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Way, way back in 2010 we did an online Voodoo Conference.  I was looking back through some old files and ran across this PowerPoint presentation that I used at the conference.  We tend to become comfortable in Voodoo.  We love our good old regular lwa!  Who doesn’t love to work with Papa Legba?  Or Ogoun?  Or Erzulie? Or Damballah? Or whomever your favorite lwa is!? That is natural, normal, and perfectly wonderful.  

However, there are some lwa out there that maybe you don’t know about or maybe you don’t know how to serve.  Below is a link to a little primer on perhaps some new lwa friends for you.  You can never have too many lwa to work with, right? :-)

 (You can pause the PowerPoint slide by slide; it can go pretty fast otherwise!)  

Have fun!  

http://connectpro76624476.adobeconnect.com/roadlesstraveled/

Simbi Makaya is part of the huge Simbi family, represented by snakes. Simbi Makaya is known for his powerful magick. He is called upon to empower magickal items and uses his powerful magick to help those who honor and serve him correctly. He is a big masculine lwa who demands respect and must be served and honored correctly.  

Please join us next week to honor Simbi Makaya during our prayer ritual. It will be held Sunday, 1/31/16 at 2:00 PM Eastern time (1 PM Central, 12 PM Mountain, 11 AM Pacific). Simply connect to Adobe Connect here http://connectpro76624476.adobeconnect.com/prayergroup/

Prayers may be sent to [email protected]. For more information, please visit the prayer homepage www.spellmaker.com/prayer

Peace & Love,

Khouzhan Tristan

We all know the New Year brings about talk and thoughts of resolutions. So, how do we get past the feelings of intention and turn them into transformation? What change do you want to achieve? There is a strong pairing between wanting to make a change and transforming yourself to implement the change. This strong pairing is bound by timing. The bottom line is the time has to be right. You have to know when the want to change is strong enough to put forth the dedication required to change. This dedication has to be stronger than the status quo. For instance, if one has the desire to stop smoking, the desire to stop must consistently be stronger than the desire to continue smoking. This consistency must be stronger until the desire to smoke is manageable in day to day life.

The timing of this true and strong desire may or may not hit at the New Year. This timing continues to evolve as one mentally prepares for the change by truly accepting and committing to the change. When your timing is right, you’ll know it and that is when you need to harness its power and put it into action.

This will help ;-) NEW ORLEANS VOODOO SELF-IMPROVEMENT DOLL KIT …Just scroll down

Peace and Love,

Khouzhan Tristan

I was fortunate enough to be in Mexico this past November over Dia de los Muertos. This is a holiday to honor and remember our ancestors of the past. There are many public celebrations such as parades, food vendor, arts and crafts where families can gather. There are also altars (public and private) where families can give thanks, honor, and give offerings to those that have past.

I wanted to share some of these amazing altars I was able to visit. Voodoo has a similar celebration as do many other cultures and religions around the world where we remember, honor and make offerings to our ancestors. It is called Fet Ghede and although it has passed this year, working, praying and communicating with your ancestors is very important in the Voodoo religion. I hope you enjoy these photos.

Love, Khouzhan Tristan

Please join us for Spellmaker.com's next online Spellmaker Spiritual Power Group Ritual. We will be honoring The Marassa. The ritual will be held Sunday, 11/29/15 at 2:00 PM Eastern time (1 PM Central, 12 PM Mountain, 11 AM Pacific).

For more information please visit http://www.spellmaker.com/prayer.htm

The Marassa are known as the Divine Twins. They are seen as children but are the most ancient of the Lwa. Even though they are known as twins, they represent 3 (male, female, and both). Serving them is double the work, but also double the reward!

You may send in a prayer\petition to [email protected] and it will be read during the ritual.  I hope to see you there!

Peace & Love,

Khouzhan Tristan

This taken from "The Writer's Circle".  We really do get to choose our perspective. Read top down, then bottom up. I choose bottom up.

Today was the absolute worst day ever  And don’t try to convince me that  There’s something good in every day  Because, when you take a closer look  This world is a pretty evil place.  Even if  Some goodness does shine through once in a while  Satisfaction and happiness don’t last  And it’s not true that  It’s all in the mind and heart  Because  True happiness can be obtained  Only if one’s surroundings are good  It’s not true that goodness exists  I’m sure that you can agree that  The reality  Creates  My attitude  It’s all beyond my control  And you’ll never in a million years hear me say that  Today was a good day.

Now read from the bottom up.

Love, Khouzhan Tristan

Please join us for Spellmaker.com's next online Spellmaker Spiritual Power Group Ritual. We will be honoring LaSirene and Capitaine Agwe as our August lwa power couple! The ritual will be held on Sunday, August 30 at 2:00 PM Eastern (1 PM Central, 12 PM Mountain, 11 AM Pacific). Prayers may be sent to [email protected]. 

For more information please visit www.spellmaker.com/prayer.htm and www.facebook.com/events/426050390929977/

Capitaine Agwe is certainly a regal type of lwa. He is said to live with La Siren in a lavish underwater palace. He is most often pictured as a light-skinned or mulatto. The hallmark depiction is his sea-green eyes! His wife is La Sirene, the sea-aspect of the Goddess of Love, Erzulie. As La Sirene, Erzulie is Agwe's legal wife; but as Erzulie, her constant companion is Ogoun, the hero god of war. Ogoun is a deity of fire. Legend has it that there is a constant feud between Agwe and Ogoun, not only because of the incompatibility between water and fire, but also because La Sirene is chronically "en affaire" with Ogoun.

The lwa influence our lives every day and in different ways. Whether it be that great parking spot or praise for a job well done at work, they help us. Another way they influence our lives is through other people like family, friends, and co-workers. One of my best friends has recently been teaching me fixing things on my own instead of calling someone to do it. This leadership and taking control of your own problems is General Ogoun’s influencing me through my friend. It made me think if something needs fixed, are you the type who thinks about who to call or are you the type that thinks about how you’re going to fix it? I used to first think about who to call, but that’s not who I really am. After realizing Ogoun’s influence through my friend, I’m now the type who say’s fix it on your own. It’s a great place to be. Think about others and how they influence you. It might be the lwa.

Peace & Love,