Milagro Roots and Readings

Store Closing for New Year's

Hi everyone,

The store will be closed starting noon 12/31 and will not re-open until the morning of January 3rd.

If you send me an email or place an order it will not be answered or processed until January 3rd and all ritual work will be started on or after January 3rd.  Thank you all for making 2010 a wonderful year for Milagro Roots--may you each have a happy and safe New Year's and may 2011 bring many blessings!

 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Eve and Merry Christmas Day to all of you who celebrate it!

I am going to be offline, digitally detoxing until after the weekend so if your email has not been answered, do not fret, I am just taking a quick break and enjoying the holidays with my family.  I hope that you all have a blessed, safe, and abundant holiday season and that the new year rings in with love, joy, and peace!

Blessings to all,

Miss Bri

Blessed (Belated) Solstice!

 

Many happy returns of the light to all who celebrate Winter Solstice!  Although we were not able to celebrate the day of, we will be building and dancing about a bonfire at some point this weekend to commemorate the return of the sun.

 

Client Confidentiality

I just had a client ask me about confidentiality.  This is not the first time I have gotten the question--and it comes up a lot around the holidays because people want to give their friends/family members a gift of a spiritual reading, but in some cases they have also had me do root work on said friends and family members during the year!  I just recently wrote a post on what types of behavior a reader/worker might expect from their clients, and this is part of the other side of that equation--what type of behavior can a client expect from their reader/worker as far as confidentiality goes?  What I tell my clients is that I am like a doctor.  Everything that we discuss and any work I do for you is strictly confidential as far as I am concerned.  I am ethically obligated to let the proper officials know if someone's physical life is in danger and if I encounter a client in a situation with rampant physical abuse I will let them know upfront that if I feel that they or any innocent parties (like children) are in danger then its my call to let the authorities know, but other than that all secrets are safe with me.  Of course, there are situations where a client will want someone to know what came up in their reading and in those cases I try to be as cooperative as possible.  But the most important thing to know is that the information you get during a reading or doing rootworker services is strictly for your ears only as far as I am concerned.

 

Beeswax Candles are back in stock!

Hi everyone,

They are back!  To all of you who have been emailing me wanting the custom candles, Miss Bri's Triple Strength Love, Miss Bri's Triple Strength Money, and the Clear Communication Candles--they are back at the store--whew!

 

Client-Worker Relations

This was a topic that came up with several of my colleagues late last week and events over the past week have brought it to my attention in a deeper way--just as you have a right to expect certain information and courtesy from your rootworker or reader, the reader or rootworker has a right to expect certain courtesies from each of their clients.  Sometimes I speak to people who are confused because "their worker got mad at them and stopped responding to their communications..." or because a reader is refusing to read for them.  What could be the cause of these types of situations?  From my own experience here are some of the things that every sensible client should be aware of.

1.) Your reader or worker makes his/her living from this work.  Maybe they have another job outside of this or maybe they don't, but this is part of their livelihood and as such they take it seriously so should you.

2.) Be on time for appointments.  It is only polite to be prompt and on time for all appointments whether by phone or in person.  If you are running late or suspect you might run late, let your worker/reader know that so he/she can adjust their schedules accordingly.

3.) Realize that you are not the only client.  When you are late for an appointment, someone else will suffer.  Your candle report is not the only candle report that needs to go out, your mojo hand is not the only one that needs to be made, your email or voicemail is not the only one that the worker needs to respond to, and your ritual work is not the only ritual that needs to be done.  If you are working with a reader/worker who has assistants then the work may get done more quickly, but if you are working with a solo practitioner understand that there may be times when there is more lag between projects.  Be understanding and when seeking information take into account what their schedules may be like as well as how much correspondence you have already received from them.

4).  If you have to cancel an appointment let your reader/worker know at least 24 hours in advance.  If you fail to do this, do not contact them with the expectation that they will refund your money or reschedule you.  Many of us have policies that are clearly stated at various places on our website--mine is here.

5.) If you have a regular reader but are seeking outside validation  on an issue, let the reader you have chosen know that.  We all have different policies about how we work with clients who have standing relationships with other readers/workers, but the first requirement is that the client be honest and tell us.

6.) Apply number five to any rootwork situation too.  This is crucially important as the type and effectiveness of any work undertaken on your behalf can be effected in unpredictable or negative ways if you have more than one worker addressing your case.  It can also cause problems among rootworkers who think that they are solely responsible for a case only to learn that the client has three other workers on the job!  Personally, I have worked with other workers and I will do so again provided that all parties involved are  in agreement with the set up.  With that said, if I learn that a client has not been honest with me about hiring another worker to work the same situation I will cut off dealings with them immediately--I have zero tolerance for lies--be they blatant or by omission.

7.) Do not tell your reader/worker how to do their job, do not micromanage them.  Would you like it if your mother who knows nothing or very little about computers asked you to fix her computer and then stood over your shoulder making comments about how you could do this better or maybe it needs this?  No, you would not.  Once you choose a reader/worker it is important to feel like you can ask questions and have open and honest communication with them, HOWEVER, it is rude to try to tell them how to do their jobs.  I have seen many workers get so ticked off with micromanaging clients that they just will quit working for someone all together.  Do not second guess your reader/worker.  You don't need to treat them like they are all knowing and all seeing, but you have chosen to trust this person to do the work that needs to be done, so let them do it and have faith in them and your own decision.  

8.) If your reader/worker has a website, professional page, blog, or other online resource READ it.  Chances are you are going to contact them and ask a question that has already been answered.  Many workers will only spend so much time responding to queries from each client--so get the most out of the time you have with your reader/worker and read the information they have posted beforehand.  This not only saves you and them time, it also allows you to get a clearer picture of what you can expect in your relationship to them.

I am posting these rules of thumb not to berate or chew on any of my clients.  My people are awesome, timely, considerate, and delightful to work with 99% of the time.  Occasionally there are hiccups but they are few and far between.  However, I know that lots of people read my posts here and only a few of them are my clients.  It is my hope that these guidelines will help everyone who seeks out professional reading/rootwork services have the best possible relationship with their worker.

Mercury in Retrograde--what does it mean for your work

The last Mercury in Retrograde for the year of 2010 will begin on Thursday, December 9th and will end on Thursday, December 30th.  Mercury is one of the inner planets of our solar system and has long been associated with the faculties of speech, communication, and reason.  Astrology is one of the most ancient occult sciences and back in the day when folks were first learning to read the skies there were times where the planets appeared to go backwards as they travelled around the sun on their elliptical orbit.  Mercury is also associated with the Roman God of communication, travel, and messages and his Greek predecessor, Hermes.  Along with the well known aspects of organization and communication, Mercury has a trickster nature and that can come out during these retrograde periods. Which brings us to the most essential question: what does Mercury going retrograde mean for you and your conjure work?  

Well, the first thing to do is not panic!  A lot of clients come to me and they are freaking out because, in their words, "all of my work will be ruined since Mercury is in retrograde!"  That is simply not true.  In fact, the time of retrograde is excellent for certain types of spell work, and it is perfectly fine to finish up any spell work that has been started prior to mercury going into retrograde, even if the end of the spell falls during the retrograde cycle.  The types of work that you may NOT want to start during this time will typically deal with contact, communication, starting new ventures, and making deals.  So all of the tricks we have for contacting people and getting them to contact you are probably not your best bet during this time period.  

Now, as to the kind of work that does especially well during this time: any work that involves inflammatory confusion and communication would be very good to do right now, so if there is a couple you are aiming to break up, or a clique at work or school that needs to break apart, now is the time.  Mercury in retrograde is also a good time to go back over old projects/old relationships and tie up any loose ends.  Depending on the case, aspects of reconciliation work can actually be very good to do right now.  Likewise, if individual's feel like they need to cut and clear this can be a potent time to do it and the same goes for general cleansing and uncrossing.  If you have some work that you are considering or a situation that may need work and you are not sure if now is the appropriate time or if you should wait, the best thing to do is contact a reader and worker for some magical coaching on the subject.  Finally, protective magic and practical behaviors are recommended for this time period.  If you know that you have difficult communications with a person, then start work now so that you are less effected by the period of retrograde.  Make sure you back up your computer files and any data that you cannot afford to lose.  Finally, understand that technical glitches just will happen during this period.  Plan for it and deal accordingly.

 

Odds and Ends

A few fun Sunday things to check out:  Continuing the discussion that we have had about tradition, I would like to refer folks interested in Hoodoo and its history to my colleague Karma Zain's blog where her latest entry answers questions from a grad student, shows some awesome pictures, and gets into some of the same topics that I discussed earlier.  Thanks Karma!  

The latest in delightful Lucky Mojo curio supplies are now available at the store.  As usual there are new oils, bath crystals, sachet powders, and herbs as well as a brand new category: Incense!

Milagro Roots December newsletter will be coming out tomorrow (Monday 12/6) if you are not signed up and would like to receive the monthly newsletter let me know!.