These 256 odu are consulted before every important decision in life, since they contain wisdom of the past, present and future of human destiny. Ifa priests and iyanifa initiated without seeing odu and ifa priests initiated seeing odu, can both participate in any ifa services women cannot gaze upon the odu calabash though women are innately, odu. Enter ile ifa farinade olokun cowrie shell divination. A collection of verses from the 256 ifa odu with commentary fasola, awo. Download discover answers to lifes questions using the ifa oracle an ancient african divination tool and the spiritual foundation for candomble, santeria, and vodun. When combined, there are a total of 256 odu a collection of sixteen, each of which has sixteen alternatives. It is a lifetime of study for the high priests of ifa to find greater understanding through the subtle nuances of each and every one of the 256 odu. Odu then gave birth to sixteen children called odu ifa. The ifa literary corpus, called odu, consists of 256 parts subdivided into verses called ese, whose exact number is unknown as they are. Diviners from the beginning of time have used each one of these sacred odu s for understanding life.
A collection of verses from the 256 ifa odu with commentary fasola, awo fategbe fatunmbi on. His main duty was to clear the grasses, clean orunmila house, sweep orunmila. Nairaland forum nairaland general religion 256 odu ifa ifa religion 6543 views learn how the 16 odu ifa warn you for free without consulting babalawo us rapper. Clarke, journal of the royal anthropological institute, xix, pp. Ifa is the name used to define the sacred oral divination corpus of 256 odus, a type of binary code encyclopedic divination which holds all the potentials and outcomes, both good and badand how to overcome themfor mans destiny. Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmasters page for free fun content. Popular ifa books showing 150 of 106 the way of orisa. A collection of verses from the 256 ifa odu with commentary book online at best prices in india on. Pdf a comparative study of ifa divination and computer science. Diviners from the beginning of time have used each one of these sacred odus for understanding life. Odu ifa synonyms, odu ifa pronunciation, odu ifa translation, english dictionary definition of odu ifa.
Odu ifa definition of odu ifa by the free dictionary. Like the computer, yoruba at a divination session, several ibo instruments for casting lot, may be used to find detail information about a clients problem. This source of knowledge is believed to have a keen understanding of the human form and of purity, and is therefore praised as often being more effective than other remedies. Click link bellow and free register to download ebook. The virtual ifa divination chain in this application is used to memorize 256 signatures of ifa and to practice performing several powerful ifa divination techniques. If you enjoy opele ifa lesson, leave your comments ifa256. If you enjoy opele ifa lesson, leave your comments. Like the computer, yoruba at a divination session, several ibo instruments for casting lot, may be used to. And is the messiah of ifa, this odu is called the odu the double lenguage, it is direct child. These form the basis of ifa traditional spiritual knowledge and. That is, we are all children from orunmila, because egan and odu were wives to orunmila.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The full name of odu is oracle database unloader, a tool developed by oracleodu. Epegas english translations of the 256 texts included in the oral tradition of ifa, together with neimarks. Many odu departments and individuals purchase new or upgraded software packages for their desktop office systems, only to find that they dont have administrative privileges on their machines and cant install the software. Ancient afrikan sacred text is a collection of 255 of the 256 odu ifa sacred verses there are no verses from ofun ogbe as taught in the isese ifaorisha tradition of the yoruba. This 735page book, with 1,200 verses many odu including both yoruba and english, provides a good and reliable source of ifa and is a culmination of seven years of compiling and 16 years of. Opele also known as ireree was a slave to orunmila who bought him from the market to serve as a house help. Family turmoil takes a new twist in this story about the coming of age of the by wendy e. Containing over 1,024 verses of ifa from all 256 odu ifa, 12 thoughts on an exploration of odu. 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. He is the orisha of wisdom, knowledge, and divination.
How to help your children live together so you can live too by adele faber, elaine mazlish. A collection of verses from the 256 ifa odu with commentary. And is the messiah of ifa, this odu is called the odu the double. The minimum of four verses will of necessity include ebos and ooguns medicine that are embedded and relevant to each of the verses, plus other issues that complement divination. It was also orunmila who carried ifa the wisdom of olodumare to earth. Empowering your life through the ancient african religion of ifa paperback by.
And is the messiah of ifa, this odu is called the odu the double lenguage, it is direct child of meta olofi, 256 odu ifa. Compared by henry louis gates jr, to the homeric epics, the bible, and the koran, the ifa oracle stands as a. An accomplished babalawo must know about ten verses of each of the 256 chapters of ifa 256 odu ifa. Similar to dul a famous oracle database recovery utility, odu can unload data from a complete crashed or corrupted database, even if the database cannot be started anymore or the database itself cannot access the data for whatever reason. When combined there are total of 256 odu to solve all problems, situations, circumstances, actions and consequences in life based on the uncountable ese poetic recitations attached to the 256 odu coding. Each step you take is leading you through the energy matrixs that ifa has to offer. A comparative study of ifa divination and computer science. Pdf the ifa divination system is a set of divination acts done by a professional that has been granted authority a babalawo to create and make.
Maulana karenga nowhere is the profundity and beauty of african spirituality more apparent than in the odu ifa, the sacred text of the spiritual and ethical tradition of ifa, which is one of. It is a lifetime of study for the high priests of ifa to find greater understanding. Pdf free odu ifa ika pdf odu ifa ika click here to access this book free download odu ifa books il dafa. Orunmila is identified as the grand priest, as he is who revealed divinity and.
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