Yemaya<\/a>, the goddess of the sea. Now I live in Brooklyn and the logical place to go was Coney Island. I arrived at the beach dressed in my ritual whites. I had offerings of flowers and food. The flowers were easily placed in the water along with the appropriate blessings and then I looked down at the watermelon I had brought. Then I looked up at the Homeland Security helicopters ( a normal sight in NYC) flying above my head. Logically I thought, they are not going to think I am throwing a watermelon off the pier, and they probably wouldn\u2019t like that anyway. If it was my only option I can honestly say I would have done it, and dealt with the consequences as they came. But I started to think about Yemaya, the gentle mother of us all and the idea came to me. I quickly walked under the pier with the offering, carefully hiding it under my skirts as I waded out into the water. From there I \u201cbirthed\u201d it into the ocean, floating it out relatively unnoticed into the waves.<\/p>\nThe point is sometimes in magick, spellwork, and life you just have to do what you have to do. Proceed logically and daringly, and almost anything is possible ! If you are interested in finding out more about psychic reading or spellwork feel free to email me voodoouniverse@yahoo.com<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>There are a lot of problems with Voodoo spells in both theory and practice. As the homeless guy in my laundromat likes to remind everyone \u201cwherever you go, you take yourself with you, Haha\u201d The real problem that I encounter is this, well to put it bluntly, people are lazy. As I mentioned in the last post<\/a>, people can be flawed. They can be their own worst enemy. They often set their own unnecessary limitations. I did some spellwork for someone once who was trying to get pregnant. One piece of my advice was to go to the cemetery where the ancestors of that child-to-be were buried. She told me it was too much trouble. Now I realize this isn\u2019t easy.<\/p>\n![\"Yemaya](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/381\/2014\/09\/yemayaofferings-300x200.jpg\")
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