• Author / Uploaded
• Ifalase Fagbenro

• Categories
• Labios vaginales
• Naturaleza

Citation preview

I

STUDY OF IFA

A WORKBOOK AND STUDY GUIDE FOR INITIATES ONLY

BY

MEDAHOCHI K.

•

/_f'

o. "

ZArtNO

-!_~

"

(MOGBAKIMO FARATAlSUMI)

~----===============~,,-:~.

.;) ,

.-'

i.

THIS WORK IS SINCERELY DEDICATED TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS . OSEIJEMAN ADELABU ADEFUNMI I

,

\

,

ARABA

,

",

",

IJO ORUNMlLA T'IGBO MIMO • • • AND

TO ALL THE DISPOSSESSED YOUTH OF AFRIKAN DESCENT IMPRISONED IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLES OF NORTH AMERICA, "IN THE FIRM FAITH THAT THE DEAD , THE LIVING AND THE UNBORN SHALL UNITE TO REBUILD OUR DESTROYED SHRINES. "

ii.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WE ARE VERY GRA TEFUL TO CHIEF ADEBOLU FATUNMISE, CHIEF EDUBI AJAMU, HER LADYSHIP TOY/VI OMILADE ZANNU, CHIEF QMQTOLOKUN QMQKUNDE, AWO , " ... 'FALOKUN OF ILE qRUNMILA-O$UN, AWO IFATUNJI ,ONIFADE ADENIYI SALAMI THE

, \'

OLAONIPEKUN OF ILE LAKANYE OSHOGBO, AND ALL THE QRUNMILA YOUTH INTERNA TIONAL.

""

'\

IBA OLOJO ONI, • • •

"

'\,

'\

IBA EY/N BABA WA

'.,

,

,,

, ,

IBAEYINIYA WA IBAARAYE

,,

'\

\

,

IBAENIYAN I

,

"

'\

'\

BI EKOLO BA JUBA IL~, IL~ALANU

,

.

.

"

I",

,"

'\

.

BI OMODE BA JUBA AGBALAGBA, A BAGBA JE

,

..

,

, ",

KJ EJEKJONIO YFMIO

,,

, ,

, ,

"

ADUPE! ADUPE! ADUPE LOWO GBOGBO Y/N Of.

iii.

FORWARD ONCE AGAIN IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE FOR ME TO WRTIE A FORWARD TO THIS BEAUTIFUL COMPILATION WORK BOOK ON IFA BY MEDAHOCm. LIKE I ALWAYS TELL MY CLIENTS AND INTIATES, I BELIEVE TIlAT MAN WILL NOT MERELY ENDURE, HE WILL PREVAIL. HE IS IMMORTAL, NOT BECAUSE HE ALONE AMONG CREATURES HAS AN INEXHAUSTmLE VOICE, BUT BECAUSE HE HAS A SOUL, A SPIRIT CAPABLE OF COMPASSION AND SACRIFICE AND ENDURANCE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR

MEN TO FULLY REALIZE THEIR SPIRITUAL

INHERITANCE. MEDAHOCHI TOUCHES THE SPIRITUAL CENTERS OF

OU~

BODIES,

THROUGH IFA COSMOLOGY. IT REMIN DS ME OF ONE OF THE SPIRITUAL PATHFINDERS BY A NIGERIAN WRITER. TIlAT SAYS: "REASON BELONGS TO THE HEAD. THE LINK BETWEEN THE HEAD AND BODY BELONGS TO THE NECK. EMOTION BELONGS TO THE HEART. INSTINCT BELONGS TO THE BELLY. MOVEMENT BELONGS TO THE FEET." THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT IFA OF YORUBA, FA OF DAHOMY AND IFA OF CUBA HAVE COME TOGETHER TO PROVE THE SAME THING. THIS BOOK IS A MUST FOR ALL IFA STUDENTS WORLDWIDE. FOR ALL THE READERS OF THIS BOOK:

'

.....

iv

"OGBO LO NI KE GBq IMO LO NI KI Mq EWE OLU YE-NYE, LO NI KI 0 YE YIN POROGOOO:

. ",'

,ASEORISA . . CHIEF 'BOLU FATUNMISE

,

ARUFIN ARUDA OF ILE-ILJ;!

ATIANTA, GEORGIA

U.s.A.

("

v

PREFACE I

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF IFA: A WORKBOOK AND STUDY GUIDE FOR INITIATES ... IS ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF MEDAHOCHI KOFI O. ZANNU'S ELDERSHIP INSIGHT AND PRIESTHOOD PROFIENCY. THIS COMPILATION OF INFORMATION, WISDOM,AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE IN-DEPTH,COMPREHENSIVE AND MEANINGFUL PARADIGM OF IFA IS PRICELESS.

,

THIS MATERIAL WILL EQUATE THE IFA PRIEST OR BABALAWO WITH THE DOCTORAL CANDIDATE IN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND THE HIGH PRIEST ON THE WORLD RELIGIOUS SCENE. AN INTENSIVE STUDY OF THE PAGES OF THIS WORKBOOK WILL DEVELOP AND PREPARE AN ADEPT OF IFA. ,

,#

"

"­

THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF IFA REVEALED THROUGH THE HOLY ONE QRUNMILA IS PRESENTED IN THE WORKBOOK FROM A DIDACTIC AND PRACTICAL VIEW POINT THAT WILL EVOLVE THIS LIFE ENABLING THEOLOGY INTO THE 21ST CENTURY ON ITS RIGHTFUL PLATEAU. IT IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO NOTE THAT THIS WORK WAS PRODUCED IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF BABA KOFI QMQWALE ZANNU HAVING A VIVID MEMORY CULTURE OF THE SLAVE SHIPS JESUS ... JOHN THE BAPTIST ... INTEGRITY ... AMISTAD AND OTHERS. THIS HEROIC ELDER HAS TRANSCENDED THE AFRlKAN "MIDDLE PASSAGE" TO AMERICA AND TRANSCRIBED ON THESE PAGES THE GENUS OF THE AFRIKAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY. ", " ... , "­ 9RUNMILA ELERI IPIN, IBIKEJI OLODUMARE. ABORU! ABOYE! AB9~I?~! IJOYE 9MQTOLOKUN QMQKUNDE

vii FOR ME. MANY OTHER WRITINGS DESCRIBE RITUAL PROCESSES, PHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS AND OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS ON "NATIVE THOUGHT AND WORLD­ VIEW", BUT THROUGH MEDAHOCHI'S WRITINGS ONE CAN, ARMED ONLY WITH HIS INNER THOUGHTS AND COMTEMPLATIONS PERPARE HIMSELF TO STAND IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS OWN DESTINY. THESE LESSONS ARE INVALUABLE IN THE

PROCESS OF PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION AND FORMULATION OF

WORLD­

VIEW THAT ARE NECESSARY IF ONE IS TO FIND HIS POINT OF ORIGIN. FOR THIS FOCUS AND INSTRUCTION WE ARE FOREVER rNDEBTED TO OUR FATHER AND MENTOR. MO YIN IBORU;MO YIN IBOYE; MO YIN IBOSISE. BABA TOSU TOSASOLIM

1.

......

,/

WHO IS 9RUNMILA? ~

.

WE ARE TOLD IN IFA VERSE THAT: ,/

.

" \ ' " _."" / \ '" , / ... , "/,,, "" "" A-J~-JU-OGUN, OBIRITI, A-PIJQ-IKU-DA \

O RUNMILA, ELEERI-IPIN; IBIKEJI OLODUMARE:

,

,,,

" \ ,/" OLUWA MI AMOIMOTAN, A-KO MO 0 TAN KO SE •

••

•

..

••

.

.... ABA MO 0 TAN IBA I;;E KE­

,,,,'//\/

'" ,,\ " ... , /' IKU DUDU ATEWO, ORO AJEPO MA PON-ON; /

,/ •

""

'"

~

'"

•

II

•

'(.

II

/

II

•

",\"

I

t

,

AGIRI ILE-ILOGBON, A-B'OLOOWU DI WERE MA RAN /

/ '" I

",

/

/

OLUWA MI A-TO-IBA-JAYE, ORO A-B'IKU-J'IGBO•.•

• •

MEANING; 1"

","

ORUNMILA, WITNESS TO DESTINY, OLODUMARE'S DEPUTY:

•

, , ""

MORE-EFFECTIVE-THAN-MEDICINE, OBIRITI, AVERTER-OF-DEATH'S-DATE. MY LORD UNFATHOMABLE.-INEFFECTIVE WHEN NOT FULLY KNOWN. IF WE FULLY KNOW HIM, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FULLY EFFECTIVE.

8IACK DEATH ON THE PALM, WORD\sPIRIT UNREDDENED BY OIL EATEN, I

I

tf!PIOf' ."I58OM MA.~IOS.WHO PRANKS WITH COTTON HANDLER WITHOUT

? ::

•

. I

,!

f.

2 s,

-'P"', " ..

SP~!\L1IiG IT.

CAl.J...D)"THE WITNESS TO DES~Y"! BE WAS WITH OWDUMAJU: WIlES HE J ) . - . . AU. DIE IWiGS 01" EAJmI AI'liD H£.A\''1:.''. A

TAU TO al:

~,._•, _ . _ . ' . ' . , . . MS..... RCAtsI:

T ,,_. . . . ..- •

...! a_.

I. __ [ ' ......... 5~;:;·:.~'::=:=:.2-'~·~~:~':=:::""~::-~ ~ C ". .... 11 ,..

'~.:",

I",

H ,

~_'m

&£

A1DSAW THIS COSMOS

WIlD THE CREATOR ON

~........ • 1M . . . . . . . . . . . . "10 1I1JMAN1l'Y. ACCORDING TO

tp.&p • TL_.ASSIIIIr_~ -.MSIE&OF'IIiE~ET~RSOFTHEINNER •

" .

en-.s _

.

I

'"

"

,,_

BAVD '10 ....... TBIS . . . . . . AFIEIl IT BAD BaN DESTROYED BY A fLOOD. ..TBAT C'nVS"R.... THIS EN"IIIIE PlANET. IN THIS VlSITATION,HE -~-..- -z ~ ' I D AS BARA A«30NMlitEGlIl'. THIS EVENT 0CCUIlRED mOUSANDS OF YEARS 8U'Oa TBE COMMON ERA. • .~. KY~

"

/

ODU IFA SAYS:

"''' LO TAN, OMI KUN-KUN-KUN , , , OMI BO IGI, OMI BO OPE, 0 " ...KETE TI ORuNMILA .. . .. !

~

.

"

~'"

.

/,

GBA 'T'ILE

...

I

'T'ONA OLUFE LO KAN ~OSO NI 0 KU, ORI RE NI .- YAN-YAN-YAN; ILE AIYE DI OML AGBON . . . : , 9RUNMiLA R9 SI, NIGBATI 0 PADA B9 WA TUN ILE AIYE SEe 0 NI AGBQN YI MA NlIREGDN

, .... " O! BAYI ORUNMILA FI NJE ORIKI AGBONMIREGUN. BAYI NI QRUNMILA FI PADA WA TUN ILE /

AIYE SE."

•

THE MEANING:

,

....

,

HARDLY HAD 9RUMILA GONE WHEN WATER GUSHED FROM THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH. WATER FROM HEAVEN FELL DOWN IN TORRENTIAL RAINS; THE FLOODS ROSE, AND COVERED ALL THE MOUNTAINS, AND AALL THE TREES, ALL THE PALM TREES: IT SWEPT \

AWAY ALL OLUF~'S DOMAIN; SWEPT IT CLEAN AWAY; THE WHOLE EARTH BECAME WATER. ONLY ONE COCONUT TREE REMAINED, AND IT WAS ON THIS TREE THAT

, ORUNMILA DESCENDED WHEN HE RETURNED TO RE-ORGANIZE THINGS. HE SAID: "AGBQN ....

,

\

YI MA NI lREGUN O! (i.e. THIS COCONUT TREE MUST HAVE A LONG LIFE!)". AND SO

,

",.

, " "

"AGBQNMlREGUN" BECAME ONE OF QRUNMILA'S PRAISE NAMES. THIS WAS HOW

.

'

"" CAME TO RE-ORGANIZE THE EARTH - OGBE-FUN , ­ ORUNMILA

, ".

THE BLESSED LORD 9RUNMILA HAS COME TO THIS WORLD MANY TIMES AS A DIVINE IRUNMOLE, COMMISIONED BY THE ALMIGHTY "MASTER OF THE SECRET MASTERS OF THE INNER COURTS OF HEAVEN".

~OWANDE SAID

THAT ORUNMILA HAS APPEARED SEVEN TIMES IF WE INCLUDE HIS

.... ....

\

\

\

VISITATION AS ELA-IWORI, A PURE SPIRIT, THE PERFECT BEING. THE HOLY EMBODIMENT OF THE WISDOM OF QLQRUN.

•

3.

~ . . .y

I.

.

I

,,'

"

.

,\

~

'"

\

oamMILA BARA AGBONMIREGUN IS THE PROPHET AND VOICE OF THE

~ftES1JPREME

\..'

BEING. t:LAI