Letter of the
Year 2015
in the
Religious House/Temple of Greico, Echu Oba Nigüe, Omo Elegua
Denver,
Colorado – January 3rd, 2015
For the fourth
time the letter of the year is read through the shells of Elegua for Godchildren
and Friends of the house.
We
do this with the resolution that en this year everyone that belongs to this
religious Yoruba temple may have a guide that serves to orient him or her and
bring prosperity on his or her path in life.
Osorbo Ano Otonocua Lariche ile masegun otá {at the doctor}
Elegua: 6-8 4 8 5-7 5-7 8
Coco: Itagua
Alafia con Iré
We are osorbo but doing
ebo we can conquer the difficult things and taking care of our health we will
live a full life. If we get sick our
salvation is en the hands of the doctor.
If you feel anything bad the doctor must come to the rescue.
The Orishas that govern
the house: Obatala and Oshun, and in every aspect they are accompanied by
Elegua. Obara Bogbe says that here
Elegua saved Obatala from an embarrassment that his own kingdom tried to cause
him.
Flag: White with yellow accents.
Proverbs of the sign:
- · The ear does not pass the head.
- · Respect your elders.
- · Only the donkey has ears that are taller than his head.
- · The walls have ears.
The dead:
We have to be in agreement
with our Eggun this year, as much our ancestors as our spirit guides. We have to look to the church and visit the Blessed
Sacrament. Ask the church to dedicate
masses to our dead at church and ask mediums to dedicate spiritual masses to
them at home. Divest the house with
plants/herbs and burn incense to purify and harmonize our homes. We have to give thanks to Tiembla Tierra and
the Eggun of our religious temple.
Elegua wants all of the godchildren of the house to do a spiritual mass
for the dead of our God-father and to throw a party to give thanks for
everything that he has done on behalf of everyone that belongs to our
temple. We must attend to our spiritual quadrant
{Boveda} and our spirits.
The Orishas
If you respect and love
the Orisha the Orisha will always stay by our sides in all aspects. Whoever leaves the behind will not have them
in the future. Whoever has a religious debt
needs to make good on it. Everyone who is
waiting to do Santo should deliver their head to their guardian angel. You can’t be disobedient this year. Our temple is governed by Obatala and Oshun
and accompanied in all aspects by Elegua.
A respect for the Orishas and your elders is owed. Obatala does not stand for disobedience
between his children nor lack of respect from godchildren toward their
godparents nor vice versa. Nor between children and their parents. Place a piggy bank with Elegua. You have to save money for when there is no
money. You can’t throw money away and
misspend it on unnecessary things. Save
what you have so later you won’t regret having misspent it. Don’t pawn things nor loan money. Don’t serve other people as their ladder nor
bear the burned of their cross like Jesus.
You have to be very careful whom you recommend for even little
things. Lies bring revolution. You shouldn’t go to bars. Everything that you do for Chango, he will
pay you back with even more. Give
Obatala a crown of thorns. If you are
going to travel you need to ask your guardian angel if everything will go well
and ring the agogó for Obatala. This is
the odún of the ladder; you have to put a ladder to your guardian angel. Give two pigeons to Oque en the mountains and
to Obatala. Feed Osun a white pigeon and
rogate your head. You must study and
develop your mind. Take care of your
brain. Eat healthily and food that has
phosphorus because this sign talks about memory loss. You can’t doubt your guardian angel. Don’t deny nor abandon your Orishas, nor your
religious beliefs. Maferefun Oddua. Maferefun the Astro, Okan, Aguidaien, and all
of the deities of Obatala. Give thanks
to Chango for everything this year.
Change is going to bring riches.
They tried to shame Obatala in this sign. Respect the Orisha. Do religious things with love and your
heart. This speaks of false prophets
that work the religion to shake believers down for money. We have to carry the religion in our hearts. Learn well so later you can do well. Obatala will be looking at who really loves the
Orisha and with what religiosity they attend them. A respect is owed to Elegua and Oshun in our
Godfather’s house. Ask them for blessing
when you enter the door of the house, as they are the owners of this ile and
you should respect them because they are the guardian angels of the elders of
our house. From them we have all been
born. Throw yourself to Elegua and
Oshun. Throw yourself to your godparents
because it is a rule of Ocha and a respect for the crown of your elders. Ask your guardian angels for blessings before
leaving your house and when you return.
You have to visit the Blessed Sacrament.
This is a year where those that have fallen away from the religion must come
back to it and stick a little closer.
Obara represents commerce, family of rocks, and speaks of many religious
and Orisha consecrations. Unle speaks of
a respect for everything that concerns the Orisha and Obatala does not allow
religious disobedience. You have to give
Chango a bat so he can get rid of and bat away everything that hinders our path
and us. Here you travel for religious
reasons this year. The secrets of our
religion may not be divulged; they are secrets.
Don’t investigate what doesn’t have to do with you. Don’t use what is not yours. Don’t look inside of Orishas that you don’t
have in other houses nor in our own religious house. Don’t participate in ceremonies of Orishas
that you don’t have. Curiosity killed
the cat. If you have a debt with an
Orisha make sure you pay it. Do ebo with
a cow’s tongue this year. Place an Odu
Ara {Lightening Rock} next to the Blesses Sacrament and on the other side put a
statue of Jesus of Nazareth. Give
Obatala cotton with 8 balls of cocoa butter and 8 balls of cascarilla. He who does ebo does everything and can
defeat all difficulties. Maferefun
Orula. Place a ñame to him. Watch out because Obatala doesn’t want anyone
to curse no do witchcraft to anyone. At
the end He will take charge of everything and serve justice. Leave your enemies with your guardian angel
and Obatala, as they will take care of them and serve justice. Ask Oshun for a lot this year. Feed her in the river two chickens. Consecrate Chango’s pillar. Don’t discuss religious secrets in front of
Aleyos nor allow Aleyos to talk about religious consecrations. At Orisha parties you must go wearing as much
white as possible as this color has a meaning in our religion. Women must wear skirts. Give Obatala a merengue tower with a white
flag so that he can put up a flag for us.
Don’t disaccredit religious priests and certainly don’t try to steal
anyone’s position, involving them in slander and lie about what you have seen
them do. You have to be thankful to
those that teach you and give you their hand.
We have to understand that the student wants to know more than his
teacher and other may want to usurp your position. Be careful of who you teach. Give Obatala fruit. Pray to Obatala for the sick, peace, and the
world’s salvation.
The abures (God-brothers)
Respect and more respect,
as much as in between godparents and children and vice versa, as well as in
between parents and children, brothers, friends, and the family of rocks (god
brothers). Remember that the ear does
not surpass the head, only in the world of donkeys. You have to respect your elders and learn to
never say “I know”. Only Olofín knows
everything. Don’t get involved in
problems that don’t correspond to you.
Don’t gossip nor go to anyone’s house to clarify or untangle
gossip. This odún says that the tongue
doesn’t have a bone and moves wherever it wants to go. The tongue is the whip of the body. We have the tongue of everyone on top of us
but Olofin and Obatala are there to do justice.
The will take charge of everything.
People are looking for and reading a lot of information on the Internet
and in books that are misrepresenting the religion and there are disorders with
the eagerness to learn so that you can later practice. Learn well from your elders so that later you
can teach well to your godchildren. You
work Ocha with your heart and religious foundation y you can only learn the
Ibodu De Ocha (Orisha Temple) next to your elders that are the indicated ones
to exercise the cult and the ones that have the necessary knowledge. We also need to understand that we are not
going to learn with the intention of robing the believer that comes looking for
salvation. Don’t let anyone come to you
with negativity. Don’t bear the cross
that doesn’t correspond to you. Don’t
throw other people’s problems onto your shoulders. We have to be positive. The universe conspires: everything that you
say, think, and project from your mouth is what you will get in the
future. Godchildren can’t be jealous
with each other, no one is better than anyone.
You have to have communication with your god brothers. No can feel better than anyone in the
religious temple. You have to be humble
and patient. Don’t speak poorly of your
elders behind their backs. Learn to
value and be thankful. Yes, your elders
have been this way with you. Here the
godchild wants to overtake the godparent.
Be careful with a disgrace that can happen in the temple for wanted to
be the one that knows more than your elders.
Ask everything and learn to talk with your eyes toward others so you
don’t go through something shameful. In
the religious aspect everyone will have a position in this sigh. People from far away will appear looking for
salvation. Don’t close the doors on
anyone even though we have to understand that the past will come back to haunt
us and we have to be very careful with the intentions people come back. He who stabbed you in the back before will do
it again. Younger Santeros throw
themselves to their elders. Be
religious. If you have a problem with
your elders sit down and talk with them.
To get a higher religious position, like an italero or Ori Ate you have
to have dedication, patience, and a lot of religious foundation. Not everyone arrives to this position, just
like not everyone can be a president or doctor, etc. Cascarilla can never be missing. We will have disillusions as much in our love
life as with others that surround us.
Everyone is always going to want more than what you can give. We must be happy with what we have and be
thankful.
Money and business
This speaks of
commerce. Maferefun commerce. This year people start legal businesses. Don’t misspend money on unnecessary
things. You have to save for when there
isn’t. This odún speaks of 6 good months
and 6 bad months. A great proverb says
that he who saves always has. For all of
the position and money that you can get, don’t let it go to your head. You have to always be humble. Never forget from where we come. We must get responsibilities and accept the
changes and challenges that present themselves in our path. You have to try and make changes. This talks of tricks and fraud in business
because of money and position. Obara
Bogbe says “get out of my way and make room for me.” Don’t forget that here is where many in a
kingdom that had been assigned to Obatala to govern were not in agreement and
they wanted to see him fall and shame him.
We have to understand that money is not everything in life. There is something bigger and more important
and is a necessity of life and that is called familiar. Share moments with your loved ones so that
later you will not be sorry when there is a loss. This is a year where everyone that has
completed their life can pass on to a better life like all human beings. We have to understand that we live to die and
we have to learn how to accept this and resign.
Because of this, everyone that still has their parents and grandparents
alive needs to respect, take care of, and value them, as well as give Olofín
thanks for having them here with you one more year and to be a part of their
life also. This odún says that there are
people in this world that never did this and today that regret it. Don’t be slaves to money and envy. Be careful with easy money, it leaves easily
too. Give thanks for Olofín for things
that you have. Don’t cry miseries for
any reason. He who cries misery will
certainly have it. Don’t envy anyone or
anything for your own wellbeing. If you
don’t have anything today, tomorrow you will.
It will be Olofín and Obatala that want it to be. You have to be very careful with whom you
start a business. Don't serve as a
ladder for anyone else. Be careful with
whom you offer your hand to help or pick up off the floor, because they can
rise and you will fall. Don’t loan money
or pawn things.
Justice
Don’t do anything illegal. Be careful with tricks and obstacles in
paperwork and especially migratory paperwork.
People can go to prison a very long time in this sign. He who has legal debts must face their
problems. Whoever hides from their
problems thinking they will go away is mistaken. You must face your problems and
torments. Whoever owes and pays will
stay free of guilt.
The house
Put a butternut squash to
your Orishas, especially Obatala so that they will always pay you and you will
never need owo (dinero). Hang a wagon
wheel behind the door and when you leave the house spin it so that your
projects will always move forward. Clean
your house with incense to harmonize it.
Be careful because this odún speaks of theft in your own house. Don’t possess things that aren’t yours, not
women nor money nor objects. We have to
change the places that we go to and the route that we take to get there. We have to hangout with family more. Don’t take in anyone into your house. This sign talks of poor gratitude. Always thank the people that help you. Honor those who deserve honor. Respect people so that they will respect
you. Be careful with firearms and
violence. In the sign no one likes to
her the truth. Be careful with fire and
candles that are lit inside and outside of the house. Be careful with electricity in the kitchen
and thunder and lightening. Don’t
completely cover yourself in red nor use red blankets or sheets. Don’t wear black. Wear as much white and light colors as
possible this year. Don’t go where you
aren’t invited. This sign talks about
being shamed. Don’t wear borrowed
clothing nor patched clothing. Your hat
is your hat. Don’t let anything that you
put on your head be lost anywhere. Don’t
leave dirty dishes in the sink.
Food
Don’t eat lamb. To drink you must know how. Be cautious of alcohol. Witchcraft can is put in your food. Respect sandy fruits and Obatala’s goat. Eat food that has phosphorous. Eat healthily. Eat food that helps you retain your
memory. Don’t trade health for
money. No eat old food. Don’t eat red beans nor white beans. Be careful with salmonella. Respect peanut butter and peanuts. Be careful with spoiled food. Don’t suck on bones. Be careful of crabs,
Santeros don’t eat crab. Be careful with
seafood in general. This sign speak of intoxication provoked by seafood. Don’t eat if you are uncomfortable or until
you get uncomfortable.
Health for men and women
You have to take care of
your nerves. Take care of your
blood. Don’t walk around barefoot. The sign talks of blood infections. Women need to take care of their varicose
veins. Take care of your stomach. You should never take medicine that hasn’t
been prescribed by a doctor. Take care
of your heart and blood pressure. People
are living anxiously. You don’t rest
well. Be careful with the sun and skin
cancer. Because of this you should not
be exposed to the sun between 12 and 3 in the afternoon. The ultraviolet rays harm the skin of human
beings. This talks of poisoning. Take care of your big toe and Achilles
Heel. Men and equally women need to be
careful with the humid parts of the body.
Don’t touch pimples or pick at them.
Being on top of your personal hygiene is extremely important. Take care of the stomach, gastritis, and
ulcers. People should not stand on their
heads this year. If anyone hits their
head they should go to a doctor. This
speaks of blood clots in the head. Don’t
hit children in the head. Take care of
your lungs and repertory system. This
talks of emphysema and bronchitis. Take
care of your throat and inner ears. Be
careful with calcium deficiencies in the bones and teeth. Respect white wine. Don’t put on scarves around your neck very
tight nor wear anything twisted on your
body. This letter speaks of asphyxia. Be careful with little children that sleep
with their parents. Be careful with
dirty fingernails. Wash your hand well. Take care of your gums and teeth. Women need to take care of their cervixes,
ovaries, and legs. Be careful with your
breast and humid parts. Take care of
your menstrual pad and where you throw them away. It is very disagreeable if someone comes to
visit, uses the bathroom and find something there wrapped up in blood. Women as much as men need to be careful with
premature menopause. Men should be
careful of hernias cause by a bad use of force and with impotence. Be careful with the gallbladder.
Family
We have to spend time
together with family and forget that the telephone exists when we are together
for special occasions and even in any moment together. Humanity is addicted to technology and we
don’t pay attention in our relationships nor during important moments in our
lives because we are thinking of other things.
Love is born and dies. Inseparable
friends separate, as much as in marriage as in friendships and religious
families because of disobedience. Let’s
try to value our women as they deserve, love them and respect them so that they
can respect us as well. Let’s listen to
their advice, because it can serve us greatly in life. The relationship is between two and the man
is not always right. Let’s take care of
our children. Give them a good education
for their future. Remember that we are
the reflection of them and what they see us doing they will do as well. If we mistreat our women and others they will
do the same. If they see us doing
something bad then they will do it too.
Don’t argue in from of children and do bad things because otherwise to
what morals will we call their attention when they need it? You must dedicate time to your family. Women cannot live closed in or in
slavery. Don’t lift your hand to a
woman, not even with a rose petal as the saying goes. Remember that we are born from a woman and if
Olofín hadn’t given this gift of procreation to them that humanity wouldn’t
exist. Respect your parents. Look well at the ways in which you influence
the marriages of your children in order to avoid breakups. You can’t leave your children with just
anyone, be careful. You have to speak to
the girls, especially when they start their adolescence. They abandon their home and lose their
virginity because they let curiosity get the best of them. With words and conversation is the defeat of
challenges and problems. Because of this
we need to learn how to communicate. Olofín
gave us a tongue for a reason, so let’s use it in the best way and learn how to
communicate with it. Children need to
learn how to be happy with what their parents give them, even if it is only a
little or not very often, and to respect their parents and not be
disobedient. Nor should the be spoiled
nor raise children to be spoiled, or rather that they deserve everything and
believe themselves to be superior to their friends and those around them. You have to teach your children to be as they
are when there is and when there is nothing.
Women want the respect they deserve and to be valued. Don’t leave hickeys on their necks, as this
disaccredits them as people.
Various pieces of advice that come from the sign and the adeleses that
accompany it.
Fire is under us but we
can’t feel it. Be careful with the law and
if you are doing anything bad you can go to jail for a long time. Don’t let things go, finish what you
start. A good tongue saves you and a bad
one drowns you. Help as much as you can,
but don’t overextend yourself. Be
careful with the past, you can find it again.
Respect the privacy of people when they are talking, don’t involve
yourself in what doesn’t pertain to you.
Don’t change an old friend for a new one. Don’t promise what you can’t deliver. This talks of travel. Be careful of the path that you roam this
year. Be careful of thunder and
lightening this year. Everything must be
done with your head. Be careful of nightclubs
and other places where they drink a lot.
People will die that should not this year. Take care of your health. This talks about debt and debtors. You have to pay what you owe. Don’t want to be greater than others nor
desire to steal their position. We have
to learn how to listen. A child can give us good advice that can save us. He that doesn’t hear advice will not grow
old. Santeros don’t get wet in rain
water, nor should they be out at 12 PM nor 12 AM. Take baths with goat milk, cocoa butter, and
cascarilla a few times this year. If you
are invited somewhere, try not to be the center of attention. Don’t brag or show off because someone might
rob you. Appearances are deceptive, not
everything that sparkles is a diamond.
Every important step you are going to take you have to ask your guardian
angel or one of your elders so that you don’t fail. There will be political changes between
countries. You have to turn to the
church and baptize children. Don’t use
the telephone in the ceremonial room. This
is where the way of the cross and the three falls of Jesus were born. Don’t where striped clothing. Don’t drink and drive. Humility and patience. Don’t confuse friendships with work and
religion. Speak will so that gossip is
not formed. Be careful with gun powder. Don't wear red. Do ebo with cottonwood. Treason is against your person. Separation of friends, marriages, and
family. Someone will be banished. You must face your problems. Wars will continue. There will be divisions in family because of
money and position. Luck is crazy and
can touch anyone. Play the lotto in your
area and try your luck. Don’t pawn
things. Wear a parrot’s feather and
coral this year. Don’t discuss personal
and intimate things with anyone to avoid being the talk of everyone. Keep your cards close to your chest. Don’t seduce women of others, especially
those of your friends. Don’t be involved
in love triangles. This speaks of
STDs. Because of stress you can go
grey. Learn to separate your work life
and personal life. Work is work, the
house, relationship, and family is something else. Don’t bring your work home. Take care of your woman so there isn’t
disobedience in the relationship. You
will live disillusions this year. We
will realize even in our own relationships that the people we are with and
thought were one things are actually something else. Be careful with tattoos. Don’t say bad words nor curse anyone. Before speaking think about what you are
going to say. The moth can cause others
pain. There are not just words misspoken
but words misunderstood. Be careful in
front of whom you talk. The friend is
hanging out with the enemy in this sign.
People are going to come to you crying in order to take advantage of
you. You must dress well, you can’t
dress like just anything when you are in public. Show off and shine with your clothes. Look at yourself in the mirror and hug
yourself. Love yourself, because if you
don’t love yourself and give yourself the respect that you deserve no one else
will either. Love yourself so others may
love you. Lies bring revolution. Be careful with spiral staircases. Don’t put perfumes on your head nor walk
around with the ashes of the dead. Don’t
roughhouse or grab anyone by their neck.
Be careful with long scarves when you are getting out of a car. Don’t be jealous or compulsive, and don’t
create phantoms where they are not.
Don’t slander anyone without knowing or being sure of what you are saying. Don’t collect little piles of things under
the bed or around the house, as this will set you back. You have to be very thankful to Obatala and
Oshun. They say that they understand
well that he who wants money and trades it for his health will later not be
able to enjoy it and much less will he be able to buy his health back. Money doesn’t buy health nor give you back
your time that you didn’t dedicate to your family. Good advice.
May Elegua bless you and
all of the Orishas guide you along your path.
Ache!
Respect and more
respect. Humility and patience. Everything in life arrives. Don’t be impatient. Mi naní leri eni Ori
Ate Echu Oba Nigüe ache iboro.
Ebos of the year:
1.
Elegua wants the godchildren to do a spiritual mass for the eguns of the
house and a party for the dead of our godfather.
2.
Give Oba Moro a crown of thorns.
3.
Give your guardian angel a ladder.
4.
Feed Oque and Obatala 2 pigeons in the mountains.
5.
Feed Osun a white pigeon and rogate your head.
6.
Do ebo with a cow’s tongue.
7.
Cover Obatala with cotton and give him 8 balls of cascarilla and 8 balls
of cocoa butter.
8.
Make Obatala a merengue tower.
Give him fruit.
9.
Feed Oshun in the river.
10.
Consecrate Chango’s pillar.
11.
Buy a butternut squash for your house.
12.
Hang a wagon wheel behind your front door.
13.
Clean the house with incense.
14.
Go to the doctor for a checkup.
15.
Keep a lightening rock with you this year.
16.
Take baths with goats milk, cocoa butter, cascarilla, and white flowers.
17. Wear a parrot’s feather
and coral.
The Reading closed with 8.
The
rolling of a king’s crown on the floor.
This speaks of the destruction of an empire and the fall of a great
leader of a government. Obatala says
that with humility you can acquire greatness.
Follow
the advice of the Orishas and stick to them closely.
On behalf of the following people, we wish you many blessings:
·
Oni Ori Ate Greico Herrada Echu Oba Nigüe
·
Feisita Yuneisi Oliva Iya Ibu Ode
·
Typed by David Stevens Oba Adele
May Elegua Bless You!
ACHÉ!