Mambo Samantha Corfield

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

 

 

GOD AS THE BOOGEY-MAN.

Hello, my dear readers!  Recently a friend of mine came to me with some issues of spirituality regarding a family member.  This particular family member was having various symptoms which led her to believe that there might be a spiritual component to the symptoms and after discussing it and coming to the conclusion that there were spiritual components, we started to discuss appropriate treatments.

As I always do in these situations I asked her, "Is Fred more of a God person or more of, oh, say a Universal Energy type person?"  My question was based on the fact that many people, while spiritual, balk at even the word "God."  It has come to mean something unpleasant to them, or unbelieveable, even.

Over the years I have come to the conclusion that so many adults have turned away from the idea of God because as children God is used as a threat against us.  We are taught to fear rather than revere. So as adults, why would we turn to someone/thing that has been used against us?  God has been used as the boogey-man!  Why would we try to find comfort there?  Many, many people just do not and, instead, if they are left with any spirituality at all, tend to find more comfort in the idea of Cosmic Consciousness, Universal Energy, that kind of thing. While I think that is fine, I feel that many people are missing out on the God Experience.

I think God has been given a bad rap. Don't be afraid - embrace the idea of something bigger than yourself!  Embrace the idea that "God" can mean whatever you want it to you.  You don't have to follow the God beliefs of someone else. God is so powerful that you can choose to tap into that power in a number of ways.  The God of your childhood is a grown up now, just like you!  So don't be shying away from the God in your Heart, the God Within, or the God Without; the comfort of the God energy is universal, powerful, and free for the taking.  You only need to open up your heart and mind to it!

Love to all!
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Working on the comparative religion project!

Hello my good readers!  Thank you all for the great suggestions for different religious aspects you would like explore in blending your magickal and/or Vodou practives with your other religious practices.  You have all given me some great ideas and asked some really wonderful questions.  I will start putting this project together and start posting it next week sometime.

In the meantime, I also wanted to mention that many of you are still doing the 9-day meditation practice that was previously posted. Please do continue to do it and feel free to post your comments even though many people already did the exercises.  Those exercises were truly meant for you to keep and do any time that you feel like you need them. 

As you move along in doing those exercises, and do them more often, you will start to become more familiar with them, make them your own, and break them down into pieces.   I will be blogging more about those exercises as well so that we can refine their usage for you.  There are many uses for them to help you reach specific goals and manage different needs.  So, that was definitely not a one-time usage item!  :-)

I hope you are all having a great weekend.

Love,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

Compatibility of Religions and Magick.

Dear Friends,
Over the years, so many clients have come to me with a concern that their magickal practices, especially things like our love spell kits, potions, etc., might interfere with their own personal religious practices.

Many of us grew up in religions that were based on guilt and have been taught that doing any kind of magickal practices are wrong. Of course, now, most of us don't believe that we are doing anything wrong! However, there is still a question of how to blend these beliefs successfully or if they can even be blended successfully.

Therefore, I am going to be starting a series of posts on comparative religions and how different religions can be used to enhance or parallel your magickal practices.

If you have a particular religion you would like to see featured here, please leave a note below in the comments section. Remember, the comments section is confidential - you choose not to have your name or email address show up at all or use a nickname. So if you have a particular religion that you would like to see how to blend your practices, please let me know.

Also, I would love to hear your own personal ways that you have come up with to blend your magickal and/or Voodoo practices with your own religion!

Love to all,
Mambo Sam
www.spellmaker.com