Of all the corpuses of Ifa , Eji Ogbe is seen as the head or
father of them all. It is this corpus of Ifa that talks about the origin of
creation and its first inhabitants. It also talks about the four elements that
make up life and they are the earth, the water, the air and the fire .Ejiogbe
says the mother earth gave birth to water while the water in turn gave birth to
the air. The air finally gave birth to the fire. And these four elements begged
the creator for relevance in life and
the creator asked them to sacrifice two squirrels , two fishes and two hens for
this purpose .They did and thereafter sand was given to the world . But one day
the sand begged the creator for relevance and usefulness, and the creator asked
her to sacrifice two squirrels, two fishes and two hens for her wish to be
EJI-OGBE
accomplished. She did this and thereafter the first man known as Akoda (Adam)
was molded and blew life into by the creator. From then on, Adam was left alone
with other creatures of the creator like the trees, the birds, the rivers, the
animals, the sun, the moon, the stars etc . But the first man too got tired of
loneliness in the world and begged the creator for a partner that would be
assisting him in the world. And the creator asked him too to sacrifice two squirrels,
two fishes and two hens for this purpose which he did. After the first woman
known as Aseda (Eve) was created from the right ribs of the first man Akoda
(Adam). Ejiogbe further says that the first man (Adam) and the first woman
(Eve) were then left all alone to themselves in the world by their creator, an
idea which they did not like as time went on. So, one day, they begged their
creator for childbearing and the creator asked them to sacrifice two squirrels
, two fishes and two hens so that their wish could be accomplished . They did
this and thereafter mated to give birth to all sorts of colored people in the
world today. Be it white, red , black or indigo colored people , we are all
children of Adam and Eve . From then on they have been paying home age to the
first man (Adam) and the first woman (Eve). Conclusively Ejiogbe is the
beginning of creation and everything in it.
What are Ikin? Ikin are the palm kennels used by Orunmila to
divine and bring messages forth from Ifa oracle. Orunmila is the god of
divination. From the very beginning before the divining chain known as OPELE
was being used by ORUNMILA to divine, it was the palm kennels that were used
to know the things from the past, the present and the future. While divining, a
yellowish powdery substance known as IYERI OSUN is used to indicate the
corpuses of IFA that will come out on a wooden tray.
Unlike the divining chain
that is owned by the Ifa priest alone, palm kennels are used to divine for all
and sundry and it is allowed to be kept personally by the individuals that are
divined for. Palm kennels are kept in a white dish during and after divination
by their owners. Once a corpus of Ifa is indicated for somebody, that is the
ODU IFA of the person for lifetime. From that moment on, whatever Ifa decrees
to be done from time to time must be adhered to by the person.
In addition to
that, both positive and negative attributes of the corpuses that come out must
also be followed very well by such person. The destiny of any individual is the
corpuses of Ifa that come out during divination by the Ifa priest. All the necessary
things are then followed and done to appease the oracle of the person by the
Ifa priest. This is a special day for any person because a lot of merriment is
followed by all the well-wishers around.
While all this is going on, the palm
kennels would have been kept back in the white dish with the reminder from the
Ifa priest that its appeasement must not be neglected from time to time. The
white dish is either taken home or is kept with the Ifa priest.
Where are the
palm kennels got from? They are got from the palm trees. And the palm oil is
got from palm kennels. This is the reason why the palm oil is used during IFA divination with the palm kennels for customers or people by the Ifa priest.
In conclusion, the
corpuses of Ifa that come out during divination for any individual must be
remembered by such person at all time.
Yams have been the
foods for both humans and deities from time immemorial and they are either
boiled and eaten with palm oil or pounded and eaten with soup. Sometimes yams
are roasted and eaten with palm oil or fried stew. According to Mrs Lateefat
Akinpelu, a yam seller of note for so many years said that yams have many
different species and they are gotten from different parts of the country. The
first specie of yam is called 'Paper' by the Hausa people and another one is
called the
BENUE YAM
Benue yam from the Gara people of Nigeria. Another specie of yam is
Abuja yam which is also from the Hausa people from the Northern part of the country while another one is called Efuru
and it is from the Yoruba people who are from the south west of Nigeria. Mrs
Lateefat Akinpelu said that unlike the farmers from south western part of
Nigeria whose farming skill is no longer on the high side anymore owing to white collar job, the northern farmers
are farming all the time and they are the food basket of the nation. She said
that if not for the northern farmers today, yams production would have gone
into total extinction because our young farmers down here in the south have
left
ABUJA YAM
farming for white collar jobs in the urban areas. Tubers of yams are very
expensive depending on the sizes that one’s money can afford. Like i said at
the beginning, yam is not only eaten by human beings because it is also used to appease deity like
Ogun (the god of iron) during its festive period. The Ogun devotees do not joke
with the importance of yam during their festivity because they can either make
it as pounded yam or have it roasted to appease their deity. The Efuru yam
belongs to the people in the south west and it is going into the extinction
right now as a
YORUBA YAM
result of neglect from our farmers who do not get enough back up (financial assistance) from the government in their chosen profession. This is the reason why all the yams
being consumed by the people in the
south west today are brought by the farmers from the northern part of the country, a development that
is not very good. Mrs Lateefat Akinpelu urged the government to assist our
farmers who are in the yam business to give them incentives for farming so that
yam production will not be a thing of the past. She also begged the government
to assist the yam sellers association in the market to give them opportunity to
receive loans so that they can also
PAPER YAM
continue to be in their yam business. As one of the sayings of our elders say, if hunger is eliminated from the problems of the poor, the poverty is vanished! Let us encourage our youths who are out schools to go into farming business. And this is only achievable through support in terms of loans from our local, state and federal government by making farming to be an attractive business to all and sundry. After all, we all can not be working in the offices! Thank you!!
In Yoruba tradition, there is a deity that is always
appeased almost on daily basis and that deity is called Ori (the Head). It is
believed that the head is the bringer of both good luck and bad luck. And whatever
someone will become in life, it is the head that would sanction it to be
accomplished. Once upon a time, some people visited Orunmila at his shrine.
Their mission was to know whether God existed or not. And they wanted Orunmila
to show them where God was.
THE APPEASED HEAD
Orunmila divined and told them that the birds cannot
fly without their heads, that the fishes sleep and wake up in the seas with
their heads, that the animals sleep and wake up in the jungle with their heads,
that the man that sleeps at night and hears the cock crow in the morning before
waking up is said to be woken up by God. Orunmila said that the head of man is
his God. Man cannot exist without his head likewise some other species of God. Our
heads must be appeased at all times to pave ways for us in all our
undertakings. The corpus of Ifa responsible for appeasing the head is ODI MEJI.
Before appeasing the head, an Ifa priest is consulted to know the appropriate
step and things to use. Most of the time catfish or guinea fowl is killed for
the appeasement with other things like water, kolanut and schnapps.
ODI MEJI
And
everything is always conducted by the Ifa priest. The night that the head is
appeased is always special for whom it is done as all the problems will be a thing
of the past.
Ogun is the deity
referred to as the god of iron. After the world was created by Olodumare (the Almighty God), some part of the world was filled with water while some other part was
bushy. Olodumare started looking for a deity that would be sent to clear the
bush for other deities that He was sending to the
OGUN SHRINE
world. Ogun (the god of iron)
agreed to clear the bush with his brass cutlass. Thereafter, deities like
Orunmila (the Oracle) and Esu (the god of war) were sent to join Ogun (the god of
iron) in the world. The three deities met each other at the cross roads and
from there they formed a tripod. Ogun is a powerful deity that clears the ways
for those who do not neglect to do his bidding. He is a deity known as the path
clearer and he rules the motorists, the bricklayers, the butchers and
carpenters. People doing any work relating to iron are advised to appease Ogun
because the iron is his symbol. The devotees of Ogun are mainly hunters because
Ogun himself used to be a good hunter while alive.
OGUNDA MEJI
He was very good in using
his gun to kill animals while hunting. Ogun enjoyed drinking palm wine during
his lifetime which is one the items of things used to appease him today. Other things used to
appease Ogun are roasted yam, roasted corn, dog, a cockrel and schnapps. Some
Ogun devotees are good chanters and they are like the hunters who are very good
in using oral tradition to appease and praise Ogun.
Bata drums are known
as providing music for deities like
Sango (the god of thunder and lightning) and Eegun (the Masqueradessince!e
Bata music is very unique and rhythmic. The drums comprising of Omele meta,
Eejin, Omele ako, Omele abo and Isaaju.
All these drums have their different
functions in the Bata ensemble. Omele meta is the pivot of the music as it
provides basic and constant rhythm on which other drums rest. Next in the line
of Bata ensemble is the Eejin drum which is the base drum that goes with the
Omele meta. These two drums establish their different and unique rhythms very
well before the remaining drums join them.
The next is Omele Ako which is
another rhythm drum that joins in the accompaniment. All these three drums get
to relate with one another rhythmically very well before the master of the Bata
drum called the Isaaju meaning the leader join in the melodious interaction. At
this juncture, the player of the leading Bata drum will start rendering
proverbs in between the rhythms of the sound.
The sound of the lead Bata drum
is so noticeable as it dominates and stands out. The player drums with all his
energy to put his message across. The Bata music is very ferocious and full of
messages of wisdom and proverbs. The dancers of the music too must be agile and
strong because it is not the music for the Lilly livered.
Testimony of this is
when the Masquerade festival or the Sango festival is held and Bata drummers
are present to grace the occasion. All the Sango devotees will engage
themselves in the ferocious dance of Bata music. Likewise the Eegungun devotees
too, it is the ferociousness of Bata music that is their way.
Sango (the god
of thunder and lightning) and Eegungun (the Masquerade) as deities enjoy music
from the Bata drums from the time immemorial and it has been their music ever
since Unfortunately in the world today, Bata drums are used as musical
instrument in some other religious musical groups without giving credits to
these two deities.
In conclusion, my point is that our culture and tradition
speak volume of who we are as a people. We should be able to identify with them
at all times.
I recently paid a visit to the palace of Baale of Shomolu
One, Chief Prince Saliu Akanni Jimoh Olundegun and got him talking on some
interesting things about Yoruba tradition and culture. During our discussion,
I discovered that the man is not only brilliant but he also holds the Yoruba
tradition and culture in high esteem. The Baale explained that it is not a
small role that appeasement plays in cleansing our land.
THE BAALE AND OLALEKAN ODUNTAN
Particularly during
this year on going masquerade's festival, a lot of money has been spent to
appease the land against diseases and sicknesses. He said whenever they want to
hold festivals like Oro, Igunnuko, Jigbo, Ifa, Ogun, Egungun e.t.c. people are
asked to make their monetary contributions towards the task and the response is
always very good. And this is the way the above mentioned festivals are funded
any time the Oracle divines that they should appease any of them. The Baale
said his chiefs will then form themselves into a planning committee headed by
his right handed chief in order to make things go on smoothly during the entire
festive period .Aside from making provision for eating and drinking, the issue
of security is not taking lightly too.
For any appeasement to go on
successfully without hitches does not only require money but lot of cooperation
and assistance from his chiefs. Prince Saliu Akanni Jimoh Olundegun is the
tenth Baale of Shomolu one. He was enthroned after his predecessor Chief Ishola
Akinpelu Irunmu Ekun passed on. Chief Akinpelu was the nineth Baale while the
father of the current Baale on the throne was the eighth Baale. Chief Saliu
Jimoh Akanni
BAALE'S PALACE
Olundegun said that his
reign has been enjoying a lot peace both from his subject and lieutenants.
Although once in a while, there may be misunderstandings either from his
subject or his chiefs, but God Almighty is always giving him wisdom and
knowledge to resolve them. He said that it was high time that the government
took the bull by the horn to support our culture and tradition because this are
the only gifts we have to show people in the western world and with them we
would laurels for our great nation.
Government should be assisting the
traditional religion practitioners with money to appease Egungun, Oro Cult,
Ifa, Igunnuko e.t.c. to cleanse our land for us. With this, we would have a
nation free of negativity and backwardness. The Baale is indeed surrounded with
good people and adored by all his chiefs. He is married with children and grandchildren.
ln the Yoruba traditional religion, the deities are highly
respected by humans and they are offered sacrifices to proffer solutions to
their numerous problems at any particular point in time. Before giving
sacrifice to any deity, Ifa is consulted to divine and find out the appropriate
things to do. The troubled victim is the one to make the move for the
divination. Osa meji is the corpus of Ifa that appears during divination. Meaning
the witches are aggrieved and needed to be appeased by the victim. It is the
belief of the Yoruba people that when anyone is being disturbed by the witches,
nothing will work out well for the person. Such person will be troubled with
sleeplessness and restlessness of some sort. Such a person could even be
getting leaner and leaner every day. The next step is to appease the witches
with what they demand through the oracle.
SACRIFICE FOR THE WITCHES
Witches are appeased at night by the
Ifa priest on behalf of the victim or sometimes the victim's presence is
required during the appeasement. Sacrifices are offered and carried at night.
Some people will ask the question, who are the witches? Witches are the emissary of Olodumare
(The Almighty God) and they are being used by Olodumare to appreciate and acknowledge
His authority and existence over human beings. Witches are the police of the
world and whoever they arrest must beg to be released. And the release of such
a person is appeasement through Ifa priest.
Olodumare dominates the heaven
while the witches dominate the mother earth. One important thing that must be
noted at this juncture is that the witches are very powerful and their network
is universal. It is believed that if a person is being dealt by witches in
Nigeria and such a person runs to Benin Republic for safety, the punishment of
the person continues right there. But as soon as the witches are appeased with
the offerings which they must have accepted over the night, their victims are hereby
pardoned and set free.
All will now be well for the victims who will praise the
Ifa (the oracle). But Ifa priest in turn will praise the Olodumare (the Almighty God ). In
conclusion, there are good and bad witches in the world. And this is the story
for another day!
A very long time ago, long in the days of my forefathers, there
used to be this masquerade called Amuludun meaning the one that enlivens the
village. This masquerade was a magician known throughout the village and
beyond. The art of magic was his discipline even though he was a good dancer
too. Whenever or wherever Amuludun was performing, the crowd would gather
around him to see his magic and dance. And he was a good performer. While
performing the art of his magic, good drumming would be going on by the talking
drummers and he would be chanting and singing simultaneously. Amuludun would
trill the audience by transforming himself to all sorts of animals and
transformed back to the real masquerade that he was in the end.
Masquerade Chiefs & Olalekan Oduntan
And the crowd
would not only be applauding, they would be giving out money too in
appreciation. After finishing a performance in his village, he and his drummers
would move on to the neighboring villages to perform again. And this is what they
would be doing for a period of six months or more touring and performing within
the villages that were far and near.
After the tour, Amuludun and his crew would
come back home with their proceeds to plan ahead for another tour. Meaning, he
would learn a new set of magic, new songs and chants, drumming and dances
against the next tour. This is where the travelling
Chief of Masquerades & Olalekan Oduntan
theatre groups emanated
from in those days. They all copied what the travelling masquerades like Amuludun were doing to make their business successful. But unfortunately today,
some of the practitioners in the movie and theatre industry do not know this
brief history. Where am I going? Our culture and tradition should be flaunted
at all time to show that we are a people with lineage and direction.
Preservation
and documentation of our ancestral tradition and culture will give our children
yet unborn the history and information that they so deserve. No nation becomes
great when its cultural norms and values are confronted with extinction. Even
though, Amuludun was a masquerade but it is our history and it is where we are
coming from. Let us learn something from there to be able to set our cultural values and goals right so that our children and children's children will learn from our history.
If we do not where you are culturally coming from, we can never know where we are going as a people. The story of Amuludun should be an eye opener for us a people.
Masquerades are regarded as the beings from
heaven and their presence does not only cleanse the land, it also banishes the
evil spirits from taking over the entire community which they visit. The
masquerade is a deity and a certain time of the year is set aside for its
arrival and celebration. Masqueraders are known to be the ones welcoming the
masquerades from heaven to the world and they are also behind giving them a
good hosting as well as a successful departure. But before the arrival of
masquerades, a lot of preparation must have been put in place concerning eating
and drinking because of the invited people who will join in the celebration. People
normally come from far and near to attend the festival. Ifa priests are
consulted and the instructions from the divination are followed and adhered to strictly. On
the celebration's day the masqueraders and the acolytes are ready to escort
their different masquerades out.
Other Eegun's
And these masquerades are already given names
by which they are identified. Seeing the masquerades displaying is an
interesting sight to behold and it is always filled with glamour and
aesthetics. Some masquerades are good dancers and their clothes are very colorful.
One important thing which the masquerade is good at is visiting people in their
homes and praying for them. And people give out their money willingly to
appreciate them. Masquerade is appeased with kolanut, Schnapps, a cockerel, bean
cake and pap. And women are barred from entering the shrine of the masquerades.
Miss Toyin Serifat Gbadamosi [HEALER & HERBS SELLER]
Herbalism is an art
of applying roots, backs and leaves of trees to cure all sorts of diseases and
ailments. And this art has been the ancestral heritage of Yoruba people for
ages. Before civilization from the west, Yoruba people were curing their
diseases and
Different powdery herbs in plastics.
ailments effectively with roots, backs and leaves from different
trees. The deity of herbs is called OLUBIKIN and he was the first to use leaves
to make medicine for mankind. History has it that Orunmila had been hearing
about some wonderful things that Olubikin was doing with leaves. Likewise,
Olubikin too, hearing about the adventure of Orunmila on IFA. So they decided
to meet and exchange their different knowledge and at this point occultism and
herbalism merged. Olubikin learned IFA from Orunmila while Orunmila in turn
learned the art of medicine making from Olubikin. This brief history is the
origin of medicine making all over the world today. There are so many ailments
and diseases that orthodox medicine has failed in proffering solutions to but
which alternative medicines are travailing in today. Herbs seller like my guest
Miss Toyin Serifat Gbadamosi has been in the business for the past
Beads of Ifa
twelve
years. And she has been assisting people to cure a lot of ailments and
diseases. Diseases like low sperm count, diabetes, sexually transmitted
diseases, barrenness, infertility in men etc. are easy to cure for her. In fact
people come from far and near to patronize her. According to her, she normally
refers her clients to first of all do the proper diagnosis of their ailments or
diseases as the case may be at the hospital before applying the traditional
cure on them. And many of such clients become healed or cured of their
different diseases and ailments after going back to the hospital to check. Miss
Toyin Gbadamosi said government should stop seeing the practitioners of
alternative medicine as the clogs in the wheel of the progress of the health
sector. She said ever since realizing that treating people of their ailments
and diseases with herbs is her calling, there has been no looking back because
orthodox
Different leaves from trees
Powdery substances from herbs
Live electric fish
treatment is very expensive in comparison to alternative medicine. She
even went further to say that the traditional medicine is cheap and affordable.
And the government should allow it to partner side by side with the orthodox
treatment. A lot of people are suffering from one ailment or the other today
because they do not have money for cure or treatment. But with the assistance
and affordability of the herbs, this problem will be a thing of the past. There
is a school of thought that says a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. Miss
Toyin Serifat Gbadamosi says that she enjoys healing people and this is an art
that she learned from her grandmother many years ago.
Drums are seen and
said to be the bringers of happiness or sadness. It all depends on the mood and perspective from which the drum message comes whether during celebration time
or sorrowful period. The deity of drums is called Agalu and he is one of two
hundred and one (201) deities like Egungun (The Masquerades), Orisa Oko (The Twins),
Aje (The Witches) etc. In Yoruba land, Yoruba people are situated in the Western
part of Nigeria, Agalu or deity of drums is appeased just like other deities by the drummers known as Ayan to clear their ways and open up business deals for
them.
The significance of Agalu to other deities is that he is in charge of the
entertainment. Just like Orunmila divines to know the sacrifices meant for each of the deities, Agalu provides music while appeasement is going on. So, spiritually
speaking, there is a strong musical connection between Agalu and other deities. The
story has it that once upon a time there was a man
MR NOFIO THE DRUMMER FROM AJASHE BENIN REPUBLIC
called Agalu who was very
powerful and nice to all. And anywhere there was an event, his contributions
were always on point. This made everyone in the community to like him because
of his way of enlivening any event. After a while the man called Agalu died and
they buried him in the bush. The tree that grew on the spot he was buried was
used to make the first drum. While making the talking drums, the Omo tree is used
to carve the frame while the antelope skin is used to make the strings (Osan)
that make the drums to produce different sounds. White skin made from goat is
used in covering the two faces or one face of the drum. Drum making is
hereditary or learned through apprenticeship and the art of drum making demands a lot of patience from
the makers. Drum
making business booms today because young men and old are
participating in the art. The ensemble of Yoruba talking drums is four in number, and they are as follows: Gudugudu, Iya Ilu or Gangan, Kerikeri and Kannango. Gudugudu is the first drum because it is holding the
rhythm and it is the pivot on which three other drums rest. Gangan or Iya Ilu makes
the loudest of noise and it is used in talking while playing. It is even used
in talking proverbs. The next
THE ART OF DRUM MAKING
in line is Kerikeri which is another drum
accompanying while the next to that is called Kannango which accompanies like
Kerikeri. These four are the ensemble of drums that can be used to perform at any
event anywhere. And the sound is very rhythmic and unique. In the olden days, drum
was used as a medium of communication between the king and the people. It was
used to announce the death of someone, to pass the messages across to the people, to
know the where about of someone, to appease the deities etc.
And the impact of
drums is still felt in our lives today because nobody can do without them. The
deity of drums or Agalu is appeased with Gudugudu drum put down as his shrine while
the appeaser gives Kolanut, Alligator-pepper, Schnapps, Bean-cake and a
cockerel as offerings to pave ways for him. The significance of drums cannot be
overemphasized because it replaces sadness with joy, dullness with life and
hatred with love.
In conclusion, drums provide joy and happiness in social events like naming ceremony, coronation, house warming, chieftaincy titles etc. And it equally renders services to events like burials, rituals, appeasement of deities etc. So, whichever way we look at it, drums are the instruments of all purposes. Thank you!!!
IFA has been with the world from the time immemorial and has
been rendering its services to both mankind and some other kinds. And the
actuality and accuracy with which IFA divines is unimaginable and
extraordinary. A custodian of IFA like my guest Chief Mufu Awoseyi Akinpelu is
not only gifted with the knowledge of IFA but vast in divining and fortelling
things to come with his cowries known as Eerindinlogun meaning the sixteen
cowries.
This is a mouth to mouth knowledge and the priest must be skilled with
the signs and symbols of IFA to divine accurately and effectively. IFA could either be divined by palm kennels known
in Yoruba as IKIN or Divining chain known as OPELE. The third one according to history
was given to the wife of ORUNMILA to divine for his customers while not around
on his behalf.
So the cowries are the oracle for woman while IKIN or OPELE is the
oracle for man. But all in all, they give the same messages to the people. My
research even digs out that the Cowries talk more than the Palm kennels and it
all depends on the deep knowledge of the Priest.
According to Chief Mufu
Akinpelu, Orunmila is the custodian or the mouthpiece of IFA while IFA itself is the pathfinder. An
individual Priest must have gone through apprenticeship with different seasoned
priests to acquint himself with the
knowledge properly. Chief Akinpelu said he acquired his own knowledge from his
house because his lineage has always been an IFA Priest (BABALAWO).
He was initiated to the
lineage by his late father who was the head (Baale of Orile Shomolu) of entire
Shomolu community. Chief Mufu Awoseyi Akinpelu said since the demise of
ORUNMILA, the IFA PRIESTS have been representing him because ORUNMILA is the
secretary general to all other 200 deities. Meaning Orunmila as a deity proffers solution to the
problems of other 200 deities. And this is exactly what the BABALAWOS (The
Priests) are doing today in the world.
They are prophets and problem solvers for
the people of the world. They proffer solutions to problems like
barrenness, bewitchment, sickness, madness, disillusionment etc. It is the Ifa
Priest just like Orunmila that divines to appease either OGUN (the god of iron)
SANGO (the god of thunder and lightening) OBATALA (the god of creation) ESU
(the god of war) etc. The corpuses of IFA are sixteen and they are the symbols or
indications followed by an IFA PRIEST to divine.
They are his rules and regulations which he must
abide by. Under each corpus of IFA are other sixteen corpuses with other
different symbols or indications. The different corpuses are called ODUS in
Yoruba. And the meanings and the symbols of the corpuses go thus:
The Cowries for Divination known as EERINDINLOGUN.
The first corpus of
IFA and is called EJI-OGBE. Meaning progress, success in everything, becoming a
leader or king, favourable marriage, richness, good health and success in
business endeavors.
The second corpus of
IFA known as OYEKU MEJI. It means loss in undertaking, loss of property, Hatred
from everywhere but a while things will change.
The third corpus of
IFA is IWORI-MEJI. This means that the success of whoever that this comes out
for remains in his domain. He or she must not travel out of his or her domain.
The fourth corpus of
IFA is called ODI-MEJI. It means carefulness, vigilance, family problems, good
children and progress afterwards.
The fifth corpus of
IFA is called IROSUN-MEJI. Meaning peace of mind,God's protection, successful
marriage, good job opportunity, control of temper.
The sixth corpus of
IFA is called OWONRIN-MEJI. Meaning no more loss, travelling abroad, for pregnant
woman, stomach troubled and success in general.
The seventh corpus of
IFA is called OBARA-MEJI. Meaning receiving visitor or travelling rewarding,
successful marriage and happiness.
The eighth corpus of
IFA is called OKANRAN-MEJI. Meaning suit in law court, patience in all things,
avoid quarrels,don't hurt or harm nobody.
The nineth corpus of
IFA is called OGUNDA-MEJI. Meaning unexpected journey abroad and may not come
back home,successful business, good luck, good children and enjoyment of life.
The tenth corpus of
IFA and is called OSA-MEJI. Meaning success in everything, victory over the
enemies, winning lawsuit, lots of children, kindness to others, be aware of
being bewitched.
This is the eleventh
corpus of IFA and is called IKA-MEJI. Meaning do not travel in order not be
afflicted. Do not embark on anything good. If you do by force will not be
successful. Patience in everything.
This is the twelveth
corpus of IFA and is called OTURUPON-MEJI. Meaning assistance from your lover,
small loss and after unexpected gains,some gains from abroad. But you will be
meeting small disappointment. Be careful.
The thirteenth corpus
of IFA is called OTURA-MEJI. Meaning be careful of being blackmailed, be careful
of thieves and fraudster, be careful of divorce and be secretive so that
enemies will not get you. After there will peace in your life.
The fourteenth corpus
of IFA is called IRETE-MEJI. Meaning suffering and sadness, be prayerful to
avert danger, be careful of shame because there is no assistance from nowhere.
The fifteenth corpus
of IFA is called OSE-MEJI. Meaning sit at home and success will be with yours,
progress in everything, victory over enemies, good health, travelling,
happiness, gains in everything.
The sixteenth corpus
of IFA is called OFUN-MEJI. Meaning beware of mistakes, if care is not taken,
you will be stagnant, sickness, bewitchment, bereavement, stillbirth, Love.
These corpuses of IFA have other sixteen corpuses under each
of them. And they all have different meanings and interpretations. These symbols
were given to ORUNMILA to solve problems for mankind. And this lineage is what
the IFA Priests all over the world are following today. Thank you!!!
.JPG)
