Let us discuss about 3 types of people that mustn't do Ogboni and they are into Ogboni today due to ignorance or they are being deceived by the Odu ifa Irete Meji, about Olomo to iya and iya to Edan.
These three set of people are:
Hunters (Ogun followers)
Babalawo
The drummers
Today all these three set of people are in to Ogboni, most especially the involvement of Babalawos despite the curse placed on them by Orunmila that any babalawo that joins any group or cult that forbids the babalawo from seeing what they worship or practice.
How can a blacksmith make Edan and and it becomes what he can not see again. His own art!
The Ogboni needs babalawo because of their divination and other act of ifa, including the Onisegun but it may be wrong for babalawos, no wonder they recently added the title Araba iledi, to look like honouring the outstanding babalawo among them and convince others not to leave.
Let's discuss the misconceptions of Ogboni and traditional religion, those who think Ogboni are part of traditional practice.
Some even think to be more powerful, after your ifa divination go and join Ogboni which is very wrong, today, Babalawos are the one forming iledi, the Oluwo of Ogboni, the Apena etc. Most Oluwo title are not from ifa ooo, some are babalawo and still Oluwo of iledi. Infact i have seen iledi which all members are babalawos, iyalorisa and iyalaje.
I have said it in the olden days their is nothing like iyanifa, women doesn't practice ifa then, no one Will initiate women into igbodu or any cult. the women are either iyalorisa or iyalaje.
There is an adage that says only a fool will initiate a woman or keep secret with a woman.
Iyalorisa are like iya osun, oni yemoja, iya agan etc while iyalaje are those who use cowry shells for divination.
The title iyanifa came in when we started initiating women into ifa, as if that wasnt enough, although i don't believe the title iyanifa while those women who use opele, ikin and Eerindinlogun now claim iyalawo.
Where are we going?
The whole system is going to destruction if care isn't taken with the new title Oba Obinrin. How many female orisas (Queens) we are going to have in traditional religion, the title iyanifa isn't enough or less recognise, now is Oba Obinrin.
These titles are even confusing to them also. So, let's eradicate all these meaningless titles. Is there any Odu ifa that talks about Ogboni apart from the manipulated Odu Irete meji and Ategbe?
Is there any relationship or correlation between the then Ogboni of the Oyo empire and all the branches of Ogboni we have now?
Where did the nollywood get the information that if a king dies, the newly installed king must eat the heart or some part of the previous king and claiming that is the meaning of je oba? And who started this false information or is the information true or false?
King's tombs in Yoruba land are things we can not talk about, because most of them are unseen. even those you see, some people believe that they are just ordinary graves to deceive people. No burial ceremony for late king, we only have burial rite or ritual, why?
We all know that the family of the king will have no access to the king's body after his death, is it true that some parts of King's body are taken away? That could be the reason for not releasing the body of the king to his family.
If the then Ogboni in the Oyo empire is the check mate the activities of Alafin, why is it now a society or a cult today?
Does Ogboni have any trace of religion, tradition or irrelevant in our society? Some members will even tell you there is Ogboni in the bible, if yes how come Ogboni is been tagged to traditionalist than the Christians.
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