One of my students wrote to me two days ago asking me, almost begging me, to divine again on what is happening in the world regarding police brutality towards Americans of African descent. So, I divined. I should have known better. The exact same odu with the exact same orientations came up: 6-1 osogbo inya lowo araye. Only THIS TIME there was larishe. It is at the feet of Oyá. Let me tell you the Pataki, and then the ebó: There was once a time when Shangó had many enemies and decided to consult with all the orishas so that he could destroy those who sought to destroy him. Of all that he consulted, only Oyá stood up to save him from those who sought his demise. She told Shangó to make ebó with a large, two handled basket and an eggplant on multicolored cloth. A machete over this, and a fly-whisk. Shangó made his ebó to Oyá, and the next day Oyá ate the eggplant. She then took up the fly-whish in her hand, and danced through the streets where Shangó’s enemies lived. She created the winds and the tornado that stirred up and destroyed those in the town, and those who tried to run she chopped off their heads with the machete. When Shangó saw the whole town being destroyed he told Oyá, “This is not what I want. I want only my enemies destroyed.” And Oyá told him, “Shangó, in this town you have no friends. All are you enemies. You saw only a few, but you had many.” And with that Oyá continued to destroy the town until all were dead. The ebó for this pataki that was marked by this odu: A two-handled basket lined with multicolored cloth. Nine eggplants in the basket. On top of the basket, put one machete and a fly-whisk. Give this to Oyá. She will destroy all the enemies. Normally one would fry the eggplant in epó the next day, and feed her a rooster. But this time, Oya wants the entire basket taken to the cemetery. Im doing this ebo tomorrow. Anyone else with Oya is welcome to do it. I asked Elegguá, and he said it is something anyone who wants to do to help destroy those who devalue black lives can do. Olofin help those officers who racially profile and abuse black Americans. And isnt it strange that today I TEACH this odu to my students?
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 16:00:39 +0000
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