Chat
[rattle shaker] Hey
everyone! I hope you are all having a good evening. : )
[rattle shaker] Does
anyone know what tonight’s chat is about?
[simonegreenewpp] Yes —
last chat before the ancestor ritual on Saturday, and
also some extra tips for making Love Potion #9 since Sunday is 9/9.
[rattle shaker] OIC, I
still have some from last year! : )
[rattle shaker] Hey
Simone! I had missed the chat where that was set.
[simonegreenewpp] You
can make fresh! The ancestor ritual is Saturday the 8th, at our usual evening
time.
[rattle shaker] BUT,
I’m glad, because my mom’s birthday would have been Friday.
[rattle shaker] OMG,
I’m glad that I know where to get pink votives now... : )
[rattle shaker] “It’s a
girl” candles, that is... : )
[Mambo Sam] Hi everyone! We will get started
here in just a moment.
[Desiree’] How are you feeling Mambo?
[Mambo Sam] Much better, Desiree’ — thank you! I am almost afraid to say that I am all healed up,
but it seems like I am.
[rattle shaker] I am so
glad to hear that!
[Mambo Sam] Thank you — me, too — I could go the
rest of my life without having that happen again!
[rattle shaker] I bet!
Me too!
[Mambo Sam] Okay, I might be jumping around on
subjects a little bit tonight because there are a few different things that I
wanted to talk about. (Yes, rattle shaker — I am now preaching to everyone who
wears contacts that you can’t be too careful — I thought I was, but now I am
like a contact lens clean freak! LOL.)
[rattle shaker] When I
was a carpenter, I couldn’t stand to get even a little sawdust in my eye.
[Mambo Sam] Oh yeah, it does suck.
[Mambo Sam] Okay, first off, I wanted to talk a
little bit about altar cloths.
[Mambo Sam] I noticed that on Mambo Racine’s
forum there was some discussion about it so I thought I would talk about it for
a moment here.
[Mambo Sam] So, here ya go — here is what I have
been told, heard, read, or was otherwise taught. There are a lot of variables
here!! LOL.
[Mambo Sam] Shiny satin is best because it
“catches the eye of the lwa.” Bright colors are best because “it catches the
eye of the lwa.”
[Mambo Sam] Fringed cloths are best because -
you guessed it — “catches the eye of the lwa.”
[Mambo Sam] Bold patterns are best because....
[Mambo Sam] Expensive material is best
because....
[Mambo Sam] Okay I think you see where I am
going with this!
[rattle shaker] “catches the eye of the lwa”
[Mambo Sam] :-D -
right.
[Mambo Sam] Everyone seems to have an opinion
about altar cloths!
[Mambo Sam] Because you are my captive audience,
you have to hear speech that those who have been to a lave tet
with me have already heard.
[Mambo Sam] Okay, we want things to be as nice
and perfect as they can be.
[Mambo Sam] When we are serving the lwa we want
to dress things up and do them as nicely as we can.
[Mambo Sam] BUT... You
can truly get lost in those details and forget what the heck you were really
supposed to be doing.
[Mambo Sam] I am not saying to slop things
together.
[Mambo Sam] I am not saying don’t pay attention
to the details.
[Mambo Sam] What I am saying is that you can get
so caught up in that, THAT is what you are doing, not
service to the lwa.
[Mambo Sam] As most of you know, I have taught
you that the lwa are not that easily offended; not nearly as easy as some would
have you believe. I honestly think that some Mambos and Houngans teach that as
a control mechanism. There are people out there, frankly, who want to control
what you do and I think that part of that control is by “scaring” people with
the lwa.
[Mambo Sam] If you don’t take anything away from
learning from me but this, then take this: If anyone tries to scare you with
the lwa, or threaten you with them, or make you think that you need to be
afraid of the lwa — you should get away and stay away from them.
[Mambo Sam] Vodou/Voodoo is a living religion.
[Mambo Sam] Our “saints” are alive and with us!
[Mambo Sam] You should respect them, but, as I
have taught you before - respect is not fear.
[Mambo Sam] Don’t mix them up!
[Mambo Sam] Yes, you should always respect the
lwa, but some of you who have written to me lately are so afraid of “messing
up” with the lwa, you are forgetting why you are calling on them in the first
place!
[Mambo Sam] Can you upset them?
[Mambo Sam] Yes.
[Mambo Sam] But it won’t be with the wrong altar
cloth - I can guarantee you that!
[Mambo Sam] Any questions?
[waitingforastar] ?
[Mambo Sam] Yes, waitingforastar?
[waitingforastar] What
does upset the Lwas? Or is that too off topic or too broad a question?
[Mambo Sam] No, it isn’t too broad of a
question.... The answer is kind of broad though! LOL.
[Mambo Sam] You need to knowingly do something.
[Mambo Sam] If you offer, for instance, the
“wrong” food to a lwa — something they don’t like — but you don’t know that —
they aren’t going to be angry with you or do something to you. They just aren’t
going to like that particular offering and probably won’t take it.
[Mambo Sam] NOW, let’s say you figure that out
by some means.... And you continue to offer it.
[Mambo Sam] Even that probably won’t get them
angry, but they will probably desert you.
[Mambo Sam] See, people think that bad things start happening to them when they do stupid stuff regarding the lwa
— they think the lwa have turned on them and are causing these things.
[Mambo Sam] Wrong.
[Mambo Sam] What the lwa did (in most cases —
yes, there are exceptions) was withdraw from them.
[Mambo Sam] When your lwa withdraw from you, and
bad things start happening, it is just that they were formerly protecting you
from those bad things! NOT that they made those bad things happen.
[Mambo Sam] This is probably the number one
misrepresentation I see of the lwa!
[Mambo Sam] I see it books and in scholarly
papers where people should know better than to feed that drivel out to people!!
[Mambo Sam] You would have to go a long way to
get a lwa to actually turn on you and cause something bad to happen. It would
mean you did a terrible thing to their child or something like that.
[Mambo Sam] Yikes — I am afraid this may not be
making sense.... Please ask for clarification if it is needed.
[waitingforastar] No I
get it.
[rattle shaker] <--
comment
[Mambo Sam] Yes, rattle shaker, go ahead.
[rattle shaker] Also,
as Mambo Sam said at the Lave Tet, don’t do a service for a law and promise
them something if they do something for you, and not give it to them.
[Mambo Sam] HA HA... yes, good example!!! And
don’t bribe them!!
[waitingforastar]
Thanks Rattle Shaker
[rattle shaker] They
just might take it anyway! : )
[Mambo Sam] Uh huh.... There was definitely a
case where that happened where this otherwise nice fellow promised Ogoun a
bull, didn’t deliver on the promise, and, well.... Bad stuff happened.
[Mambo Sam] Funny thing, the guy knew why it
happened and totally accepted the responsibility and then good stuff happened!
[Mambo Sam] Here’s my deal, here is basically in
a nutshell what I was taught and teach to others: Treat Les Lois as you would
your good friends.
[Mambo Sam] Treat them as you do people you care
about.
[Mambo Sam] Basic manners is
really all that it takes!! Seriously.
[Mambo Sam] People are always like, “it can’t
possibly be that simple.”
[Mambo Sam] But it can be and it is.
[rattle shaker] And, I
wouldn’t recommend giving them something and then taking it back.
[Mambo Sam] Right — you don’t give something to
someone and take it back under normal circumstances.
[waitingforastar] Funny
I was just thinking how you shouldn’t do anything to them you wouldn’t do to a
friend who’s helping you.
[Mambo Sam] Think in terms of politeness,
caring, and manners.
[Mambo Sam] So when you think about it in this
way, you can relax and get down to the business of serving Les Lois and
building your relationship with them rather than wondering if you are serving
them on the right day of the week, with the right color, with the right number
and all of that.
[Mambo Sam] Don’t get me wrong.... We will learn
all of those things as we go along.
[Mambo Sam] It’s good to know and it can bring
order to what would otherwise be a chaotic system!
[Mambo Sam] But knowing all of that is icing on
the cake, it isn’t the cake!
[Destiny] ??
[Mambo Sam] I know people who can spout all of
that stuff out to you — what day you serve, what the number of hours is that so
and so lwa wants to be served, the colors, blah blah blah. Most of them,
however, don’t actually serve the lwa! It baffles me!
[Mambo Sam] Yes, Destiny.
[Destiny] In my dream pillow instructions, it
says to give a soda as an offering every Monday. What happens if I forget a
Monday? Can I offer it on another day?
[Mambo Sam] Yes. Nothing bad is going to happen
because you forgot it was Monday, or had a cold, or didn’t have a soda. Just do
it another day.
[Destiny] Okay, thank you!
[Destiny] Mondays seem to slip me by!
[Mambo Sam] My whole point here is that you
should (you are welcome) try to do things as well as possible.
[waitingforastar] Thank
you Mambo Sam:}
[Mambo Sam] We will learn the finer points as we
go along.
[Mambo Sam] You are welcome!
[Mambo Sam] But don’t get bogged down in them
and forget that sometimes serving Les Lois can just be an organic experience
where you have a glass of water and a candle and nothing else but you and your
favorite lwa.
[Mambo Sam] I don’t want you all to miss the
down-to-earth aspect of all of this; the guts of it!
[Mambo Sam] I mean we are going to turn right
around here and start talking about the right way and wrong way to do some
things! LOL. But I just want you to all remember what
it is truly about and that the rest of it is nice and is important, but it
isn’t the heart of it.
[Mambo Sam] Questions?
[Mambo Sam] Thoughts?
[Mambo Sam] Anything to add or
share?
[PATRICKinCALI] comment
[rattle shaker] <--
[Mambo Sam] Yes, Patrick, go ahead, then Rattle
shaker.
[PATRICKinCALI] Sometimes I do things as simple
as have coffee with mama Brigitte and just talk and it
feels right to me
[Mambo Sam] And that is perfect — that is what I
am talking about. Most of the time that is what all true Vodouisants do!
[Mambo Sam] It is the incorporation of Les Lois
into your daily life that is important.
[PATRICKinCALI] Cool, it seems right, I mean I
feel good while doing it and after
[Mambo Sam] Doing service one a month or year or
whatever is great — pull out all the stops!! Get all your fancy stuff! But that
day-to-day stuff — that’s what will get you what you are really looking for.
[PATRICKinCALI] Thanks
[Mambo Sam] And that is important, if you feel
good doing it, that is a clear sign that it is well
received.
[Mambo Sam] You are welcome!
[Mambo Sam] Rattle shaker!
[rattle shaker] What
was it in the “Book Of The Dead” about speak my name
and I will live forever? Is that how the lwa see our efforts?
[rattle shaker] As long
as we are honoring them it is a plus?
[Mambo Sam] Indeed! And that is a good
correlation. You know it is said that many lwa have faded from existence
because no one knew them or served them.
[Mambo Sam] So our service to them is important
and, yes, exactly as you said!
[waitingforastar] Sad. :-(
[Mambo Sam] Yes, it is sad to think about.
[Mambo Sam] And that is why it is important to
do those little things. Even the poorest Haitian will drop a spoonful of food on
the ground or a few drops of rum before partaking for themselves. They will
feed Les Lois first.
[Mambo Sam] It isn’t a huge service.
[Mambo Sam] It is something they do every day.
[Mambo Sam] It’s small, but all those times add
up to something important.
[Mambo Sam] Any other
questions/comments?
[ouanga_bottle] Question
[Mambo Sam] Yes, Ouanga, I was wondering where
you were!
[ouanga_bottle] Heh heh! What if your treats get
melted? I just moved and all my luscious coconut chocolate patties melted in a
big heap!!! Should I get them new stuff?
[Mambo Sam] Oh heck no!
[ouanga_bottle] Good to know, thanks!
[Mambo Sam] I would actually remelt them over a
double boiler and lay them out in spoonfuls on wax paper and voila — you have
patties again!
[Mambo Sam] LOL.
[ouanga_bottle] Mmm sounds good!
[ouanga_bottle] Ok, also another quickie.
[Mambo Sam] They really aren’t going to care
that the chocolate and coconut got mixed up!
[ouanga_bottle] My friends invade my pantry and
take some of their treats... do I stop them?
[Mambo Sam] Nah.... my grandkids get “lwa
treats” all the time — just so long as they aren’t already on the altar — you
are fine.... although the 3 year old occasionally steals coconut candies from
Legba!
[Mambo Sam] If it’s kids, it isn’t a big deal.
[Mambo Sam] Even from the altar.
[ouanga_bottle] Thanks.
[Mambo Sam] But if it is in your pantry, it’s
okay. Probably more of a pain in the butt for you than
anything else.
[ouanga_bottle] What’s interesting is that HD
was always the most guilty of taking papa’s treats.
[simonegreenewpp]
comment
[Mambo Sam] :-D — maybe
that is a good thing.
[Mambo Sam] Yes, Simone.
[ouanga_bottle] My thoughts too
[simonegreenewpp] Until
it’s out of the wrapper and I present it to the Lwa, I consider the treat to be
mine.
[simonegreenewpp] I buy
things for them, sometimes a roll for me and one for Grand Bois.
[Mambo Sam] Yes, and oh what a lovely segue into
my next topic which is about “presenting.” My word, you have read my mind,
woman!
[simonegreenewpp] hee
hee!
[Mambo Sam] LOL.
[Mambo Sam] But yes, you are right — until you
give it, it is like any other gift, it is still technically yours.
[Mambo Sam] And things are going to happen –
almost all of us have put something out for Les Lois and we see the neighborhood
kittie eating it!
[Mambo Sam] Most practitioners think that is a
good sign!
[rattle shaker]
hahahahhahah
[Mambo Sam] But it is still a little
disconcerting sometimes!
[simonegreenewpp] I
worry more about rats.
[Mambo Sam] Okay, since the lovely Simone bumped
us into our next topic, I will get to it unless there are other questions,
comments. (Oh rats!)
[waitingforastar] Comment?
[rattle shaker]
hahahahahah!
[Mambo Sam] But even rats are considered a part
of “nature” and as such it is returning those items to Les Lois.
[Mambo Sam] Yes,
Waitingforastar.
[waitingforastar] Once
I left some candies out for Erzulie and it stayed out under that tree for over
a week, considering all the stray creatures around here I thought it was odd?
[waitingforastar]
Anything else I’ve ever left disappears pretty fast
[waitingforastar] I
mean candies and such for other Lois or Papa
[Mambo Sam] Not necessarily — there are a lot of
variables. The whole point of offerings is that the lwa are said to take the
“essence” of it. Even in countries and religions where they eat offerings after
having left them out for the spirits, they say it tastes “different” — less
tasty because the basic extract has been removed by the spirits.
[Mambo Sam] I wouldn’t really consider it odd —
it is just that probably she took the essence out so much that no one else was
interested! LOL.
[waitingforastar] Sounds logical to me. It was arranged pretty on pink tissue
too.
[Mambo Sam] Okay, did I miss anyone?
[rattle shaker] <-- comment
on the offerings
[Mambo Sam] Yes Rattle
shaker.
[rattle shaker] Cigars
rarely “disappear”, so usually, after a week, I will put them in the garbage,
but separately.
[Mambo Sam] That is fine. Wrap them in brown
paper — like a brown paper bag.
[Mambo Sam] Now see, that is an example of one
of those “details.” The world won’t come to an end if you don’t put it in a
brown paper bag, but traditionally that is what is done.
[rattle shaker] : ) Usually
at the grocery when the ask “paper or plastic?” I say paper, and they look at
me funny.
[Mambo Sam] LOL. I needs my brown paper bags, lady, give ‘em up!
[ouanga_bottle] I always tell them it’s for
recycling newspaper
[simonegreenewpp]
liquor store paper bags are great.
[Mambo Sam] Oh God, Simone, that just brought up
the funniest picture of you in my mind! Tee hee.
[Mambo Sam] But, YES, they are!
[simonegreenewpp]
Buying rum?
[rattle shaker]
hahahahaaah!
[simonegreenewpp] Rats
in the gutter, drinking out of the bottle & bag, and smoking cigars...
[rattle shaker]
hahahahaaaaaaaaaaah!
[ouanga_bottle] snort
[waitingforastar] Okay
Simone let’s see you walk a straight line, hehe
[Mambo Sam] Doesn’t get much more “organic” than
that — that is what I am talking about!!!
[Mambo Sam] THAT’S service!
[Mambo Sam] Ah, love the silly moments.
[Mambo Sam] Okay, more questions before we move
on?
[Mambo Sam] Okay, so back to “presenting.”
[Mambo Sam] There is a proper way to “present”
your items that you are going to put on your altar.
[Mambo Sam] I don’t think we covered this
before, did we??
[waitingforastar] Don’t
think so
[Mambo Sam] Someone stop me, Candi, Bridget, if
I am repeating myself!
[Candelaria] Its in the
forum files under setting up your own altar
[Mambo Sam] Oh right — thank you, Candi just
reminded me that it is in the forum files.
[Mambo Sam] Hey..
[Candelaria] But I don’t think most folks know.
[Mambo Sam] We do that all time!!
[Mambo Sam] Too much thinking alike!
[Mambo Sam] Anyhoo....
[Candelaria] Yep, Mind Meld at work again!
[Mambo Sam] There is another step to it if you
are involving liquor in your service — and who isn’t!>
[Mambo Sam] So, the basics are you raise the
item in your hand and “present” it to the east, west, north, then south. You
should turn your whole body in each direction, not just wave your arms about.
[Mambo Sam] So face the east, raise the item.
[Mambo Sam] Turn west, raise the item.
[Mambo Sam] And so forth. And don’t just do it
because you are raising items in the air. Think about the four corners of the world
of your existence.
[Mambo Sam] Present with “feeling” that you are
giving this in all ways to Les Lois, with all feeling.
[Mambo Sam] Sort of “wrapping”
the item in the energy of all of your surroundings.
[Mambo Sam] Okay, so now, if you are using
liqour — now this can get tiring if you are using a lot of items...
[Mambo Sam] You hold the item you are presenting
in your left hand and the hooch in your right hand.
[Mambo Sam] Facing east, raise the item, put
that hand down, raise the bottle, put it down, and alternate that movement
until you have done it three times with each hand. Picture sort of a motion of
swinging your arms up and down alternating them.
[Mambo Sam] Make sense?
[Mambo Sam] Or not?
[Mambo Sam] And yes, sometimes you need to be
careful because it might be food or a liquid or something like that.
[waitingforastar] So 3 times in one direction? Then the
next?
[ouanga_bottle] Hooch????
[Mambo Sam] Hooch is alcohol baby.
[Mambo Sam] Whiskey.
[ouanga_bottle] hehh eheheh
[Mambo Sam] So if you understand the movement,
yes, we will continue on. You do it in all four directions.
[rattle shaker] <---
[Mambo Sam] THIS is why a lot of time
Vodouisants have big congregations because when you
have a LOT of stuff — that is a lot of presenting! And so everyone takes some
of the stuff and gets it put on the altar.
[Mambo Sam] Yes Rattle
shaker.
[rattle shaker] Do your
pour libations at each direction?
[Mambo Sam] No. Not just for presenting at the
altar.
[Mambo Sam] If you are starting certain
ceremonies, then yes, you do that. But in this case, it isn’t necessary.
[rattle shaker] <--
[Mambo Sam] And mostly that is done by Houngans
and Mambos when they are blessing a sacred space, which is done in this same
manner, but the Asson is in the right hand and the bottle is in the left.
[Mambo Sam] Yes, go ahead please.
[rattle shaker] Do you
have to present the “hooch” with everything you are putting on the altar?
[Mambo Sam] LOL. If you
want to do it this way, then yes. This isn’t something you HAVE to do, but it
is a way that it is done by initiates. It isn’t a djevo secret, so I can tell
you all how to do it. It is done in public.
[rattle shaker] Like
altar cloths?
[Mambo Sam] Like I said, it gets pretty tiring.
[Mambo Sam] Yes, like altar cloths!
[rattle shaker] I
usually do one thing at a time.
[ouanga_bottle] me too...
[Mambo Sam] Nothing wrong with
that. BUT, I will give you a hint at a secret — that “hooch” is going to
get very, very strong spiritually by the time you are done. That’s all I am saying.
[rattle shaker] Does it
make it different if you present it with some “hooch”?
[Mambo Sam] Ah psychically answered before
asked....
[simonegreenewpp] ??
[Mambo Sam] Yes, Simone.
[simonegreenewpp] I
take it we’re talking about whatever liquor we are presenting? Rum or whatever?
Not necessarily whisky?
[ouanga_bottle] question...
[Mambo Sam] Yes, any old hooch will do!
[rattle shaker]
hahahhahaaaaaa!
[Mambo Sam] Yes, ouanga.
[ouanga_bottle] It sounds like you are talking
about holding up the bottle of hooch in the right... I generally pre-pour it.
But we make it stronger by presenting the bottle and pouring into an empty
glass on the altar?
[Mambo Sam] Oh grasshopper!! Yes!
[ouanga_bottle] haahahahahahahaha
[Mambo Sam] Sorry for the Kung Fu reference, I
am OLD.
[ouanga_bottle] And I generally keep specific
bottles on their altar for each lwa, so I re-offer it each time?
[Mambo Sam] And if you were to take a SIP of
that hooch after all of that....
[Mambo Sam] No, if you did that with one — pick
another next time.
[rattle shaker] :D
[ouanga_bottle] Well I have one bottle that I
stuffed with jalapenos so I might pass on that one...
[rattle shaker]
hahahahaaaa! I got one too!
[simonegreenewpp] Star
anise is much nicer.
[Mambo Sam] Oh Lord, don’t drink the one with
the peppers in it.
[Mambo Sam] Okay, any questions on the mechanics
of it.
[simonegreenewpp] Yes,
if we were to take a SIP of that hooch after all of that.... What?
[ouanga_bottle] Yes... do we actually sip it, or
do we spat it to the floor?...
[Mambo Sam] Oh you have to see for yourself
what! I have already really said too much! Yes, you sip it, and drink down the
sip.
[Desiree’] ?
[Mambo Sam] Let’s just say, it is powerful.
[Mambo Sam] Yes, Desiree’?
[ouanga_bottle] ?
[Mambo Sam] Desiree’, then
Ouanga.
[rattle shaker]
hahahaha!
[Desiree’] I’m sorry that I am going to have to
leave you tonight I am very ill — will this be posted before ‘Sat. nite?
[Mambo Sam] Yes, I will post them all before
then. I am sorry you are sick — feel better, honey.
[Desiree’] Thank you so much!
[Mambo Sam] Poor thing!
[Mambo Sam] Okay, go ahead, Ouanga.
[ouanga_bottle] It’s ok to drink out of the
mouth of the bottle when offering? Offer it, pour for the lwa, then sip from the bottle? Also great to know it’s ok to
swallow.
[Mambo Sam] Yes, you can drink straight out of
the bottle.
[rattle shaker] Ouanga!
[ouanga_bottle] snort
[Mambo Sam] And it’s always okay to swallow.
[rattle shaker] Mambo!
[simonegreenewpp] Get
your mind out of the gutter! (You’re blocking my snorkel.)
[Mambo Sam] Sorry, couldn’t resist — hey OUANGA
started it.
[Mambo Sam] Tee hee — snorkel!
[ouanga_bottle] Sorry guys... I’m “new” at
swallowing.
[rattle shaker] OMG,
I’m gonna bust
[Destiny] LOL!
[Mambo Sam] Oh Lord.... Simone, I think you will
have to EDIT this!
[waitingforastar]
*slap*
[Candelaria] Nah, keep it.
[simonegreenewpp] Yes,
for any spelling errors.
[Candelaria] heehee
[simonegreenewpp]
S-W-A-L-L-O-W got it.
[ouanga_bottle] rotf
[waitingforastar] See,
you chased Jambojambo out teehee
[rattle shaker] ok ok
ok!
[Mambo Sam] Yes, spelling errors.
[Mambo Sam] Yeah, probably.
Darn it. Behave yourselves.
[Mambo Sam] Okay, before we run out of time.....
[Mambo Sam] The lovely Simone has reminded me
about Love Potion #9.
[simonegreenewpp] And getting HD to swallow it.
[rattle shaker] Simone!
[Mambo Sam] God, we just never stop, do we? The conference is gonna be FUN!
[ouanga_bottle] Just wait til I have my house
welcoming party, Simone...
[simonegreenewpp] Yay!
[Mambo Sam] Oh, and as a side note — Simone and
Ouanga — RATTLESHAKER has not signed up for the conference.
[Mambo Sam] Just thought you should know.
[ouanga_bottle] WHAT
[ouanga_bottle] *slap*
[Mambo Sam] Uh huh....
[Mambo Sam] Okay, now that I tattled on
rattleshaker.....
[waitingforastar]
Sorry, I can’t go either, don’t hurt me Ouanga
[ouanga_bottle] He’s just afraid of driving
cross country again.
[rattle shaker] <--
Working on it... First a trip north.
[ouanga_bottle] Planes, trains,
and automobiles.
[rattle shaker]
hahahaha!
[ouanga_bottle] And waiting!!! no!
[simonegreenewpp] So,
#9...
[Mambo Sam] So, yes, love potion #9.
[Mambo Sam] I know a number of you have already
made it in the past.
[Mambo Sam] So basically you are going to follow
exactly what it says on the website as to how to make it, when to make it,
etc.
[Mambo Sam] BUT, you guys are Vodouisants.
[Mambo Sam] And, by the way, I don’t want this
in the transcript, Simone.
[simonegreenewpp] ok
[Mambo Sam] If you didn’t get it here, you
didn’t get it.
[Mambo Sam] If I wanted everyone in the world to
know, I would put it on the website.
[Mambo Sam] But for those who care enough to be
here, and learn, you get the extras.
(Additional special
bonus info given for making Love potion #9.)
[ouanga_bottle] comment for the group
[Mambo Sam] Go ahead Ouanga.
[ouanga_bottle] Don’t wait until Saturday to
find cheese cloth! Or ginseng root!
[rattle shaker]
hahahahah!
[Mambo Sam] LOL.
Actually here you can buy it in the grocery store! It is by the “canning” stuff
— jars and such OR by the kitchen gadgets — in little packets!
[simonegreenewpp]
Ginseng root is at Ten Ren, a tea store chain.
[rattle shaker] Look
for “It’s a girl!” pink candles
[Mambo Sam] Almost any oriental or “world” food
market has ginseng root, too.
[ouanga_bottle] snorkle
[ouanga_bottle] Yeah I was gipped last year into
buying bottle ginseng sippie thingies, no root.
[Mambo Sam] LOL.
[Mambo Sam] Ah, that’s not so bad. Those work
pretty good in potion.
[ouanga_bottle] It did it’s
thing.
[Mambo Sam] Okay, I am going to wrap it up and
say good night if you have no other questions for me. See you all on Saturday!!
Can’t wait!
[simonegreenewpp] Thank
you so much!
[ouanga_bottle] thank you Mambo,
and everyone else!
[Candelaria] Night Everyone!
[
[Mambo Sam] You are welcome — thanks for
reminding me, Simone. I am the absent minded professor. If it wasn’t for
Candelaria, Bridget, and
[Mambo Sam] Good night, everyone!
[Mambo Sam] Love you tons!
[simonegreenewpp] I
love you too!
[Candelaria] Awwww, well, we loves
you too!
[rattle shaker] Night!
[Destiny] Yes, love you Mambo!
[ouanga_bottle] a giant smackeroo from me
[waitingforastar] Good
Night Mambo Sam and thanks, Love you too xoxox:)
[Candelaria] More than Love Potion #9 could
conjure!
[Destiny] Good night and I am soooo glad you
feel much better!
[waitingforastar]
Yessssssss!
[ouanga_bottle] Awwww yes this is true love
[Azulea] Thank you for the “Extras” tonight!!
Very Helpful!
[waitingforastar] Good
night all xoxox
[Candelaria] Let me know Simone My Dearest. :-)
[Destiny] Good night
[simonegreenewpp] Now’s as good a time as any. Good night!
[Candelaria] Thanks, Angel! Nightie Night!!
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copyright, Samantha and Matthew Corfield, 2007