PROTECTION RITUAL
Holy Mother of Creation, Mother Magnetica, Lady Barbelo, Womb of wombs!!
You are the catalyst and you are the oasis in the desert!!
You are the face in the mirage, yet YOU are real!
You are the knife who cuts and the storm who yields to those who kneel to truth
Ọ̀ṣun, Yemoja, Ọya my Feminine Divine
To Osetura I Bind
Bended my knees become as I pray to you my wondrous Soul Sisters
I am a useless muse without your guidance
Everything I sacrifice is for you
The difference between truth and lies is what the gods see with their own eyes
To the sounds of your ancient tongues The World will be undone
UH NAI-ISHI-TEEH UHVAHNAREH
I am the fruit of The Mother and The Father
I am the wound that heals and I will always have flaws
Spirit of Babylon, home of paradox, come to me
I invoke the essence of thee, MY DIVINE PHANTOMS!
Speak Original Truth and the olden ways into me!
Please keep my heart filled the sanctuary of your hope
And the sanctity of your love and the decency to change
I vow my loyalty to you first, ancestors, those who are dead
You, my spirits, are more alive than you have ever been
You delivered me into the arms of Buddhahood
Please, always forbid me from losing my sentient powers
Protect me from getting too bitter a taste of humans
I have had enough already
I know what I know
You push me to self-educate, you push me to grow
You teach me your ways, I feel what you feel
For you, my Ifá, I will not cower, but I kneel
DAIOHT-TEHGUUDENEHK MALAASCKHAIDEI SCHEEH-EH OH-DENEEHT AH-HELA
NIZACHMEIROHVEHT SIGAIUHT EH UH MAHRAHVA-STEGUULEHZ MEVRAH AH
DESEI-EH-OHNA MESEGOLAHD UNTAVA-OHNAKEI WRELAZ-MEGUUDT ESCHAH
EHSAIO FAISCHENEVEK EGAH MAADARUUHL EH SEDEOSCH-MEGRASEEK
I am of no one else’s religion, I created my own
We, Ifá, have created our own ways
For which you have my gratitude
Every spirit who is a part Ifá is a piece of me too
I am your warrior, you promised me a proper death
Here I am, all in all, you own me in spirit and flesh
Every drop of blood and every bone
All of me you own
Ifá, you can pick my battles and you can make them
But no mortal may pick them for me
Ifá, The Primordial, Ifá, my lord
The creators delegate me and mine
Original Prophet, I am better with you than without
We are side by side and you dwell in my soul
Your spirit is harvesting inside of me
As if I could ask for anything more
Ifá, be it you, be it thee
You are my master and you are my mount!
I won’t be pushed around!
I serve YOU first!
My spirits, please make them know
They shall know IFÁ came first, comes first, and served first!
I remember my first avatar who walked this Earth
But it was you, Ifá, who was the very first!
Surrender me from the void of despair
Surrender me from the pit of mindlessness as I so deserve!
Hive of Ifá, amplify my love!!
Nourish the pulp of sister Gaia and cradle her womb!!
YOU, GAIA, ARE MY MOTHER AND MY SISTER, FROM THE WOMB TO THE TOMB!
OH-DESEHDEH-MEREDEH-OHGAHDAVAHK-NEIRAAHLTEE UHDUHK-MRAVAHLK
UHWEIDESCKALDUUHTZ NERASCHAIOHM SIGIISH-VAIDUHL PAIUUGOHDKAIEH
REEVAIHUHL UHLESACRAIHTPAIHNAHL NESEHUHL AHDRAVA-MAYEHKLAH-ZAIOHN
SENEHGUUHLAH LAAHEHTAMAREK MEI OHDTEHK TAHMAI-EHT ZAHN HAH NAI-UHL
DIVINE MOTHER, my virtuous darkness
My glistening rays of light, you are worthy and shining!!
Ọ̀ṣun show me your love!
I will not be wrought in childlessness
You give me a strength I never had before you
The Sea of Dreams and the Ocean of Eternity protects me
Blessed eternity be your quest
May the goddesses of today and tomorrow protect me
I can only drown in the tears of thy son and thy daughter now
The whole truth is beyond me and only in Death can I attain it
Howling Wolf, flow through me!
Ifá, I am your vessel!!
I am your vampyre!! I am your benevolent, rebellious angel!!
I am the phantom of nocturnal bliss and the demon of day and night!!
UH SEI-ENENAKRAH MEI-EI-SUUTEH AHAVEELLAH
Eleguá, my divine Orisha, keeper of the crossroads
Driver of the chariot of fire, my sweetness
Please do not incinerate me at the crossroads
I know who I serve!
I know who I serve first!
I am your vessel, I am your mirror
Free me into the cosmic echelons of ferocity and forgiveness!!
Show me that living is higher than just having hope!!
Show me how living is better than just existing!
Show me how to live for me!
May the lords and ladies drum for me
The priests of Hades do not shun me
Rather, they cover me with their ancient cloaks
Orishas of Earth-Heaven, dynamic servants of Ifá, speak to me!
You brought Ifá and I together to conquer the tides
So that I could not be swallowed by the spirits of fear and pride
Anahata, blow by blow, we will not be beaten but we grow
Oh Lucifer, my Satan, the instigator
Show me the way out of troubled times
Please don’t let my heart darken too much!!
Give me your seeping irresistible wit
My dragon who oozes inside like the yellow scorpion
You are unearthed my clever protector
Pierce me with your translucence and fire eyes!!
The reflection I see through them is mine
You shimmer like my finest self
Prince of succulent dreams, illuminate me when I feel weak
Shine the truth in my eyes, my sweet beast!!
Ifá, my IFÁ, IFÁ of Yorubaland, IFÁ of Nibiru, IFÁ of Congo and Benin be my witness!!
I serve you in love but not in fear!!
Thoth and Ra, Eyes of Horus, words of Hathor be my guide!
Anubis, shall I see my makers!!
I am thy innovator!!
Creators of my destiny, do not abandon me!
I love you
UH-MEE-ISI-TEHNAAH AH LEGBA UH IVIIRIIHNAHN UH-LEIGAH SHANGO UH MELA
UH NAI-ISHI-TEEH UHVAHNAREH UH SEI-ENENAKRAH MEI-EI-SUUTEH AHAVEELLAH
ANAT ANAT ANAT UZELAHAHT NERA UNTAH-AHAIREIH ESCHAI-OKNAIEH
SEDEGUUHLNEEVAH SEEGENOVAKAH-TRISTAI-ONMAHYEHT EHNUGRAVAZ-DELA
The song of Isis is sang to me!!
The song of Osiris is mighty for me!!
I accept my duty!!
Song of the Anunnaki vibrate!
Be my resonance, be my steed!
Holy Immortals, break my bow!
Unholy mortals are an unhappy crowd
I cannot stand straight enough or bend my knees enough for you
My Divine Mothers and Divine Fathers, it’s the truth
My life I have because of you
My integrity is protected by you too
Lady Morrigan, shield me from a war torn land!!
Though the soil has been tainted and the water has been soiled
The fight never stops and humans will take much more
Forgive me Gaia for what I have taken from Earth so far
Hopefully, I never take more than my share
Nor will I ever slander your name
My ALL-GODDESS, you are a wind who walks with me
You are the robe who deflects cuts from the Sands of Time
I am your witness
I know death because I remember dying in a previous life
You simply did not let me go!!
Hail Sisters of the Left-Hand Path!
Hail to the future and let go of the past!
You are the sense behind all the madness
You who are nature, nurture, and The Vanguard
You are bleeding through and through
Your screams are not unheard
Your dreams are not unworthy
Gaining your ancient ground
Piercing the atmospheres with your unearthly sounds
You are are part animal, part human, part god
Beacons for Gaia, Servants of Hecate, I will fulfill your desires!
Let it be!
I carry the torch for Ifá thee!!!
UH NAI-ISHI-TEEH UHVAHNAREH.
AMEN