Sister Candelaria's Blog

Signs - A Gift From A Friend

Hey Everyone,

   

I just wanted to take a minute or two and talk about signs during and after spell work.  Why?  Well, first of all, I get a lot of questions about signs. :-)  Secondly, because I've been where you are now and I know exactly how much it can help to have some little indication that your prayers and petitions have been heard.  Especially when you are in the waiting period of the spell casting process (the time after all spells are completed when you are waiting for your spells to manifest on the physical plane), it's so hard to hold on sometimes and have faith.  Receiving a sign from the lwa can be such an amazing lifeline...something that lets you know that you've been heard and you are not alone in your troubling situation. 

   

OK so, what's a sign?  A sign is something that appears out of nowhere, such as hearing a song on the radio that has special meaning for you and your HD when you were just thinking about them two seconds before, or seeing something that clearly reminds you of your HD, or even seeing someone who looks like your HD.  All of these are valid signs and are just the lwa's way of letting you know that your prayers and petitions have been heard and they are working toward those things that you've asked for, on your behalf.  Signs can happen anywhere, and at any time.  They can be as subtle as hearing a child who lives across the street with the same first name as your HD called into dinner by his/her mother.  They can also be as blatant as a billboard in Times Square advertising the place where you spent your honeymoon or a very special trip together.  Signs are all around you and are given freely by the lwa.  Sometimes you will notice them and sometimes you might not (or if you are like me you realize something was a sign a week after it happened...DOH!  LOL).  It's OK though, if you don't notice signs or if you say to me, "I never get signs!"  Well, the truth of the matter is that many times even if you don't see them, the signs are there, and as time passes you become more attuned to it, and you will begin to notice them more and more.  But either way, whether your recognize the signs or not, rest assured that the lwa are there  for you and you have been heard. ;-)

   

Now, one question I get a lot is, "Was this a bad sign?"  Maybe you will be in the cemetery leaving a gift for Baron Samedi or Brigitte and you see your HD's name on a grave marker, or you hear about someone having an accident on the news and they have the same last name as your HD.  Yep, these are based on things that clients have actually written to me about and all of them were understandably freaked out a bit and ran to me in terror asking if it was a bad sign that their love was not meant to be, and possibly a sign from the lwa letting them know that they would not get what they asked for.  I totally understand why anyone would think this, but I actually don't believe in "bad" signs.  There are no good signs or bad signs, there are only signs!  So, it doesn't really matter in what context the sign is given, so much as it matters that you recognize the sign as a message for you that things are in the works. ;-)  The lwa will try to use whatever they can to draw your attention to a sign so that you get the message, Soooo if you are looking at the names on grave markers  as you pass by and you see your HD's name on one of them, that just means that one of the spirits that is helping you knew you were looking that way, and they chose that moment to get their message across to you to let you know that your prayers have been heard.  Kind cool, huh?!

   

Another question I get a lot is, "How do I know if this is a sign?"  Hmmm...well, the answer to that one is, "Did it feel like a sign to you?  If it did, then it was a sign." :-)  "Huh, why is that? You're an initiate Sister Candi, you should know if something is a sign or not.  That's what you do!"  Well yes and no.  LOL  I can take a guess that something could be a sign but I can't be certain if the sign wasn't meant for me.  HUH?  OK, let's say for instance that special song does come on the radio.  It's a song that you and your HD danced to on your first anniversary, or it was playing when you met your HD, or it was a song that you both sang together at the top of your lungs in the car on a road trip (Hey, don't laugh!  Singing in the car is one of my favorite things to do!  LOL). Well, that song means something to you, right?  It reminds you of the good times you've shared and it reminds you of spending time with that special person you are trying to reach.  Now, that song might be something like, oh I don't know...Monster Mash let's say, which personally doesn't mean much to me outside of being a song I like to play around Fet Ghede and Halloween, so if you are asking me if hearing Monster Mash is a sign, then I would most likely say probably not because the song does not hold that meaning for me.  BUT if it holds that meaning for you and immediately when you hear it thoughts of your HD flood to you, then its a sign.  Seeee?  So, if something looks like a sign, smells like a sign, and tastes like a sign TO YOU, then chances are it's a sign. ;-)

   

Now, here's the other thing about signs.  Many folks want to know if they can ask the lwa for signs and if so how do you go about asking.  I know that some of you have asked for signs and gotten them and that's great!:-)  There are always times when we start to doubt and we need something upon which to hook our faith.  Asking for a sign and getting it can be just the thing we need to tie a knot at the end of that rope and hang on for another day.  I completely get that, and I don't want you to think for one second that I don't.  BUT, I have to say that while I would never tell anyone not to ask for a sign, the practice of asking for signs does bother me to a certain extent.  Why?  Well, let me cite an example.  Let's say I'm one of your friends and you ask me to go to this person you like and tell them that you like them.  I do it as a favor to you, because I care about you and I want you to have what makes you happy.  So, I go and talk to the person for you and state your case and let them know of your feelings for them and how much they mean to you.  Done deal, right?  You're my friend and you asked me for a favor and I did it and because I care about you so much, I'll keep talking to that person about you even after the initial favor is done, because I want you to be happy and I want you to remain foremost in their mind.  OK, so then the next time you see me, you would probably bombard me with questions about your HD and how it all went, right? (Which is where readings with Mambo Sam and Sister Bridget come into play!) BUT, would you then ask me for proof that I spoke to that person on your behalf?  Proof that I had done the favor for you?  Would you say, "That's awesome of you, thanks so much for talking to him/her for me.  Now, can I see a fabric swatch from the shirt he/she was wearing, so I know you did in fact talk to him/her?"  LOL  I doubt very highly you would ask me for that and if you did I would be a touch insulted to say the least!  Well, that's sorta what you're doing when you ask the lwa for signs.  You are asking them for proof that they are working on this favor for you, because they are the ones you asked to go to your HD and talk to them for you.  They are the ones you asked for this favor.  Do you see what I'm saying?  Now, while I do understand that we are human and the lwa understand that too and sometimes we humans are silly and do need that little extra something to help us keep hope alive.  The lwa do understand what it's like to be human, so they get it when you go to them now and again and ask for a sign, if its needed.  However, its not really "good form" to get into the habit of asking for signs.  Sometimes, you just have to power under your own steam and find the faith and the hope within yourself to keep on going.  It's not always easy, but finding that place within yourself where you do have faith and believe is so very important to your case and to your life in general!  ;-)

   

So, what does all of this mean?  Well, what this all boils down to is that signs do happen and they are a good thing.  The lwa will try to give us indications along the way that things are in process and they try to let you know that they are there for you and your prayers and petitions have been heard.  Even if you don't always notice the signs they are all around you and chances are you will notice them when the timing is right for you.  There are no good signs or bad signs, just signs...and while you can ask for signs from time to time, you must also work toward finding faith inside of yourself and believing in yourself and in the lwa and in your own personal power to make what you want come to fruition.

   

Signs never cease to amaze me, as they are the lwa's way of letting us know that we have been heard and things are in the works.  So when you do receive a magickal sign from the lwa you should embrace it and treasure it as a gift from your friends on the spirit plane.  Its just their way of letting you know that you are not alone; letting you know that you have been heard and you are loved; and letting you know that they care. What a beautiful gift from some very dear friends! :-)

   

Light and much love,

Sister Candelaria

http://www.spellmaker.com/

   

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What Are You Thinking About???

Hi Folks,

One by-product of being a caseworker and getting to know our clients is that I come to love you all so much and I so want you to get what you want and what you deserve in this life, including those you are doing spell work on (your Heart's Desire or HD) and all the happiness that comes with being in a loving and secure relationship.  I know it's hard sometimes to keep the faith, but I've been at this whole Magickal/Voodoo thing and been a practicing Vodouisant for quite a while now and I can tell you that this process does work!  Frankly, I wouldn't be here if it didn't.  I also know that this is not an easy process.  In fact it's downright hard, draining, frustrating, and can have it's heartbreaking moments along the way, as well.  I get all of that because I've sat right where you all are.  I've been through the process, so I know how all of this feels.  It ain't easy, but the rewards are soooo great!

               

Sister Bridget and I have a saying, "Voodoo is not for the weak."  It's completely true.  It takes some big ones to go through this process, that's for sure, but what you get on the other side of it is a far greater spiritual understanding, a greater understanding of yourself and your place in this big universe, AND the love you are seeking, and that's just for starters!  However, you have to do your part too, and that doesn't include just doing the spell work and then sitting there and pining for what you want to happen while you wait for results.  Yes, it's easy to fall into that "Woe Is Me" place, but you do have to have a certain amount of strength and intestinal fortitude to keep yourself from going there.  Why?  Well, basically because of what we have all talked about before.  Your attitude matters, and it has a direct effect on your spell work.

            

I know you all have heard of the Universal Law of Attraction.  We've all mentioned it at one point or another and several of the books on Mambo Sam's book list (http://www.spellmaker.com/books.htm) talk about it in detail.  Basically what it says is that whatever you put your attention to will manifest for you.  Sounds like a pretty good deal, doesn't it?  I just think about something and turn my attention toward it and it's mine, right?  Weeeeeell, right, BUT it can also be a bit difficult to navigate, at first.  Yes, the Universal Law of Attraction will help bring to you the things that you so want in life, BUT there is a trick to making it work for you.  You see, we human beings are a strange and funny lot.  We have a tendency to dwell on the negative, to always expect the other shoe to drop, and to frequently go to "the dark, bad place" about things, no matter what it may be.  For some reason, more often than not, we tend to think of the bad in things first.

            

For example, if your HD or Heart's Desire is out on a Saturday night without you, what do you think about?  If you're like most folks, it bothers you at first, but you know that there's nothing you can do about it, so you wish him/her well and hope they have fun going out with the boys or out with the girls and try to push it out of your mind.  Then, as the night goes on, you start to wonder where he/she is and what they're doing.  You brush that off as silly, and try to concentrate on something else for the moment to get your mind off of it.  Your mind, however, seems to be it's own boss on this particular evening, so you keep going back to it and before you know it, you HAVE TO KNOW what your HD is doing.  You start to think about it more and more.  You think about how much you love your HD and how attractive and charming he/she is and how you are just certain that everyone wants your HD, because you want them so badly you can taste it, so it must be the same for everyone they meet, right?!  But wait!  They are at a club with friends, so that means that right now, your HD is probably charming the socks off of everyone he/she comes in contact with and that OF COURSE means that your HD is with someone else...someone they like better than you and someone they will no doubt hook up with and have a one night stand with that will turn into so much more and before you know it, you will be left even more in the cold, simply because your HD is out on this very night without you.  THAT BASTARD! (OR BITCH)  HOW DARE THEY!?  Don't they know that you are here, just thinking about them and wanting them and why aren't they with you, spending time with you?!  How dare they disrespect you and your feeling for them like this!!!  Sound familiar?  That's what I call, 'Creating Monsters in Your Head," and it's easy enough to do, especially when you love this person so much and your feelings are running high for them.  We've all fallen into this trap.
         
Now, let's go back to the Universal Law of Attraction.  What have you just spent the evening turning your attention to?  Wait for it...     wait for it....     Ah, there it is!  See what I'm getting at?  You have just spent the night creating this scenario in your head where your HD is happily with someone else, thus, you are helping to manifest that more into reality and pushing your spell work that you've worked so frickin' hard on, even further away from manifestation!  RATS!  I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT!!  Well, yeah...see that's the thing...the Universal Law of Attraction works both ways.  It will bring the positive and lovely things all filled with rainbows, unicorns and warm fuzzy puppies into your world, BUT it will also bring to you the things you are pushing against and the things you don't want, if you turn your attention toward them.  Wait, let me repeat that...IT WILL BRING TO YOU THE THINGS YOU ARE PUSHING AGAINST, IF YOU TURN YOUR ATTENTION TOWARD THEM!

         

"Oh, great!!  I can't win!  Sister Candi!  Thanks for the heads up, but now I'm completely depressed and there's nothing I can do about it!  How in the hell do I come against that?!"  Well, honestly, it's easier than you think.  The trick is to, in your own mind and in your own heart, act like what you want has already manifest for you.  The trouble is that since we humans are so damn silly and are always concentrating on the negative aspect of things, you sort of have to retrain yourself to think differently and only concentrate on the positive things that you desire.  Only think of your goal and think of it as already being a done deal and already manifesting for you, instead of concentrating on the things that work against your goal, think of only the things that work toward your goal. This, combined with your spell work and the help of les lois (the lwa) can be an unbeatable combination!  It's just a matter of refocusing your energy and working toward your goal in a positive light, instead of going to that dark, bad place we all have a tendency to visit.

         

Now, we all have our down days and no one expects you to be super human, BUT we do expect you to take a certain amount of responsibility for your cases (yes, just like with everything in life, there is accountability in spell work).  So, it is your job through this process, to remain as positive as you can and to concentrate on what you want.  Getting down in the dumps and wallowing in it is not the way to get what you want.  However, if you turn that around, pull yourself up by your boot straps (as my grandmother used to say), and work at accentuating the positive manifestation of your goal, then you've just taken a HUGE step toward making what you want come into being.  Do this, and continue to work on your case with your gris-gris bags or talisman and any adjunct work you're presently working on and you have a far greater chance of getting what you desire.  This is much more effective than the sitting and wallowing in it method (believe me, I've tried both the spell work/positive thinking approach and the wallowing in your fears and depression approach and the spell work/positive thinking approach works MUUUUUUCH better! ;-)  )  I know it's hard and we all do have our down days (yep, even me!), but this is something to keep in mind.  It's a matter of making up your mind about who is in charge of the situation and putting yourself in the driver's seat in your own life.  Are you going to work for your goal or against your goal?  It's your life, help yourself to make it what you want it to be.

         

Just something for you all to THINK about.  :-)

         

Light and much love,

Sister Candelaria

http://www.spellmaker.com/ 

 

Past, Present, and Future

OK, so here's my question...Can you look toward the Future, if you are still Present in the Past? 

"Hmmm...never really thought about it before...I'm not sure...," you might say.  Well, when it comes to spell work, the answer is NO.  OK, now before you all email Mambo and tell her that Candelaria has gone 'round that all important bend (I mean, come on, that's just crazy talk!), let me explain.  heehee

The truth of the matter is that many folks come to Voodoo for help after the situation has gotten really bad.  Coming to us is kind of a last resort where, arms spread wide in disgust and shoulders shrugged to their ears, they will finally say, "I'm all out of options.  I guess I'll try Voodoo."  If this is you, don't feel badly at all, as this is how most folks come to us...when they have nowhere else to turn. 

Now, when you finally do make that decision to try spell work as a solution, many times, there's already been a lot of water under the bridge.  If you are doing work on a love case, there may have been arguments, late night drive-bys, lots of back and forth between the two of you...none of it good!  You've been doing nothing but clashing and butting heads with this person for months, or even years!  So, when you come to spell work, in addition to all of the problems that have come about between you, you have a certain amount of hurt and resentment that you could be carrying along with you.  That's OK though, because you've finally found help through les lois and you can finally get things back on track.  Yeah!  Good for you!!

Here's the trick though, "My caseworker told me that I have to remain positive, but there's so much hurt between us!  I want to show him/her how much they hurt me!  How can I be positive about things when he/she has hurt me so badly??!"  Well, here's the deal, when you make that all important decision to enlist the help of les lois through spell work, the day you begin casting your first spell is the first day of your relationship with this person.  Wait...let me repeat that for the folks in the back row, THE DAY YOU CAST YOUR FIRST SPELL IS THE FIRST DAY OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PERSON.  Before this, you didn't have les lois helping you and you were not working towards your goal magickally.  However, now you are, sooo the playing field has changed and thus we have an entirely new game, and THIS IS DAY ONE.  You must get past the pain of the past and look toward the future...it's all a clean slate! (Pretty cool, huh?  I mean, how many times in life do you get a completely clean slate?)

OK, ya with me so far?  Well, holding on to this negativity and pain of the past can honestly be a major problem, and it can block spell work.  Sometimes, because we are presently stuck in the past, we can't move into the future.  We are so mired in things that have gone down between us, that we can't get past it all.  We bring it up time and time again.  It is on our minds constantly.  We rip that band-aid off over and over again and we never let it heal.  It festers and grows, within us.  Well, the truth of the matter is that we need to let it heal within ourselves, before the spell work can flow and the relationship can move forward.  We need to stop ripping off the band-aid so that things can heal.

I know, I know, you've been putting all of your energy toward your love case and working on your HD, and the last thing you want to do is start working on yourself!  Sheesh!  Plus, let's face it, it's much easier to do work on someone else, than it is on yourself.  However, sometimes, no matter how much work you're doing towards your love case, the most important work you need to do is healing within yourself.  The spell work can't reach your HD if the pain and negativity you're carrying from the past is blocking it, right?  It's kind of like shooting peas at an elephant.  (it's going to take an awful lot of peas!)

Alright, so how??? I mean, it seems so beyond your control!  You feel like you're boxed into this corner of despair and doom and you really don't know how to get out of it.  No matter how hard you try, you can't shake the terrible pain of the past, things that were said, things that were done, hurt, sorrow, longing to be understood.  "Candi, you have no idea what you're asking me to do!"  Well, yes, I do.  I was a client once myself and I know exactly what I'm asking you to do and I also know that it isn't easy!  But, I also know that it can be done and that it MUST be done, in order for things to move forward in your case.  You cannot look toward the future, if you are presently mired down in the pain of the past.  That's honestly just the way it is!  The good news is that there are ways to heal yourself and get past all of this, so that it doesn't block your spell work.  You can do a Lady Samantha Hex Removal Spell Kit (since hurt and pain, built up over time, can act as if a hex has been placed on you), a Milk of Damballah White Bath, a trio of White Image Candle Magick Kits, and/or a Cosmic Voodoo Healing Egg.  You can even try a combination of a few or all of these products, as they are crafted to help you with healing and to help you get past the pain.

Look, I know that this not easy.  Nothing worth having ever is.  But, I also know that this can be done.  Healing work done on yourself, is actually the most rewarding and most important work you can do.  Remember, we are all spiritual beings having a human experience.  One of the most rewarding things you can do is to help yourself to have the best human experience possible, AND help your spell work to progress forward.  Heal yourself of the pains of the past, so that you can start presently looking toward the future!  It can make all the difference in the world!

Light and much love,
Candelaria
http://www.spellmaker.com/

Spellwork and Empowerment

This morning, as I sip my first cup of coffee (I've been trying to cut myself down to one.  We'll see how that flies!  lol), I'm pondering this spiritual journey we are on.  Yep, that's right.  We are all spiritual beings, who are having a human experience.  So even before we are born into this experience, we have been on a spiritual journey.  As spiritual beings having a human experience, we are constantly learning and constantly being led through changes and new experiences.   Thus, is the nuts and bolts of this whole thing.  We are all eternal beings, as well, so no matter where we are at, there is always waaaaaaay more ahead of us then there is behind us.  This journey just goes on and on. Cool, huh?

Now, most of us just kind of drift through life, not really giving it much thought.  I know that's what I did for years and years.  We just go about our daily routines in the hopes that things will turn out and that life will be OK.  There are even times in our lives when things go a bit south for us...relationships end, we endure financial difficulties, we are unhappy in our jobs, etc.  Yes, stuff like this happens to everyone, and for the most part, we just sit back and take it and plug along hoping and praying that things will work out for us.  We are playing defense, just hoping that the other proverbial shoe doesn't drop.  Guess what?  Thanks to our friends on the spirit plane (les lois) and our own personal power, it doesn't have to be this way.  Yep, that's right...we can do something about it!  The one thing that I like so much about spell work and working with les lois (Voodoo spirits that are kind of like Catholic saints) is that it gives us the option to play offense in our lives instead of always being on the defense!  Through spell work and the use of Voodoo for magickal purposes, we can make changes in our lives and guide things in the way we want them to go.  We can be on the offense in our own lives and have a say!  We can be heard!  Yipppeee!!

There really isn't any situation in this life that spell work can't improve.  Spell work can help  you with love, luck, money, even healing.  It can cover all the bases for you!  I became a practicing Vodouisant about 8 years ago and since then I have seen so many wonderful and amazing changes in life and in the lives of others I come in contact with as a spiritual practitioner.  Spell work works, and I have never regretted a moment of this leg of my spiritual journey!  Now, I'm not saying it has been all sunshine and roses (no one can promise you that), but the days that are filled with sunshine and roses far outweigh the days when I'm trudging along trying to just get through it all.  Spell work and working with les lois has put me on the offense in my own life and it can really, honestly do the same for you.

So, if you are new to Voodoo, don't be afraid, just dive in!  Every leg of your spiritual journey begins with a first step.  We can help you with prepacked spell kits that come with complete instructions and everything you need to cast an effective spell (you can even take part in a dual spell casting  with Reverend Corfield for an extra powerful combination!).  For those who are already casting Voodoo spells to help in your life, rest assured that you have now taken control.  Your life is now your own, and you have the power and the tools with which to live the life you have always dreamed of!  The sky's the limit, so go for it!!  What have you got to lose?!

Links to spell kits:
Love Spells

Luck Spells

Healing Spells/Hex Removal

Revenge Spells

Casting Services (For enlisting the help of Reverend Corfield)

Light and much love,

Candelaria

www.spellmaker.com