Mambo Samantha Corfield

Imbolc, Maman Brigitte, and St. Brigid - Oh My!

Greetings one and all!

As many of you may already know - tomorrow, February 2, is St. Brigid's day, Imbolc, Candlemas,
and the Feast of St. Brigid.  To Vodouisants, Catholics, Pagans, and more, this is a wonderful day anticipating spring, looking for new love, and being ready to shed off the cold of winter.

A popular prayer for this day is:

"Blessed be the earth, and all who dwell upon it.

We give thanks for the season now departing from us,
For the blessings it has bestowed upon us,
And upon those with whom we share this world.

Blessed be the new season.
We pray that it will be a time filled with peace,
With abundance, with prosperity,
With wisdom,
With love."

For Vodouisants, tonight, the eve of  St. Brigid's Day, is when we put a piece of clothing outside for Maman Brigitte to bless with her healing powers.  Take any piece of clothing, or even a scarf to tie your head with, and put it outside tonight.  Ask Maman Brigitte to walk your way tonight and bless that piece of clothing.  Light a small fire outside for a little while, even if you just burn a candle. Before you go to bed, burn the veve of Maman Brigitte in the fire. Then put that fire or candle out.  Make sure the wax is smoothed down  or that the ashes are smoothed down if you lit a small fire.  Any kind of mark or disturbance of the wax or ashes the next day is considered a sign that Maman was there and blessed your piece of clothing!

Now you can wear that piece of clothing any time you aren't feeling well or you doing healing work or healing prayers for someone else.

Veve for Maman Brigitte

 

There is a LOT more to this holiday/feast day!  It is well worth looking up more information.

Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield

www.spellmaker.com

 

 

Prayer Dilemma.

Hello everyone!  Prayer is, naturally, a huge part of my life. You could almost say that I "pray for a living."  Spellwork is an organized, done-with-props, form of prayer.  So, needless to say, I consider myself somewhat of an expert on prayer.

However, every once in awhile, I find myself overwhelmed with a situation to the point of not knowing where to begin with praying.  The famine in Somalia is one of those situations.  As  I learned of this horrible situation, my first reaction, of course, was to pray for those in need.  As  I started to say prayers, I found myself feeling overwhelmed and confused on where to even start.  The situation is so desperate and so huge that I found myself stumbling over the prayers - praying for relief, praying for those who died, praying for those children who are suffering and dying, praying for the parents of those children, praying that whatever needed to be done would be done.... the list just seemed so huge to me that I felt completely insignificant in my prayers.

I had to regroup within myself several times, each time feeling a little bit stronger, offering individual prayers for each segment of this seemingly hopeless situation and then overall prayers for just the situation in general.  Usually when I am finished with my prayers, I feel satisfied and enriched by the experience.  I cannot say this was true when I finished praying for this particular event. At first, I felt drained and still ended up feeling helpless.

As  I have continued on praying for Somalia, I feel that my praying has improved.  I asked Papa Legba to help me - to help me interpret my prayers and put them into understandable words and thoughts rather than my incoherent ramblings! I asked him to open  up my mind to accept that while this is, indeed, a seemingly impossible situation, that still I would find the words to pray.

If you find yourself feeling this way, that a situation is just so huge that you feel that your prayers are insignificant, I encourage you to push through that feeling and just continue on.  Don't give up because you feel like your tiny prayers can't possibly make a difference!  I had to keep reminding myself that I am not the only person praying for this and that as the Universal Mind we can and do have an impact on these tragedies!  Know that you are not alone in these prayers!  Don't give up because you feel that you are just a tiny voice.  We are all a tiny voice, but we can make a big noise when we do it together. Ask Papa Legba!

Please pray for the people of Somalia and all those who are in need around the world.  Be proactive in your prayers and in giving whatever help you can.  Donations to reputable charities are wonderful, obviously, but even if you cannot donate (times are hard!), think about perhaps organizing a prayer group of your own, or donating your time to a reputable charity. There are lots of ways to give even if you don't have money to give!  The gifts of your time and prayers are invaluable.  Don't ever think they aren't!

Join the Spellmaker Prayer Group tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern time and add your voice!

Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com

 

 

Making Healthy Decisions - Part 9

Hello everyone!  Getting back to our series on Making Healthy Decisions - the next question we want to ask ourselves is:

Who Has Some Guidance for Me Right Now?

Generally speaking, I am not a fan of asking everyone in the world what you should do next! :-)  Some of my own very dear friends will do that and, in the end, are more confused than when they started! 

However, sometimes it is a very good thing to get some help from someone else.  Perhaps you know someone who has experienced what you are experiencing.  That is not to say that any two people may have the same outcome, but sometimes it helps to get the perspective of someone you trust.

When you need help from another person, trust your inner knowing to tell who this is. Sit and do some slow, deep breathing for two or three minutes to clear your mind.  Feel yourself go into a state of receptivity, ready to hear an answer. Then ask, "Who has the right guidance for me?"

You may see a face or hear a name immediately in your mind.  You may suddenly think of someone that is not the person you want to get guidance from, but perhaps they remind you of why you want to get guidance from someone else.  Thought processes can be funny like that! ;-)

While I am always a proponent of making your own decisions, a little helpful guidance from someone you trust may be very helpful in making your final decision.  Don't be afraid to ask!  I cannot stress the "someone you trust" part enough.  I have seen too many times where friends and clients asked advice from someone who really did not have their best interest at heart.  Choose wisely when getting counsel on an issue that is important to you.

Just remember, no matter how much you trust the person, the decision still rests with you and it has to sit well in  your soul!  :-)

 Love, light, and peace,

Mambo Samantha Corfield, www.spellmaker.com