also offering FREE SHIPPING.  We are only able to offer this for our customers in the USA. 

    So do take advantage!  No matter how much you buy or the weight, your shipping will be absolutely free right now.

    Stay cool!

    Love, Mambo Sam

  • Products to help you grow your Intuition.

    OK, so now that I have spammed you all with articles about Intuition for the past 2 weeks, here are some recommendations of items that can help you build that intuitive muscle:

    1. This one is MY personal favorite : the LaSiren Aquamarine Shoals Blue Bath Kit. LOVE IT ! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!

    2. White Image Candle Magick kits  especially wonderful to mix a few drops of Abre Camino Oil in the Anointing Oil that comes with the candle kit and ask for any blocks there might be to your intuition to be removed.

    3. Discover Hidden Secrets Charm

    4. New Orleans Voodoo Self Improvement Doll

    5. Cosmic Voodoo Power Gris Gris Bag I actually have this bag right on hand when I do my tarot card readings 🙂 Wont read without it!

    Light and Love

    Sister Bridget

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  • Intuition — Your Inner Guide

    What I loved about this article was the last paragraph! (#4)! I mean, sometimes we can get one little piece of information that just doesnt fit anywhere else …. and its possible to worry it to death or make a mountain out of a mole hill 😉 Sometimes, its just a red herring.

    Light and Love

    Sister Bridget

    Intuition – Your Inner Guide

    by: Anne Walsh

    Have you ever thought about someone out of the blue?and then they 
    called you. Have you ever made a decision that everyone else thought 
    was crazy, but you knew was right for you..and it worked out 
    perfectly? Have you ever followed your gut instinct on something and 
    was proved gloriously RIGHT! If any of these have happened to you, you 
    have experienced the power of intuition. Most of us at some stage wish 
    we could have an inner guide that would tell us the right thing to do. 
    The good news is that we do have an inner guide, the bad news is that 
    the message can be fuzzy!

    Benefits of being guided by intuition

    So what are the benefits of following your intuition as opposed to 
    listening to the promptings of parents, partners and others? First of 
    all, this begins to give you confidence in your own judgment. It helps 
    you judge whether this person or opportunity is the right one for 
    you?even if it may not seem so on paper. Secondly I have never met 
    anyone who regretted following their intuition. Yes it may have meant 
    making a difficult decision but it WAS the right ultimate decision for 
    them. Many great business deals have been gone through on a hunch?or 
    intuition?

    Developing your intuition

    1. Recognition: I have relied on intuition for making most of my major 
    decisions but I still have difficulty sometimes distinguishing between 
    it and just a passing thought, so here are some guidelines I use?

    a. Feeling: What’s the feeling around it? If it’s gentle that’s 
    usually a sign of intuition. Something that is fear-based and urgent 
    is not intuition.

    b. Persistent: You find that you keep having the same thought about 
    something, check it out.

    c. Messages: You find that the issue crops up again in all sorts of 
    ways..it gets mentioned on the news, you hear it in passing 
    conversation.

    2. Trust. So after you have got these messages and confirmation, if 
    you wish to use this, you actually need to do something about it. You 
    must learn to trust this feeling. Follow promptings and see where they 
    lead you?

    3. Openness: Be open to where intuition can lead you. One thing I can 
    promise you..is that you will be surprised and delighted by where it 
    leads you..

    4. Sometimes it doesn’t mean anything. This is one thing I have 
    noticed about being guided by intuition. Sometimes hunches and gut 
    instincts don’t actually seem to mean anything?but we don’t know that 
    until afterwards?so accept that you may have the odd intuitive red 
    herring!

    So this week begin paying attention to your hunches. Call that friend, 
    read that book, make that call?and who knows what delightful things 
    could come to your door..

    About The Author

    Anne Walsh is a life coach based in Co. Galway, Ireland

  • Chat Class Resumes Wednesday, April 23!

    Greetings everyone!  Happy Sunday to you.  I hope you are enjoying a peaceful and relaxing day.

    I am thrilled to announce that we will be resuming our online chat classes on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Time!  If you are not registered for chat may I ask, WHY NOT?  😉   If you are a Spellmaker client, past or present, you are entitled to attend these teaching sessions absolutely free.  Please write to us at office@spellmaker.com for information on how to register for class if you are not already signed up!

    April 23 will mark a very special class for us.  This is the traditional day for the feast of St. George.  St. George is often syncretized with one of our favorite lwa – Ogoun!  To that end, we will be starting back to class with a bang by doing a special ritual for Ogoun and St. George to call upon them for strength, power, health, "slaying of dragons," and much, much more.  If there is something/someone that you need to power over to help your spell casting case along, then you don’t want to miss doing this ritual.

    We have put together a  special Ogoun/St. George ritual pack  that you can use in conjunction with the online ritual.  You can join in the ritual without using this pack, but obviously it certainly will be greatly enhanced if you can use it. 

    I look forward to seeing you all in chat class again!

    Love, Mambo Sam

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  • Readings by Sister Bridget

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    As the initiated daughter of Mambo Samantha Corfield and Parran Matthew Corfield, Sister Bridget has received sacred tools and spiritual blessings of a true New Orleans Voodoo family directly from Mambo Sam and Parran Matt. This will aide her greatly in assisting you with these readings.

    Sister Bridget was initiated into the family of Mambo Sam and Parran Matt as a Priestess of Ogoun. Under the guidance of Ogoun and teachings of her initiation, Sister Bridget can offer you different types of readings as well as being able to burn a special Voodoo lamp (with complete ritual) to Ogoun on your behalf. Information on all of readings and ritual offerings are below. If you still have questions after reading all the information, please write directly to Sister Bridget at bridget@spellmaker.com and she will gladly answer all questions.

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    911readings now available! please see www.spellmaker.com/bridget.htm

    TAROT READINGS: While she does specialize in love readings, Sister Bridget can read for you on any subject that you desire. If you have done spellwork with us here at Spellmaker, she can also help you in obtaining guidance regarding the effects, efficacy, and possible challenges of your spellwork.

    Readings are offered either by email, in a secure chatroom, or by phone. (Please note that doing your reading in the chatroom does allow Sister Bridget to send you a transcript of the reading for future reference. This is highly recommended) Explore the world of tarot with Sister Bridget! We promise you will not be disappointed in her skill, spiritual gifts, and kindness.

    PENDULUM OF OGOUN READINGS: You may now also order either separately or with your tarot reading, a Pendulum of Ogoun reading with Sister Bridget. Sister Bridget will use her sacred pendulum to Ogoun, along with “answer charts” in order to get you guidance directly from Ogoun. With these pendulum readings it is important to know that this is Ogoun’s answer to your question, not Sister Bridget’s interpretation of information for you. She is going to ask the question directly to her power guardian lwa, Ogoun, and get the answer from the pendulum as it is guided by Ogoun. When you order a pendulum reading, please plan on discussing with Sister Bridget how to frame your questions to get the most accurate answer.

    To order a reading please see http://www.spellmaker.com/bridget.htm . Be sure to follow the link in the confirmation email to fill out the form with your information. 

    Help with phrasing questions for Tarot:

    For sure, we when coming into a reading, as a client you will have things you desire clarification on.  Knowing how to phrase questions well will help you get the most possible benefit from your reading. Here are some basic guidelines.

    The Tarot will give you an overview of a situation and let you know what will happen if you choose to either do nothing and continue the way you are going, or take another path. The tarot itself is more about insight and guidance that black and white answers. Open ended questions seem to work best.  Here are some examples:

    Can you give me insight into …

    What do I need to understand about …

    What is the meaning of …

    What is the lesson or purpose of …

    What are the circumstances underlying …

    How can I improve my chances of …

    How might I …

    What do I need to know about . . . ?

    What internal and external influences are affecting my goal to…?

    What is the next step I need to take to achieve . . . ?

    What is standing in the way of my . . . ?

    How can I best overcome the obstacle of . . . ?

    How can I be a better . . . ?

    Which is the best choice between . . . ?

    Asking closed ended questions limits the scope of advice that the cards can lend.  Yes and No questions can be asked, but that then leaves us asking yet another question about what to do next.  The cards themselves do not give specific names, places or dates.  Although, general time frames can be interpreted by a skilled reader 😉 (We can address timelines in another post!) And always, if you are having trouble framing a question,  just describe what it is you wish to know about, what information you are seeking, and we can work together on phrasing your question. No worries!

    Keep in mind that there are always challenges and obstacles in life and the Tarot never gives an inevitable outcome but, rather, a possible one based on the circumstances presently surrounding your question.  Readings of any kind should be used as a tool to help you in deciding what to do next, what you can work towards changing, and what you decide to accept as your destiny.  In other words, if you get a reading that doesn’t seem particularly good, what can you do to change that?  If you couldn’t potentially change your future, then we at Spellmaker wouldn’t be here working so hard for you and with you!

    Light and Love

    Sister Bridget

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  • White Candle Magick

    White Candle Magick

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    White candles have many uses – use them to heal (physical or emotional illness), for dispelling negativity, to gain spirituality, for protection, or to enhance any Magical Powers.

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    Basically, white is for healing – healing any hurt you or your target might have which makes them afraid to be in another relationship, healing any fear they have of being in a relationship, healing and removing the negativity inside them. A very thorough approach to healing with white candle magick is to use the “Mind Body Spirit” approach, in which each level is addressed with a candle of its own. This approach can take a little time to complete, but it is very very effective.

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    You can also use white candles for enhancing your own magical powers, for any spiritual work or for general protection. For protection for yourself or another, you might want to consider pairing the candle magick session with the Cosmic Voodoo Protection Gris Gris Bag or Protection Charms for an added boost!

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    A really underused but handy candle to keep on your shelf is a white seven knob candle. A Seven Knob candle is just that – a candle with carved “knobs” that is often used in Wish Magic. Each knob can be used for a separate or different wish! (or, if you want, you can use each knob for the same wish) BUT – using each knob for a different wish is what makes this candle so handy. As all you veteran spellcasters know, usually the petition for a candle is kept the same for the whole use of the candle… i.e one candle = one request/petition. With the seven knob candle, you get 7 different wishes if you want! So, no need to commit a full white female image candle to Aunt Sally who is having a bunion removed and you want to send her a just little healing energy; You can just use one knob on the white seven knob candle. Has you boss been a crab and you want to help lighten his mood a little – use one knob on the white seven knob candle. You get the picture. It’s a nifty candle to keep on hand!

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    White Image candles can be used in pairs as well. They are especially great at healing and releasing negativity in a relationship. If you are having tension or strain in a relationship with a friend or co-worker that you would like to help clear up magickally, take one image candle that would represent you and one white image candle of the appropriate sex that would represent your friend/co-worker. Use the candles as per the instructions, except have them facing each other. While doing the candle session, ask for healing and release of (fill in the blank for your situation) and replace the ickiness with (again, fill in the blank appropriately). I have even done this with THREE candles, when I was having difficulty with a pair of friends and it worked very very well for me.

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    Don’t forget, you can always add a few drops of Abre Camino Oil into the Annointing Oil that comes with the White Candle Magick kits when doing healing work!

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    Light and Love,

    Sister Bridget

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  • Abre Camino Oil !

    Resurrecting an oldie but a goodie! Enjoy!

     

    Hi There!

    I was sitting here trying hard to think of some wonderful idea to blog about and I just instinctively picked up the closest vial of Abre Camino Oil I could find and rubbed just a little on my wrists. Then, AHA! I realised I needed to put down a few words to talk up one of my most favorite products (Just ask Mambo…I would order this stuff by the quart if I could!) The literal translation of Abre Camino is "Road Opener" so that gives us a hint as to its properties. This oil is all about the removal of blockages, "opening roads," making things happen more smoothly and more quickly. It can help us open the door to new and better options for our future. Mambo Sam personally blends this oil at the shop herself, so you know it is made with the best essential oils and energy possible!

    So, how can we use this wonderful stuff? Some ways I use this oil are:

    ***Blend with Samantha's Spiritual Annointing oil when doing White Candle Magick to help remove blockages and negativity and open the way for healing to occur.

    ***Place a capful in bathwater and soak for a bit just before going to bed. This is especially helpful for folks trying hard to remember their dreams or using one of the Vivid Dreams Gris Gris Bags.

    ***Placing a few drops on your pulse points when entering a challenging situation or are feeling blocked in any way about any thing (like writer's block).

    ****Mix a few drops with any potion or oil that you might wear for an enhanced effect.

    ***Place a few drops on the top of your St Expedite candle and concentrate on what you want that candle to "hurry up" for you while you rub the oil in.

    ***Rub a few drops on the candles for your love doll or cosmic voodoo egg .

    ***Possibilities abound! You almost can not use this oil incorrectly! If you have any questions, or have an idea you are unsure about, just run it by your caseworker!

    Light and Love

    Sister Bridget

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  • About Sister Bridget…..

    Bridget Hi!

    Welcome !

    I am an initiated daughter of Mambo Samantha and Parran Matthew Corfield in New Orleans Voodoo. I am a Founding member of the family, as well as a Priestess of Ogoun. I am also in charge of the caseworkers at Spellmaker.com as well as a long  time caseworker myself.  

    I have been working with Spellmaker clients for many years now. You can read about my own experiences as a Spellmaker client here. 

    Mambo Sam set up this blog for clients to get to know our staff better, so here I am to tell you some things about myself. My full time job is in health care. I work from home in the evenings doing my casework, rituals and tarot readings .  I have also been taught by my mother, Mambo Sam, the art of Voodoo Lamps.

    My favorite flower is the Sunflower (altho Roses are great, too!) My favorite authors are Caroline Myss, Gary Zukav, Brian Weiss, Stephen King, Nora Roberts and Jane Austen.  I like scarey movies and sappy movies. I believe chocolate should be a food group! Have you ever tried See’s Awesome Peanut Brittle bars??? They really are awesome!  My favorite drink is the Hurricane and well, anything with rum. I drink alot of ice tea, especially late at night while I’m trying to clear out my inbox 🙂 For music I like Steve Halpern and Deuter and also the Bruce’s (Springsteen and Hornsby)and  Jimmy Buffell because wherever  Jimmy is, it is warm and there are drinks. I am an animal lover. I have 2 dogs, 2 cats, a couple of bunnies and a parrot. Did you know I have a myspace page ? I am on Facebook  and Twitter (@sisterbridget) well. Please stop by and sign up as a friend! 

    Thanks so much for stopping by and reading about me. If you have any questions at all or if I can help you in anyway, or just want to say “Hi” please drop me an email at bridget@spellmaker.com   

     

     

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