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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/

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

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

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,

Spellmaker Spiritual Power Group Ritual will held this Sunday February 22nd at 2:00 PM Eastern (1 PM Central, 12 PM Mountain, 11 AM Pacific). We will be honoring the lovely and powerful Erzulie Freda. She is the goddess and lwa of love. A gracious, luxurious, and refined lwa, Erzulie epitomizes femininity, love, passion, and is called upon for favors regarding one's love affairs. She is often misinterpreted as never being satisfied and always wanting more and more only to be dissatisfied and dissolving into tears in the end. This of course is not true. She takes the sorrows of the world so that we may have more love.

Checkout Spellmaker.com's Anniversary Sale! 

http://www.spellmaker.com/bargain.htm

There are new sale items added daily. Great items as low as $5.00 and some over 50% off! I just got the Papa Legba Iron Cross Bracelet and love it! 

Please join us for Spellmaker.com's next online Spellmaker Spiritual Power Group Ritual. We will be honoring Papa Loko and Ayizan as our November lwa power couple! The prayer ritual will be held on Sunday, November 23, 2014 2 PM Eastern time, 1 PM Central, 12 PM Mountain, 11 AM Pacific. For more information please visit http://www.spellmaker.com/prayer.htm and https://www.facebook.com/events/755585107828452/

Papa Loko is known to be the first Houngan and is renowned for good judgment and powerful healing. He knows the secrets of herbs and the healing power of plants. Ayizan is considered the first Mambo and is also a powerful healer especially in cases of addiction. She’s also the patron of the marketplace and public spaces.  

Peace & Love,