Ìyáàmi Àjẹ́ Òşòròngá and Ẹbọ/Sacrifice, and how she came from Heaven to Earth

Ìyáàmi Àjẹ́ Òşòròngá and Ẹbọ/Sacrifice, and how she came from Heaven to Earth: Teaching given by the Spirit Tata G, Spiritual Emissary of Baba Odùdúwà IFÁ in the Yoruba Olófin Tradition Lineage, when we do "Ẹbọ Ẹjẹ́" or Life Force Ebo with Blood you put a mark of blood on the front of the forehead of the people participating in this Ritual. What is behind this? In the Ódùn Ifá of ÒSÁ MÉJÌ there are some verses of how the Ìyáàmi Òşòròngá came down to the world. The Ìyáàmi Òşòròngá were going to come down to Earth, in this case Ìyá ODÙ, and all the Òrìşà have already come down, and no one had done her the favor to help her come down to Earth, and ODÙ was “naked”, and she went to Òrúnmìlà, because she knew that he was meek and gentle person, pure of heart, and he would do her the favor. ODÙ was with Òrúnmìlà and she says; Hey, I want to come down to Earth. Òrúnmìlà says, and how you are going to go down, if you're naked... Odù tells him that there is no problem, which she could easily solve that situation, I'll put myself within you, and I'll go down and no one else will be able to see me. To Òrúnmìlà it seemed a good idea, and he swallowed ODÙ. When he come down to Earth, and Òrúnmìlà tells Odù: "We're on Earth, and you can now come out from within me that nobody sees you." ODÙ replied: "I'm staying inside you." Òrúnmìlà embarrassed and frightened by this situation, he says: "No, Odù you have to eat." Odù replied: "Don’t worry about it, I'll eat you from within and so I'm going to be well feed." Òrúnmìlà very frightened leaves and consulted with the Ifá Oracle of Ifá, and he cast the Odù Ifá of ÒSÁ MÉJÌ, and Ifá says that he had to do " Ẹbọ" with an Akuko (Rooster), Epo (Red Palm oil) and Iyo (Salt). Òrúnmìlà does the Ẹbọ ritual fast, and Odù smell the ingredients that Òrúnmìlà was using, this makes her to come out from inside Òrúnmìlà and she starts eating the Ẹbọ materials. She entertains herself with the Ẹbọ, and Òrúnmìlà took advantage of that and left running out of her hands. Tata G: That's why there is a Taboo (Ewó) in the Yoruba tradition, which the blood should not fall to the floor or ground, because that is what calls or attracts the Ìyáàmi Àjé (Mother Witch) to that area. When the blood falls into the vessel (Orisha pot) or Igbá Òrìşà there is no problem. Now in this case it is done this way, so we put the blood mark on the forehead of the people, so that when the Ìyáàmi Àjé comes to feed from the energy of the Ẹbọ and not from any of the persons at the place we are doping the ceremony. All Human Beings have an Ìyáàmi Àjé inside them…!!! You know what is the Ìyáàmi Àjé? The Ìyáàmi Àjé are the Mothers Sorceresses or Mother Witches, the male ones are known as OŞÓ (Osho) in Yorùbá or Wizard / Warlocks. Ìyáàmi Àjé in the Yoruba language means "My Mother Witch", now the term now Ìyáàmi Òşòròngá means the Clan or Elite of the Mother Witches (includes both male and female members). KEY ESOTERIC YORÙBÁ TEACHING: Everyone carries an Ìyáàmi Àjé inside of them, which are the Egocentrism, Avarice, Greed, Malice, Wrath, Anger and other things, that represents the energy of the Ìyáàmi Àjé you have inside you, and these Ìyáàmi Àjé you have within are Consuming You moment to moment, day after day.

Note by Awo Ifalenu: this makes reference to the symbolic view to have the Ìyáàmi Àjé within Òrúnmìlà or Awo Òsá Méjì on this story. When one is releasing those negative aspects or emotions of oneself, it is when one is taking the Ìyáàmi Àjé out from within oneself.

Question: Why you said that Ìyá Odù didn’t became one of the 401 Orisa? Spirit Tata G: According to her particular situation, Ìyá ODÙ never dies, she is transmitted among people like a kind of Virus, so to speak. ODÙ lives within everyone of us. Ìyá Odù doesn’t belong to the 401 Òrìşà, she it is within the 601 Irúnmọ̀le, and she is on the on the Left Severe side. Note: Of the 601 Irúnmọ̀le Higher Spiritual Energies, 200 are on the Right side or the side of Mercy, and 200 on the Left side or Severe Side, and 201 are Neutral Irúnmọ̀le. The Irúnmọ̀le are the ones that spiritually give Power to the Òrìşà, who are lower in the Divine Hierarchy. Ìyá Odù was the spiritual wife of Òrúnmìlà. This is why she protects the Ifá Initiate and she watch everything they do, and she also punish the Awo Ifá / Babalawo.

Note: No Ifá Elder that I know about has explain the esoteric aspect of this teaching story about having the Ìyáàmi Àjé within the person. Here you can see the deepness of the subject, those negative emotions that all of you cultivate are EATING YOU from Within, they destroy you, damage your Energy. Those things esoterically represent the Ìyáàmi Àjé Energies.