{"id":1289,"date":"2009-02-01T01:10:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T06:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2009-01-28T12:25:36","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T17:25:36","slug":"lets-spell-it-out-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2009\/02\/01\/lets-spell-it-out-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Spell it Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rebirth Through Oya Spell: Yoruba\/Santeria Feast Day of Oya-2\/2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oya is the Orisha of death and rebirth and spring is the season of moving from the death of winter to rebirth.\u00a0 She is the Keeper of the Cemetery, her home is the graveyard and the spirits of the dead are her subjects.\u00a0 Oya has a relationship with Iku; the Spirit of Death whom she precedes, accompanies and carries with her on occasion.\u00a0 When death strikes, Oya is the last breath taken along with the spirit Iku.<\/p>\n

On a much lighter note, Oya is also the river goddess of Yoruba as well as the deity in charge of wind, lightening, storms and thunder.\u00a0 As Guardian of the River Niger, her river symbolism is polished stones.\u00a0 Lightening came from her consort Shango.<\/p>\n

Shango took Oya from Ogun. She was originally Ogun\u2019s wife and she stole his tools which were weapons of war from him.\u00a0 The tools became part of her altar and when Ogun confronted her, she replaced the tools with farm implements.\u00a0 Shango had a gourd of medicine which enabled him to split lightening and one day Oya dipped her finger in it and after tasting the medicine she shot fire out of her mouth when she spoke.\u00a0 From then on she used her forked lightening to help Shango fight his battles.<\/p>\n

Oya is seen as a strong woman who because of the war became fearless and courageous in the face of danger.\u00a0 She is a proud, self-willed woman whose wrath is so terrible that it must be avoided at all costs.\u00a0 Oya is represented by two swords that reflect her fighting ability.<\/p>\n

Another symbol of Oya is horns.\u00a0 Her sacred animal is the wild buffalo which she turns herself into.\u00a0 Her color in the New World is purple but reddish-brown in Yoruba.\u00a0 She is also known as the \u201cMother of Nine\u201d as she had nine children.<\/p>\n

The Spell<\/strong><\/p>\n

SUPPLIES:<\/strong> Purple candle, offering of shell corn, sword (or Athame)<\/p>\n

Light the purple candle and call to Oya:<\/p>\n

\u201cI call to Oya<\/p>\n

Of death, rivers and storm;<\/p>\n

And on Your Feast Day<\/p>\n

I ask to be reborn.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Place the offering upon the altar and calls to the Buffalo totem:<\/p>\n

\u201cSacred Buffalo Woman<\/p>\n

Chief of the animals upon Earth<\/p>\n

I give to you this offering<\/p>\n

And ask for my rebirth.<\/p>\n

Grant to me survival skills,<\/p>\n

Prosperity and courage,<\/p>\n

Fertility and abundance<\/p>\n

And fill me now with knowledge.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Holds the sword up high and say:<\/p>\n

\u201cOya, I ask for the death<\/p>\n

Of my old life.<\/p>\n

Please cut away what holds me back<\/p>\n

And free me now from strife.<\/p>\n

I wish today to be reborn<\/p>\n

And ride upon Your wind.<\/p>\n

Oya, grant to me the change<\/p>\n

Let my new life begin.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Take a moment to visualize the negatives being cut away and the void being filled by the positives that you yearn for.\u00a0 When the visualization is complete, say:<\/p>\n

\u201cSo mote it be!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Make sure to place the offering outside for the animals and nature spirits!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rebirth Through Oya Spell: Yoruba\/Santeria Feast Day of Oya-2\/2 Oya is the Orisha of death and rebirth and spring is the season of moving from the death of winter to rebirth.\u00a0 She is the Keeper of the Cemetery, her home is the graveyard and the spirits of the dead are her subjects.\u00a0 Oya has a relationship with Iku; the Spirit of Death whom she precedes, accompanies and carries with her on occasion.\u00a0 When death strikes, Oya is the last breath taken along with the spirit Iku. On a much lighter note, Oya is also the river goddess of Yoruba as well as the deity in charge of wind, lightening, storms and thunder.\u00a0 As Guardian of the River Niger, her river symbolism is polished stones.\u00a0 Lightening came from her consort Shango. Shango took Oya from Ogun. She was originally Ogun\u2019s wife and she stole his tools which were weapons of war from him.\u00a0 The tools became part of her altar and when Ogun confronted her, she replaced the tools with farm implements.\u00a0 Shango had a gourd of medicine which enabled him to split lightening and one day Oya dipped her finger in it and after tasting the medicine she shot fire out of her mouth when she spoke.\u00a0 From then on she used her forked lightening to help Shango fight his battles. Oya is seen as a strong woman who because of the war became fearless and courageous in the face of danger.\u00a0 She is a proud, self-willed woman whose wrath is so terrible that it must be avoided at all costs.\u00a0 Oya is represented by two swords that reflect her fighting ability. Another symbol of Oya is horns.\u00a0 Her sacred animal is the wild buffalo which she turns herself into.\u00a0 Her color in the New World is purple but reddish-brown in Yoruba.\u00a0 She is also known as the \u201cMother of Nine\u201d as she had nine children. The Spell SUPPLIES: Purple candle, offering of shell corn, sword (or Athame) Light the purple candle and call to Oya: \u201cI call to Oya Of death, rivers and storm; And on Your Feast Day I ask to be reborn.\u201d Place the offering upon the altar and calls to the Buffalo totem: \u201cSacred Buffalo Woman Chief of the animals upon Earth I give to you this offering And ask for my rebirth. Grant to me survival skills, Prosperity and courage, Fertility and abundance And fill me now with knowledge.\u201d Holds the sword up high and say: \u201cOya, I ask for the death Of my old life. Please cut away what holds me back And free me now from strife. I wish today to be reborn And ride upon Your wind. Oya, grant to me the change Let my new life begin.\u201d Take a moment to visualize the negatives being cut away and the void being filled by the positives that you yearn for.\u00a0 When the visualization is complete, say: \u201cSo mote it be!\u201d Make sure to place the offering outside for the animals and nature spirits!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}