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Ofun Ogbe
IO Speaks: Orunmila, Obatala “You Must Touch Your Stomach
II Oshun, Eshu
IO
II
Ofunlobe augete yiera ajeri gi ofa
Perigiki oba oshun ladofun
Ofun ladafo oba nuba ogbe dombara
Ofun ekodidde meta elebo elewo elebo
Ifa said: that you must give to the double spirit that is in the heavens an offering that he accepts through orunmila . That for a long time you have had to do things to your family of Ocha and spirits and you have not done anything. That double spirit that is in the heavens is the one that sabotages everything good that comes to your hands. If you have two children do ebo to them so you do not lose them. Do not let them go to the river or play with fire. Here it speaks of three siblings and two will disappear if they do not do ebo. Do not become angry or speak your secrets to anyone. Speaks of sickness and robbery. If it is “fore” ( not complete) they will give you a high position. You are separated or there is arguments with the family. Speaks of adultery Ifa said: that you must touch your stomach three times on an outward motion and then blow your hand. There is a person that is sick from the stomach or below the belly . Here it speaks of a woman whose children died. Do not disrespect the elders. You will find an old man that will forsake you because of disrespect you have paid him. You want to go to a place but you must first do ebo. You sent for someone to clarify something. Your brother is always fighting. Be careful there is no blood. They have stolen a necklace from you. Comply with what you owe Baba. Do not drink white beverages. Here it speaks of three husbands. There is someone that goes to your house that will rob you. There is a child who is sick. You will be given a high position. You are now separated from your family. There is mischief and traps. Ifa Verses:
“Fly Low” was the one who cast Ifa for Vulture when he was going to the town of low igbo, They said that he would not become tired. They said he would not meet with the misfortune of sickness. They said that when he became hungry, the Sky God would bring food for him to eat. Vulture sacrificed the sash from his waist, a small pot of palm oil, and one he goat. Vulture made the sacrifice. If it happens that Vulture is hungry, a catastrophe will occur in the town.
Ifa said we are going to do something. He said that he will not allow us to meet with sickness there. He said our spiritual double in heaven will assist us in this thing, and we will not be disgraced.
“Corn tassels look like an Egun but can not do what Egun can,” was the one who cast Ifa for Urine, beat palm nuts for Spit, and cast Ifa for Semen, who was their younger sibling. They said that these three should sacrifice ten chickens each and five shillings each so that they might become whole persons, and so that their affairs might be able to come to a successful conclusion. Urine did not sacrifice, nor did Spit appease Eshu. Semen, the younger born of these three, sacrificed his ten chickens and five shillings. Afterward, whenever Spit touches the ground, he disappears, and when Urine touches the ground, he goes into it; But when Semen is released, he can turn into a healthy child.
“Who is it that begets these tiny children”
“Semen is the one that begets these tiny children, Semen.”
Ifa said there are three people who are children of the same mother, they should make a sacrifice so that they will not disappear from the face of the earth, leaving only the last born among them.
“Scrap iron, scrap iron, iron hooks do not break” was the one who cast Ifa for the God of Whiteness. They said that he should come and make a sacrifice for his two very small children. He said he was not able to sacrifice, he said that he was the one who created both slaves and free born. Not long afterward he sent his two children to the farm. When they reached the road, the river carried one of them away and where people were coming to greet the other, a fire started in his house and burned him to death in the house. Ifa said there are two children whose father should sacrifice two cocks, three shillings, and a basket of cornstarch porridge, so that these children will not die. Or we should be careful of two children, lest one be burned to death and the other be drowned in a river. “Sold once in the market” was the one who cast Ifa for Calabash of Shea Butter when he was going to the market of Ejigbomekun. They said he should make a sacrifice because of his three comrades in heaven. The first is called “It seizes fire very brightly” the second is called “Lightning flashes and sparkles” and the third is called “One who lives in the house and cuts yam sticks” Calabash of Shea Butter did not make the of three pigeons and nine pence six oninis. We will throw the six oninis into the road. The failure of Calabash of Shea Butter to sacrifice is the reason why we use a calabash only once to sell shea butter in the market. The person that buys shea butter takes the calabash along with the shea butter. Ifa said we are going to do some business; we should be careful lest our spiritual double in heaven spoils the transaction for us because, when Calabash of Shea Butter's three comrades in heaven look upon Calabash of Shea Butter, his head spoils.
Ofun Oyecu
OO Speaks: Olofin, Obatala “Here The Babalawo Must Do
OI Orunmila, Eshu, Ova Something Before Doing Th
OO Ale-Ejo”
OI
Ofun yemilo kunuku aberikulo
Ninshawo inle olofin a kala mabo
Abigi olorun nenshewo inle olofin
Tento tere abi apolo kaferefun
Abatala ati eshu Ifa said: that you luck is in the country or away from the city. That you will find fortune if you do ebo and are obedient with what Ifa said. You have a talisman and that is the evil that you have. You have wars with the saints. Here it speaks of sickness in the brain and it marks operations. You will go to a place they do evil where you work. If it is a woman you must live with a babalawo. Ifa said: that you are not well financially. That you must do a great sacrifice and do ebo so that your things will flourish. Where you were first is where you must go to return what you have. You are planning to go to a place where your enemies are. Dress in white as much as possible. Your head is hot. You have a sickness that only orunmila can take away. You must receive him. If you are a woman you must receive iko-fa. And after you receive it you must live with a babalawo if you wish to live well. You have bought a piece of jewelry and you must give a mass to a spirit.
Ofun Iwori OO Speaks: Shango, Olofin, Eshu “Here You Don’t Eat Melon”
II Orunmila, Odus, Baba
IO
OI
Funi babo woli ka ni gasa
Ashosuwe jebu losifa tajua Ifa said: that you are a person who is indifferent when it comes to doing the things that the santo and Ifa tell you. You like to get consulted but do not do the ebo and that brings you bad results especially for a child that you have who needs to do ebo as soon as possible because he has death in back of him. It said that good luck is waiting for you. That this person is to be a true king or queen but first they have to do what Ifa said and that way you can reach that. If not with the brujeria that is being thrown at you you will not get too far. It said here that you separated from your spouse and are not enjoying the best of health at this time. You are sick of the sickness in the vagina or genitalia. Speaks of adultery. It said you are a person that is amused easily. Be careful with embarassment. You are a person that feels tied down. Be careful with abortion and with legal probolems. You have strong brujeria on you and you cant do anything bad, there was a person that you were with that spoke or speaks badly and has lit candles for you the opposite way. Be careful with venereal disease. You at times feel impotent. Dress in white as much as possible. You are planning on asking a question or you already asked and you have not gotten it yet. Be careful with the family and the law. If you dont have children you will. Getting angry is not in your best interest especially for money. Give birth to twins. You are going through a bad life. You raised your hand to your wife. Dont do it again. You dont appreciate what is done for you. It said here a pain in the kidneys. Ifa Verses:
Ofun kills Iwori immediately, ” and “Don’t hold my hand, I am not putting on shorts, let go of my feet, I am not wearing trousers ” were the one who cast Ifa for “Leaves help me 'mumble, mumble'“ the child of “One who understands the Egun language but does not speak it,” Lubayemi, the child of “One who conquers with two hundred peppers,” Beautiful neat person opens the door of the sky so that it sounds 'gbongan-gbongan'.” They said that he would become king of the people of the earth and the people of Heaven. Ifa said there is a man who is going about the house like a person who is insane. Ifa said he is the one who will own the house after a while. Ifa said that both the men and women of the house are going to assemble to serve him afterward, and he will be king over them. “Leaves help me” is the name we call the God of Thunder.
One ram, six shillings six pence, and 200 male stones is the sacrifice. The God of Thunder made the sacrifice, and from that time on, none has been able to stand and face him either on earth or in
Heaven.
“Empty, empty Ofun; very hearty Iwori” was the one who cast Ifa for Kannike when he was going to run into the forest because of one cowry. They said he should sacrifice four pigeons and two shillings so that he might not lose the benefits of his work. Kannike did not make the sacrifice. Kannike is the name of Cutlass, and from that time on, if Cutlass grows yams or clears the land for corn, he is put aside and someone else comes and takes the fruits of his labor.
Ifa said this is a man. Let him not lose the benefits of his work, alas! Everything that he is doing is not coming to a successful conclusion, and someone else takes the fruits of his labor.
Ofun, the diviner of Igando; Iwori the diviner of Igando; and “A cloth of many colors is the cloth of a witch” were the ones who cast Ifa for the seller of bean fritters in the town of Eriwon. They said that only “Honor,” her child, was acceptable as a sacrifice. They said she should offer one she-goat, eleven shillings, and her cloth so that the child would not die. She made the sacrifice.
Ifa said that this person should make a sacrifice because of his only child, lest it meet with sudden death; the death that will kill the child is one of which we will know nothing whatsoever.
Ofun, the diviner of Igando; Iwori, the diviner of Igando; and “A huge storehouse makes the farmer laugh” were the ones who cast Ifa for Efunsheku who was “The head of the barren women of Ife.” They said that blessings of Heaven and blessings of earth would come to her during that year. They said she could sacrifice against “eat from mouth” so that she might not be given medicine to eat. “The head of the barren women of Ife” is what we call Storehouse. When we gather yams, corn, awuje beans, and many other things and store them inside Storehouse, she is happy; but someone comes and takes the yams, someone comes and takes the corn; and so they disgrace Storehouse and let her fall down empty.
Ifa said there is someone who wants to do some work; the Sky God will direct honor toward him. He should sacrifice lest he meet someone who will give him bad medicine to eat, and all the money of his house and home be spent to keep him from dying. One ewe, five shillings six pence, a jar of palm oil, and the cloth from his body is the sacrifice.
Ofun Ordi
IO Speaks: Eshu, Orunmila “This Is Where Eshu Saved
OI The Babalawo”
OO
II
Afundi adifafun eri etu komoba
Ofundi ojo to akuko, eiyele
Leri etu elebo Ifa said: be very careful not to think yourself better than anyone. If they come to give you money or you find yourself in a good situation dont look down at people lower than you with indifference or prejudice because that is your downfall. Be very close to eshu and give him all he asks for because he is your salvation. It said that there are members of your family that have to do ebo because if not there could be lossed due to bad or diabolical spirits that are looking to taking somebody away. That way they will not take away from your family.
Ifa said: that god wants to give you everything that is found in your destiny but you have to do the things the right way . If not they have a place for you reserved on the floor
Ifa said: be careful not to get sick from your eyesight for passing a handkerchief or scarf that you find on you. In your house there is something within your reach that has you desparate. You are planning on moving your spouse or are planning on going to another point with another person. In your house is another person that has gray hairs on their head and their guardian angel accompanies you. You have a hard head and dont pay attention to what is told y ou. If you want to be alright listen to what is being told. Before you go to that place you have to do ebo so that you dont find any problems and later say they took your money. They are throwing brujeria on the corners of your house so that you get sick. It is a woman that is doing it, there are three people that keep on trying you. Dont go to dances. Your own good you either make it or destroy it. You have started something that you have to do ebo so you can see the results.
Ifa Verses:
You contract your anus, and you flatulate; you do not contract your anus, and you flatulate” and “You get into trouble and you don’t beg forgiveness; you don’t beg forgiveness, and you deny your guilt” were the ones who cast Ifa for Shakeu, who was the child of Ibagboloro, on the day that he was going to the hill to take the stone of a title. They said he should sacrifice one ewe, eleven shillings six pence, and one white cloth, so that people would not frighten him. Shakeu did not make the sacrifice.
Shakeu was the king's son, and he was very rich. When the king died, Shakeu asked, “Who else is there on earth for me to visit in competing for this title?” He gathered together everything with which we compete for a title, and which we take as gifts to the chiefs, and he went to heaven. He hung a rope from the sky and climbed up it. When he reached Heaven, the Sky God said, “Isn't there anyone else for you to visit on the whole earth?” He said that he must never do this again. When Shakeu was returning to the earth, Eshu cut off the bottom of the rope with which he had climbed up to Heaven. When he started to go back up, Eshu cut off the top of the rope with which he was going to climb up to Heaven. Shakeu was left hanging in mid-air, and the sun was beating down on him. When he was dying of hunger, he cried out:
“I, Shakeu come, oh; child of Ibagboloro;
“I am dying of hunger; child of a chief above, oh.”
Ifa said the Sky God wants to give the lamp of destiny to someone. He should be careful lest he spoil his opportunity by being over ambitious, and lest he break the string and clog up the beads.
“Jump at once,” diviner of the town of Igbade, was the one who cast Ifa for the people of Igbade on the day that evil spirits who seize people were coming from Heaven, when evil beings from Heaven were appearing. “Jump at once” said that blessings would come to the people of Igbade during that year. They said, “All is well”; they were happy and they rejoiced.
“The wall which collapses does not kill someone in the farm” was also a diviner at Igbade. He said “Ha!” He said that they should offer a sacrifice against evil spirits from Heaven that would seize them. Seven pence two oninis, a cock, and twisted ropes is what they should sacrifice.
He said that evil spirits were coming from Heaven to seize them and carry them away. The people shoved him to the ground and they began to beat him. They said, “The other diviner we called promised us blessings of wives and blessings of money, but now you tell us that something from Heaven is coming to seize us.”
They tied him up, and at the place where they left him tied up, Eshu threw dust in the forest and clapped his hands at it. The forest turned into warriors, and the warriors captured all the people. The people said that a diviner had warned them of just this thing. Then Eshu spoke, asking, “Where is the diviner?” They said that they had tied him up and left him.
The warriors ran to the diviner; they said, “He’s a real man!” The warriors told the diviner to make Ifa for them, so that they would be able to capture another town. He said that he could not do so unless they released the people of Igbade for him. They released the people of Igbade for him, and he told the people of Igbade that they should each go and get seven pence two oninis, a twisted rope, and a cock for him.
Ifa said that there is a group of people who should sacrifice to an Ifa because evil spirits from Heaven are coming to seize them during this year; they should each sacrifice a twisted rope, seven pence two oninis, and one cock.
Ofun Iroso
IO Speaks: Obatala, Olofin, Oshun “Marks Impotence”
II Orunmila, Eshu, Babaluaye, “Specifies That In This Sign
OO Shango, Osun
OI
“The Babalawo That Is Reading You Cannot Commit Adultery With The Client Ever”
Ofunroso ifa lodafun obatala
Oshun, iymonja maferefun
Ofunroso soju eshe gogoro oge
Bara lodofun olofin leri etu meji elebo Ifa said: that your spouse fights with you because there is somebody that is in love with you. But you have a spouse that is very jealous. You have a friend and the two of you have to do ebo to be good. You are poor. There are three that have you confused. Give thanks to obatala. You had a dream that is good and is of good luck but death is pursuing. Take care of the two women you have. Be careful of impotency. It said here that you are jumping from one place to the other. You want to have a child . You have to do ebo with a nail so that you dont stay impotent. Ifa said: you did not know your mother that has passed away. Your businesses are in the middle right now. Take care of your path and be careful you dont find yourself disgraced because of jealousey. You owe a promise to oshun. Your spouse fights with you and yhou are having feelings for someone esle. Open your eyes. They are taking away your spouse with bad wishes. You are sick. If you are a santera you have to receive babaluaye. The people are always talking about you and dont believe your honesty. Give a mass to the spirit of your mother ( pay attention or look - two men)
Ifa said: you do not find yourself healthy - blood is not good. You are very tired. Take care of your sight. When you are going to have relations with your spouse they dont have the feeling for passion. Pay a promise to oshun. Be careful with cold breezes. You have a pink dress or red that you need to bring to do ebo with. You are speaking with someone that you cant see because of someone's jealousy. Ifa Verses:
Brooms mouth is on one side, was the one who cast Ifa for Ofun when he was going to bring home a bride from his quarter. They said he should sacrifice two hens and one shilling three pence. Ofun made the sacrifice, and in this way he had intercourse with Irosun and she became pregnant.
Ifa said someone loves a woman, he should “steal” the woman and have intercourse with her, so that she will become pregnant. Then she will become his wife.
Shofe, the diviner of Ewi; “Meet walking along the road,” the diviner of Ofa. Shofe was diving for the Ewi, and he was having intercourse with his wife; everything that he did for the Ewi did not take effect and did not work anymore. Then Ewi said they should go and call “Meet walking along the road,” The diviner of Ofa, to come and do something for him, hoping that perhaps what he did would take effect.
When Shofe heard that the Ewi had sent to call another diviner, he knew that if he arrived, the other diviner would outdo him. Shofe awoke and went to see the Ewi; he told him that the diviner was coming to see him that day, and that the diviner was required as a sacrifice. Thereupon the Ewi sent his messengers to the road, and as “Meet walking along the road” was coming, he fell into the hands of Ewi's messengers. They seized him. Then “Meet walking along the road” spoke, saying, “The Ewi sent to my own house to call me. Do people invite someone to come, and then kill him?”
Then “Meet walking along the road” told the Ewi that the diviner who was casting Ifa for him was preventing his affairs from being in order because he was having intercourse with one of his wives. Then Shofe, who was the Ewi's diviner, replied. “Where have I been having intercourse with the Ewi's wife, that you saw me?” “Meet walking along the road” answered, saying that all the wives of the Ewi should bring out their bags of clothes. When they had brought them, they began to undo them and to empty the clothes inside them onto the ground. As they were doing this, they saw a sash of the Ewi in the bag of one of the Ewi's wives.
Then the Ewi spoke: “You said that you were not making love to my wife. how then did this cloth get inside my wife's bag? Because I used it to make a sacrifice which you prescribed, Shofe, and you took it away as payment.” So they forced Shofe to the ground and tied him up. The Ewi said they should go and dig a hole in the back yard, and bury him in it, and that Shofe should be used to make the sacrifice which he himself had prescribed.
Shofe begged “Meet walking along the road” to help him. “Meet walking along the road” replied, “Don’t you remember when you said I should be sacrificed?” Shofe said he didn't remember. When he pleaded and pleaded, “Meet walking along the road” took Shofe to the town wall, and let Shofe climb the town wall and run away. “Meet walking along the road” came back and killed a she-goat and buried it in the hole; and he told the Ewi that he had killed Shofe.
After a while they heard news that Shofe was still alive, and the Ewi asked “Meet walking along the road”: “Didn't you say you had killed Shofe as a sacrifice?” He said, “Yes but perhaps he had medicine to bring himself back to life.” Shofe then began to say: “Meet walking along the road, you were kind indeed; you are truly human; you did not let them take Ewi's Shofe to make the sacrifice.” Ifa said there is someone who is not well, he should be careful. The person who is making Ifa or making medicine for him does not let him get well, because he is making love to his wife; and the wife of the sick person is committing adultery against him. Therefore all the medicine and the Ifa that he is making are not able to work. One she-goat, eleven shillings, and the cloth from his body is the sacrifice. Ifa said someone will be called out of town to make medicine or Ifa. He should be careful lest he meet an evil spirit where he is going, because he will meet with the enemy of the sick person for whom he is making Ifa or medicine. Therefore he should sacrifice one ewe and one cloth, plus six shillings six pence.
“Pile yam heap upon yam heap,” the diviner inside the farm, was the one who cast Ifa for Refuse Heap in the days when Refuse Heap lived all alone, and had neither a calabash nor a plate. They said he would find a woman to marry, and that when he married her, both slaves and children would assemble to serve him. They said he should sacrifice a rat, a fish, shea butter, one he-goat, and nine pence six oninis. Refuse Heap made the sacrifice.
When Refuse Heap had made the sacrifice, he met a woman whose name was Gborangaga and married her. Then it happened that everyone sweeping their houses and sweeping the streets came and threw their sweepings on Refuse Heap, and that the windfalls from the house and the street belonged to Refuse Heap. The mushroom that springs up overnight on Refuse Heap is what is called Gborangaga.
Ifa said there is someone who does not own anything at present; he will find a woman to marry; when he has married her, he will receive windfalls from everyone in town.
“Palm nuts embedded in the path are like the palm nuts of Ifa, but they do not drink blood like Ifa's palm nuts” was the one who cast Ifa for Ofun with Camwood who had put chalk on her face while weeping because she had no child. They said she should sacrifice so that the blessing of a child might come to her during that year. She sacrificed. Ifa said there is a woman who is seeking a child; her head needs a hen as sacrifice. She should mark her right eye with chalk and her left eye with camwood when she sacrifices to her head. Ifa said the blessing of a child will come to her during this year. “Ofun of Ojuro, tipped stool” was the one who cast Ifa for Ojuro, the mother of Efure on the day that she was going with the Sea Goddess to perform her annual festival. They said she should make a sacrifice, lest she miss her way; she did not make the sacrifice of two pigeons and one shilling three pence
She did not sacrifice. She said that today was not the first time that she had gone with the Sea Goddess to perform her annual festival. She said that the diviners were only saying that she should sacrifice this year. When she was going, Eshu pointed his staff toward the forest, and she lost her way in the forest.
But when she had gone, her relatives came to make the sacrifice. When Ojuro lost her way inside the forest, she came across parrot's red tail feathers lying on the ground where she was wandering about, and there was a high pile of them. She spread her cloth on the ground and began to fill with the feathers. She did not know that this was where the king of the parrots was wont to sleep. When her relatives came and did not find her, they began to sing:
“We can not find Ojuro;
“Ojuro, Ojuro.”
When Ojuro had put the feathers into her cloth, she found the way to the road, and when she reached the road, she covered her head with the cloth. Her people found her and began to sing:
“We did find Ojuro, oh;
“Ojuro, Ojuro.”
They began to beat their fans, and they were dancing. Then the Sea Goddess took one of her daughters and gave it to Ojuro. Ojuro is what the Oluyare are called. Ifa said someone is doing something like one who has lost his way; he should go and sacrifice to a deity that has parrots' red tail feathers; for it is the one who will lead him to the right road. This person should examine his house carefully. All the things that this person has, this deity is taking away from him and it will not let him have them.
Ofun Ojuani
OO Speaks: Eshu, Obatala Ibejis “Here They Wished Death To
OI Orunmila Orunmila, He Did Ebo And The
IO Person That Wished His Death
II Died In Two Days”
Ofun eleta imeta eleji owonrin
Ofun wonrin imeta lare re omanan
Ifa ati eshu Ifa said: you have to be very careful they have wished a lot of bad things on you and have done brujeria for you to die. There are two people in your family that have to do ebo so they are not found dead because of an accident. If the person (woman) is a virgin she will find a man this year that eventually she will get married to and will make her very happy but before she has to do ebo so that this can happen this way. Here the enemies that wish you dead will be the ones that die. You are going to have a child this year if you do ebo. In your house they think you are a virgin but you are not. They have done a lot of bad things to you with brujeria. You have wanted to take your own life. Your spouse wants to separate. You are going to be pregnant soon. You may have something wrong in the vagina or stomach. Here it speaks of business with the occult. Cannot do abortion. Take care of the ibejies. In your house there is a person who wants to know it all. There is a trap setup waiting for that was made by a woman or she had a hand in making it. If you are sick try to get better because if not you will get worse. You have to receive osain and orunmila. Be careful with a person that uncovers something that is supposed to be covered because you could find yourself in a legal problem. It said you are not well. It said you are regretting one thing you have done. You never take care of eshu. If you dont feel bad soon you will later. You find yourself like bored. There are three brothers and sisters and you are the youngest. Take care of your elders . Be careful they dont stab you with a knife. Dont speak about what you hear. Be carefuol with the women. Dont look for anything in the corners.
Ifa said: you cant have anything of congo. They want to cover your sight and it is a woman that is with your man that wants to take himn. There is a person that owes you money and now you dont remember that person and that person is going to pay you. Dont go in the street except when it is necessary for seven days. Dont let anybody have anything to do with your santos or let anybody be with epo in front of obatala. They are going to come and look for you for something good. There is somebody who you do not like to consider. You want or have to take out a tooth and you dont have a lot of clothes to wear Ofun Obara
IO Speaks: Orunmila, Oya, Ogun, “Here Fire Came To Occupy His
OI Olofin, Obatala, Ogun Position As A Deity And
OO Be Very Important In Life”
OI Ofun bara ofun sunsu olomori
Obara sunsun orasali adifafun lebo
Akuko awunko, eiyele lebo maferefun olofin Ifa said: you are poor today but god in the sky - Olordumare has reserved for you a destiny of abundance but for this you have to do what Orunla said to reach all of those benefits that you have to see if it is convenient and right for you to marry that person because love could be an enemy. Before you do something you have to do ebo and see what Orunla will say and respect what he said because if you marry your life could be an inferno in the future. Give thanks to Obatala and to Orunmila, Ogun and Olofi. Don’t give away your heart so easily because you have it very soft Ifa said: you are going to find yourself to be a very important person if you will do what you are told. You will have all you wish for but before ,you have to go through all of this that you are going through now because that is how it is. You have to be careful in what you do in questions of love and don’t try to seduce any married woman because that will bring you grave consequences. Get a better foundation in your things because the Santo punishes one time. Don’t be frank with anyone or speak of your secrets. Don’t bathe in the river. Ofun Ocana
OO Speaks: Obatala, Eshu, Osain, Shango “The Babalawo Cant Sleep
OI With Any Woman On
OO Thursdays”
II Ofiara koja abo miloso adifafun
Osoko laju oma aboiyo lebo, eiyele
Eyelebo kaferefun obatala ati eshu Ifa said: you have problems and it could be they may even reach court but Ifa said that if you do what is told here that you may come out of that case winning and may even get money. That you even though you have a certain age are going to have a child and that child will be something big in his life. They are doing bad brujeria but those who are doing it to you will feel the weight of olofi on them. Dont do anything other than clean yourself and leave it to ololfi and he will personally take charge of that. Ifa said: be careful they are going to try to offend you saying that you are a thief. You have to do ebo so that does not happen. You cannot live in upper floors in a building. You have a person that defends you but you have ignored him lately and he may distance himself from you. You must organize the things you have pertaining to the religion. What you recently attempted did not turn out because you did not do it completely. You may become pregnant and it will be a difficult birth. You have many problems occuring simultaneously. When things slow down a little then go to check to see what you should do in the santo so that things dont get worse. Your partner raises his hand to you. They set a spirit to disturb you. Ifa said: to do ebo so that you can have good results from something that has been bothering you for some time . A muerto wants to frighten you. Give thanks to shango because it is he that accompanys you. Your father passed away but you see him from time to time. He has a message to tell you. Eshu wants to tie up your stomach so you cannot give birth and you have to be careful not to die. Dont go out into the street in the next few days. You have dark clothing and an osain. You must bring that with you to do ebo. Obatala is behind you. Say a mass to a family muerto. Dont disrespect your elders and donto try to figure out other peoples secrets. Ofun Ogunda
IO Speaks: Orunmila , Osain, “In This Ifa Osain Speaks
II Shango, Obatala, Ogun, Oshun Directly”
IO Babaluaye, Ibejis, Orisha-Oko
OI Ofun funda ifa tinshomo
Ikin unsoro logbo kaleno
Orisha umpe gigbe tiye kevioso
Akuta edun ara okpa afafa okoji
Okpele ifa adifafun afafa kaferefun Ifale
Ifa said: that you will be betrayed. Be careful with matters dealing with women. Dont teach anyone what you know. That the person that is your friend today will be your enemy tomorrow. That you must study as much as you can and if you are a babalawo Ifa said you must study the odu. Be careful that your woman does not leave with one of your friends or that he is trying to seduce her. Today you find yourself in a bad situation but tomorrow things will be better for you. You have come here to find out about a boyfriend or husband because of indifference you have noted. You think that he has
another ( if the person is a man he is considering marraige but is uncertain about the woman and Ifa said she is a good person) . You want to take a trip but it is not to your advantage. You have lost a lot of money or a business because of bad administration or poor planning. There is a spirit that is bothering you. You should have nothing that has to do with congo only osain. All your things should have to do with santo. If you already have santo you need to receive another. You have two women. Here the person is looking for matrimony but has to do ebo first. Always look ahead and never look back. If you lose your spouse you lose your good fortune. Be careful not to be startled while you are walking about. Buy lottery tickets. Make an offering of fruits to the ibejis. Dont go out and about in the street until after seven days. Dont stand on street corners. Dont chase after a woman if she has already turned you down. You have trouble sleeping at night. Someone has blown powder at you. You must be more humble. Take care of your woman. Someone tries to imitate you ( be like you) .
Ifa Verses:
Olorun was the eldest of the deities, and the first child of the King of the Air (Oba Orufi). Some forty years afterward the King of the Air had a second son, Ela, who was the father of the diviners. In the morning all the Whitemen used to come to Ela to learn how to read and write, and in the evening his African children, the Babalawo, gathered around him to memorize the Ifa verses and learn divination. Ifa taught them to write on their divining trays, which the Muslims copied as their wooden writing boards (wala), and the Christians copied as the slates used by school children and as books.
At first he taught only people from his own town, Ife, but later understudies were sent to him from the surrounding districts. They were known as “Ifa of Ela accepts them” (Ifa Ela gba), and sick children were also sent to him, and they studied with him while they were being cured. Those who did not learn from him became the deaf and the dumb.
After his pupils were trained, he placed them in the surrounding towns and called them Tisa (teacher, from English). One of these teachers was at Ipetemodu, a town eight miles from Ife, where one Ela's fiancees lived. She was to marry him in four days, but the teacher liked her and wanted to steal her from Ela. Finding no other way to do so, before the wedding day he bought some medicine [di-(e) mi-di-(e) mi] to make her stop breathing; from it the Whitemen learned about Chloroform. He gave it to the girl and told her she should put some of it in her nostrils when she reached Ela's house. She did as she was instructed, and everyone thought that she had died. Since it was tabu for Ela to see a dead person, she was quickly wrapped in a cloth, carried away, and laid at the base of an Iroko tree (Chlorophora excelsa).
The teacher and his helpers were waiting there, and they carried her to his house where she revived. She became his wife and began to sell palm oil in the market. One day, one of Ela's sons recognized her in the market and told his father about it; but Ela said that no one can see the dead, and that anyway he had no wish to see her again because she had been dead.
Later the same thing happened with another teacher at Edunabon, about two miles away, and then at Moro and at Asipa. When Ela's fourth bride “died” he was suspicious. He had her body wrapped in a cloth, but instead of having it carried to an Iroko tree, he had it placed inside a room in his house. When the girl revived, she began to weep and beg forgiveness. Ela threatened to have her killed as a sacrifice to his head, but finally she revealed how her teacher at Ipetemodu had first used medicine and how the others had learned the trick and obtained medicine from him.
Ela sent for the four teachers and asked them why they had stolen his wives. They replied, “Are you the only person in the world who can have wives?” Ela told them to leave and never come back to him again. They agreed to this, saying that they had been taught enough about divining, and Ela gave them each a set of palm nuts and the sixteen figures to use on their own. When they went, however, they stole all of Ela's fiancees in other towns.
When Ela learned of this, he made Ifa against them so that their ankles were covered with sores (elerinja), and these sores drew flies. As a result, they made long trousers to cover them; formerly trousers had reached only to the knees. When this did not stop them from stealing his fiancees, Ela gathered his followers and went out to meet them in force. He defeated them and drove them south until they reached the coast, and he stayed there seventy years to prevent their return. There were no houses in those days, only huts.
Finally his people at home began to sing to him, begging him to return:
Palm nuts come home, oh; Ikin bo wa- (i) le -o,
The annual festival is calling you, oh; Odun ma pe-o
Erigiabola. Erigiabola.
Palm tree come home, oh; Ope bo wa- (i) le-o,
The annual festival is calling you, oh; Odun ma pe-o,
Erigiabola. Erigiabola.
Palm nuts come home, oh; Ikin bo wa-(i) le-o,
The annual festival is dancing, oh; Odun ma jo-o,
Erigiabola. Erigiabola.
When Ela heard this song, he used something and flew back through the air; it is what is now known as an airplane. When he landed, he called his wives and asked how they had been treated by his other pupils, whom he had left behind with them. They said that the ones who had yams had shared them with them, and those who had money had given them some.
Ela then called these teachers. He shaved their heads, leaving a spot of hair as he wore his, and in it he put a red feather from the tail of the parrot. The last man he shaved had a bald spot in the middle of his head, so he left the spot of hair off to one side, and this is the way the Awoni wear their hair until this very day. He placed each of his faithful teachers in a quarter of the town, and told the townspeople to go to the one in their quarter and learn from him. Those whom he had driven to the coast, who wore long trousers, returned their palm nuts and refused to serve him. They are educated Christians of Lagos; and when they return to Ife, they try to get their revenge by cheating the people Ela left there.
Ofun Osa
OO Speaks: Obatala, Orunmila, “Where The Different Plants Of Ifa
II Eshu, Osain, Iku, Olofi Were First Used”
IO Olordumare, Oya
II
Ofunsa ale nishe omo iku oyina
Omo orunmila ale oyina lele asuworun
Oyina lorugbo awo funfun ile osaiyn, iku,
Eja, owo la meja elebo Ifa said: that the sky god has many good things set aside for you. If you fulfill your obligations and do the things that he has set forth for you to do but you must always continue to do ebo so that the betrayal does not catch up with you. That you can not have children but if you do what is set forth for you this day for sure you will have them. You must do santo and then receive orunmila so that all things good will come to you. You like always having things your own way. Liquor makes you sick. Dont upset yourself and speak ill of people. Dont speak badly of the santos. Your children will be very disobedient. Ifa said: they are putting bad things in your path. You must do exactly as you are instructed. You must wear white clothing. You have problems with your head and your brain. You must be very careful with problems involving a court case or with a young lady. You have a son that is very hard headed. Share what god has sent to you with your associates because god said he will continue giving you the things he has given you in the past and much more but you must always do ebo so that you do not lose it all because the people on the earth will try to sabotage things. It has been two months since your monthly cycle has appeared. ( it has been irregular) and it has you worried. You must show a lot of patience so that you will grow old. Obatala is disappointed in you. Do something to make him happy. There is a lot of danger in your path. Be careful that a group of people dont come and attack you. They want to separate you from your companion. Ifa Verses:
“It is very white, one who knows how to sweep does not use a broom to sweep the sky,” was the one who cast Ifa for Aganna, who was the assistant to the “One who prevents rain” at the town of Oyo. They said the Sky God would direct a blessing to him during the year, but that he should make a sacrifice so that the people of the earth would not frustrate him, because this blessing would never end, but would benefit both himself and his children's children forever. Aganna said the diviners were telling lies. He did not make the sacrifice of two pigeons, two chickens, and one shilling two pence four oninis.
From the beginning of time in Oyo, each year when the King was going to make his annual festival, when the day came and he had put on his finery to go out, the rain would not let him get the chance to go outside. As Aganna's work was preventing rain, the King of Oyo told him that if he prevented the rain, allowing the King to stay outside until the time of the evening market, he would give Aganna one girl, a jar full of beads, twenty cloths, two thousand bags of cowries, twenty gowns, and a pen full of cows.
When the King had spread out his cloths on the ground like a mat, reaching far and wide, and had seated himself on them in full royal splendor, rain began to fall because Aganna had not made the sacrifice before the King went out. But Aganna had promised the King that it would not rain. So Aganna fled into the forest when rain began to fall, and he did not have a chance to take with him all those things that the King had given him as payment.
Ifa said, there is someone whom the Sky God wants to help reach a place where he will find a blessing, but he should make a sacrifice so that the people on earth will not thwart him, and that his promise should not become empty.
Loss the diviner of Day, was the one who cast Ifa for Day; Loss the diviner of Month, was the one who cast Ifa for Month; Ijiheri the diviner of Grindstone, was the one who cast Ifa for Grindstone; “When rain falls, it does not miss the waterside garden” was the one who cast Ifa for Mother “One who has it easy, always has it easy.” They said that neither the rains nor the dry season would be hard for him. They said that after it was easy for him, it would be easy for his companions also. “One who has it easy, always has it easy” is the name of Waterside Garden. Four snails, four pigeons, one pot of palm oil, and one shilling three pence is the sacrifice.
He made the sacrifice, and from that time on, Waterside Garden has never dried up, either in the rains or in the dry season. When it was easy for him, he was dancing and rejoicing, and he was singing.
“Airan is the rope of crowns, oh”
“Airan is the rope of Kings”
“One who has it easy, always has it easy, oh”
“Airan is the rope of Kings”
Ifa said there is someone who was given an easy lot by the Sky God when he came from heaven,. When things have become easy for him, they will also be easy for his associates, and his honor will help all who associate with him.
“Ofun applies medicine and looks to see if it works or not” was the one who cast Ifa for the 165 kinds of leaves. They said they should offer one cock each, one razor each, and six pence six oninis each, so that empty boasting would not disgrace them. Those among the leaves who sacrificed are the ones from whom we can make medicine that works, and of whom we say, “This leaf really works, oh.” Ifa said that there is something for which we have cast Ifa, and that it will turn out well if we sacrifice because of it. Ifa said he will not allow us to be disgraced in this matter. He said we should make a sacrifice so that the thing can turn out well from top to bottom.
Ofun Ika
OO Speaks: Babaluaye, Obatala “The Babalawo Must Always
II Orunmila Be Doing Ebo”
OO
OI
Fu ka josi mono kegbe efushe kayebo Ifa said: people want to confuse you. Your woman is pregnant (to the awo: look carefully at this Ifa ) you have a big battle going on. They want to destroy your house, rumors, revolution and bad things. Betrayal by familiy members due to envy and just ill will toward you. Your husband wants to leave you. He is going to raise his hands to you. This Ifa speaks of hemmorhoids and internal sicknesses. There is a theft. People want to sink you. Your woman is pregnant and her leg hurts. Give thanks to babaluaye. You have some dark clothes. That is why you are having so much trouble. You have three committments. Obatala sends his blessings from a distance because you have always got your hands dirty with epo and things to deal with congo. Ifa said: that you have a large war going on. After you do ebo your enemies will run away and one of them will die and another one will disappear. They are doing evil to you with mayombe. Be careful with betraying your husband. It could become a tragedy. Control your temper. Dont touch epo for sixteen days. Give thanks to a dream you had a few nights ago. Ifa said who did you once adore. You started a transaction that had to be completed within three days and you did not follow through. Give food to your head.
Ifa said: (for the awo, dont touch epo for at least sixteen days, dont become upset. Dont spend the money that you receive when you cast this Ifa until at least four days because your life is in jeapordy) Ofun Otrupon
OO Speaks: Oshun, Obatala
OI Orunmila
IO
OI Nojeto te mo mo tente mana
Ajaro unjo ke adifafun jeje
Tinshoma oro lebo eiye
Oro eiyele, etu lebo Ifa said: that you are sick. Your husband is working for another. You have walked a long way but you have disrespected the santos. Your sickness is with your head or your lower body parts. You have a talisman . You live in the upper floors and the talisman is up high, but it could fall. You have to be careful that you dont fall because you could seriously damage your leg. You have attempted suicide. You have to go to the alter or sanctuary of your church and there pray, ask for what you want. You cannot have an abortion. Be careful with fire. You need to say a mass to a spirit. You must receive Ifa and then do santo. A fever inside, asphyxiation , and you have stomach problems. Ifa said: that you are arguing with another person. Be careful that there is no blood shed, if it has not already occured. One of you will raise his hand against the other. You are going to want to make peace but your intention is to get even with the person later on because you have said that you want to punish this person. You find yourself in a bad situation. You have a lot to do with oshun and obatala. Every now and then you speak badly of the santos and that is why your angel distances himself from you and you walk aimlessly from one place to another. Your partner goes to bed quickly without discretion often to avoid going to bed with you. Be careful where you go to eat. You have to do ebo with a guinea hen and then take a drumstick with you in your pocket and when you get hungry take it out and eat from it.
Ifa said: you are going to sell something low and then it will be resold for a hundreds times its value. Be careful with an illness you have because you could have an attack and drop dead unexpectedly. Move from where you live because if things are going bad now they are only going to get worse.
Ofun Otura
IO Speaks: Shango, Orunmila “The World Is Going To Swallow
OI Up The Traitor,
IO The Liar and TheCheat”
II
Boju oba ponibio oku nibide adifafun
Alapani akuko igi, longi, awunko alejo lebo
Ofuntura, ofuntempola, ifa ogbo, eje
Ogbo, opó, agutan lebo, ekodide meji
Ogbo la mejo, eku, eja, esushu ofuntura Ifa adokai
Ifa said: dry head, green head. You must say mass to a muerto. Dont confide your secrets to anyone. They are doing bad to you. You disobeyed a dream. You would have gone ahead had you followed the dream. You have committed a murder, or considered committing a murder. Be careful with legal matters (court case). You have a nickname and you have another religion. You have many enemies and you must pass into Ifa. Dont be phony . If you give your word, keep it because this is the odu of the liar, the breaker of pacts and iku said that he is the one that is going to make you pay for everything .because you have been distracting yourself you will have many legal problems. Dont communicate your matters to anyone else- be it good or bad. You have a great gift and by telling the secret you will lose the power of it.
Ifa said: repay shango your debt so that he will help you avoid sickness. People are counselling you. Listen to them because if you dont you are going to see yourself going through a lot of difficulties. You have many adversaries. You have been the cause of a death or you will be the cause. Dont cry over your son much less over money. Be careful you dont give your word that you will cure someone because you could be embarrassed when you fail. You are going to win the lottery. You have a cloth that has menstrual blood, you are going to undertake a journey or you will go into the country. A family member is going to come visit you from a distance. Dont let them stay over at your house, even if it is your mother. Try to get them a hotel room during the first seven days. Your brother does not get along with anyone. You have everyone watching everything you do.
Ofun Irete
IO Speaks: Olofin, Shango “Ifa Orders That The Awo Should
II Oya, Orunmila, Oshun Visit Each Other”
OO
II
Ofunbile mene jubo badeya apolo
Abi nhanki adifafun loure umbantinlo
Bale nifa, akuko lebo, abiye adifafun
Aminisi, ekodide, eiyele lebo Ifa said: that you might commit an error that you will regret later on. Dont drink and be kind to everyone in the world. You are a vaery fortunate person but right now your fortune is reversed. They want to confuse you. There is illness with your kidneys, abortion, or bad delivery of a child, also your nerves. There are three people that wish you harm. You have a debt with oshun and you lost three opportunities. Give a mass to a deceased person you dream about continusously. You must receive a santo or if you dont have santo you must do santo. You will be a childs god parent. You have a lot of eyes watching your every move. You were better off before. Dont look back when you are walking about. Dont dress like another person or a friend of yours. You have a nickname. Fulfill your obligation to shango and be careful of legal matters. You have to do ebo with the clothing you are wearing. Ifa said: if someone is pregnant in your household they must do ebo. You must bring that set of clothes that you bought that is identical to another persons clothing or that another person went with you to buy. Think back if two of your friends have ever dressed in white at the same time. The person that brought you up is now asking for something to eat. You like spreading gossip. Try to be good to your spouse so that your matters wont get complicated.
Ofun Oche
IO Speaks: Oshun, Obatala “This Is The Ifa Of Clothing Or
OI Orunmila, Eshu, Las Animas Vestments”
IO
OI
Ofunshe adifafun ya adifafun
Orunmila adifafun obatala adifafun
Adifafun osnuw okoshe loko akejialake lorugbo Ifa said: be careful with arguments or bad fighting that will come up (if you are a woman your man likes to party and stay in the streets and that is not to your advantage) you have to move from where you live. Your husband is very cheap. He does not like to give you money. You went to see someone at a different place to see if you could get what you wanted and you could not. A woman threatens you and whe wants to take your man away from you. Find something you have that belongs to a muerto and attend to those that have passed away ( the deceased). Somneone wants to discredit you. They took your money and they did not pay you. You have been sickly since you were a child. Be careful at your place of employment. If you are a supervisor you may lose your position. To avoid this you must receive Ifa. Ifa said: be careful you dont become entangled in matters that you want to get involved to put an end to but it has not even started yet. You think you know so much, but only god and orunmila are the ones that know. There is a pending problem that could leave you bedridden or even dead. Do ebo. Dont be so egotistical. You have lost three opportunities but there is one coming along the way that is even bigger than all the rest where you could resolve many of your problems. Be careful you dont spit up blood. You must do ebo so that you will not lose everything. Be careful with one in your household who is very disobedient. Dont lend your jewelry to anyone. Give thanks to orunmila, las animas and oshun and pay any promise you may have made. Dont sit on the front porch of your house. Dont argue with your spouse so there wont be separation.
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