Ifá as an integral part of Olódùmarè (Source Of Creation) is the voice of this source

This voice (Ifá) at its purest form never claims nothing.

Human spirits from different part of the world including other living entities down to animals tapped from this source our ancestors tagged OLÓDÙMARÈ.

As the conscious ones among our ancestors were hearing this voice, experiencing life with themselves and other living beings, they keep on documenting this voices through words & signs. An Odu refers to all situations, circumstances, actions and consequences in life based on the uncountable ese ifá, they were all narrated by our conscious ancestors.

IFÁ is an action word...an act of scratching...or attracting. They knew that this knowledge was from the Source of life known to them as OLÓDÙMARÈ.

Alas, there are other ancestors from different lands that did the same....with this source of life.

The collective knowledge, Understanding & Wisdom of the universe by our conscious ancestors was what birth ifá. This voice speaks to not just Òrunmila but all divinities and other living beings.

Ifá is not just the present available verses of Ifá we have at our disposal. Ifá is far from that...you will see that from the first two paragraphs explanations.

Similar ancestors that have similar tongue and dialects continuum are who they has Ifá-Afa-Fa-Iha-Eha-Eva etcetera. Most of them stay close to each other. That is their understanding of the world around them and the universe.

Away from this land and beyond, conscious ancestors also have their own documentations in their own tongues, signs and languages.

All ancient spiritualities are the same. They are cut from the same fabric of life. This is the position of the Ifá I am referring to.

Not the already established ese ifa verses. Ifá in its purest form is above that.

I hope this helps.