Mambo Samantha Corfield

Remember the Chinese Harvest Moon Ritual?

Hi everyone!  I am sure that some of you remember my post from 2007 about the Chinese Harvest Moon Ritual!

It is almost time for that festival to be celebrated all over the world again - September 22, 2010 is the date that the festival falls on this year.

The link above will take you to the page where I explained the festival and one of the intriguing aspects of the harvest moon ritual - single ladies looking for the right man to be brought to them! :-)

It is such a fun and beautiful legend.  It is a wonderful time, also, to honor our dear Erzulie Freda and you can do her ritual pack, or any of our other products dedicated to her, in conjunction with doing the harvest moon ritual!

If nothing else, please do click on my link to read about the Chinese Harvest Moon Ritual because it is such a beautiful and fascinating tradition!

Love, light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
www.spellmaker.com

 

Money and Luck Magick

Greetings everyone!  It is no secret that these are trying financial times!  To that end, we have recently reduced the price of many of our luck and money magick products to try to help ease some of the crunch that so many of us are feeling.

Also, there is a rather humble but delicious New Orleans stew that can be prepared ritualistically to hopefully bring financial help into one's home.   

New Orleans Voodoo Lucky Penny Stew

1 quart boiling water
1 cup beef stew meat
4 cups cut up cabbage
1 large white onion, chopped
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1 cup fresh spinach, washed and torn into small pieces
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup garlic powder
1/4 cup onion powder
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup dark red wine
1 green candle*
3 shiny pennies*

*Before beginning your cooking, set up a green candle in the kitchen and surround it with 3 shiny pennies. Light the candle and say, "Hey, Legba, open the gate, let my words carry to the other side. Thank you." Pause a moment. Then say, "Capitaine Agouer (pronounced "ah-ghwAY"), I humbly ask that you help me in providing for my family, myself, and others that may be in need." Then begin your food preparation with your petition in mind. Keep your petition in mind and honor Capitain Agouer during the preparation of the food.

Add all ingredients except the meat, cabbage, spinach, and raisins to the pot of boiling water and reduce to a simmer. Add in the meat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add in the rest of the ingredients and cook for 40 minutes at a low simmer. Turn off flame and add 1/2 cup red wine to pot and stir. Remove the bay leaf before serving. Serve with black eyed peas to insure prosperity.

BEFORE YOU EAT: Before you eat the stew, take 1/2 cup out and put it in a pretty paper cup or bowl. Place it in front of the burning candle as an offering to Capitaine Agouer. After the meal, take the food offering and the three pennies outside and leave it under a tree. Stamp the ground three times with your foot and say, "Blessings and thanks to you Capitaine Agouer."

Happy cooking and blessings to all of those in need of help.

Love, Mambo Sam

Quick Communication Spell

Hello everyone!  Many times throughout the course of spell work we are not in communication with the person we are working on.  This might be temporary due to circumstances or it might be due to the fact that you have lost all communication with the person.  It is so difficult sometimes NOT to be in contact with that special person.  I completely understand that and am offering you this "Quick Communication Spell" that you can use to try to help foster a contact with your intended!

Now please understand, there are some periods of time in spell work when it may actually be better NOT to be in communication with the object of your desire.  For instance, sometimes things are too rocky between you and the communication will degenerate into an argument or harsh words.   As you all know, that is not good for your spell work.  :-) But no worries with the little "quick spell" outlined below:  If you are not supposed to be in communication with your HD, it simply won't work for you. 

Here's what you need:

• Two gender-specific figure candles (one to represent you, one to represent the person you want to contact you).  You can use ones from candle magick kits from us - white, pink, or red will work fine and you can even do this spell with candles you are using right now as long as it is for the same person.
• Some kind of picture that represents the form of communication you want to use (a picture of a phone, computer, etc.).

Here's what you do:

• One candle represents you and one candle represents the person you want to communicate with you.  (If using our candle magick kits, you still will do all the "regular" instructions of the candle kit.)
• Face the candles towards each other, so that they are "looking" at each other, about six inches apart.
• On the picture of the communication form write:  "Johnny (insert the name of your HD), I want to hear from you.  Please call (or email, or whatever you have chosen) me.  I promise this will be a good communication for both of us."    (And you have to really mean that - don't use this spell if you are angry and are going to be upset or petulant when the person calls! You will be defeating your own purpose.)
• Place the picture on the table (or other surface you are using) with the writing facing upwards.
• Do the normal ritual for the candle magick kits (if that is what you are using), this time meditating only on communicating with this person, how well the conversation will go, what nice things you will talk about, etc. (If you are using these candles for another purpose, you can return to that purpose next session.)
• When you are finished with the ritual and have extinguished the candles, pour a little bit of the candle wax from both candles (at the same time) on the paper.  Concentrate on you and the person "melding" together in conversation.  It just takes a small amount. Be careful not to burn yourself!
• When the candle wax is cooled and hardened, fold the paper in on itself (over the candle wax). If the paper doesn't stay together, you can tie it with string or ribbon so that it makes a nice, neat little package.
• Keep the paper somewhere safe until you hear from the person you are wanting to contact you OR seven days has passed.  (If you are doing spell work, you can keep the paper on your altar.  If you working with a love doll you can keep the paper with the doll.  You can keep the paper with any of our magickal work that you might be doing.)  Once you have heard from them OR seven days have passed, you can just throw the paper away - that spell is done. It either works within seven days or it doesn't work (for whatever reason).  If it didn't work in seven days, try it again!  :-)  It really does work quite often.  However, as I said, sometimes there is a REASON you are not in communication with a person. On the other hand, it doesn't hurt to try and this is relatively easy to do.  :-) 

General Info:  This spell would be categorized as a "one time" spell - it doesn't mean the person will keep communicating with you necessarily.  So you may need to do it again.   For some people with whom communication is sparse or difficult, it might be a good idea to keep a set of candles around to work with just for this spell.

Have fun!

Love,  Mambo Sam