As I sit here on Cyber Monday night, thinking that while I have made headway on gifts for the grandchildren and having the feeling of being a bit ‘ahead of the game’ so to speak, I start to think about where I have come from to this point I am at now in my life.
The collective residents of the United States have just celebrated Thanksgiving, the dining ritual that has come to mark not only the remembrance of a group of people who crossed the Atlantic to search for a place to Believe without persecution, but in more modern times, the hallmark of the Christmas shopping season.This also reminds me that this too, is the Season of Lack.

All last week, as visions of roasted turkey and pies flashed across our television sets, countless competing advetisements bombarded our screens and e-mail addresses. They even snuck in a moment of glory in competetion with one another and that green bean casserole ad. Savvy shoppers scoped, planned and strategized their routes within the city, urged on by relatives and friends, on who was going to be where to get in line to be one of the first ones to get that one. No wonder the Winter Holidays have become so commericalized. Being caught up in this can be quite troubling for some, as many of our brothers and sisters have had monumental changes occur in their lives in the past few years. But experiencing Lack is not always a negative thing; it can spring forth new ideas for growth and movement. It is a human event that everyone should go through at least once in their lives.

This time of the year takes me back to quite a few years ago, when I was a not-so young mother raising her kids on her own. We had no cable and television reception was nil without it. We were friends with the video rental shop owner, who would let me slide when I brought movies back late. For a time, we were without a washer, a dryer and a car, all items needed when living in a semi-rural area of the country. But the loss of these things did not condemn us to dirty clothes and walking, rather it gave us imspiration to do things a “little bit different”. Washing and drying clothes became an event that amazed us as wet jeans would dry stiff hanging outside in 16 degree weather, but had to be hung over heater vents come evening and ironed in the morning to make sure they were dry.

I remember being invited over for holiday dinners after our spiritual worship, truly knowing that the comaraderie ad sharing of the feast prepared was the Spirit of the Season. On one bright but frigid December day, I received a knock at the door, only to find two angels dressed as realtors who ‘knew’ of me and had the back of two Bronco-type vehicles full of gifts and food. They never told me how they learned about my struggles, but I sat down that year and wrote the most heartfelt and tear stained letter of thanks that I ever created. I was comforted in the knowledge that this was my ‘reward’ for all my efforts of paying it forward. It was now my turn to Receive. That was the spiritual lesson I had to learn.

Experiencing the human condition of Lack did not make me give up. Rather, it spurred me to try harder, work smarter and be vigilant on all aspects of Life. It taught me to not be Judgemental and to be more Appreciative. It also taught my littlest one to conjure up a neighbor to drive down the road we were walking when we were returning from the store, carrying our provisions in six bags, two for each of us. We were 95% successful in each of our shopping expeditions in manifesting a friend with a car. I even scratched my head at the side job of cleaning a house in the toney part of town that was already so clean you could eat off the floors, yet a check magically appeared on the kitchen cooking island every two weeks for one days work of scrubbing the waterstains off glass shower doors. Somehow I knew it as Spirit watching over me and mine.

As the years have progressed since that time, I have been blessed with Abundance. I have everything I need and I am apreciative of it. As we get closer to the day when many in the world believe that one very special One was born, take a moment to learn to give and share in anothers human experience of Lack. This gesture can be as simple as buying coffee for that early morning traveler with his pack, or taking lunch from home and donating to the shelter who feeds those out of work. Be heartfelt in recognizing their plight, as easy as the roll of the dice or a simple twist of Fate, you may be There.

It is time once again to announce the end of year Banishing Burn 2010. This event, now in it’s fourth year, is a ceremonial ritual that I perform for all my clients to release them from the negativity and problems that have been bothering them for the past year. It is a time for cleansing and for a renewed sense of positivity and light, casting off all those people and events that has occupied too much time and effort in the past year.

The way to participate is to order your tea light vigil and petition for $1.00 each (see photo above) or if there is someone in particular that is bothering you, order a poppet doll in their name, so that their negative influence will burn off and end when the doll is placed on  the pyre. Each doll is hand crafted and named for the individual you want it to represent, and costs $25.00. Complete photos of the doll’s construction and placement on the fire will be sent to you. The burning offerings, along with white sage, frankincense, myrrh and your petitions are a burnt offering to the Heavens so that the Guaradian Angels and the Saints can hear your plea.

Order a Doll to be made in the image of someone who caused you grief

Burn the doll in effigy for their influences to be destroyed

We have begun the ritual at 6:00 pm pacific. All participants will get exclusive photos tomorrow in their e-mail.

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Fall arrived a few weeks ago, but with all the weather changes, some weeks one would question if it was a trick Nature was playing on you. One day it is warm, the next breezy. I decide it is furniture moving time. It is time to move my Eguns altar and catch the dust bunnies under the cabinet. Looking at it makes me wonder if anyone else has an altar to their ancestors. Some probably do not have a clue that instinctively, they are creating this sacred, but little recognized space. Many have relative’s photos on the fireplace mantel or on a sidebar hutch in the formal dining room. Little do they know that this is the ancestor altar in its rudimentary aspects.

In the West African traditions of Yoruba, of which Santeria is based upon, a devotee sets up an altar for their ancestors in the family lineage. This is done as a matter of respect for those who, if they had not met one another, you might not have been born. They are at rest, looking down on their protégé and guiding them by communicating messages in dreams, song lyrics, billboards – you name it – to assist in decision making for their living grandchildren. It is with their help that we get through difficult times and it is a theme in African based religious beliefs what was  represented in movies like “Soul Food”, when Vanessa Williams’ character’s  family places a dish set at the head of the table for her mother, who had passed. It is common in many households with old Southern lineage connections to set a plate and glass at the empty chair at the head of the table, as a way to honor a guest. It is a way to invite a loved one who has passed to ‘come on down’ and enjoy the festivities.  It is also a portal for those who are living to recant events, amusements and stories of those that have passed to the younger generation, who might have come too late to meet “Granny’.

The belief that we all have the ability to communicate with our ancestors, whether it be a memory of knowledge or tender moment remembered or a longing to see them again. How many times have you heard that someone you knew spoke of a certain scent like perfume or after shave, in their presence when your friend was going through a difficult time? How many times have you read about people who have heard footsteps or have been awakened by their dead mother’s voice calling to them in their dreams? The ones who have passed over get to see the World through a one-way mirror; they can see us but we cannot see them. It is through dreams, scent impressions and article movement that they can communicate with us.

In many homes that practice various African based beliefs, the ancestor altar has seven or nine glasses of water, each named for relatives known and unknown. Other items accompany the cool water, like framed photos of those older generations, favorite cigarettes, perfume, candies, gum and even a trinket or two. Never are you to place a photo of a living relative on the altar; to do so would invite their demise.  These faded and dated images are strictly of the elders of the family. Most devotees add flowers, usually white, and also white candles, whether they are the large 7-day vigil candles in glass or tea lights meant to stay lit only a few hours. A crucifix is usually balanced on the center glass or stands direct center in the back of the table.

Altar for my Parents Christine and John

These altars are placed in the quieter areas of the home as the elders don’t want a lot of ‘ruckus’. The spirit of the Eguns (a shorter name for Egungun) are content with a corner that sees no action or is not near a busy hallway.

Water is changed once a week, usually on Fridays, Sundays or Mondays and sometimes a cup of black coffee and a pastry is added to the table for a day or so, so that the spirits can enjoy the treat. Offerings of food on chipped or cracked plates are given during certain celebrations and times of the year such as birthdays and holidays.

If nine glasses are a bit much for a novice ancestor altar builder, just one stemmed glass full of water changed daily will do, making sure you toss the old water out on the lawn or in a shrub outside the home and not down the drain. Filling the glass with tap water is fine and any food offering can be placed in a paper bag and immediately taken to the trashcan. Spruce up your tiny altar with one rose in a bud vase. Any offerings of beauty and comfort of this life will be appreciated and noticed by your favorite Great Aunt Esther or Grandpapa Johann. Ancestor altars cross over ethnic lines and there is no variation to the basic altar set up.  You might want to ‘change up’ the food and sweets offerings, depending on your ethnic background.

The ancestor altar is the place to go to meditate or ask for guidance when one is perplexed with a decision or is having difficulties and needs an elder to advise them. Your time before the candle and the glasses will show respect to them and will also indicate thankfulness for their being around to assist you in times of trouble. You will leave this spiritual place with more ease and determination as your ancestors bolster your resolve and open the doors to your success.

In order to have a successful and productive tarot card reading, spiritual consultation or session with a spiritual counselor, you must be ready for the information imparted in the reading or consultation. Here are some steps to consider when preparing for a reading or appointment with your spiritual advisor.

1.)   Make sure you had enough rest before the session. - Do not go to a meeting exhausted from worry or ‘drama’ in your life. Make sure you are at a state of mind that is not frantic so you can be able to hear the messages given at the reading.

2. )   Make sure you are not ill or on any adverse medication. - When you are not feeling well, not only are you flooding your body with pharmaceuticals to speed up the healing process, you are also creating a condition in yourself that is not receptive. In the back ofyour mind, the only thing you will bethinking of is getting back to bed and getting well. The consultant or tarot reader does not want to catch your cold, either. A code of Ethics should be in place between client and counselor that if one or another is ill, a cancellation is needed to keep others healthy.

3. )   Do not become a “psychic junkie”. - This means do not go from one reader to another back to back. I recently finished working with a client that would not stop going to 6 different readers and counselors in the region (including me). She was asking each of the other one “why?” and “how come?” the other one said this or sold her that. This is sheer mania and sets up a situation of the client becoming completely confused in what they are doing – not to mention the amount of money some of the less-than-ethical ‘psychics’ were charging her, all in the name of love.

4. )   Do not “flip flop”. - This compounds the above piece. Pick one method and stick to it. I explained it to the client mentioned above like this; what you are doing is like when you are sick and taking NyQuil, Alka Seltzer, Sudafed and TheraFlu all at the same time . You THINK that adding more candles, consultations, rituals and prayer is going to get you results faster but it is only making it WORSE. Choose one “medicine”, take it and allow IT TO WORK. The more effective method is TIME in PRAYER.

5. )  Allow yourself time to think about purchases. - If in the presence of a spiritual worker, psychic or rootworker, you are in the situation where you are being coerced or convinced that additional purchases of items, services or products are bing presented to you and this creates an uncomfortable situation or feeling for you, then WAIT before purchasing. Unless the Moon is going to change it’s lunation or it is going to go from New Moon time to Full Moon, then you should be able to go sit quietly by yourself and think if you would like to make additional purchases of services, rituals, candles and more. A good, quality and more importantly, reputable worker will offer the same product, candle service or ritual later on another day or time period. Do not, ahem, DO NOT allow yourself to be convinced with such remarks as “It is only this price for today because you came in to see me”, “I don’t have it now but I have to order it so pay me now and I will get it” or “If you do not do this, something very bad is going to happen”. The last one is the most common you will hear from ‘sleight of hand’ type psychics. If they are truly out of the product, let them order it and call you when it is in. I myself run out of specialty roots like John the Conqueror all the time, and have to re-order from my supplier. When I do, I tell the client and let them know it is ready for purchase.

If in doubt about the authenticity or sincerity of the worker, pay for the session you asked for and then take time to digest and absorb the information. Your Spirit Guides or Guardian Angels will give you indications whether you should return to that worker to seek further work or not. Listen to your ‘hunches’ and act accordingly.

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