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Getting Through the Hard Times

The Lwa are wonderful companions when you’re going through the worst times of your life.  Outside of petitioning and offerings, just spending time talking with them and feeling their presence gives you the extra emotional support to help get you through the day.  They are your Family, especially when your blood family seems to have abandoned you.  For example, Erzulie’s motherly love is especially important for me now that my mother has passed away, and feeling Damballah wrap himself around me is the most loving, peaceful warmth – like a caring, fatherly hug.  Along with Ogoun’s strength and courage that helps me deal with a lot of different things, I know the Baron and Maman Brigitte are always with me.  It means the world to me that they have helped my husband, and now my mother, cross over so easily.  Everything is a struggle for me, simply typing this up is such hard work now, but what little I do get accomplished is because the Lwa give me the love, support and extra little push I need.  It may take me awhile to do what I know I need to do, but they keep gently pushing me and I eventually get it done.   All I can manage at this point are baby steps but the Lwa help me take those steps and make sure they’re mostly in a forward direction.  I would never want to have a day without the Lwa around.

Khouzhan Echo

Perpetual Care

While in New Orleans, I visited St. Louis Cemetery #1, which has the famous tomb of Marie Laveau. This photo, from the Spellmaker website, shows what the tomb looked like for a long time.

Last December, someone painted the tomb pink. He may have thought he was doing a good thing by covering the marks, but unfortunately the latex paint would cause more damage to the tomb. It was power washed, not the best way to remove paint from an old structure, but perhaps better than leaving the latex paint on it any longer.

The above photo is from the Archdiocese paper, Clarion Herald, with an article that said marking the tomb with Xs started in the 1930s, as earlier photos do not show any markings. Now the tomb has a new layer of plaster, but people have already begun marking it. By the color of some, it looks like lipstick or nail polish, not great for conservation, either. Since 2005, it has been illegal to mark tombs in St. Louis #1.

Two other tombs in the cemetery have markings and gifts left on them. My tour guide said this one  (below) is the tomb of Marie Laveau’s daughter, Marie II, who took over as the Queen of Voodoo upon her mother’s death.

Here is another marked tomb, also believed to be the resting place of a powerful Voodoo practitioner.

Tombs are cared for by the individual families, and many are well-maintained and still in use. Others are deteriorating. In some cases, families pay a fee for perpetual care, which means the Archdiocese will take care of maintenance. If a neglected tomb falls down, the plot can be sold for a new tomb. Another thing that can happen is a tomb sinking down into the soft ground. This one has part of the inscription below ground level.

Only the top of this tomb is visible. To stop a tomb sinking, it has to be lifted and a solid base put underneath it. You can imagine how expensive that must be!

Ancestors are important in Voodoo, and cemeteries are one way to remember them. When you visit a cemetery, whether you have relatives there or not, please do your best to leave it better than you found it. 

 

Love, Khouzhan Lucy

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Free Stuff!

 
Yes, times are tough and sometimes doing spell work is not permissible.  The Spellmaker family really wants you to get what you want, and because of this, they offer a full page of spell work you can start on your own.  It is in the Get Help section under Free Stuff of the web page www.spellmaker.com .

There is a free love spell, minuets from Mambo and many other wonderful and fun things to do.  The reason for the Free Stuff, it gives you a chance to start spell work when times are tough.  When everything gets better, and it will, you can start with the consecrated spell work. 

Oh, please don’t forget to have a case worker assigned to you.  Their vast knowledge will help you get to your goal more quickly. 

You are never alone, we are always here to listen and guide.   Keep your chin up!

XO, Khouzhan Ann

 

Dueling Oak

Recently I was able to visit a very old friend. The Dueling Oak was one of a pair of oak trees, but the other was lost in a storm in the 1940s. They were named because it was a popular dueling site in New Orleans. This tree has seen a lot of history! 

City Park has many live oak trees, a variety named for having green leaves all year round. The oldest have some branches that touch the ground. I remember that it made them particularly attractive and easy to climb. Even now, the twisted branches can feel like a friendly arm on a shoulder.

Many trees have Spanish Moss, a plant that gets its nutrients from the air. It hangs on trees but does not harm them. Spanish Moss looks silver, but is actually green inside.

Here is another tree in the park. The trunk of this one lies along the ground, probably from storm damage. It continues to grow, and is another popular place for children to play. There is a lesson in that tree, down and still rising up. Trees are repesentatives of the Lwa, Gran Bwa, and the oaks of City Park are very fine examples in many ways.

 

Love, Khouzhan Lucy

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Turning a corner!

I am so sure that everyone reading this blog has said to them, will anything ever, ever change.  Will it get better, will my life improve, and will my families lives improve.  Does doing spell work ever really work?  
 
Here is my answer, yes, it may take time, but yes it does work.  The LWA do hear your petitions and will guide you to where you are supposed which may not have been what you planned but always better. 

 

If you read my blogs, you know that I am totally in love with Sobo, I write about him all the time.  When I do my rituals I ask Sobo to first help people I know who need his help.  I have rarely asked for anything myself because I think he already knows what my needs are.  I asked for the means to buy a new car because my care is old and a little unsafe, this week I got a brand new car that I can afford.  I also asked to be fruitful at my job, in one week a customer sent me flowers to thank me, and another wrote the owner of the company to let him know how much she appreciated my efforts.   So I am driving a great vehicle and doing a good job.  Makes me feel giddy and so grateful!

 

Just like everyone else on the planet, the past few years have been trying and financially difficult.  These couple of little things makes the candle work and spell work so worth it.  Life is a little sweeter and your life can be too, www.spellmaker.com has all sorts of spell work, candle magic and rituals for you to participate in. 

I have turned my corner; you can turn your corner too!

XOXO Khouzhan Ann

PS, thank you to the LWA that watch and protect me every day and the Spell maker family for just being there, love you!

           

Dogs

A friend of mine has three dogs, all of whom were rescues. On top of that, all had behavior problems that would greatly reduce the chance of them being adopted. She volunteered at the local shelter and was able to get them before they suffered any worse fate. Even though she does not practice Voodoo, I’m sure Papa Alegba smiles at her and the dogs every day.

My friend goes beyond just caring for the dogs, though. She found that one of them did much better if he had something to do, so he became a search dog. They go out regularly for practice and training, and there is a community of volunteers who do this.

I did not see her this weekend because she and the dog had a real job to do, searching for someone who is missing. Hopefully Papa Legba will show them the way and keep everyone safe.

 

Love, Khouzhan Lucy

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Image courtesy of Keerati at FreeDigitalPhotos.net 

Sobo

Almost everything I do is a matter of luck and or money, most of the time both.  With sale it is luck that results in money.  With buying a car (which I am trying to right now – yuck) it has to do with money first, and then luck with the chosen car.

Either way you’re really need both.  The dear LWA Sobo is the gentleman we all call upon for just these things and many other needs.  His heart of gold rewards us with gold itself, golden opportunities and golden results.  He is a fierce warrior who understands all obligations and insists you do too.  He is a wonderful guide for anything from business dealing to clipping coupons, nothing too big or too small.

Do not ever cross him by making empty promises.  He carries a large sword and is not afraid to use it.  He is also very happy to participate in a party and will protect you and shield you because he loves you and wants the absolute best for you. 

Sobo is the LWA you can call upon for a job interview, home and car search, trouble with an employer or employee and anything to do with MONEY!  He like the colors white, green and yellow and loves mutton.  Also, he is a healer and can be called upon is serious situations.

This CFO is powerful, skilled and generous to all that service him.  He also has a really cute side, he is kind and sweet like peanut brittle – tough to bite but so worth getting know.

www.spellmaker.com has an entire page dedicated to Sobo and the spells and rituals in the Money and Luck section.

XO Khouzhan Ann

 

September

I had a discussion with a friend about the end of summer. The equinox is still a couple weeks away, but summer also seems to end after Labor Day weekend, or when kids go back to school. Either way, I see a difference with what is available at the farmer’s market. Corn instead of lettuce, more apples and fewer peaches.

The Lwa of agriculture is Cousin Azacca. Syncretized to St. Isadore, whose feast day is in May, Azacca can be honored throughout the agricultural season. Any time of the year, really. While he can be called upon to be sure we are not hungry, in a broader sense we can ask for any kind of abundance. Anything you want to grow in your life, such as success, health or love, can be done with Azacca’s help.

There is more about Cousin Azacca in this Spellmaker newsletter from 2007.

 

Love, Khouzhan Lucy

www.Spellmaker.com

 

Image courtesy of Apolonia at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Send them Packing!

We all have at least one person in our lives we can live without, usually because they are just trouble.  They tend to make out live harder, give us stress and grief, and attack us for no reason.  There is a solution to get rid of this person or persons.
 
www.spellmaker.com has several options:
 
If the person is just a pain in the neck, talks to much and generally gets on your nerves, but isn't harming you, the brown image candles are perfect.  They gently remove someone from your life, letting them become someone else’s problem.
 
If the person is a bigger threat which would include causing you lose a job or someone to leave you, the black image candles are more powerful and very effective to harmful people.
 
If the person is a threat to society, a murderer, rapist, kidnapper etc...  The Ultimate Revenge Kit is very appropriate.  It is meant to return to the person the same pain they have given, so it is completely justified.  Also in this kit there is a ritual to help protect you. 
 
It is not mean or cruel to want someone to go away, most of the time it benefits both parties.
 
XO, Khouzhan Ann

 

Old New Orleans Traditional Witchcraft

Spellmaker.com offers many Old New Orleans Traditional Witchcraft products. These products are designed to assist you in day-to-day betterment or relief from problems. The products include candles, oils, incense, and herbs; all of which are consecrated.

Recently Spellmaker.com began hand making of all their candles. This is a way of enhancing their authenticity and consecration. The consecration process now starts from the time a candle is beginning to be made to its completion.

Please take a moment to visit http://www.spellmaker.com/witch.htm and browse through the assortment of products as well as tons of information on Old New Orleans Traditional Witchcraft.

Peace & Love,

Khouzhan Tristan