The Misa or Spiritual Mass

The misa or spiritual mass is where a group of people gather around with spiritu alist to contact the eguns. A white table where the boveda or spiritual alter i s placed and a selected prayers usually from Kardec's Book of Prayers are perfor med and songs and praises are sung to them After the procession of prayers and h ymns, usually the medium will pick up any egun activity that s in the spiritual ma ss. The portal is open in where the eguns are now welcomed to communicate with u s and to send us messages to guide us in the direction where we connect with Go d.

Now just as in our world we have people who are liars, manipulators and evil peo ple, the same thing happens in the world of the eguns. There are eguns that are liars and manipulators and we have to be very careful of the connection with the m. In a spiritual mass, the mediums have to be very careful and not communicate with these eguns. The negative eguns are given a set of prayers to look into the light and to return to the foot of God for forgiveness. Sometimes a person is s aid to have a negative egun that walks with them and in order to get rid of this negative egun you should see a santero or babalow to rid this or you can go to a spiritual mass and if there are responsible mediums there, they can tend to th is energy.

Now a lot of people in our Spanish community speak and sing spiritual songs in S panish. This is understanding due to that the majority of our eguns that were en slaved in Africa were brought over to Spanish speaking countries such as Cuba, P uerto Rico, Panama and Dominican Republic. So these spirits have adapted to the Spanish speaking communities. Now you have lots of African Americans who are int o our worship and they worship their eguns in English, due to some of the spirit s didn t all go to the Caribbean s, they were brought to English speaking countries. This means that no matter where your from or what language you speak, your egun s will always listen and understand you.

Where ever you go you will see some kind of egun worship. In all lands you see p eople who worship the dead. Whether it be in your own home or at a church, it is around. Usually in a orisha celebration there will be a service made for the eg uns outside on the ground. People who live in apartment buildings or who are dis crete usually have these services or the foods for the eguns in the kitchen, bat hroom or by the boiler room. This is because the pipes lead to the earth where t he eguns final resting place was. Some priets or priestess will have gigantic alters for their spirits or numerous alters for them. You can see the usual alte r or boveda in the house and you can also see some type of boveda outside of the house in a backyard and this is from certain signs or oduns in a divination tha t speaks of other astrological eguns that we have as well. There alter is usuall y outside and its prayed to the same and gets its strength not only from God but from the astros in the universe. I ve usually seen the children of Oya have the m ajority of these spiritual alters due to the relationship there guardian angel h as with the dead.