Ifa is a pragmatic spiritual science and study of how things come into existence codified a millennia ago by orunmila bara agboniregun god of wisdom. The ifa religion teaches us, through a study of odu, that it was. Oju odu merindinlogun pdf free ebook download sun, 12 feb 2017 21. Interpretation of sixteen major odu ifa oju odu merindinlogun pt 4posted by admin. Cowrie shell divination hoodoo conjurepdf generated using the open source mwlib toolkit cowrie shell divination contents articles if 1 merindinlogun 7 references 256 chapters odu of ifa. He was extremely kind, generous, nice, simple but very powerful. The imaginative, literary character of merindinlogun poetry and ese ifa. In this book there are sixteen stories from the two hundred and fifty six 256 odu ifa. Search results images for ifa divination tools guided search filters ifa opele african religion yoruba spiritual opon ifa nigeria ifa oracle ikin ifa orunmila. He made the blind to see, the lame to walk, the deaf to hear, the barren to conceive etc. He did extra ordinary works during his life time on earth. Sixteen mythological stories of ifa ita merindinlogun. Underneath every cast with sixteen cowries aka dilogun aka owo merindinlogun the diviner can read two double odu ifa.
The merindinlogun is the primary oracle used by the orisha priest. Ifa divination trays from isaleoyo openedition journals. A collection of odu ifa for those interested in learning about african spirituality. The 16 mother odus as universal ifa ayele kumari, phd. Though bestdocumented in west africa as well as in afroamerican religions, such as santeria, candomble, and umbanda cowrieshell divination has also been recorded in other regions, notably east. Secrets of the odus of ifa 3 when this odu is seen, the clients body is cleansed with anil bluecolored mineral balls mixed with water and that water is also thrown onto the floor, is left there for a short while, and finally, it is mopped up. It is through the knowledge of these energies, called odu ifa. The odu themselves are the oracles of the yoruba divination systems of ifa, obi, and merindinlogun.
There are sixteen major odu books in the odu ifa literary corpus. The development of the 16 tetragrams universal ifa. Odu eji ogbe in like manner, we find a parallel in the prayer and supplications of a. This write up was compiled by omo awo rodriguez ifatomi an apprentice under.
These are powerful, fascinating stories which are hundreds of years old, yet. Ogbe is the first odu ifa, he is the king of the day. When combined there are total of 256 odu to solve all problems, situations, circumstances. Inscribing or marking odu on the opon ifa opon ifa. Ifa divination for a client in my shrine, benin city, nigeria. The language of cowrieshells cowrieshells divination refers to several distinct forms of divination using cowrieshells that are part of the rituals and religious beliefs of certain religions. Sixteen mythological stories of ifa itan ifa mrindinlogun. The merindinlogun is the primary oracle used by theorisha priest.