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aja ti mo wi loran ti o ba fe a daja Elegbara agbo momo ti mo wi loran ti o gba a dagbo imole ototo eniyan ti mo ba wi loran ti o ba fe ejoo e si bo ti le se ni ko mase oun ni yoo fowo agare bomi mu a difa fun okookan ninu irunmole nijo ti won n lo ree ba won najaa payamora a te fun ogun pelu awon irunmole won fe lo na oja ni ile aye won ni oja ti e lo yi ki Orisa ogun lo toju egbaa owo eyo nitori olubode ogun ti ro wipe tani o le da oun duro lenu ibode aye oun torun ka bo ntori bode oja lasan lasan ni Ogun, oni ja ole, ejemu oluwonran ,asinwin abeegun kikan afofoida ti bagba leru Ni ogun ko ba toju owo- eyo kan kan , ko si toju egbaa owo nitori Olubode ogun ti ro wipe tani o le da ohun duro lenu ibode oja lasan lasan , ni Ogun ba ko ri si oja , nigbati o de enu bode oja ni o ba olubode eniti o je oga ibode wa ni AJA . AJA si ti mo ogun , dara-dara wipe ko ni ipamara tabi ipayamora. Ni

Aja ba bere owo bode lowo Ogun Lakaiye osin imole. Ni Ogun ba da aja lohun wipe se aja ko mo ohun ma ni eee, abi ko ma iru eniyan ti oun nse ma ni . Aja wa da lohun wipe , ohun ti o wa ni ile yi ju wipe , mo ma e tabi nko ma e , ohun ti o wa ni le ju mimo ara eni lo. Ni aja ba wi fun ogun wipe ki o tete mu owo bode tire sile , ki wahala ma ba sele, .Ni Ogun wa da aja lohun wipe, wahala Aja gan gan ni oun reti,, wahala aja ni o fe ri. Ni Ogun wa so fun aja wipe ki o kuro lenu ibode nitori ibunnu oun . Oun ko ni fe ki Aja ki o ri Ibinu oun rara ooo. Ni Ogun wa bere ija pelu aja , ni o ba be aja lori , Ogun wa ro wipe , wahala ti tan , kee pe , kee jina, opolopo aja wa yo si Ogun onija ina, bi Ogun ti nbe won lori , ni awon opolopo aja miran ba yo si . Ni won wa bu ogun je , ni won baa fa ni aso orun ya, bee si Ogun pa won , ni o si bewo lori . Bibe ti Ogun be awon aja won yi lori , nse ni won poo s,i titi ti apa Ogun ko le ka won mo , Nigbati Ogun ba awon opolopo aja nja lenu bode , ni awon opolopo eniyan ati awon irunmole toku , naa oja lo , ni won duna dura , ti won si nta , ti nwon si ra , ni olukaluku won si ko ere oja pada bo wasi ile , sebi awon naa gba enu ibode, won si san owo bode fun olubode , nitori won le paya mora. Ipari ija ni wipe, oja ti tu , gbogbo eniya si ti na oja tan, ti won ti pada wa si ile Ni Ogun wa wo inu igbo nitori aso re ti o ti fa ya , o wa be mariwo ope , o wa fi bo ara re nitori ki awon eniyan ki o maa ba ma fi se yeye, ki won ma ba bi lere wipe kilode ti gbogbo aso Ogun fi faya ti o si wa ni ihoho , lati ojo naa ati igba naa ni ogun ti nse lo mariwo dipo aso , ni gbogbo eniyan se wa korin wipe , ki ni aso ogun , mariwo laso ogun ooo , mariwo . kilaso Ogun , mariwo laso ogun mariwo ati wipe aini ipaya mora lo je ki Ogun di alaini aso lara. Ipaya mora yi de nni ifa ko wa ki a ni nile aye , ti a ba fe leke ti a ba fe bori ogun gbogbo , ti a ba fe se ohun rere ati oun mere mere ni ile aye Ifa orunmila ni ipaya mara nitori naa ni o se je Olori ninu gbogbo Irunmole , o si wa ko wa wipe , ki a ma ni ipayamara ki a le bori ohun gbogbo , ki a si le se ohun gbogbo ti okan nba nfe nile aye ipayamara lebo , oun naa ni etutu ti a fi gbe ile oko ti a fi se oko obirin , ti a fi dari oun gbogbo ki o le lo dara- dara ifa, o dakun , o dabo ,ki o wa fun mi ni ipayamara ki le bori iku , aisan, ofo , ofo , ese , ejo ati gbogbo ajogun orun patapa ase

translation let my sacrifice be accepted ela let my ritual goes to the heaven above the dog that refuses to heed the spiritual advise

become Elegbara's dog( the dog of ESU) the fat and big ram that I warned which remained adamant and stubborn become an ESU's ram the person who refuses to heed the spiritual counsel should be left to his or her foolishness he or she will suffer the consequence of his or her action and bring woos to his life and destruction to the destiny of his or her generation this divine IFA oracle for Ogun the god of iron and open Ifa divination to other great divinities in the cosmos while he and other divinities were about to go to the market of tolerance they were advised that the market they intend to go they should keep two thousand cowries -- the traditional money Ogun the god of Iron the great fighter in battle the great chief of ejemu oluwonran a powerful man of old with a glitteringly sharpened sword that baffles the old man believing , no creatures either seen or unseen , either human or ghost has the capacities to disturb him at the entrance gate of heaven or earth , not to talk of the ordinary gate of the earthily market Ogun decided not to keep any money. On the day of the market , Ogun the god of Iron prepared and went with other divinities to the market . On reaching the gate , they met a dog , who was the chief guard of the gate of the market The dog as a guard knew Ogun very well . He knew Ogun as the god of iron and also knew the evil attitude and temperament of Ogun as a creature without tolerance . The dog then asked Ogun the two thousand cowries—(olden days source of exchange—because cowries served as money then) as the entrance fees for the market . Ogun responded that the dog should know he is not human , but divinities and he should not be disturbed by any man or other creature on his way

to the market of tolerance . The dog advised Ogun to comply with the rules and regulation , that anyone who intend to go into the market must pay the entrance fees and that Ogun should not be furious . The dog advised Ogun , but the later did not heed to the advised of the later . He Ogun , had decided to force his way into the market without paying the amount . Ogun told the chief guard ( in the person of dog) to quit the entrance to avoid his fury. in the process , a fight and strife ensued , Ogun beheaded the dog, not knowing that there were more dogs hiding mysteriously to fight him afterward. After the beheading of the guard , that is the main dog, two more dogs appeared, and attacked OGUN . Ogun killed the two . As he was killing them , more dogs appeared, they torn the cloth of Ogun and also bite him . Ogun killed more dogs than ever seen , but this killing did not impede the appearance of more dogs and they continued to find their way to meet and attack Ogun , until Ogun ran to the nearby bush to cover himself with palm frond, they had torn his cloth ( they had uncovered him ) and bit Ogun . That was how Ogun covered his Nudity through palm frond or palm leave from the nearest palm tree By the time Ogun came back with the intention of going into market to carry out his commercial activities , the market had closed, Ogun found none in the market , Ogun lost out in the race of physical success , and human progress . Because of intolerance , Ogun the most valiant and bravest divinities forfeited the gain of the market and the reward of commercial activities intolerance made Ogun to lose his cloth , honor and dignity , however he was forced to be using palm frond till today , according to the popular song , what is the cloth of Ogun , ---mariwo( palm frond what is the cloth of Ogun ---mariwo is the cloth , mariwo is indeed the cloth Ogun become a cloth less divinity because of intolerance

Prayer – may GOD covers us with the cloth of honor , dignity and tolerance in our lives time , all must be well with us as long as there is an appearance of the sun --ase

IFA under this odu teaches us to ensure tolerance to attract the bundle of blessing of harmony , victory , fortune , and success in the physical state of existence, while in the spiritual realm we will also bless with abundant success. We should not because of intolerance become a worthless , undignified and dishonored and cloth-less being . We must learn to tolerate others , tolerates our wife , our husband , our family , and our friends to gain both the physical state and the spiritual state . IFA says the market place is the physical state of existence and physical state is journey which must be seen as a rough road to final illumination, and those who want to live well must try

to inculcate the habit of tolerance into his own life . Since , journey involve travelling with many of whom you may not like or real like depending on your tolerance to the situation at hand. Be tolerance to be able to go through your journey of life in peace and to be able to console and help people in your journey of life . Those who become the leaders has the great attributes of tolerance . IFA teaches us to have tolerance to build up a good family and build a good relationship either in our business life and in our daily activities. those who possesses tolerance overcome losses, disgrace , destruction , dishonor , lawsuit , and untimely death- these are the attributes of AJOGUN ORUN , the punitive knight of heavenly doom. Orunmila himself has this great attributes , that is the main reason he was labelled as the father of wisdom and knowledge , because nothing disturb his peace of mind , and nothing cause him to anger against anything in creation Tolerance is one of the greatest sacrifice and rituals we should do to live well with our husbands , or our wives, our partner , our children , our family , our relations, our friend , within a house , a town , a village , a city , a country and in the world . Through tolerance we cooperate and manage our wives, and through tolerance we take control of our lives. IFA let it be to your greatest interest , counsel and support to endow me with the spirit of tolerance so that I may live a life of a king in the physical state of existence Ifa let me be blessed with tolerance to overcome untimely death , sickness , loss, destruction , and other symptoms of the punitive knight of heavenly doom ase

the Odu speaks of peace of mind , harmony of purpose and serenity of decision will attract fortunes , long life ,sound , and good healthy state, perfect and reliable partner and victory over those who hate us without cause. IFA says , success in any level of life is attainable through peaceful state of mind . No man ever attain or attract success without being submissive to the control of infinite being called OLODUMARE and His numerous divinities . The perfect understanding of this system of believing in the force of GOD and his numerous divinities and the method of viewing the world as a place of soul development put us on the gate of success , victory , and progress . The position whereby a good soul receive a profound positive vibration from the father of light and his numerous divinities lead us to the entrance of internal bliss. Life according to Ifa , can be understood from proper understanding and knowledge of the vibration that goes around our body mechanism , our soul force and our spirit to receive a spiritual signal from higher vibration which is the foundation of connecting GOD –OLODUMARE – in his own

infinite state . IFA then advises us to be peaceful so as to have a proper knowledge , and full understanding of Odu and the knowledge of invisible energy working in the cosmos. To be peaceful means to overcome emotional , mental ,physical and spiritual confusion . When there is confusion , success, happiness and peace cannot be sustained . IFA says , fortune , success , progress , spiritual power , good life , physical strength , emotional equilibrium are sustained under a good and peaceful state of mind . Moreover , understanding of Odu , and living a discipline life and learning of IFA and its stories , verses as well as full comprehension are sustained, attained and fully injected into our daily activities, our mental state , subconscious level , spiritual realm and our divine indwelling power will transform us to real partner to divine mercy and a friend to spiritual power. IFA then advises us to always pray for peace in our waking life , propitiate our ORI periodically , and maintain calmness under extreme tension and confusion to attain peace , not only with our indwelling forces but in the receiving of spiritual communication from OLODUMARE working through his great messenger –ORUNMILA and also to have the capacity to interpret our ifa divination or analyze properly the meaning of IFA divination during IFA session, all these are tantamount to sound and peaceful mental state . according to IFA verse two under odu oturagbe , ese IFA Ori keji labe Oturagbe ifa jebo naa o fin ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure ogbologbo alangba ni se obere lori ile alawo agbalagba alangba ni sare gereje lori apata a difa fun oniwa tutu bi adaba eyi ti omo araye nlo tan ni ija ni igba gbogbo lati lo da yaponyarin sinu aye re ki o le bama ni isinmi lori omo , lori aya , lori oko , lori ohun gbogbo ti o ba nba se laye

ITAN Okunrin kan wa ni ikole aye , ti oruko re nje ONINU_IRE , o si ni iwa tutu bi adaba, gbo ohun ti o ma feran lati ma se , ni o yori si rere . Inu awon eleye ati abinu eni ko dun si eni yi rara , ni won bere si gbe ogun dide , ni won gbe ija , whala ati hilahilo dide , ki o ma le roju raye , rona se ile aye tire. Sugbon , won ko ma wipe , INU-RE okunrin yi ati iwa tutu re lo fi lo ile aye ti o ni ogbon , oye ati imo ninu , ti o si fi to ile aye tire , ko pe ko jina, ise ni okunrin oninu re re yi fi eeji ku eeta , o gba ile alawo IFA so fun wipe ki lo rubo , ki o lo tun pese fun awon iya mi osoronga apani ma wa gun

olokiki orun , won ni ki o bori re , ki o fi ti ESU fun ESU , ki o gbe fitila ina siwaju ile , ki o gbe fitila ina siwaju ita , nitori ti awon eni okunkun ti won ba fe para po lati se ni jamba , ti won ba ti ri fitila ina yi , kete ni won ma as kuro ni enu ile re , ti won ko ni lagbara lati wole , ti won ba ti ri fitila yi kanna lenu ina ehin ile re , ni awon arunbi yio pada si bi ti won ti wa, ti ibi ma pada wa ba onibi , ti asasi ma pada ba alasasi , ti okiti oga ma wa ji , ti o wa ji si ori ara re . Ni ONINUIRE ati oniwa tutu ati oniwa pele bi adaba gbo riru ebo , o rubo , o pese fori , o se etutu fun awon iya mi osoronga apani ma wa gun olokiki orun , lo tun sebo fun ESU odara abani woran ba o ri da , okunrin jogolo ,okunrin ode, Ni Oninure ba tan fitila sin iwaju ile , ni o tan fitila si ehin kule , ni asubi ati awon ajogun ri gbogbo igbese ti Oninure gbe , ni ibi pada to onibi , asasi pada to alasi , ni asubi pada di asure . Ni Oninure wa tun rubo pelo opolopo obi orogbo , atare , obuko giripa , igbin , epo , eja, eku , eran bure bure , omi , oyin , ati opolopo owo ni ebo Oninure ati Oniwa tutu bi adaba gba , ni ebo wa fin , ni ebo re da , ebo re wa da gbure gbure , ni aye wa ye ni o waajo , ni o wa nyo , ni o wa fori awo senu wipe Isese oooo, loba etutu Osoronga oooo , loba isese oooo E waba ni soro ko gba oooo Lo wa tun wipe Isese ooo loba etutu Osoronga loba isese E waba ni soro ko gba oo Ni gbo egbe , ebi , ojulumo , ba wa nkorin , ti won si jo , ti won si yo , ni o wa ni o a ma tun ebo run , ni won waa so fun wipe a ki tun ebo run , ,alawo eni ni a ma yin , ti alawo ma gbosuba fun ifa eni , ti IFA maa wa yin OLODUMARE Ni Oniwatutu bi adaba ba ni e ko ri bi babalawo oun se fi enu ki ifa , ti o wa nwipe Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure Ogbologbo alangba ni se obere lori ile álamo Agbalagba alangba ni sare gereje gereje lori apata nla A difa fun oni wa tutu bi adaba Eyi ti awon eleye gbeebu ika sile de Iku ati arun gbogbo sile de

Won ni ko karale Ebo ni ko ya wa muse O gbo riru ebo , o rubo Ogbo atekesu , o rubo ESU O gbo bibo ori , orubo ori O gbo wipe , ki o pese fun awon eleye O tete pe fun eleye Won ni ki o tan fitila siwaju ile , ki o tan fitila sehin ile , ki o le bori gbogbo afosan se eniyan , a forun se eranko ati jamba somo enikeji Gbogbo ebo pata pata ni oniwa tutu bi adaba run , ni o wa wipe Ifa o rinu mi Nitori wipe mi o robi si omo lakeji Mi o gbehin bebo lakeji je Mo si wo wipe ki ti eni ti o dará , ko madara Ile o rika Iwo ile ogere afoko yeri alapo gbedu Agbe ni mi bi kalo kalo Gbogbo onibi patapata ni ko mi bi kalo kalo Gbogbo oninu re ni o da si ki won si te iwo ile pe Atepe bayi loruko a pe iwo ile Iwo ogere afoko yeri , ki o ma gbe gbogbo oniwa rere ni ija lojo buburu , ki gbogbo oninure le te o pe , Ifa so asubi di asyre bayi OLODUMARE ki o wa wa pelu oninure , olokan tuntun bi ti adaba , oniye kan , ati oniwa funfun bi lekeleke Ase

Translation of verse two under oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela let my ritual goes up to the heaven above It is an experienced lizard that runs on a mud house without problem It is an old lizard that run faster on the mountain this divine ifa oracle for a peaceful , meek and gentle character, a man , whose attribute resemble the domestic pigeon ( dove) The one , the evil men of the world constantly torment with provocation They constantly torment him with evil vibration So that they create a greater confusion In his life And disenable him to focus on his path of success and effect positive change in the life others They create chaos his life so that he will not have peace of mind to cater for his children , wife , family , relations, well-wishers and to focus on all his undertakings in the physical state of existence

According to the Story There was a man in the city of IKOLE AYE , who was remarkable for his truthfulness , honesty , and peaceful mind . He was likened to a dove or domestic pigeon because whatever he determined to do always come into manifestation and fruitful . His faith and reliance on OLODUMARE for wisdom , power , direction , and love was so profound and pronounced that people started to jealous and envy his achievement . The witches and the wizards , the evil people of the world and those who hate people without cause did not feel comfortable with the presence and the achievement of this peaceful and honest man . They started to provoke him , they torment him ,wage both spiritual , emotional and mental war against him . They started to abuse him verbally , emotionally and spiritually . They were out to frustrate him and destroy his good plan so that he would lose his concentration , peace of mind and organized steps to fulfill his destiny . They failed to realize that his peaceful and his honesty have created a sound connecting spiritual link between his creator and his numerous divinities. The enemies failed to realize that his wisdom intelligent and his understanding are the foundation of his peaceful , coordinated life with successful undertakings

Without much effort , without wasting time , the peaceful and honest man , decided to take its case to OLODUMARE , by consulting IFA divination so as to know the mind and the message of OLODUMARE and to inquire from IFA what steps to take to overcome the attack of the witches , wizard and the enemies as well of ajogun orun( punitive knight of heavenly doom) – These forces in the unseen , energies in the mysterious and spiritual world and the negative power in the physical state of existence can create a lot of confusion , pandemonium and chaos which will later translate into the physical manifestation of fight , provocation and verbal assault between two people whom are once in love , or two people who are very close or among people who believe in the progress and success of the family . IFA then advised him to offer sacrifice to ESU and ritual to our ladies of nightly rites. He was also advised to light up a clay pot of lamp both at the front entrance of his house to prevent evil dominion of the night entering the house from the front and the other light of the clay pot lamp to be placed at the back entrance , and if he has more than two entrances , he should light the lamp at these various entrance to prevent the negative energy or build up that intend to enter through these various point of entrance into his house . IFA says with all these spiritual steps, evil will go back to the evil doers , while misfortune will turn back to meet the evil ones. The curse and the thought of the evil ( are like rain) that will fall and fall on the head of the evil one . On hearing the counsel of the divinity , the peaceful, and honest man heeded to the counsel of IFA , he performed all the sacrifice , appease to Ori , give obeisance to the ladies of nightly right , perform rituals to Esu , light the clay lamp at all the entrances of the house to prevent further evil and to deter provocation and misfortune . He offered great sacrifice with large quantities of kola-nuts , bitter kola, alligator pepper , he goat , snails, palm oil , fish rats , meat parts , water , gin , honey , and money . The ritual and the sacrifice of the peaceful and the honesty man were accepted and went up to the abode of OLODUMARE . He started to dance , extremely happy , sing a song of honor and glory to OLODMARE in his house , saying Tradition is the king of rituals Our ladies of the nightly rites are the king of tradition Come down all powerful forces and the universal energies to accept our wishes and tradition

Repeated , Tradition is the leader of all rituals Ladies of the nightly rites are the leader of tradition All power , mysterious forces and unseen positive energy must come together to accept our rituals and sacrifices All the member of his house and family joined him to sing the mysterious songs , they were filled with joy , happiness and bliss.

After the success of the sacrifices , rituals and steps , Oninure wanted to repeat the same sacrifice immediately , but he was advised that no one offers the same sacrifice at the same time , or the same period , he only needs to give obeisance and thank to his IFA priest while IFA priest will give obeisance to IFA divinity –the god of wisdom , and in return Orunmila bara Agbonniregun will give obeisance to OLODUMARE the infinite energy that radiates and sustain all lives. Oninure , in his happy mood , says Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela , let my rituals goes to the heaven above The old lizard plays and runs on the top mud house The experienced lizard runs faster on the mountain top This divine ifa oracle for a peaceful quiet and diligent man like domestic pigeon While the witches and the wizard intend to plant the seed of disharmony and discord and provocation , jealous and envy in his house Furthermore , the punitive knight of heavenly doom has planted the seed of betrayal , lawsuit , loss and destruction ,sickness and death and other form of misfortune in his work and household He was advised to be calm , and take up sacrifice as a way forward He heard about sacrifice , he offered sacrifice He heard about rituals to ESU , he offered the ritual immediately He heard about propitiation of ORI , he quickly performed it He heard about special spiritual steps to appease to the lady of nightly right He did the spiritual steps without delay They advised him to light up the lamp of clay at the various entrances of his house , he did that without hesitation The light of the lamps of the clay were to deter the evil power of the night to come near his domain and to deter or create evil build up and evil manipulation within his family He performed all the sacrifice without missing any of the spiritual steps to prevent evil in his life , in the lives of his family and in his house Oninure says ‘’Oh IFA , you see my mind and also the mind of those who are against me without any cause

Since I do not have grudges and evil mind against anyone I do not soil , spoil and disturb the sacrifices and the good work of others I do not ever think evil of those who has succeeded to fail both in spiritual realm and in the physical state of existence I always looking for a way to help others and to make other happy Let it be to your own support to vindicate me from the evil of the wicked men and women and from the negative vibration of the universe Oh , Yee mother earth, you know the evil one and the wicked men hidden under the umbrella of light in the universe You , the mysterious entity and divinity that uses shadowy hoes to cover up the soul of the wicked You , who have infinite hole to consume all human in the state of life You , that swallow the soul of men without problem Swallow all the evil men before reaching their appointed time Grant long life and abundant peace to those who trend the path of wisdom Because your mystical name is ATEPE , that is the act of walking on you for long Give me grace and support , peace of mind , sound health , and wisdom to walk on you for long and my generation yet unborn , let me live long in the physical state of existence Ifa turns all misfortune into fortune Oh GOD be with me throughout my life time and my beloved one GOD send your divinities to illuminate ad radiate abundant light to the soul and lives of those who remain faithful with you All is well Alafia

Ifa advises us to be open minded so to as to be able to defeat those who are walking secretly to destroy our good plans. A spiritual step will attract victory and success . Infant, Ifa views this explanation as part of tolerance so that our secret enemies will be defeated with the secret power of OLODUMARE working through his IRUNMOLES( divinities). According to IFA verse three under otura gbe

Ese ifa ori keta labe odu otura ogbe Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure Oju okun o nii buru Ko o lee fe leele leele labe orun Awalamulu oju orun o hun kooriko Ona igbale oya ku wiri wo Fun awon omo elegberi A difa fun IFATOKI To nse omo olokun seni ade Lojo ti awon eleye parapo Yo kube kube wipe ko ni ri ona gbe gba Awon ajogun naa yoo kube kube wipe aje ti o ni ko ni ba dojo ale Ifatoki wa wi fun won wipe ti o ba se toun ni Ifa lo ni ki e ma fami mara Ifa na alo ni ki e fi ohun rere ma lomi Ifatoki wa gbera o di ile alawo Alawo wa ni ki ifatoki o ya rubo Ki olo ni eku meji oluwere Won ni ki o lo ni eja meji abedo gbada gbada Won ni ki o lo toju ewure meji abaraamu rede rede Ni IFATOKI tete lo yaa toju ohun gbogbo ti ifa wi Ni won tete se ipese fun awon agba Ni won bori ifatoki omo seni ade Ni won si bo atanpako re Lebo IFATOKI wa da lebo wa fin

Lebo wa da gbure gbure Ni ifatoki naa wa forin awo senu wipe A rubo ebo da na ooooo------ajankoro dugbe dugbe Arubo ebo da na oooo------ajankoro dugbe dugbe mu kulo , marun lo jare ----ajankoro dugbe dugbe Arubo ebo dana oooo-------ajankoro dugbe dugbe

Bayi ni IFATOKI se fi ara bi bale , ebo riru , etu sise lo fi tun ori ati aye ara re se , ni o segun ota , ni o re yin odi , lowa ni ohun ma tun ebo ebo se Won ni won ki tun ebo se , alawo eni ni a maa yin, ti alawo eni a lo yin IFA , ni IFA naa ma de ma wa yin ELEDUMARE oba ti nse olori ohun gbogbo Lo wa ni eri bi babalawo oun nse fenu ki ifa , wipe Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure ,gbure Ojun okun ki buri Ko ma lee fe leele leele labe orun Awalawulu oju orun o hun kooriko Ona igbale o yaku wiri wo Fun awon omo elegberi A difa fun ifatoki Ti nse omo olokun seni ase Lojo ti awon eleye parapo Ti won ni awon ma bese ifatoki je Ti awon ajogun naa pete pero , ti won ku giri ti won lawon o fio ri ise ifatoki bole Ifatoki , yaa mu eeji o fi ku eeta , lo gba ona ile alawo lo Won ni ki ifatoki o karale

Ebo ni ko ya wa muse IFATOKI gbo ri run ebo , o se ebo , o run ebo Lebo ifatoki wa fin , lebo re wa da Lebo wa da gbure gbure Ifatoki ba forin awo senu wipe Arubo ebo da naa Ajankoro dugbe dugbe Arubo ebo da naa Ajankoro dugbe dugbe mu kulo , marun lo o jare ajankoro dugbe dugbe arubo ebo , ebo da naa ooo ajakooro dugbe dugbe

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ITAN Ifa so fun wa wipe , okunrin kan wa ti a npe oruko ni IFATOKI , ti se omo bibi inu Olokun seni ade . Itan ifa so fun wa wipe , okunrin yi ma ore nse gidi gidi , o si ni ife omo ekeji re dará dará. Bi o se nse ore fun omode , be naa ni o se ore fun agbalagba Sugbon , gbogbo ire ati nkan ribi ribi ti ifatoki ma se yi , ko dun mo awon eleye ninu , ni awon eleye wabe awon ajogun orun lowe wipe ki won ba awon yo kele kele lo si ile IFATOKI , ki won fi aisan , ofo , ofo , ejo , aifokanbale , ese ati iku ba IFATOKI já Ko pe ko jina, gbogbo arunbi wo ile ifatoki , gbogbo ohun ti o ti nse dede beere si daru , gbogbo nkan ti ifatoki ti fi aaro ojo re se ni awon eleye ati gbogbo ajogun orun ti fe baje pata pata. IFATOKI ko ma wipe awon ajogun ni o yo kele kele won inu ile oun lo . IFATOKI ko a wipe awon ajogun ti gba ehinkule ile wole , lati wa se jamba fun awo ebi oun , ati lati bayo re je Ni ifatoki naa ba yo kele kele, gba ile alawo lo , ni alawo gbe ifa kale , oturagbe lo yo loju opon ifa , Ni babalawo ba ni aboru aboye , ni babalawo wa ni ebo eku , eja , ewure , ni ki ifatoki lo fi pese fun

awon eleye , ki awon eleye le da owo ika , ibi , ati ibanuje won dure lori Ifatoki ati awon ebi re , ki won tun le dawon ibi duro ninu ile re . IFA tun so fun IFATOKI wipe ki o tun se ipese , ki o tun sebo , ki awon ajogun le kuro laye re , ki ibi ki o ma lo gba ehin ikule wole ifatoki omo olokun seni ade. Ifatoki se ebo , ni o tan fitila , ni o gbe fitila ti o tan si ehinkule ile re , ni asunbi pehinda ni ehinkule Ifatoki , nitori imole ti o tan sibe , sebi okunkun ko ma eni owo, sugbon kerede ni imole je fun mutu muwa. Ni ifatoki wa tun bori ara re re , ki ori re le segbe lehin re . kete ti won bori , ni ori bere si já fun IFATOKI , ni ifa bere si tun ti aye IFATOKI se, ni asunbi waa di asunre , ni IFatoki wa bere si njo , ni o bere si ni yo , ni o ba mu orin awo ko Ifa yi so fun wa wipe , enikeni ti odu yi ba yo si , ki o lo se suru , ki ni imumoran , ki o lo ni obi , orogbo , atare , eku , eja , ewure , ni meji meji , , ki o rubo , ni kutu kutu , owuro fun awon eleye ki o won ba ma yo kele kele nse oluware ni jamba. Ki oluwa re rubo ekeji ni oganjo orun , nitori awon ajogun orun ma ba yo kele kele ba ohun gbogbo ti o ti se je , Ki oluwa re rubo ki ara ki o le tun , ki o le ni itura ati wipe ki asunbi , ki le w adi asure fun eni na bayi ni ifa naa wi ninu otura ogbe

Translation of verse three under oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela let my ritual goes up to the heaven above The ocean will not be so peaceful With an incessant and ceaseless turbulence The cloudy sky of the heaven Never grow a weed or plant The path to the forest of destiny Is not easy path to trend for the fool This divine ifa oracle for IFATOKI The child of olokun seni ade When the witches and the wizards joined hand and forces together They are secretly working against the life of IFATOKI To destroy all his undertakings While the punitive knight of heavenly doom secretly planned to destroy his fortune and that his successful life will not last more than a generation or till old age

IFATOKI responded that , if they were indeed want to deal ruthlessly with him and his household , and they wanted to turn his fortune into misfortune Ifa says , goodness and fortune shall be his lot , Ifa says, fortune shall revolve round the life of Ifatoki like water surrounding a land Ifatoki did not waste any time , he quickly went to the house of his ifa priest to consult ifa divination to know the mind of OLODUMARE as while there were chaos , tumult and hubbub in his life and confusion in his family Ifa directed ifatoki through his priest to offer sacrifice of two rats , two fish , two big goat. Ifatoki quickly gathered all the materials They offered sacrifice to the ladies of nightly rites They propitiate the head of Ifatoki They offered sacrifice to the ancestral deity And a ritual to the mother earth The sacrifice were accepted and fulfilled The sacrifice went to the heaven above All divinities were happy to receive all the spiritual step of Ifatoki Ifatoki began to sing a song of wisdom that I have offered sacrifices and the sacrifice were accepted ------ajankoro dugbe dugbe

I have offered sacrifice and the sacrifice were accepted and fulfilled --- ajankoro dugbe dugbe Take away death , take away sickness ---ajankoro dugbe dugbe We have offered sacrifice and our sacrifice were accepted ---ajankoro dugbe dugbe That was how IFATOKI , used peace and wisdom to rectify misfortune and restore affluence which might have consumed IFATOKI and his household. IFATOKI through his tolerance and patience seek spiritual solution to his problem and overcome the power of the enemies and the negative vibration of the witches , the wizard , and the punitive knight of heavenly doom Ifatoki later decided to re-do the sacrifice which according to the rule of ifa , concerning rituals, and sacrifices, ‘’ no one offer the same sacrifice immediately after the first sacrifice , but one should not hesitate to give obeisance to his ifa priest , while ifa priest will give obeisance to ifa

oracle , and the oracle will give maximum obeisance to OLOUMARE the infinite energy directing all cosmic forces in the universe Ifatoki then says , do you see how my ifa priest chant the verse of the ifa , his family responded , how , Ifatoki then says , Let my sacrifice be accepted oh IFA Let my ritual goes to the heaven above oh ELA IWORI The ocean will not be so calm to stop her incessant splash and roar While the sky will not be so cloudy to bring forth any plant This divine ifa oracle for IFATOKI The child of olokun seni ade When the witches and the wizard gathered together to destroy the good work of ifatoki in secret While the punitive knight of heavenly doom intended to spoil and smear all the fortune of Ifatoki IFATOKI decided and secretly went to the house of IFA priest The priest advised IFATOKI to be calm and patience And take up sacrifice as a way forward Ifatoki performed the necessary rituals The sacrifices were accepted and fulfilled Ifatoki indeed sang a song of wisdom Saying We offered sacrifice and our sacrifice were accepted ----ajankoro dugbe dugbe We offered sacrifices and the sacrifices were accepted ---ajankoro dugbe dugbe Take away death and take away sickness ---ajankoro dugbe dugbe We offered sacrifice and our sacrifice were accepted ---ajankoro dugbe dugbe

Myth Ifa tells us that there was a man whose name was called IFATOKI . IFA told us that this man knew how to do good, act good and speak good both in private life and in his daily steps and he was always and wanted to help people who were in need . IFA says , IFATOKI helped both the old and the young. IFATOKI did not realize that all his good works and good steps did not go well with the witches , the wizard , the punitive knight of heavenly doom and those who hated him without cause. These three powerful negative entities went secretly to the house of IFATOKI to inflict a heavy burden of losses, sickness, destruction , lawsuit , sorrow , agony , lack of peace of mind , and death . IFATOKI did not know that the punitive knight of heavenly doom , the witches and the wizard were the causes of his predicaments and woos. He did not realize that they had gone so far to tear apart and destroy the very fabric of the peaceful , harmonious and serene atmosphere he had labored for , and the good family setting he had build. Ifatoki in his spiritual wisdom went secretly to the house of ifa priest to know the cause and the foundation of his problem. The priest quickly consulted oracle un-behalf of ifatoki , what come out of the divination was Oturagbe –‘’ that is, otura lifts him up , otura gives him victory , that is fortune should smile on him again, because , a man of tolerance , patience with wisdom shall maintain peace in the face of obstacles’’ Ifa priest directed him to get a rat , a fish and a goat , all but in double, so that he would use them to appease to the ladies of the nightly rites and to the punitive knight o heavenly doom . ifa says the sacrifice would stop the spread of evil , misfortune and negative vibration of sadness, sorrow , destruction , doubt , lawsuit , dieases and death While the rituals would stop evil from entering his house from the back door or from the back entrance Ifatoki did all the sacrifices as directed by IFA priest . IFATOKI light the clay candle and placed it at the back entrance of his house , whenever evil wanted to attack from the back door , and see the light , they would take to their heel and ran away from the surrounding and the environment of IFATOKI . He also propitiate his head and offer sacrifice to his destiny . His spiritual head supported him in a spectacular form and fought all the battle on his be-half . Ifa divinity attracted wealth , fortune and lifted him up with sound positive vibration , and the life of Ifatoki witness a huge fortune greater than before Ifatoki started to dance , sing and fill with joy . Ifa says anyone with this vibration should be calm , have tolerance and pray for peace , he should have obi , orogbo , atare rat , fish , goat , in double , one part to be used to offer sacrifice at the early hour of the day against ajogun orun (punitive knight of heavenly doom) and the other materials must be used to offer rituals at the dead of the night to prevent a situation whereby the

witches and the wizards will not make unexpected attack through the back door against such individual’s life He needs to offer sacrifice of peace and harmony so that evil will revert and turn into fortune , that is the purpose of this odu –otura-ogbe

Ifa says that the odu speaks of the seed of harmony , being sowed in one’s life and the fruits of peace being planted in one’s family , the tuber of serenity cultivated in the life of our beloved ones according to IFA verse four under otura ogbe Ese –ifa ori kerin labe odu otura ogbe Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure Ogbologbo alangba a bere gele lori orunle Agbalagba alamu a muni ni sare gereje lori apata nla A difa fun Ajalolerun Eyi ti awon eleye ati ajogun orun gbebu ika sile de Ti won fi eso iponju ba ara ile já To si gbin isu ire si odede re Won ni ko kara le Ebo ni ko yaa wa muse Ajalolerun gbo gbigbo ebo O run gbogbo ebo O rubo lako lako O rubo eku meji oluwere O rubo eja meji abedo gbada gbada O rubo ewure meji a boju rede re de O rubo opolopo obi , orogbo , atare , owo eyo ati ohun gbogbo ti enu nje Ajalleru rubo tan

Ebo wa da , ebo da gbure gbure Ni asubi wa yipada o di asure Ni aye Ajaloleru yi pada o wadi olowo repete O di alayo o di olola Ni o wajo , ni o wayo Ni o wa nyin babalawo Ni babalawo wa ni yin ifa Ni ifa wa yin OLODUMARE oba asiwaju ohun gbogbo Oba adagba ma paro oye , Arugbo ojo Ni Ajalolerun nwa wipe , eri bi babalawo oun Nse fi enu ki ifa Ni o wa ni Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure Ogbologbo alangba a bere gele lori orunle Agbalagba álamo a muni sare lori apata nla A difa fun Ajalolerun Eyi ti awon eleye ati awon ajogun orun gbebu ika sile de Ti won so eso iponju sinu aye ara ile re Ti won si gbin isu ote si odede re Ajalolerun ni ifa , o ma ma rinu awo Awo temi , awo ire ni mi o se awo ote ,mi o sowo ibanuje Awo ti mo ma awo ire ni Ile ogere afokoyeri o de ri gbogbo seke seke Ile ogere o ri gbogbo sika sika

Mama jeki asubi o peni ire bayi , ifa Ifa o ba da eni ire si ki o je ki ika o jere iwa ika re Awo ire ni awo temi Ifa o dakun o dabo , o fani mara , ki o temi ire Nire nire laso oro atare , jeki won fenu ire , enu iyo wi temi bayi , ifa

Translation of verse four under Oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice goes up to the heaven above Ela let my ritual be accepted The experience wall gecko is wild on the top of the house roof The old and experience lizard run rapidly on the huge mountain This divine ifa oracle for Ajalolerun When the witches , the wizard and the punitive knigt of heavenly doom Intended to inflict heavy destruction in his life They waited to plant the seed of disharmony in his life They wanted to sow the fruits of misfortune on the lives of his family And the yam tube of destruction and discord in his house He was advised to be calm And take up sacrifice as the only solution to his problem Ajalelorun heard the voice of divinities concerning the offering of sacrifice He offered the sacrifice He indeed offered the sacrifice in full and complete Without economize the materials of the sacrifice He offered two rats He offered two fishes

He offered two goats And offered a large quantity of kola-nuts, bitter kola , alligator pepper , cowries and other edible materials Ajalolerun offered sacrifice His sacrifice was accepted and went up to the heaven above The evil turns to good The misfortune turn into fortune The life of Ajalolerun witness enormous prosperity , happiness , fortune , wealth , joy and success He started to dance and fill with joy He gave obeisance to his IFA priest While is ifa priest gave obeisance to ifa oracle Ifa oracle in turn gives obeisance to the highest and the infinite power, the real creator of all things , the ancient of days , the leader of all things created , manifested or un-manifested in creation , the oldest one who never change but living in his own majesty and glory , the ancient of days Ajalolerun then averred that , do you know how my ifa priest recited IFA verse under oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela let my ritual goes up to the heaven above The experience lizard runs on the roof top of the house While the old lizard runs rapidly on the huge mountain Ths divine ifa oracle for the ajalolerun When the witches and the wizard , the punitive knights of heavenly doom Have sowed the seed of disharmony , discord in his home They have planted the seed of misfortune in the lives of his family The tuber of dissonance and disagreement in his home Ajalolerun said , oh ifa , you are the witness of all destiny , be my witness , you know my inner mind that I cannot do evil , speak evil , think evil , against any one

My learning and my initiation was a wise initiation and wise learning I did not initiate into discord and misfortune The initiation I know is a true and guarded initiation from a reputed IFA priest Oh you the mother –earth , you see and know the heart of the evil man Never allow misfortune to kill the generous and the wise one , oh yee ifa Ifa saves the lives of your initiates and the wise one Let the evil one receive and gain from his evil act My initiations is of good intention and good act Ifa let it be please to you , to draw me toward you Draw me under your powerful protection and initiate and guard me properly We speaks of alligator pepper in a good way Let every speaks good of me , let every creatures Speak well and good of me , oh! Yee ! ifa God always support the faithful , upright , honesty , and diligent man Let every positive vibration in the universe support me to attain my success

When this vibration appears , one should try to take opon ifa( ifa tray) , obi( koal-nut) , orogbo ( bitter Kola ), atare( alligator pepper) owo eyo( cowries) with iyereosun ( spiritual yellowish powder) on ifa tray and chant the above verse for twenty one days for success , happiness and breakthrough Ase.

Ifa says that all men should seek the wisdom of GOD and his numerous divinities. IFA says , GOD knows the heart of all men . Since He is the creator , no way , his creatures can hide from HIM. IFA says many people speak of GOD and his numerous divinities, they claim to know His way and his messengers and love IFA and OLODUMARE but they do inculcate his teaching into their lives. IFA

says , knowing odu means, we intend to know the mind of GOD and the future of the people and necessary step to take to rectify any error affecting their destiny with sound spiritual state to promote victory , success and fortune, but knowing GOD and understand his way is the wisdom IFA teaches us to imbibe . Under this odu , it teaches us and encourages us to seek with our heart , learning , initiations , devotion, prayer and other spiritual steps that call for absolute mercy and blessing of OLODDUMARE and the support of his divinities in all our activities and earthly endeavor IFA reiterates the learning of ODU and imbibe its principles and philosophy in our lives to prevent a situation whereby negative forces of punitive knight of heavenly doom , (AJOGUN ORUN) , witches ,wizards, and other contrary energy IFA says ,wisdom , knowledge , learning and understanding of GOD and his divinities should be our foundation . IFA says , no one could know the path of GOD and his numerous divinities without knowing his way , having a concrete knowledge of his power , and divine love and his creatures According to IFA five under Oturagbe Ese ifa ori kaaru Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure Orule gaji ,orule taji , orule tataata tuurutu Afin onilare Awo ile orunmila A difa fun orunmila baba agbonniregun O nti ikole orun bo wa si ikole aye O ni oun lo ree ko omo adanihunrun ni imo , ogbon ,oye ,nipa ifa ati OLODUMARE Ifa so wipe eniti o ba ni oye OLODUMRE lo ma okan Edumare Ako le ni imo OLODUMARE , ki a tun ma se ibi si omo lakeji Gbogbo eda adarihunrun ni ise , imo , oye ati ogbon Olodumare Kii si se gbogbo omo adarihunrun loni ogbon Olodumare Ifa ni itona and imole OLODUMARE Itana lo je fun gbogbo eda aye

Ifa wa tanna imole re si okan mi , tan imole sinu ile mi , tan sori mi IFA o ma ti rinu mi ooo Wa fi ise rere fun mi titi di ojo ogbo Mo ni OLODUMARE nitori mo ti fi ogbon , imo and oye re si aya temi pelo awo ebi mi Jeki bori wahala aye ati iponju awon ajogun orun pata pata

Translation of verse five under otura gbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela let my ritual goes to the heaven above Solid as the roof , safe as the roof The future is certain , secure , with pure wisdom , understanding and knowledge of GOD This divine IFA oracle for Orunmila , the partner in the journey of wisdom , understanding and knowledge When he was going to the earth plain of existence from the spiritual realm Orunmila said , I am going to the physical state of existence to teach the men of the world the wisdom , knowledge and the understanding of IFA and the infinite power of the ancient one called OLODUMARE Orunmila continued that ‘’whoever has the wisdom of GOD will surely know the mind of GOD No one has a pure understanding of GOD and continue doing evil and carrying out evil in his mind , because evil in the heart , soul , mind and his action have no part in realm of divinity and way in the existence of divine knowledge Because all the creatures of GOD are his work , wisdom , and his pure understanding . You find the glory and power of GOD on all creatures Whoever seek and walk on the path of GOD to see his glory , and whoever have absolute knowledge of GOD and his creature has discovered the path of wisdom , success and happiness which is the foundation of eternal bliss Ifa and odu are the light , and the path to GOD ‘s way and a road to reach the abode of OLODUMARE Ifa is the light for all human and is the path to all creatures in creation .

IFA let it be to your pleasure to light my heart with your wisdom , light my household , light my destiny Ifa you should actually sees my heart , soul , mind , since you see the mind of GOD , you can easily see the mind of men and their various challenges Please train my mind to always do good act good , and speak good till the earthly life and journey . God knows all his individual creatures in creation and He knows their shortcoming and weakness Oh GOD , know me well , direct my ways , my steps , because , I have learn your wisdom , knowledge and understanding with my loved ones and my family Let me overcome all human temptation obstacles and attack of the punitive knight of heavenly doom Ase

IFA says , people may not valued your work , your wisdom , your knowledge and your understanding but never relent in sharing the good knowledge of ifa and the odu to others in creation. If people fail to acknowledge your wisdom , the infinite vibration will work through his numerous divinities like Alafere, dada ,and sango , and oya to establish his wisdom and connect others of various generation together in the spirit of wisdom , like the waves that is going on now in the world to you . Many nations , tribes, people from different part of the world are seeking for the wisdom of IFA and the knowledge of OLODUMARE , to shape their lives and better improve their spiritual condition. IFA says , a lot more will still seek the wisdom , and understand OLODUMARE through the teaching of ODU and elevates their life and recognize that human life is spiritual continuum and the atom of every life is the spirit it possesses , and spirituality is the foundation of all thing ever created and to understand and really conceptualize spirituality , we need IFA , ODU and the knowledge of GOD. IFA says , the initiated ,the disciples , the faithful and learned and the knower of IFA and OLODUMARE should appreciate the blessing given to them by OLODUMARE . The odu teaches us to appreciate the wisdom , knowledge and understanding of IFA and put all his teaching into daily use and practice every IFA steps to germinate a new seed and a new fruit both in our life , soul and spirit and the life of others around us Ifa says , the wisdom of GOD and the knowledge of divinities are the same , but the method and

means of understanding the wisdom and the knowledge can be slightly different but the purpose are the same .according to IFA sayings , ‘’AIGBOFA LAN WOKE , IFA KAN KO SI NI PARA’’ translated , ‘’if you indeed know and have a full understanding of IFA , you will not be perambulate arund or looking up into the sky , for the meaning . IFA is a way of life , a discipline , a plant and fruit of wisdom in the heart of men that must be sowed and planted in the physical world of existence and only the initiate , the faithful , the wise the disciple can manifest its principles and philosophy’’ IFA says , men in their finite wisdom and limited understanding treat themselves and people of different races , color , religion , size , sex and races differently. They limit their wisdom to their own races and color but when it comes to the drinking of water they fail to realize that water in all nations are the same , the blood that flows in their vein are the same , the air they breath in and out are the same , the sky over their head , while the cloud in the sky cover the entire space which spread from nations and nation and the atoms of their lives are the same and they fail to realize that the atoms that give life to them are the power and the infinite energy of GOD that speak of their existence both at the physical level , and spiritual level . that is the universal identity card and number of all human both here and here-after. Men fail to realize sun shines on them , their plant , and their animals , and other natural objects , like mountain , water , forest , vegetation and hills without knowing that the universal forces are the same manifesting in colors , sex , natural characteristics and diverse land scape. Oturagbe teaches us that to have a pure harmony with these natural and beautiful objects in the world and be harmonious with various people , races and sex , live in peace and serenity , to attract the blessing of GOD , you must possess the knowledge of IFA . IFA under Oturagbe tells us that we should not discriminate and segregate men either by their color , stature , size, races and location . Men should not demarcate the territory or discriminate just because you do not live near one another. IFA says , we should not demarcate the territory of wisdom like the way men divide and demarcate the land they possess , or the land they greedily acquired as water spread across the entire earth plain so aslo the wisdom of IFA spread across the universe only the wise search for it , hence those who possess and have the knowledge must be spread across the entire universe just as man buy a piece of land , resell it or repossess it after a long period of time likewise IFA wisdom must be sought for , repossess , imbibed and radiate our light like sun in the sky . Never discriminate or demarcate the wisdom of the white and the understanding of the black , or other colored people in the universe , we can gain enormously from each other , IFA is just like a cloud in the sky which can not be demarcate and divided . GOD is universal , IFA is ubiquitous , according to IFA’’ IRO NI WO PA , IFA KO LE PARE LAYE , NITORI AGBE KALE LORI OGBON , IMO ATI OYE OLODUMARE NI , IFA KO LE PARE LORI ILE-EDE AYE’’ TRANSLATED ‘’ IFA CANNOT BE ERAZED FROM THE WORLD , IT IS A LIE , BECAUSE , IT IS ESTABLISHED ON THE WISDOM , KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF GOD’’ . OTURA OGBE PREDICTS THE CONTINUITY AND THE SPREAD OF IFA TO ALL RACES AND ALL NATIONS The wisdom of IFA and the understanding of Odu teaches us not to demarcate and discriminate IFA wisdom from other and we should not limit our knowledge of IFA to what we see, know and feel

in our locality . IFA transcends culture , race and tradition , it is a tradition of divine order that must be spread across the world like a cloud of the sky which cannot be demarcated or segregated. According to ifa verse six under the energy and the vibration of oturagbe Ese ifa labe odu oturagbe ori kefa Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orn gbure gbure Oju okun o nii buuru Ki o ma le e fe ileele ileele labe orun Awalawulu oju orun , o hu koriko Awalawulu oju ko se pin Ona igbale oya ku wiri won A difa fun ologbon aye Ti o ra ile , ti o jogun ile Ti o pala ,ile tire , ki o le ma iyato larin ile tire Ati Aladugbo Ti ologbon aye baa le pin ile , nje won le pin oju orun bi Oju orun ko se pin bi a se pin ile Ogbon OLODUMARE ko si pin , Eniyan ni ogbon OLORUN ko se pin Ile aye , imo OLORUN ni , ko se pin Gbogbo eda ti o ba gboju soke woju orun , ni woju Olodumare ti o si reti iyaanu nla , ogo nla , and nkan nla Enyin omo eniyan e ye fi ami si arayin E yee pin ara yin si otooto , Ki e si dawo ironu ti o dará duro lori ara yin Enikeni ti o ba gbebu ika , ori ara re n o fi gbe

Ifa o ma rinu mi ooo Ile o rika Oju orun to eye nfo lai farakara Gbogbo eni rere ni Edumare mo Gbogbo ona , ile ara ati ile lo gba olodo , ati eni-rere Otura o ba gbe mi , o gbe gbogbo ise mi , o gbe omo ati gbogbo ohun ti o je temi lori ile aye Ase

Translation of verse six under oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela let my rituals go up to the heaven above The ocean splashes and noisy but unique and Ocean is universal The cloudy sky will not grow weed The path of wisdom is not rosy and easy This divine ifa oracle for a wise man Who buy a piece of land and inherit land He decides to demarcate the land from his neighbor to know his boundary If the wise of the world could demarcate their land, can they use the wisdom to demarcate the cloud of the sky Lo ! the sky cannot be divided like the way they divide the land space . The wisdom of GOD cannot be demarcated People and other creatures in creation can be segregated , demarcated and divided Both manifested and un-manifested can be segregated While the spirit , soul , mind of the wise men who had the heart of IFA ( IFA AYA) cannot be divided These ( soul , and spirit) are of GOD , they cannot be segregated and divided within the wisdom of

GOD All those who look up into the sky , they are looking up to GOD for blessing , wisdom , consciousness They look up to the heaven for miracles , blessings and wonders wherever they found themselves The wisdom of GOD is not limited to any nation , sex , color or region Oh! Yee men of the world avoid demarcation , segregation , and division , stop evil thought among yourself Whoever sow the seed of discord , disharmony ,shall reap the same fruit IFA you actually sees my heart While the mother earth knows the fool , the wicked , the brute who fails to understand that the knowledge of GOD through IFA make one to be a wise and intelligent man All the good , upright , and honest are well known to GOD , they operate in all land , all nations , all path among different people Oturagbe, ensure, you lift me up over obstacles , free me from my weakness and condemnation , lift my family , and all the work of my hand , lift my head up among men of various nations , country land and people Ase

Ifa teaches us to fight within us , we should not fight any of our cause from outside, never think of contrary forces affecting you from outside, your inner wishes attract the outward supports and inner power is the power of doing and the forces of profound dimension affecting as either positively or negatively in the cosmic realm . The rain falls on whatever crop you plant , the plant cannot change because of the falling of rain , but the farmer can change the plant and the rain will water any plant he have planted. Most things in the world depends on your inner wisdom and the inner knowledge. We must develop a strong will to develop our vessel or ourselves very well Through the wisdom we acquire , most especially the wisdom of IFA. Just as good intention comes from within , so also the evil manifestation is a product of evil thought and evil action and evil activities. To build or construct , we must first have a good thought ,wisdom and understanding that go beyond your physical reality , that is your inbuilt spiritual power , wisdom and energy within .God endow you with the power of building and to construct, the transformation of this power depend on the wisdom you acquired from IFA . hence learn IFA and acquire ODU , to live a meaningful life in the physical and the spiritual realm of existence

IFA says the spiritual gains of all devotee , depends upon his feeling , sentiments , ideas , action from within , from his mind toward IFA and OLODUMARE and not the physical habits or action . IFA says those who are born in the family of IFA tradition or Orisa lineage without practice IFA wisdom and the tradition of ancient philosophy or the deity of ancestors are not blessed by IFA. IFA says, there are people who only get to know IFA , ORISA and OLODUMARE through friends, neighbor and well-wishers , and later take IFA tradition to their heart , live by the words of spirit and the teaching of OLODUMARE through the learning of ODU and IFA. Oturagbe makes us to know that these people shall be favored , blessed and illuminated because they have initiated their soul and imbibed IFA doctrine into their lives and heart, called IFA-AYA , that is having IFA at the centre of your heart and soul and life by the principle of IFA. This is the wisdom of IFA and the knowledge of OLODUMARE . IFA says being born into tradition does not make you a child of promise to the tradition of IFA. It is those who actually acquire , live and bless by OLODUMARE through his divinity and comply to IFA way of life are the children of OLODUMARE and the disciple of IFA . that is the major reason while under the verse of Oturagbe says ‘’OLODUMARE O RINU , IFA O RINU ,ENYIN IRUNMOLE E RINU MI , ILE O RIKA , ENIYAN TI NSE RERE , OLODUMARE MO WON’’ –TRANSLATE ‘’OH , GOD , YOU ACTUALLY SEE MY MIND , IFA YOU SEE MY HEART , ALL DIVINITIES YOU SEE MY SOUL WHILE YOU , MOTHER EARTH , YOU SEE AND KNOW THE WICKED SOUL AND EVIL HEART ,WHILE KINDHEARTED , GOD KNOWS THEM ALL. The singular act of studying IFA, learn its verse , inculcate his principle into your life , inscribe the word into your heart to improve your IWA—that is behavior , attitude and action , then trend the path of OLO-ODU-MARE make a pure AWO , or ISESE . Hence , OLO-ODU-MARE will surely know your mind , your soul and your heart . you may be white , black , short big , small , single and married , the most important things is to have IFA at your heart which is IFA AYA and live by the principles to become a true disciple of OLODUMARE According to IFA verse seven under oturagbe Ese ifa ori keje labe Oturagbe Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jeko ebo naa o da gbure gbure Akuko to ko lanaa Iko rere lo ko A difa fun iki Ti nsawo rele alado Ewi omo arara ojo

Ewi omo arara geje geje Akuko to ko lanaa Iko rere lo ko A difa fun Gbodogi Ti nsawo rode ijesa Akuko to ko lanaa Iko rere lo ko A difa fun otutu Tii nse aya orunmila Tii nsunkun oun o romo bi Won ni o karale o jare Ebo ni o wa wa muse Igba to rubo tan Eboo re ba da Ebo re ba fin Ni o wa njo , ni o wa yo Ni o wa nyi , awon babalawo Awon babalawo ba yin IFA Oni bee lawon , babalawo oun se nfenu ki fa Akuko to ko lana Iko rere lo ko A difa fun iki Ti nsanwo re le Alado Ewi , omo arara ojo Ewi , omo arara geje geje Akuko , to ko lana

Iko rere lo nko A difa fun gbodoji Ti nsawo rode ijesa Akuko to ko lanaa Iko rere lo ko A difa otutu Tii see aya Orunmila Ti nsunkun oun o room bi Won ko karale ebo ni ko yaw a muse O gbo riru ebo , o sebo Ebo re wa gba ebo gba , ebo re wa run Ebo ru ebo gba gbure gbure Bibi ti o ma bi o bi ogbon O tun wa bi o bi oye O situn bi o bi imo Awon meteeta , ni o walo kari aye , ti wa wa ko won nifa Won ko olokun , won ko olosa, won ko gbogbo irunmole ti nbe nisale omi Won wa gbe IFA Kiko re ehin okun , won gba yi nibe Won ni gbogbo eni ti o gba fa , ni o ko ifa , gbogbo eniti o ba si kofa , ti o ma ifa ti o si fi lo , ni o ni ifa aya , nje ifa o rinu ,nje IFA o rinu gbogbo omo awo pata pata lode aye , o si rinu emi paapaa Gbogbo eniyan ti nse rere , ni Olorun mo, wa ma mi OLODUMARE nitori . mo ti ni ifa aya , Gbogbo eniti OLODUMARE da , Ni OLODUMARE ma sugbon, gbogbo eniti o gba pe IFA lona , lomo okan OLODUMARE . Oturagbe wa gbe mi de ILE OLA , ile ola , ile oro ati ile aseyori bayi IFA

Translation of verse seven under OTURAGBE Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted

Ela let my ritual goes to the heaven above The cock that crows yesterday He crowed with good intention This divined IFA oracle for IKI ( a special type of monkey) That is taking IFA activities to the house of the king of ADO EWI, the child of arara ojo EWI , the child of arara geje geje The cock that crowed yesterday He crowed very well This divined IFA oracle for GBODOGI Who was taking IFA oracle to the city of IJESA The cock that crowed yesterday He crowed well This divine IFA oracle for OTUTU The precious wife of orunmila When she was crying of not having children They asked her to calm, gentle and peaceful And take up sacrifice as way to overcome her predicament After the great sacrifice was performed by OTUTU She was initiated immediately into IFA The sacrifice was accepted Her ritual went up to the abode of divination She then started to dance and rejoice She was praising her ifa priest Her ifa prest was praising ifa While ifa gives obeisance to OLO-ODU-MARE

She said , it was exactly as her ifa priest had said The cock crowed yesterday He crowed with good intention This divine ifa for iki That was taking IFA oracle to the house of the king of ADO Ewi the child of arara ojo Ewi , the child of arara , geje geje The cock that crowed yesterday He crowed with good intention This divined ifa oracle for GBODGI The one that taking IFA oracle to the land IJESA The cock that crowed yesterday He crowed very well with good intention This divine IFA oracle for otutu The wife of Orunmila When she was crying of not having a children She was advised to be calm , peaceful and gentle To take up sacrifice as a way out She quickly performed all the sacrifice The sacrifice was accepted , the ritual was accepted All her spiritual was accepted When she first had a child She begat WISDOM She gave birth the second time to KNOWLEDGE The third child was UNDERSTANDING The three children were all over the world teaching people IFA principles

They taught OLOKUN, they taught Olosa, and other divinities in the ocean They took IFA tradition over the seas and across the ocean They came back home with honor Those who accepted the teaching of IFA , learn IFA and inculcate IFA into their life , in respective of the nations , tribe , color , sex were those who are called ISESE , the disciple of OLODUMARE Those who really accepted IFA into their heart , soul and spirit IFA also see their soul and their heart OH! IFA , you see the heart of all IFA devotees. Initiates and IFA disciples You know my heart , Oh! IFA GOD knows and sees the mind of kindhearted May OLODUMARE continues to know and direct the lives of HIS follower and control their step GOD knows all his creatures But those who accepted IFA into their heart , knows the mind of GOD Oturagbe , pushes me to meet my fortune , prosperity , wealth , riches and victory Ase

Under this odu , IFA predicts the fortune of wealth and that of child bearing . If it happens that a young man seek IFA oracle for possible divination and it occurs that this odu appears , with sound spiritual step , he can be rest assured of possible flow of wealth , and blessed children to his lineage . IFA says , sacrifice to ancestral deity would surely attract blessing of riches. IFA says a clay pot of lamp should be lighted at the front and at the back entrance so that fortune, blessing , progress , prosperity , wealth would enter the house of the such young man . According to IFA verse eight under odu oturagbe Ese ifa ori kejo labe odu oturagbe Ifa jebo naa fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure Gunnugun ni jebo tebo fii nfin Akalamagbo nii jebo ti ebo fii nda

Ahere oko a biduro gangan roro , gan gan roro A difa , fun TEHIN-NI –WA –ORAN Tii se omo bibi inu agbonniregun Eyi ti o tanna ola sile domo Won ni o rubo Ebo ki ni o wa ru Ebo ,se oun l ela laye bayi naa Won ni ko rubo opolopo owo , obi , orogbo ,atare Won ni ko tun tan fitila kan si enu ona ita iwaju ile Ki o tan ikeji senu ona eyinkule abawole Won ni ko fori tan okan Won ni ko fi epo tan okan to ku Won ni gege e nire o moo se TEHIN- NI WA- ORAN , ti se omo bibi agbonniregun ba rubo O tanna senu ona , ona iwaju ati iwa ehin Aje nwole e Ire gbogbo nwole e Bee ri ifa ola e ko mi Owo ti mo se la nifa Bee ri ifa , ke ko mi Asinla ni ki gbogbo omo awo o sin ifa Asin jere ni ki gbogbo omo awo o sin OLO-ODU –MARE ASE

Translation of verse eight under oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted

Ela , let my ritual goes to the heaven above Unless the sacrifice is eaten by vulture Such sacrifice will not be accepted by the infinite power called OLODUMARE Until rituals is consumed by the Horn-bill , Such ritual will not be accepted by OLODUMARE As deserted village on the traditional setting watches In loneliness , so also the Almighty stand afar watches The activities of men in the physical state of existence This declared IFA oracle to a man called TEHIN –NI-WA –ORAN ( MEANING LATE TO PROSPER) The child of agbonniregun , the deity of wisdom The one that would light a lamp of wealth , pending The arrival of your faithful , your devotee He was asked to perform sacrifice The sacrifice to have great wealth on getting to the world He was asked to offer sacrifice of a lot of obi, orogbo , atare He should then light a clay pot of lamp at the front entrance They should light another clay pot lamp at the back entrance They should use ORI , (Shea- butter) as oil for me And red palm oil for other All blessing and prosperity would coincide with you , averred IFA oracle TEHIN –NI –WA ORAN, the precious child of Agbonniregun offer all the necessary sacrifice He lights the clay pot lamp at the entrance Another light at the back entrance His house attracts blessing Wealth and prosperity enter his house Teach me the craft

Teach me the way to success , through the craft of IFA oracle I choose IFA as a path to light and wisdom and understanding Grant the wisdom of light to all IFA devotee through- out the world Let all the disciple of GOD trend on your path till end Ase

Ifa says , self confidence can be built through spiritual steps hence IFA teaches us to build up our self confidence to reach a higher position , low esteem attracts losser , misfortune and lack of respects. IFA speaks of self esteem as a mean and way to improve self confidence and success. IFA says , self confidence attracts success, progress and prosperity According to IFA verse nine under Oturagbe Ese IFA ori kesan labe Oturagbe Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o da gbure gbure Igunnugun pa lori nitori ore sise Akalamagbo yo gege lorun , nitori ore sise pelo Keni m ama soore mo OORO soore . Ooro o lewe Afomo soore Kole gbo A difa fun OORE ti se omo bibi orunmila Nigbati o bo wa si ile aye, o wa wo aye re ti o kan lo , laisi , nkannkan ti o se ni ile aye Oun ni ki o rubo , ki aye re , loju , ki aye re ko le lona Ifa so fun wipe, ebo kandu ti ka igunnugun laya ni o ma wa mu se , lati le je ki aye re le ni abayo Ifa so wipe o madi eni nla lehin etutu Kini wa lebo , OORE bere ,

Ni IFA so fun wipe , obi ni kan ebo , orogbo ni kan ebo , atare lebo , eku lebo , eja, lebo , owo eyo lebo , ati ewure meta ni kan ebo O gbo riru ebo , o rubo , ebo fin , ebo da , ebo gbure gbure Ifa so OORE di olola, alayo ati oba ilu Oore wa njo , o wa nyo , o wa ni o ma tun ebo se Won ni won ki tu ebo ,alawo eni ni a maa yin Ti alawo a yin IFA , ti ifa ma yin Eledumare Ifa Orunmila omo eleni ewele Ifa orunmila wa gba mi , omo eleni ola , eleni ateka Wa teni ola sile awo bayi ifa

Translation of verse nine under oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela let my ritual goes t the heaven above Vulture become bald because of his sympathy for others in creation Horn-bill develops goiter because of his sympathy for other creatures in creation as well People with kind heart are most tormented with evil and not appreciated by others Because , kindness and sympathy breed ingratitude Ooro is so kind , it lost its leave Afoma ( mistletoe) lost its root through sympathy for others This divined IFA oracle for OORE the precious child of Orunmila bara Agbonniregun When he noticed that his life and time were passing by without any meaningful progress and success His time is wasting away without success , and prosperity He was advised to offer sacrifice so that his life can turn around for good and achieve success in life time with confidence IFA advised him to offer a big sacrifice that intimidate the vulture in the jungle ( most sacrifices

and rituals are consumed by the vulture either on the three cross road or in the jungle) The sacrifice to build up his self confidence to be able to achieve success Ifa predicts greatness , wealth for him after the sacrifice But he should offer kolanuts , orogbo , atare , rats , fishes, and cowries. A three big goats are the sacrificial materials He heard about sacrifice , he sacrifice all the materials as directed by IFA The sacrifice was accepted , the rituals go up to the place of acceptance IFA builds up the self confidence of OORE and bless him greatly with riches and success Oore later become the king of a big city Oore started to sing and dance He was full of joy and happiness Saying he wanted to do the same , sacrifice once again He was advised that , no one re-do the same sacrifice immediately , or at the same time But one can only give obeisance to one’s priest While IFA priests will give obeisance to IFA oracle And the oracle will give obeisance to OLODUMARE Ifa orunmila spread your mat of prosperity in my house Ifa accepts my supplication , you are the owner of mats of success , the mat of eternal progress Spread your mat of success , progress , prosperity in my house ,Oh! IFA

Ifa speaks of offerings , and a sacrifice to guarantee healthy , pregnancy , healthy child in the womb and healthy delivery during child bearing . IFA says , life begin with spiritual steps and end with spiritual steps to ensure successful life after birth and death. According to IFA verse ten under oturagbe Ese ifa ori kewa labe oturagbe

Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure A difa fun Eefunsekee ti nse omo bibi inu Obatala obatansa , obatako ni ilu Iranje Ni igbati o fi oju sun rara omo bibi lotun IFE Won ni ko karale , ebo ni ko ya wa muse Won ni ko rubo , ko se etu , nitori omo , ki Olodumare le fun lomo gidigidi Ki o si tun setutu ki awon omo araye ma tun fi awon omo re Ma paa lekun , ki won ma ma fi awon re ma pa leku O wa bere wipe ki ni kan ebo Won ni ki o lo ni opolopo eso , ki o lo ni gbogbo ohun ti enu , nje Ki o pese fun koori ati ooge Eefunsekee gbo gbigbo ebo , o sebo , oru bo , ebo fin ,ebo da, ebo da gbure Ko pe ko jina Eefunsekee lo yun Eefunsekee bimo , o bimo abiro , o bimo abiye Eefunsekee dagba o gbo o si se orire Ifa jeki awon omo wa o ye bayi ifa Jeki won dagba , darugbo , pelu Alafia emi gigun ati ilera –ase

Translation of verse ten under oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela , let my rituals go up to the heaven above This divine ifa oracle for Eefunsekee , the daughter of Obatala Obatasa Obatako in the land of iranje When she was crying because of lack of children in the land of IFE She was advised to offer ritual , sacrifice , because of childlessness , so that the infinite mercy

called OLODUMARE would bless her with the fruit of womb , she might also blessed with great children She should offer sacrifice so that the evil vibration will not consume or kill her children from the womb and most especially they would not be able to kill her children after birth Eefunsekee asked , what would be the materials for the sacrifice She was asked to have a large quantities of different fruits and other edible food as an offering to the koori and ooge , the divinities that take care of children , their healthy life and growing up) Eefunsekee heard about sacrifice , she offered sacrifice Her sacrifice was accepted , and fulfilled and met her demand for pregnancy and child bearing Without much delay , without wasting much time, Eefunsekee become pregnancy , she delivered safely , she delivered healthy children All the children became exceedingly blessed Ifa let our children grow with sound healthy , hale and hearty Ela let them possess enough wisdom to become a leader Among men in creation Ase

The energy speaks of sacrifice to deter ‘’AJENIRUN’’ . Note – AJENIRUN are those people or negative energy or vibration that eat up the reward of our effort . AJENIRUN are different energy from or different people from AROGO –SAJU OLOGO ( AROGO –SAJU –OLOGO are the people who see the glory and the success of others before it comes into manifestation) Ajenirun are fortune eater , while Arogo saju ologo are the people or energy that perceive and see the blessing and glory of man before it manifests in the physical state of existence. They see before hand , the glory before the owner of the glory could see it . they are like star gazer and they are the power that influence ones destiny in a negative way , they possess abundant negative power to upset one’s life to attain negative result both in the physical state and spiritual plain of existence and influence in a negative way our physical action , attitudeso as to bring spiritual woos to our lives andprevent us from fulfilling our destiny . They(Ajenirun) are priests or messenger and energy of higher destructive power , that is Ajenirun , they are oracle of bad and negative vibration, they use their power to see and effect

profound negative vibration to the lives of the people . They perceived and see the glory and the blessing of others , and they do and take every negative spiritual steps to deter the manifestation of such glory . IFA says , we should try in a positive way to deter the proximity of such evil priest or evil people or these evil energies in our lives, and the lives of our beloved ones IFA says , these people possess higher negative spiritual sensitive and feeling to the spiritual blessing of others . They have the capacity to change fortune into misfortune . ajenirun can be a potential fortune eaters and goal consumers. They consume and eat up every fortune, goals, and success of others , and those they perceived merit negative influence , they quickly make it manifest . They can be likened to KORIKO AJEGUN JERAN, That is , hyenas the eaters of flesh and bones. They fed on every living and dead soul in creation . IFA says , they manifest in the physical state and they have their agents in the spiritual realm , that is the main reason they operate at the frequencies of light , hence an initiates must take good notice of these energies and people in their earthly life . They loves to eat ones fruit before coming to the physical world , that is , during pregnancy . They have prior knowledge of future destiny of the baby in the womb , they know before hand those children with higher potentials for greatness and they disturb such child or children both in the mother’s womb and on getting to the physical state of existence , so as not to fulfill the GOD given destiny or fate or potentials. Ajenirun are people and energy or messenger that destroy , damage or create a misfortune of greater proportion . If spiritual steps are not taken . every IFA devotee must seek sound spiritual steps to deter the power of these people and they should try to seek a sound unified spiritual effort to stop their negative vibrations. They operate at the level you cannot comprehend and they effect a lot destruction in the lives of the chosen one . They maimed and injured and cause a lot of disability without reason According to IFA verse eleven under oturagbe Odu ifa ese kokanla labe oturagbe Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure Pooko oni di , o fi há joko A difa fun awede werisa ti adape re je alasela Yio gba , yio gba Ofeere Bi agba omo re yeye Ifa koo ma gba won la

Ase

Itan Ifa so fun wa wipe , okunrin kan wa nilu ijero , ti oruko re maa je Alasela, okunrin sise , sise ko ri ona gbe gba , o wa mu eeji ma eeta , o wa to oko alawo lo , lati mo oran ti be niwaju oun ati bawo ni ifa se ma gba oun ninu kaa ma sise sise , ki amaa ri taaje se tabi taaje jeun , ki a ma ri ona gbe gba , ki a ma ri owo naa laye eni , ni o le bere lowo IFA Ni ifa ni ko lo run ebo , ki o le se etutu , ki o le bori AJENIRUN ati ogun ati ogun ario go saju ologo , awon alabara meji eda, won ni ki o run ebo , ni babalawo ba so fun wipe , ki o lo mu eran tie yin re gba igba meta, agutan meta , oruko meta , obi 21, orogbo 21, atare 21 , owo eyo , ko si ni opolopo ose dudu , ki won te ifa yi , le lori , ko se etutu si awon agbalagba , ki o ma fi ose yi we , le igbati won ba ti po ose yi po pelu iyereosun , yio ma fi we , lemeeta ninu ose , fun odidi osun meta gbako Ogun arogo saju olojo , ati ogun ajenirun a kuro , bayi ni Alasela wa gbogbo nkan etutu pe , ni o ba ko gbogbo nkan etu lo si ile babalawo ni won ba sebo , ni won se etutu , ko pe , ko jina , ni ebo run , ni ebo wa da , ni ebo wa fin , ni ebo wa da gbure gbure , lo wa ni oun ma tun ebo run, oun maa tun ebo se, won ni won kitun ebo run , won ni won kitun ebo se, sugbon alawo eni laami nyin , ti alawo ma yin ifa , ni Ifa wa ma yin OLODUMARE Ni o wa so wipe eri bi babalawo oun ti fi enu ki ifa , won ni bawo ni Ni alasela wa so fun won wipe Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode gbure gbure Pooko o ni di o fi há joko A difa fun Alasela ni ijero Yio gba , yio gba oo Ofeere Bi o ba omo re yeye Ifa koo maa gba won laa Ase

Translation of verse eleven under Oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela let my rituals go up to the heaven above Round-bottomed and narrow –necked Not shape to sit upright beauty flask lies flat side on This divined , IFA oracle for baba Awede werisa whom was also known as ALASELA Who was under heavy bondage , yet he did not know how to get over his problem Only ifa can saves Saves now ifa Ifa saves all your devotees Who are under heavy bondage , save them all Ifa be a great refuge to those who are heavy bondage Ase

IFA story Ifa made us to realize that there was a certain man in the city of IJERO , whose name was called ALASELA . This man was a very hardworking , diligent , determined and discipline to succeed . Consequently these attributes did not pave way to the success of the man, without the ultimate support of GOD and his numerous divinities the man failed . Unfortunately , he did not break through the burden of lack and misfortune . He later decided to go and consult IFA oracle to know the sources of his predicament and misfortune . IFA advised him to offer sacrifice and rituals to overcome the fortune eaters and those who have seen one’s glory before it comes into manifestation and those with double character and multiple faced beings with dark soul Then , IFA priests advised Alasela to get goats three , sheep three , 3 he-goats , obi 21, orogbo 21 , atare 21, a large quantity of cowries , black soap and iyereosun for sacrifice They will mark this odu on iyereosun for sacrifice . The owner shall use it to bath for three month. It will be used three times within a week for three month consequently All the attack of the fortune eaters and fortune changer shall be defeated by Alasela

Without much effort , , the sacrifice was accepted ,and the rituals was fulfilled Alasela said , he wants to re-do the sacrifice but he was advised not to do that but give obeisance to the priest , while priest will give obeisance to IFA oracles and the oracle will give obeisance to OLODUMARE Alasela repeated what his IFA priest said during ritual that Let my sacrifice be accepted Let my ritual goes up to the heaven above Found bottomed and narrow necked Not shaped to sit upright Beauty flask lies side This divine IFA oracle for Alasela Who was under heavy burden and great bondage But he did not know the sources of his problem and he did not know how to get over the compounded problem He found himself in Only IFA can saves Save me now IFa , said Alasela Ifa saves all your devotees and initiates Save your faithful disciple , oh Ela Who are under heavy bondages Save them all IFA be of great sanctuary to those whose fortune has turned into misfortune Whose destiny have been destroyed from the wombs of their respective mother Do it now , IFA Save them , oh GOD , you know their mind Bless them IFA , you know their way, their heart and their innocent habit Ase

Under this energy , IFA advises us not to stay idle . We should always find something or any work to do to keep our self busy , our heart must be busy , soul must be busy and body must be busy doing something to keep us alive . We must do anything to build our mental , emotional and the physical power and life . IFA says , we should not live without work. We use our work to improve our life and add value to our life . we should not fritter our lives and our time like groundnut outer coat . We should not use idleness to destroy our destiny . IFA says , work with spiritual steps are the foundation that lead to a successful life . According to IFA verse twelves under Oturagbe Ese ifa labe oturagbe ori kejila Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun , gbure gbure Ope titi ti mo ti sise Odu yi gan ni ise temi ma kore bami A difa ogun lakaye osin imale Onida peleja Ogun onida meji o fi kan san oko , o fi kan yena Irunmole sise sise , irunmole agbele sise Orisa a gbina sise ola Ire gbogbo tehin wa nami Omi titun a tehin wa beja lodo Omi titun Orunmia , mi o fi ise sere Nitori , ise ni osupa nse lajule orun Ise ni gbogbo irunmole nse lajule orun Emi a ba won sise ola temi Emi ba won nsise , ki le ba won segi ola ni temi Ifa orunmila jeki ola mi o ba mi dojo ale Ase

Translation of verse twelve under oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifices be accepted Ela let my rituals go to the heaven above I have been working for long This is the year of possible and sound reward The reward of prosperity , wealth and riches I must surely attract blessing of wealth this year This divine ifa oracle for Ogun , the god of iron The owner of the sword of life He used one to clear farm for the plantation and the other for clearing the path to victory The divinity that say , who is Ogun , will eat his food with his bare hand That OGUN have a tremendous influence on other divinities and all human in general is not overstatement The deity that work from home The spiritual messenger that first work in the farm and trend the path of brute force, success and prosperity May prosperity and blessing of wealth overwhelm me from the back Like a fresh and cool water revive a dying fish in the river Oh , Yee! Orunmila , I did nor joke with my work Indeed , all the divinities work without rest in heaven The moon works incessantly in the sky I am working to be great and to possess enormous prosperity in life Whoever works will become great and exceedingly wealthy in life Oh, IFA ORUNMILA , let my blessing of prosperity and wealth be my lot till old age

Ase Ifa says , we should pattern our life to the early working life of Ogun in creation. Ogun was said to have started the farming or agricultural system on earth plain .Ogun planted various crops and seeds, and he was a the first blacksmith and the first person to melt iron from the beginning of creation . Design and hard-work also formed part of his working life . Coupled with these attribute, Ogun was seen as a fierce divinity , and ferocious deity , hence works were used by Ogun to minimize his ferocious and aggressive attitude and works were used a therapy for his lack of patience . Those with hyper active nature should use work as therapy or medicine to minimize the negative effect of such attributes and action . IFA sees work from the primordial order as a medicine for long life and as a mean to achieve personal growth , both on spiritual , emotional and physical level . Life without work is like raw gold without firing it into ornaments. IFA says , to add value to our lives , we must work , work and work till the end of our existence in the physical state , which will later lead us to dwell with divinities in the spiritual state of existence , IFA says earthly work is an extension of heavenly duties, ISE LOSUPA NSE LORUN , means , the moon works incessantly also in heaven . hence , Ifa , advises all its devotees , and disciples to work as long as there are living . IFA says , work is a double edge sword to fight anger , frustration , sickness ,short life and also to fight poverty , stress and lacks.

IFA says , ifa priest must be respected . IFA emphasizes on one great fact that is , respect comes from doing dignified works and duties, more so, respect comes from dignified attitude. Just like initiates and devotees of IFA must respect all ifa priests, likewise , IFA priests must not do anything that will cause disrespect to his position and staff of spiritual office and divine power, which may later cause derision to IFA as a divinity . IFA oracle advises ifa priest to respects all IFA devotees , independent of the ILE(house) , or country or state , or sex or color. ORUN LO MA ATILA , ORUKO ORUNMILA , MEANS, ONLY HEAVEN KNOWS WHO SHALL BE SAVED , THEN , HEAVEN RESPECTS THOSE WHO RESPECT THEMSELVES. Ifa says , those who respect themselves, respect their ORI , their divinities , will surely respect OLODUMARE , the infinite power in the universe , and they will respect other soul in the cosmos . Respect according to IFA prevents many diseases . Where there is no respect, ifa says , there bound to have loss of lives ,dignity and honor . Respect starts with the performance of spiritual duties , functions and steps such as prayer , sacrifices, rituals , propitiations and ancestral worship, doing your initiations at the appropriate time and honor spiritual orders and uphold the sanctity of life . Peace, harmony ,success , fortune and victory are true result respect of spiritual laws , principles and order . Spiritual laws and spiritual steps govern life forces and life success. Spiritual steps prevent afflictions of diseases and other mysterious negative activities. IFA says when a man ignorantly play with the fire of life and expect nothing to harm him , he is looking for impossible , when you put your hand into the fire , one should expect burning . A man who respects the sanctity of marriage shall live peacefully in dignity with his wife and children . Those who does not

respect the institution of marriage shall witness the evil of marital oath. Respect attracts the same proportion of respect from divinity and the people According to IFA verse thirteen under oturagbe Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure Eperin bale o ro pinrin Poro poro bale ro poro Ewe ogungun bale o ro gbankoko gbankoko A difa fun agba yaata Ti o so agbado modi Ti o so ara re degbe adiye Owon die die lara nfe Agba toba fe owo a bowo fun ara re Ase ise owo looto Agba to joko ijoko owon lawon omo abe re nbowo fun Ona gbogbo bowo fun ara re , bikose bee A so omo nu laye ara re E jeki omo olowo o bowo fun ori ara re Ki awon omo lehin re . o le bowo fun Nje mo bowo fun onile , mo bowo fun alejo Mo bo fomode mo bowo fun agba Mo bowo fun gbogbo irunmole Ke mi naa le ni owon lara Ki maa ba te laye , ki ma ba te lorun Ifa , owo mi ree ooo E jeki omo olowo o se aseyori nile aye

Ase

Translation of verse thirteen under oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela let my ritual goes up to the heaven Epinrin leaves fall to earth softly and gently Poro poro leaves fall with a bang Ogungun leaves fall like a thunder This divine ifa oracle for elderly man That tied a corn to his waste Deride himself in the hand of the chicken and hen Life entails respect Authority upon which leadership rest , is based upon the custom of self -respect A senior person is respected so far as he respects himself and refrain from undignified attitude Otherwise , he forfeits respect The idea of the dignity attached to seniority lead to abstention from undignified acts Let the dignified man respect his life and destiny Others will follow suits I respect both familiar and un-familiar I respect the young and the old I respect all the known and unknown divinities To be respected as a being To avoid ridicule and derision in the present state of life and in the world beyond One must possess self- respect , self- dignity Let me be victorious because I have respected my destiny and my life

The sign of oturagbe 1------1 1-----11 1------1 1------1

1---------1 The first sign shows a level of contentment and satisfaction that attracts fortune , wealth and victory . Maintain high level of spirituality , you shall notice the presence of divine presence and spiritual illumination, moreso you shall be radiated with the same proportion of victory in your life According to IFA verse fourteen , ese ifa ori kerinla Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun O pe titi ti mo ti sebo O pe titi mo ti se etutu O pe titi mo ti gbosuba ati gbadura sori Odun yii lebo o mi da, lebo mi o yan gbure gbure A difa fun ori , ti se omo bi irunmoe Won ni kori , ko sebo , Ori sebo , ebo ori wa yan Ire iwaju , ire ehin , ire odumodun , Ki o wa teni bami bayi ifa Ifa tete sete mi ni ire lodun yi gan

Lodun yi lebo , letutu mi ma yan Ase

Translation of verse fourteen Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela let my ritual goes up to the heaven above I have been offering sacrifice for long I have been doing rituals for long I have been giving obeisance and pray so long that my destiny shall witness fortune This moment and period is a time of fulfillment and accomplishment This divine IFA oracle for Ori , the child of destiny Ori was advised to offer sacrifice , his sacrifice was accepted The blessing of the front , the prosperity of the back The success of the yester-years overwhelmed ORI Let prosperity and success shall be my lot ,oh! IFA Ifa makes a way for me this year , this is the year of fulfillment , sacrifices , rituals and other spiritual steps

1--------11 The second sign indicates equilibrium . Whoever maintain equilibrium shall be blessed with abundant success and prosperity in the physical state of existence . according to verse fifteen , Ese keedogun labe odu ifa oturagbe Ifa jebo naa o fin ,

Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure Bi a bi ni , atura eni bi A difa fun ori Lojo tori lo si ode aye Won ni ko karale ,ebo ni ki ori wa muse Ediye , obi , orogbo , atare , owo eyo ,ati Iwa rere , ni ki o y alo tun ni pelo Eni mo iwo ara re pelo , iwa rere ki te Ifa m ama je ki te bayi Ela ko je nje ere lori eepe ayel

Translation of verse fifteen under oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela let my ritual go to heaven above Oturagbe releases evil energy from your body , open up to the flow of positive energy And maintain equilibrium We should undergo rebirth to have good character and fortune This divine ifa oracle for ORI When he was coming from Heaven and journeying towards earth plain He was advised to be calm , patience and be at peace And take up sacrifice as a way forward The sacrifice of hen , obi , orogbo , atare cowries and good character are the step and materials for the sacrifice whoever maintain equilibrium in the face of challenges shall not be put into shame ifa never let me be put to shame

ela , bless me with fortune , success and wealth . ase

1--------1

Walk uprightly , be honest, maintain good character , take up your spiritual steps at the right time. Light ,wisdom , and fortune shall be yours . IFA says whoever walks in the light , shall never fall into a pit of sorrow ,shame , destruction and abysmal . Those who are upright in their character and behavior fears no evil . IFA advises us to be upright and honest in our dealing , most especially with the way we handle our spiritual life and divine steps. Let your spiritual life be established on the sound philosophy of ifa and divinities . you will notice how multiple blessing shall be flowing into your life , like a river flowing in the right direction , that is ,river flowing in down ward direction .Prosperity will flow to you as your natural inheritance IFA speaks of talking decisive spiritual decision to attract light and flow of fortune into our lives According to IFA verse sixteen under oturagbe Ese ifa ori kerindinlogun labe oturagbe Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure O pe titi ti mo ti sebo , Ope titi ti mo se etutu O pe titi mo ti fenu mi wure Mo wure laaro , mo wure losan , mo wure lale Mo wure loganjo orun Ure temi kai sai gba , ure temi kai sai se Ifa wa gbure re bayi Ela wa gbure re

Ire temi tete wa tehin temi lowo Ire ati odumodun , ire atosun mosun Tete wa te mi lowo

Ase

Translation of verse sixteen uder oturagbe Ifa let my sacrifice be accepted Ela let my ritual goes up to the heaven above I have been praying , offering sacrifice , rituals , walking uprightly on the path of light , to attain success from the infinite mercy and goodness I pray in the morning , afternoon , night , I pray everyday My prayer sacrifice , and rituals shall not go unfulfilled Ifa accepts all my spiritual undertakings Ela accepts all my prayer , and other divine steps Let my fortune , blessing prosperity come to me from back without delay The blessing of yesteryears , the prosperity of the past month Let them get to me without delay

1---------1 The fourth sign reinforces the other sign under oturagbe . it advises us to stay on the path of light . nothing shall make us deviate from the path of light . IFA says , light is the foundation of divinity and the essence of GOD . Having light and accept light without option makes us a real deity when we are still living in the physical state of existence . IFA says accept light as the only way to higher consciousness and intelligent

According to IFA verse seventeen under otura ogbe Ese ifa ori ketadinlogun labe oturagbe Ifa jebo naa o fin Ela jebo naa o rode orun gbure gbure O pe titi ti mo ti sebo O pe titi ti mo se etutu O pe titi ti mo fenu mi wure Nje ale, osan , owuro , awo fi pohun rere owo , ola , ati aseyori Edu jeki ehin iwa mi o yori si rere Ki lowo lowo , ki nri ba ti se , ki se aseyori Ela ko gbo ifa ko gba

Translation of verse seventeen under otura ogbe IFA let my sacrifice be accepted Ela , let my rituals goes up to the heaven above I have been upright in my sacrifice , rituals and prayer I have been steadfast in my spiritual steps Now , let my morning , afternoon , night attracts wealth , prosperity and breakthrough The infinite lord of wisdom , bless me till end with great fortune Blessed me with enormous wealth , fortune and breakthrough Ela let it be manifest

Ase

Mysterious use of otura ogbe

Oogun , --oogun ara gbibe ( treatment of anemia ) Ewe orubu ---leaves of vernomia adoensis , compositae Ewe oruru --- leaves of spathodea , campanulata Eepo oruru--- outer cover of spathodea campanulata Egbo oruru --- roots of spathodea campanulata Eeru --- guines pepper xylopia Afthiopica

A o gun po , pelu , osedudu , lehin naa , a o te odu ifa , sori iyereosun ti a wa da sori opon ifa,a wa maa fi we lemeta ninu ose , aarun naa lo lagbara OLODUMARE

Translation We shall suck all the leaves with the black soap after marking odu oturagbe on the iyereosun , we shall add everything together ,we shall use it three time a week , with the support of GOD , the sickness shall be healed and our health shall be restored

IBIMO – imu obirin loyun – To aid woman pregnancy Ewe omoni seseki--- leave of dyschoriste perrottetth , acanthaceae Ewe eemo – leave of desmodium veluthum, leguminoseae , papilionoideae Eku emo , --- ifa rat called emo Iyo --- salt

A o gun , a o see mo eku emo , a o fi iyo ati epo pupa nigba ti a ba se eku lo, a o pe ofo re , obirin naa yio ko jee Ofo re Odoodun ni omoniseseki pon mo Emo lo ni ki oyun ko ma mii ninu We shall suck all the materials , we shall cook with the emo rat , we shall add salt and palm oil with it We shall chant the below incantation for the woman to use it as thus Every year omoni seeseeki has her own children Emo rat says, she shall be blessed with pregnancy Ase She shall use it once a week , that is , four times a month

Idabobo lowo awon eleye – Protection against witches and wizard Eso aridan--- fruit of arida ( tetrapleura tetraptra) Eepo odan eki ---scalp of odan eki ( ficus thonninghi miraceae Ata didun mesan— nine black pepper Ata pupa ,mesan--- nine ripe pepper Ose dudu – black soap

A o lo, a o tefa , lori iyereosun , a o pe ofo re , a o po o po , a o da sinu , aso idasa funfun , a o maa fi oun ati omi pa ara Ofo re

Ma je ki won a dan mi Aridan nii dan igi loko Igi kan kii dan aridan

Translation We shall suck all together , we shall mark odu oturagbe , on iyereosun , we shall chant the incantation , we shall add all together , we shall tie it inside a white plain cloth , we shall use it to bath for six month with incantation Never allow evil manifestation of the witch to torment me Aridan torment all other tree in the forest No tree in the forest shall tempt aridan

Awure apamowo owo – to be able to keep money , Ewe owon – leaves of chasmanthera dependens Ewe apada--- leaves of uraria picta Ose dudu – black soap A o gun awon ewe yii pelu ose dudu , a o pe ofo re , a o ma fi we Owon pabi da Kii o le ba diire fun mi Apada oko biri ni k opa ri ibi , da sehin Oturagbe wa ye bi kuro lori awo loni

Translation

We shall suck all the leaves with black soap we shall chant the incantation a o maa fi we Owon turn evil around Turn evil and misfortune into fortune and victory Apada oko biri turn evil and misfortune away from my path Otura ogbe deters evil and misfortune from the lives of your initiates and your chosen ones

Abilu – to send negative vibration to other Ewe sefun- sefun --- leaves of aerva lanata ( amaranthaceae) Ewe ofun --- leaves of abutilon mauritianium –malvaceae A o joo po , a o fi lebu te ifa , a o da die soju esse eni naa

Translation We shall burn all together , we shall only use the powder form of these burnt materials and mark oturagbe , we shall put small on the path trend by individual in question

IDABOBO – apagun – to destroy evil attack Ewe gbegi –leaves of ELEUSINE INDICA GRAMINEAE EWE EGELE---- leaves of euphorbia hirta—euphorbiaceae Ewe ajilekege—leaves of eleusine Africana A o joo , a o pe ofo re , a o ko lebu re sinu owu funfun , ati Dudu a o fi sinu apo

Ajikelege kii kuro nita

Ita l aba ajilekege

We shall burn all the leaves together , we shall chant the incantation , we shall gather its powder together and put inside a cloth wrap it with black and white tread and put it again inside a big sack with below incantation Ajilekege , never leave the open space An open space is where we always find ajilekege

Irunmole labe otura ogbe , divinities under Otura ogbe 1)

Ifa

2)

Iyaami

3)

Osun

4)

Ogun

5)

Obatala

6)

Osaiyin

7)

Iroko

8)

Egungun

9)

Oro

10)

Orosun

11)

Ayelala

12)

Araba

13)

Ela ,

14)

Ewa

15)

Aasa

16)

Osumare

17)

Sango

18)

Dada

19)

Aganju

20)

Aginju

21)

Yemoja

22)

Oduduwa

23)

Oke

24)

Esu

25)

Obaluaye , soppona , olode ,

26)

Obalufon

27)

Yemowo

28)

Olokun

29)

Olokunsu

30)

Aje

31)

Oluweri

32)

Olosa

33)

Ori

34)

Oya , or iyansa

35)

Olona

36)

Ile ogere

37)

Egbeogba

38)

Igunnuku

39)

Abiku

40)

Oba

41)

ossosi

Oruko ifa labe odu otura ogbe Ifa names under this energy OTURA OGBE 1)

Mosadifa--- I am under the protection of ifa

2)

Mosadawo--- I am under the protection of awo

3)

Mosadodu—I am under the protection of odu

4)

Mosadosun--- I am under the protection of osu

5)

Mosadela--- I am under the protection of ela

6)

Gbefaga--- lift up ifa or honor IFA

7)

Gbawoga---lift up awo or honor awo

8)

Gboduga—lift up odu or honor odu

9)

Gbosuga---lift up osu or honor osu

10)

Gbelaga—lift up ela or honor Ela

11) Opepe – ifa to you be a great appreciation , thank you , oh Yee! the divinity of wisdom 12)

Gbadebofa--- use crown to worship ifa

13)

Gbadebawo --- use crown to worship awo

14)

Gbadebodu—use crown to worship odu

15)

Gbadeosu—use crown to worship osu

16)

Gbadebela--- use crown to worship ela

17)

Tifalase--- authority belong to ifa

18)

Tawolase—authority belong to awo

19)

Todulase—authority belong to odu

20)

Tosulase—authority belong to osu

21)

Telalase--- authority belongs to ela

22)

Tifa – belong to ifa

23)

Tawo ----belong to awo

24)

Todu—belong to odu

25)

Tosu --- belong to osu

26)

Tela---belong to ela

27)

Ifalaye –ifa is real

28)

Awolaye—awo is real

29)

Odulaye—odu is real

30)

Osulaye—osu is real

31)

Elalaye—ela is real

32)

Ifaalaye---ifa is our world

33)

Awolaaye ---awo is our world

34)

Odulaaye –odu is our world

35)

Osulaaye –osu is our world

36)

Elalaaye – ela is our world

37)

Tofade ---seek ifa to its source

38)

Tawode—seek awo to its source

39)

Todude---seek odu to its source

40)

Tosude—seek osu to its source

41)

Telade ---seek ela to its source

42)

Fadipe--- ifa replace the spiritual tree or IFA is worthy of thanks

43)

Awodipe—awo replace the spiritual tree or awo is worthy of thanks

44)

Odudipe---odu replaces the spiritual tree or odu is worthy of thanks

45)

Osudipe—osu replaces the spiritual tree or osu is worthy of thanks

46)

Eladipe --- ela replaces the spiritual tree or Ela is worthy of thanks

47)

Fanimokun—ifa is pleasing

48)

Awonikun ---awo is pleasing

49)

Odunimokun—odu is pleasing

50)

Osunimokun – osu is pleasing

51)

Elanimoku ---ela is pleasing

52)

Ifayoye --- ifa is bigger than title

53)

Awoyoye—awo is bigger than title

54)

Oduyoye—odu is bigger than title

55)

Osuyoye--- osu is bigger than title

56)

Elayoye—ela is bigger

Summary of otura ogbe 1) The odu says , peace of mind , harmony of purpose and serenity of decision , will attract fortunes , long life , good health and victory 2)

Be open minded to defeat those who walking secretly to destroy our good plan

3) Pray always for the seed of harmony to sowed in our lives, and also within the personal family loved ones and ifa family all over the world . 4) Ifa predicts the fortune of wealth and child bearing . it speaks of both fortune of wealth and child bearing when it appears to young man or young woman 5)

It builds up self- confidence to reach higher position

6) It speaks of sacrifice to prevent AJENIRU , that is those people or vibration that want to eat up the reward of our effort and ritual to prevent’’ arogosajuologo’’ , that is

those who see and perceive the blessing of other before it becomes manifested 7)

It speaks of turbulent pregnancy and birth of a good child

8)

It says we should not never stay idle

9)

We should learn to give respect and respect every position you find yourself

10)

It speaks of water in every sacrifice