Magic & Sorcery for Beginners with me (Part III).

Sorcery for Beginners II

Greetings and Hugs, for those who are following this line of the post, here is the third part, for those who are new here, and still believe in strange things like coincidences, and think that perhaps they have come here by some chance, here I leave the links to the FIRST POST and the SECOND POST.

On this occasion, I am going to share with you a little more information for those who are beginning in witchcraft and for those who are looking for some type of information related to practical wizardry and daily magic.

About online communities.

The digital world is quite complex and is full of options for all tastes and searches, including holistic search engines. On the Internet, you will get enormous ease from online stores, which offer all kinds of items, books, and articles, to quite interesting character profiles and complete groups of "Coven Online".

Usually, due to my experience and part-time work as a publicist, I am a high critic of the use of social networks, I strongly believe that people should focus more on having real friends in the real world and more integrated into their real community, that to focus and waste so much time in online communities, but that yes, not for that reason I am a complete enemy of social networks, I only consider that they should be used with some moderation, limit the daily or weekly time in them, and not spend whole hours checking Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

Social networks, as well as everything that is created by the hand of man, has its own pros and cons, social networks may well be a double-edged sword or a tool that takes you in the direction of personal development and empowerment professional.

Coven virtual and holistic groups have, as well as everything on social networks, their pros and cons, some of which I am going to break down here for you.

Pros:

• They help you meet more people in your community who are looking to grow like you.
• They invite you to participate in events, workshops, online rituals and conventions.
• They inform you about recommended books and podcasts on the subject.
• You can meet in these communities with true experts on the subject who wander there from time to time.
• They help promote teamwork and participation.

Cons:

• They are a mine of Haters and Egolatras who are looking for a place to vent their personal traumas.
• They attract many phonies who are just looking to make money or fame (or both) at the expense of the novice and inexperienced faith.
• Many people join the groups but never participate and are only there to be.
• Some individuals tend to get used to these online communities, and seeking to relate to them, they spend more time fully involved in the internet, worried about their number of followers and likes in each photo, than living the real world.

If you realize, the pros and cons are extremely important, that is why in these online communities you must delve very carefully, and therefore, I am going to give you some recommendations on how to join them and what to do.

• Looking to join 2 or 3 communities, a mistake that many individuals comment on these Apps, is that they seek to join all the communities, virtual coven, and possible online groups, but they do not participate in any, then only the numbers increase, and these groups become They end up filling up with 1k, 2k or 10k members, but they only get one or two new posts per week. It is like going to eat at the trendy restaurant, waiting hours to enter, once there you meet thousands of people, but no one talks to each other, no one orders food, and no one knows the food.
• Search for communities where you have contacts and known colleagues so that when you arrive you can encourage conversation, so you will not feel alone, and you can start by posting a post related to what they both like.
• Be participative, if you are going to join a group, join and participate, make a commitment to yourself to participate in these as if it were a convention that you attend every week, greet the other members, respond to posts, share your ideas, be respectful of others and share posts, videos, podcasts and links related to the group's theme.
• Care about community empowerment. Be participative in a positive way, encourage others to participate, find your friends there and motivate them to talk in the group, to hold meetings in various places, or even to hold talks and online forums. If you notice that everyone in the group values ​​the work of a common member, a common author, a common blogger, talk about your work and respectfully share your views on it.

I hope you follow these tips and they will help you if you wish, I invite you to join and participate in my online groups on Facebook, I have two small groups of which I am the administrator, and I am always looking for collaborators, if you wish, here below I leave you the links, also, if you have downloaded the Telegram application, I am forming my own online tribe, where every week I am sharing tips and videos (twice a day) about magic, rituals, techniques, videos, links to posts and podcasts, etc…

The Mystical Tribe And Many Gods

Male Pagan Witches and Warlocks

About fairs, events and live workshops.

Already in these times it is rare to get "closet witches", it is quite rare, but not unusual, not impossible, we live in a society a little more open than that society that our ancestors lived and for that, we must thank. Today we have gone from those long chains of internet forums and mail chains to having online and live events and workshops.

Society, at least in most countries, has a slightly more open mind, or at least the new generations have a more open mind, and thanks to this we have a long list of events and annual conventions held in different countries.

For example in Mexico, they have the march of the witches, and throughout Latin America, it is celebrated, with increasing popularity, the Pagan Day and the day of the Goddess, while here in the USA, in addition to these famous days, we have a multitude of events throughout the country, such as the HexFest in New Orleans, the WitchsFest USA, and the WitchsFest Parade, which are held on the same day in NY City, the TempleFest USA in New Hampshire and many more.

These events and workshops give each and every one of the members of the metaphysical community the opportunity to meet and interact outside the digital world with other members of our holistic community in each city, allowing us to meet others like us, or At least, with our own point of view, they offer us workshops with the best authors, magicians, conjures, and fortune-tellers of the moment, as well as a diversity of small physical stores where we can acquire all those magic and holistic items that are not easy to find on the internet, as well as books, amulets, talismans, incenses, handmade candles, and all kinds of magic items to complement your rituals.

Conventions and events are extremely important for three reasons:

• It is the place and date where the majority of possible members of the metaphysical community and the holistic tribe gather in the same place. It is there where you will find your new friends, colleagues, participants, and members for that coven that you are looking to realize and all kinds of individuals interested in the spiritual and mystical search.
• Public conventions and events, such as WitchsFest USA, which take place on a street open to the public, a whole weekend in the eyes of all, are a way of telling the world "here we are, we are not leaving, and here we will continue" It is a way of publicly and proudly honoring all those who preceded us, and it is also a way of making ours one or more days to gather our own without fear of being persecuted.
• These events are also the ideal place for dozens of creatives and merchants who are looking to offer their handmade merchandise at a good price to an audience that perhaps does not know them, that is where you will find everything from organic handmade soaps and lotions based on vegetable oil, to wooden wands, bags of herbs and flowers of all kinds, crystals and gems, books and all kinds of charms made by witches and wizards who come here to offer them to you.

These events and conventions have hundreds of participants every year, and your attendance at these events is perhaps more important than you think because it is in this way that you show your support for others like you, it is more important to make an effort to attend to these events and support your community, that you continue to make an enormous effort to follow and support those artists and strangers who do not know who you are but who still follow you on Instagram.

Remember buy your magical Items in the next new age and esoteric Stores:

For no reason, I am going to recommend you to use Amazon, but if you are a regular Online shopper, if I am going to suggest here a brief list of online store options in which I personally usually acquire some products, or I simply know their owners and them that these are trusted magicians and sorcerers who do a good job.

If with something I am very critical it is with the magic stores, I like to distinguish properly the Botanics (more focused on voodoo, hoodoo and folk magic), the esoteric stores (where the fort is the books, tools, and workshops live) and the boutiques (more influenced by the new age movement). So here I will leave for you the links to my favorites and most recommended, if you are a blog reader, you have an online store (not phone shop) and you want to be added here, please let me know.

• Parlor of Wonders by Madame Pamita.
• Hex Old World Witchery by Christian Day.
• Omen Salem by Christian Day.
• Auset Gypsy by Auset Gypsy.
• Catland in Brooklyn, NY.

In the 4th Post (next week) I will write about... 

• Enchantments and enchanted items.
• Protection Ritual for you and your loved ones.
• Ritual to honor the protector spirits of the family.
• Ritual to close old portals in the house and clean the energy.

And remember, you are not reading this from the vision and perspective of an expert but from another seeker of power and wisdom like you.

Elhoim Leafar 

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• 10 New books you need to have this 2020.

About your Magic.

They want to make you believe that you are less powerful, but it is because they are afraid of you, and although it is not reasonable, it is understandable.

Your skills for magic, spiritualism and sorcery are not linked to your homeland, the lineage of your parents, your sex of birth, your number of followers in social media or your collection of herbs, books or crystals.

While many of your powers and talents may be linked to various aspects of your life and practice, that does not define how good a sorcerer or spiritualist you are, the actual daily practice and the focus on it is what defines your true talent, not It is what you presume, but what you do and how you do it.

Promote that power originates in "your blood lineage", the link of your sex and sexuality with the moon or some other star in the sky, or your huge library, not only bordering on the absurd and classist (and often it is even racist), it is also just an expression of fear and lack of understanding of reason, in the spiritual world we all look exactly the same, regardless of your color, sex, race, religion or nationality, your powers are not very different from it.

You will discover the true origin and limit of your powers with daily practice, not with written theory.

The Mystical Court of the Witches

The Court of the Witches

Folklore tells us about the different magical courts that lead the world beyond the veil that separates the worlds, and that, moreover, is venerated by the spiritualists of the entire world in different ways and ways.

In much of Europe is venerated the "Court of witches" which is made up of the souls of witches burned at the stake and hanged in public for the practice of their magical art, the souls of these witches do not reach rest or can reincarnate for having been victims of tragic, ignoble and unjust deaths, for this reason the witches prevail trapped in the veil between the two worlds, as inhabitants of a magical infinite corridor that is virtually connected to all the trees and mirrors of the world, which they use to travel and communicate with our world.

These same witches, watch over the safety and learning of the youngest witches and sorcerers, trying to keep alive the honorable practice of nature in the hands of the living.

On the other hand, in Africa, the Yoruba people venerate the souls of the witches who have left, assuring that their presence prevails among us until their names fall into oblivion. Practitioners of the Yoruba faith, consider that the souls of witches are venerated and highly respected in the other world, from where they lead the births of new shamans and seers in the world.

The religions that descend culturally from Africa, as it is the case of the Santería, the Voodoo, the Hoodoo, the Candomblé, the Quimbanda, Umbanda, Palo Mayombe and Batuque, reunite very similar elements among themselves, venerating the souls of the ancestors that make up a magical court of animals that act through local mediums and the forces of nature.

In South America, the 'Court of Witches', which is composed entirely of the souls of the local witches of each country and whose names are venerated and passed down from generation to generation to keep their memory alive, is venerated in the mountains. magic and its essence among the new generations of practitioners.

The witches court leads the world of spirits and they have the power to exercise all kinds of changes in the life of living beings, influencing equally on love, money, health, and family. In the spiritualist tradition it is considered that a witch to die must be honored on the ground where he died (not where he lived) and it is there where he took the power to reconnect with his loved ones, old teachers and family, and from where he will start to undertake his path as a resident of the spiritual world.

In all Afro-Caribbean traditions, the witches court is conjured in the same way, with white candles where the written names of each of the dozens (or hundreds in some cases) of the names of those who make up the local court are burned. Once this is done by the practitioner, the witches court should be venerated and honored every Monday night, placing glasses with clean water, glasses with red wine, cups with hot coffee and a crystal ball, objects of divination, essential oils and perfumes, incense and candles that should remain lit all night in this magical spiritual vault.

The witches court will consecrate each and every one of these various objects in favor of the witch practitioner, and in exchange for their attentions, the practitioner will be respectfully served by the witches from the world of the veil.

Usually, and according to the magic tradition, the witches court is always attentive to every step that the witches make in their way, but they only act if they are called and invoked properly, because they can not interfere if they are not invoked from this side of the living, and that is through a due invocation clearly and loudly by an initiate in the occult arts.

On the other hand, working with the witches court is extremely easy, the promises made in his name must always be fulfilled before the next new moon and strongly punish those who forget to keep their promises in exchange for the favors granted, never grant nothing for free, no matter what you promise to the witches' court, the payment must first be given as a priority and then they will decide how to honor the deal.

Although the court of the witches is made up equally by men and women, by wizards, magicians, and initiated spiritualists, also only receive the name of Court of the Witches, because it is a more general term, the witches of certain countries can invoke separately to "the sorceress court", "the court of the magicians" or "the shamanic court", to refer to doing magical works with smaller groups that live within the same court.

The witches' court is independent of any pagan religion, neopagan or adverse to them, they also act independently to all the spiritual courts, deities and spirits, more like a huge group of local souls and animas than as a specific pantheon.

If you want to work with the witches court, it is always important to remember that their attentions are better received on Monday night than any other day, and they have no distinction of any kind towards groups or individuals who practice, but their veneration and practice must be constant and very serious.

I hope this Post will be very helpful in your daily magic practice.

Blessings.

Text: Elhoim Leafar

Pics: Александр Раскольников

Orishas of Graveyard

Orishas of Graveyard

Human culture is replete with all kinds of deities and spirits that complement our existence, but not only in life but also in death. Though most of them are adored in life, it is wise to know that many others are venerated after Life, and that is where they are.

Greco-Roman mythology is replete with archetypal gods like Hades and Pluto. The Norse mythology is exceptional, as is the Egyptian culture, full of deities that inhabit the other world (the world of the immortals), and therefore, it is not surprising that devout believers spent their whole lives preparing to die, with a philosophy of life incredibly opposed to modern culture. We now try to force us to see life day by day as the only approach, a philosophy leading us to live a life full of useless superficialities, masks, and trends of the moment that do really contribute nothing, but on the contrary, subtracts a lot from us human beings. The societies before us lived focused on preparing intellectually, morally and spiritually for the beyond, that is, to live life after life.

Such is the case of the Egyptian pharaohs who asked to be buried along with their most faithful slaves and their most important treasures, the Viking chieftains who buried their treasures in secret places to dig them up in the hereafter, or the Greeks who were burned with their best Clothes and coins over their eyes to pay for their journey in the afterlife to the ferryman who would take them to their final destination, just to name the best-known and representative examples of this noble art of "honoring death." Although not far away, we also have the case of Mexican culture with its popular adoration of "Santa Muerte", a cult that has begun to expand in the rest of the world thanks to its colorful festivals and commemorative celebrations.

In the popular culture of Voodoo, the magic Voodoo and the Hoodoo, we also have a large number of deities (orishas, egguns and great spirits, etc...) who are honored in life seeking their favor after death. This is a key practice in modern witchcraft, since the books of magic and Wicca mostly inspire us to prepare ourselves to improve life, without thinking or reminding ourselves that the period of life is only a minimal phase of our complex existence, and the quantity of Time we will spend in this world is so short that after several periods of existence it will only become a fleeting memory among hundreds of new memories.

At home Mom taught us to serve unsweetened coffee by the door and glasses with water under the bed to wake up and calm (respectively) the deceased, and thus gain their favor and consideration when we meet in the other world, honor them every day and gain their trust is in the world of Santeria and umbanda such mandatory practice as a priority, as would any good godfather say, better to win their favor in life that their punishment at death.

Lighting white candles near the window in the moonless nights to give them light and thus illuminate their ascension to another plane, often pray to those who have gone much longer to support the recently deceased to find their way, and once in the meantime, fulfill their pending tasks to enable them to move on without any obstacle.

In this post we will focus on studying in brief three "working with the dead" deities not only very popular, but also very effective at the time of our allies in magic and sorcery, some of them very feared (with very good reasons) and the Other two maybe not so well known but always good to know /

Oya, Obba, and Yewa

Oya, Obba, and Yewa are the three orishas of African culture that work with the dead, joint patrons of cemeteries, Queens of the world of the dead and powerful sorcerers who take great care of their children and devotees without any distinction between them.

They can be honored separately or together, but it is always noticed that the most appropriate method is to honor them at three o'clock to ask for any necessary favors, for if only one is honored, the other two often become jealous and cause all kinds of difficulties.

Oyá Yansá

Oya or Yansa, is the largest Orisha working with the dead, the great magician par excellence, highly venerated in the Yoruba religion, Umbanda, Candomble, Santeria and Vodou in various ways. In fact, she is one of the main goddesses of Nigeria, Benin, and Brazil. In Cuba and Venezuela is venerated in the form of the Virgin of the Candelaria.

Oya (who is the crown mother of my godfather) is intimately bound up with the divinity of death. It propitiates storms, strong winds or hurricanes and sparks, its element is the air itself, he gives the first breath to the baby and the last to the deceased, in the African religion it is believed that when a woman denies the power of Oya (Whether devout or not) is cursing her children with breathing problems and may even lead them to early death to raise them under her breast in the hereafter.

Oya is the patron of the Eggun (the dead), the Egungun, which is the name that receives all the collective of diviners spirits of the other world under her command, and queen of the spirits in general, in fact, all spirits, mayor or minors, give respect to Oya as one of the queens of the other world. With her favor, Oya can turn ordinary men into great diviners and spiritualists, both in this and in the next world.

Oya is known for her violent and impetuous character, even sadistic when time to revenge and protect her children, is in the magical culture one of the most feared deities, lives on the gates of cemeteries. She represents the intensity of the lugubrious feelings, the world of the dead and is symbolized by the spark.

Along with Eleguá, Orunla and Obatalá dominate the four winds. In addition, it is considered the warrior between the orixás besides Eleguá, Ogún, and Oshosi. Oya in the older culture represents the reincarnation of the ancestors, the lack of memory and the feeling of sorrow in the woman.

At the family level, Oya is the daughter of Obatala and wife of Ogun and Shango, was the first to kiss (according to folklore) Babalu Aye, another Orisha for death and patron of all venereal diseases, plague, smallpox, leprosy, and all worldly miseries, as well as all his medicines.

Oya is offered all the copper objects, also fans, masks, real feathers of colors, and fruits of dark colors like grapes and aubergines, also offered black hens, flowers, and leaves of plantain, sagebrush, geraniums, pomegranates and all the flowers that grow in cemeteries, especially those that grow in the vicinity of the tombs.

To get Oya to give favors to her devotees (not Santeria practitioners), she is offered chicken dishes with white rice and eggplants, she also loves pomegranate seeds and dark liquors. She shows no respect for vain or arrogant sorcerers or witches, for she is considered in both worlds as "the greatest sorceress" and for this reason, she does not tolerate those who call themselves the greatest sorcerers in front of her, in fact punishing them by twisting all her spells or flip them against them.

Obba

Obba is the second Orisha in command of death, highly venerated in the world of the dead and highly respected by necromancers by profession. Obba is known to appear wandering in cemeteries in broad daylight dancing with a mask of bright stones, a pale pink dress, and many gold ornaments, when she dances usually covers with her hands her cut ear.

Obba symbolizes repressed love and sacrifice for the beloved, suffering and conjugal fidelity. She is very feminine, strong, regal, feared, energetic, and considered stronger than many male Orishas. They tell the old men that the only one who has managed to defeat her in battle was Oggun on one occasion. Obba is related to the lakes and lagoons, especially those in the vicinity of the cemeteries, together with Oyá and Yewá dwells in the cemeteries and represent the reckless warriors. She is the custodian of the tombs and punishes the robbers of corpses.

Obba is also the daughter of Obatala and Yemaya, sister of Oyá and Yewa, was the lover of Shango, by whom (deceived by his sister Oya) cut off her own ear and was therefore banished, then went to the mountain and later lived in Loneliness in the cemetery. She also had love affairs with Oggun, to whom she gave the anvil and this one taught her to fight.

She is most popular among mediums, especially the fortunetellers who get her favor and the gift of clairvoyance, leaving to her as a tribute, meat stew and roasted duck in the cemetery. In certain parts of Nigeria and Brazil, it is customary to leave stews on pink plates on the tombs of the recently deceased, so that Obba will take care of them in the hereafter until their moment of departure to another deeper world.

Obba is not given much to witchcraft and divination as her sister Oya, but she is well known for helping psychics and mediums to penetrate into the future without the help of other instruments of divination. According to local worship, she does not get along well with the necromancers and makes them die of disease for their opening of the graves and stealing of the bones.

She is venerated in Cuba and Venezuela, and in the surroundings of the Caribbean in the form of the 'Santa Catalina de Siena'.

Yewá

Yewá is the third deity of this group of dead Orishas, daughter of Obbatala with Yemaya (in Nigeria) and of Obatala with Oduduwa (in the cult of Brazil), sister of Oyá and Obba, companion and wife of Babalu Aye, although never lost her virginity.

Yewá is an orisha of a quite dominant character, very severe and demanding. She is always seen as very moralistic and abhors carnal relationships, which she considers to be beyond her practical possibilities. In modern Santeria, it is syncretically linked with 'Mare de Déu dels Desamparats', The Virgin of the Innocents, Martyrs, and Helpless, while in the Caribbean she is venerated in the form of Santa Clara de Asís.

She symbolizes loneliness, containment of feelings, female chastity, virginity, and sterility. She usually dresses (and portrays herself) in a pink dress with a wide copper belt and a crown decorated with many snails. Yewa forms the main part of the Iyamis (the witches) as patroness and owner of them, is venerated as a queen of witches, noble apprentice of her sister Oya, the greater sorceress, but much more practical and perfectionist. It has a character as sweet as severe and strict at the same time. She is venerated as a patroness of witches and takes great care of them, in practice, does not allow improvisation in any kind of spells and charms, demands perfection in every aspect and practice, does not admire or respect the use of "magic by Intuition " like Oya, she likes rituals to be thought out and planned in every detail. She likes her devotees and sons to preach austerity, but in turn, she makes them respectable fortune tellers.

Yewá is the owner of the tomb, it is among the tombs and the dead and lives inside the coffin that is in the tomb. Yewá is the Orisha who owns the cemetery together with Oya, and like this one, it is extensively linked to death. Her cult came from Dahomey and lived in Egwadó. She inhabits the cemetery, is in charge of taking the souls of the dead to Oyá so that it decides where each one will go, she is the one that dances on its tombs.

To obtain the favor of Yewá, young animals are sacrificed to her, females and virgins, and they are offered to him in great banquets with fish, tomatoes, and mani. When she is venerated, divination objects and magic tools are placed next to the table so that she consecrates them and carries her energy and power. In fact, in Cuba, the crowned sons of Yewa enjoy enormous prestige as diviners.

Egunes and Kiumbas

In Santería, Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Vudú, it is known as Egunes or Egguns, the souls of the already disembodied, the deceased and the deceased. While the Orishas (deities) are incarnations of the different aspects of the universe and nature (the sea, love, good luck, night), the egunes are the souls of beings who have lived and perished.

In the different forms of witchcraft found in the Afro-Brazilian cult, it is customary to use the term "egguns" to refer more clearly to souls who live in pain, or who are under some kind of hex or spell that forces them To remain on earth, whether for good or evil, thus differentiating themselves from common souls.

On the other hand, there are Kiumbas, forms of egguns very backward in spiritual evolution, are negative, very dangerous, also somewhat "dumb" and are often made to pass for other egguns, in fact, can take the form of anyone who has perished , And are accustomed to appear before the mourners in the form of a loved one who has just left to stay anchored on the earth for a longer time.

The kiumbas are intuitively treacherous and cheating, watch over their own good and therefore are able to easily deceive poorly indoctrinated mediums and people who plunge into the magical world without sufficient training.

According to Brazilian folklore, the kiumbas possess shamans and spiritualists very young and lacking in practice, leading them to suffer from mental illness, hallucinations, madness and arriving in the majority of cases to commit suicide.

Note: Egguns often help witches and practitioners, although they often do not at the expense of the happiness of other humans, so they must be "handled" (invoked, conjured and worked) with great care.

Final notes

As you may have noticed, African culture is also endowed with a lot of folklore, these three deities of the dead are widely venerated as patrons of witches and diviners, grant all kinds of favors, especially if they are linked to the spiritual plane and are incredible And powerful allies in the other world.

In "modern" folklore it is considered that winning the favor of these deities not only grants great power, it also allows witches to spend more time in the world of the dead to care for their loved ones before moving to another plane.

We read in the next days in another post, do not forget to subscribe to the Blog and follow me on my social networks.

Blessings

Iyamis (the Witches)

Iyamis (the Witches)

ÌYÁÀMI ÒSÒRÒNGÁ or IAMI OXORONGA. It is in the Santeria and Yoruba religion, the eternal spirit of the ancestral mother, colloquially known as "the witches". It represents the power generating female life par excellence.

Iyami Oshoronga is the queen of the cult of sorcery. Its followers are witches and witches, who can be white or black, as well as they can be good, bad or neutral. They all form the cult of witchcraft and are known as "Ajogun" or "Ajonjun" meaning "respectable Old Dignitary of the night."

Iyami treasures, guard and cell the mysteries of life, she has the power to manage the natural order as well as the order of life and the power to eliminate as a method of balance through its magic.

Ìyáàmi, maintains the balance of the natural, severely punishing those who violate the laws of IFA. It is very delicate balance and order when it comes to Ìyáàmi, nothing should be done in regard to Òrìsá, or Ifá if the priest does not have proper instruction, since our mother witch, does not allow anyone to make sacrifices without no Possesses a certain knowledge of the priestly function.

Among his enormous powers, Iyami always hears the truth and only the truth, for the lies never reach his ears and the liars die of shame in front of him, he blesses his devotees with good fortune and material goods to live, he finds hidden treasures in The night and bring the ancestors from any world (even if they have reincarnated, she can recognize their souls and bring them wherever they want), erase sad memories and alter memories, is said to grow trees in any corner (even in the More arid lands), has a supernatural dominion of all the elements, to the point that the spirits of nature obey him, worship him, and some even fear him, it is said that when someone is willing to do a great evil on the Humanity, Iyami curses him to commit suicide before committing such an act, as long as he has a witch to intervene, he can ruin the good fortune of anyone who walks in front of him Without her permission, gives witches all kinds of powers, communicates with the trees, animals and all plants, she is the original witch of the bird cult, who visits people at night jumping over their Roofs mounted on a broom and can be transmuted into thousands of birds.

In the African cult, it is believed that Iyami curses a village when dozens of small black birds are flying over it in the morning, when this happens, all kinds of animals are sacrificed to calm their anger and ask for forgiveness.

Iyami was the one who taught Oya (the Orisha of the wind and death) the art of sorcery and all forms of mysticism, art that later Oya (in the Yoruba myth) surrendered humanity for its own good, and also for its Own evil.

Iyami visits the lagoons at night and sleeps next to them, if found by a believer this gives him the gift of prophecy and hundreds of riches, if it is found by an unbeliever, this causes blindness and a martyrdom to death .

Iyami is the one who turns the wishes of the witches into reality, and who manifests his deepest desires in the world, but only Iyami witches who have received their cauldron in an Ifa house can worship and communicate directly with her.

In the cult of Brazil, it is said that when witches die, Iyami keeps a special place next to her in the other world, where she grants them powers beyond the natural and allows them to enter the world of the living at any time Day in the form of birds of dark plumage every 21 days.

By tradition, when the name of Iyami Osoronga (Ìyáàmi Òsòròngá) is pronounced, whoever is sitting has to get up, whoever stands would bow down, for this is a fearsome Orixá (Òrìsà), to whom complete respect is due.


Iyami is sacrificed to owls, owls and chickens, but only the guts are eaten in wooden dishes, she always demands the highest respect, she manifests to her followers through omens and omens always accompanied by an aroma of herbs Fresh, in the cult Iyami is considered as the Orisha of unbreakable curses, in fact other Gods and Orishas fear their power and because of this they pay him enormous respect.

It is believed that from their mystical cult comes the semi-Christian myth of "crossroads demons," for when Africans came to New Orleans, it is believed that they left tributes to Iyami at half the crossroads, and when their Bosses asked them a reason for it, they said it was to calm the demons on the way.

In Africa, Brazil, and Latin America, crossroads are considered as "Iyami bridges," and silver and animal guts are left to gain favor and protection.

To invoke, before setting the sun, at the crossroads, we make an X on the floor, with the index finger, attitude taken before all that represents danger. If we do it during the night, we pass the extended hand to the height of the head, from one side to the other, so that it does not pose, which would mean the death.

Iyami is also the term used in Santeria to refer to the witches who follow the Iyami cult, and to the witches (women or men) who are part of their court in the afterlife, who are paid tribute in Set and they are given to eat at night.

The phrase "feeding the witches" refers to the magical act of opening a hole in the ground by the river to venerate Iyami and his powerful sorcerer's court, throwing cooked food, meat, fruit, milk, wine and honey at Hole and closing it with dirt and dust from mirrors.