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The Mysteries of Oya
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Mo juba awo Oya!
Iwo ni Orisha Obinrin Afefe.
Iwo ni Oluwa Awo Iku.
Iwo ni Orisha Obinrin Efufulile.
Iwo ni Ologun Obinrin Julo Nase.
Iwo ni Emi Iye.I humble myself before the mysteries of Oya!
You are the Goddess of the Wind.
You are the Owner of the Mysteries of Death.
You are the Goddess of the Tempest.
You are the Greatest Female Warrior.
You are the Breath of Life.Unlike Yemoja and Oshun who command our
attention through their grace, beauty, and majesty; Orisa Oya is
the invisible Orisha. In fact, Her face is said to be so terrible
that none dare behold it. Oyas presence and action is reflected in
the flight of birds, the swaying of trees, the whistling of the
atmosphere, the blowing of dust, the hurling of dirt, the movement
of the waves, the sound of music, the spoken word, the cry of a
baby, the roar of the lion, the movement of clouds, and the life of
fire. It is Orisha Oya who gives us our passport to life [breath]
at birth, and requires its return at death. Oya is therefore, the
watcher of the doorway between life and death. She is not death but
the awareness of its existence. Orisha Obatala, Yemoja, Ogun, and
Oshun are all connected with the blood, but if Oya does not embue
the blood with her Ase, the life process can not proceed. Not only
is Oyas Ase essential to the life process of the godseekers and
other creatures that inhabit this region of the Ase, but she is
also the one who carries the pollen of the plants and trees from
place to place, either directly in her invisible hands, or in the
body of birds that fly in her ever present embrace. Orisa Oya is
symbolic of things that are, felt more often than seen. In this
sense she is associated with covert activities and secret
operations.Orisa Oya also represents the destruction of old society
making way for the new; and the power to completely destroy cities
and fields, reverting them back to their original state. She
accomplishes this by sending cyclones, tornadoes, and hurricanes
which destroy everything in their paths, forcing mankind to rebuild
new cities and towns. It is agreed among the scholars of Ifa that
Oya was Shangos favorite wife, and it is said that, when Sango
wants to fight he sends Oya ahead of him to fight with the wind.
furtherwithout Oya there is nothing Sango can accomplish. When
Shango sends his voice of thunder ahead of his approaching
lightning, it is the Ase of Oya that gives expression to his voice
as thunder which is caused by the sudden expansion of air in the
path of an electrical charge. Many santeros [priest of Santeria]
believe that Oya is the one who gave Chango power over thunder and
lightning. In actuality, Oya is central and essential to the
collective workings of the Siete Potencias [7 Principle Orisa]. It
is Orisa Oyas domain and responsibility to clean the atmosphere
around the planet and the provide the proper balance of gases to
sustain all forms of life. No Orisha should be disrespected or
disregarded, least of all Oya; her wrath is so devastating that it
must be absolutely avoided. Not only does Orisa Oya carry pollen
and dust, but she also carried disease and other agents of death.
It is interesting that scientists today are saying that second-hand
cigarette smoke can be as deadly as cigarette smoking. The
depleting ozone layer, nuclear fallout, greenhouse gases, and the
like, are all operating in the domain of Orisha Oya.Iba se Orisa
Oya!