As you might guess, I don't have a lot of time to watch TV. One show that Matt and I do make time for is "House." I like the whole "medical mystery" type of genre and the show (IMHO)is terribly clever.
This week's episode revolved around a sick priest. The priest quoted Einstein with a quote that I had long ago loved to use but had forgotten over the years:
"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."
So many times I get a letter from people saying things like, "I saw my boyfriend and he said the exact things I petitioned for in my spellwork, what a COINCIDENCE!"
Needless to say, this drives me crazy! ;-) Now it isn't just that I get tired of people thinking that the results from their spellwork are a "coincidence" - I actually get worried about people negating the results of their spellwork! Obviously, if you are sort of backwardly negating your spellwork by tossing it off as a "coincidence" you run the risk of long term damage to your spellwork.
Another thing that I get a lot of is, "All the things I asked for in my spellwork came to pass, do you think it was the lwa helping me?" Huh? Well, yes. You did ASK them to help you. ;-)
While "God" (or whatever you want to call the Supreme Being) is sort of an unwritten power in our spell work, that doesn't mean we ignore God. Generally speaking, Vodouisants consider God too lofty or too busy to be concerned with our day-to-day needs. Therefore, we call upon the Vodou Spirits (Les Lois - the lwa) to assist us and be our intermediaries and help our spellwork in many ways. But the spellcaster's energy, the power of the Supreme Being, and the lwa all work together.
So if you are a person who is chalking things up to "coincidence" I am going to gently suggest that you stop! I don't want you to stop getting results because you didn't believe in what was happening right before your own eyes. :-)
Love,light, and peace,
Mambo Samantha Corfield
