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Oya Altar Guide How to Invoke Oya

An altar is a flat surface used as a portal to the spiritual realm, serving as a stage for offerings and rituals to build relationships with deities or spirits. Essential items representing the five elements should be included, along with specific offerings and rituals for the goddess Oya. The document provides detailed instructions on setting up an altar for Oya, including prayers and rituals for evocation and cleansing.

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Oya Altar Guide How to Invoke Oya

An altar is a flat surface used as a portal to the spiritual realm, serving as a stage for offerings and rituals to build relationships with deities or spirits. Essential items representing the five elements should be included, along with specific offerings and rituals for the goddess Oya. The document provides detailed instructions on setting up an altar for Oya, including prayers and rituals for evocation and cleansing.

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Why have an altar:


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Altar Essentials
Any altar should have items that represent the 5 elements; fire, earth, water, air,
spirit. These are the magickal elements that bring your altar to life.
Below are tools you can use to represent each element. You only need 1 of each.

F E W A
I A A I
R R T R
E T E
H R

YOU
OYA
Orisha of storms, winds, cemeteries, learning, warriors

Offerings: Days:
Red wine, starfruit, black-eyed peas, Thursday
plums, chocolate pudding, purple
grapes, eggplant sliced into 9 pieces Metal:
Copper
Planet: Colors:
Uranus, dark moon, shooting stars Purple, maroon, brown

Incense: Numbers:
Frankincense, Oya incense 3, 9
How to set up an altar for Oya
1. Find a nice location in your home for your altar. Ideal places for Oya's
altar would be in your office or study room. If you don't have an extra
room, place it anywhere you feel comfortable. You can use a small
wooden table or bookshelf and cleanse it with sage before use.
2. Get a statue of Oya or print an image of her and frame it. Cleanse the
statue or picture and place it on your altar. Know that the statue serves
as a vessel for Oya's energy.
3. Get a purple or maroon candle and place it on your altar. Add a glass of
spring water, river pebbles, and incense. If your altar's big enough, put
2 swords or machetes on it. Feel free to personalize your Oya altar
however you see fit.

Oya Prayer
Oya, Mighty Mother of storms, chaos, and change
Great Goddess of winds, tornadoes, and hurricanes
Awaken the warrior spirit within me
Destroy weapons and enemies formed against me
Guide me in life and when I am transitioning
End negative patterns and bring new beginnings
Show me the power of my divine feminine
Blow away impurities around and within
Raise my confidence, courage to be who I Am
May I be empowered wherever I walk, stand
Thank you for guiding me in my enlightening
Oya, Fierce Mother of Nine, Goddess of Lightning
Oya Evocation Ritual
1. Find a time to be alone, grab a chair, your offerings, and set it aside.
2. Light the candles and incense on your altar, recite Oya's prayer and
give your offerings.
3. Now sit comfortably, close your eyes and imagine Oya's statue on
your altar glowing with light bright as lightning. Imagine this light
beaming from the statue into your chest and encompassing your
whole body. Visualize this energy surrounding you for 7 minutes.
4. Repeat this ritual every day or at least every Thursday to evoke Oya's
energy. Also, make sure to remove any food offerings from your atar
before they go bad.
Oya Courage Ritual
1. On a Thursday, light the candle and incense on Oya's altar and
write down 9 ways in which you wish to be powerful. Place this
petition under her candle.
2. Offer Oya a glass of red wine and 9 plums. Pour yourself a glass of
wine as well.
3. Toast Oya and yourself, feeling grateful for Oya's help, and watch
the candle burn as you drink your wine.
Oya Cleansing Ritual
1. Cook a meal containing rice, eggplants, and fish. As you cook this
meal, keep your mind on Oya cleansing whatever you desire from
your life.
2. Put the food in a biodegradable plate or container and leave it at the
gates of a cemetery along with 9 pennies. This is best done at night.
Make your presence known by saying Oya's name 9 times and tell
her why you've come and what you need.
3. Take a different route home and cleanse yourself by taking a warm
bath with sea salt in the water. Go to bed in clean clothes and fresh
sheets. This completes the ritual.

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