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TREATY OF ODUNN IFA

II II II I I BABA EY100BE
This Odduns of ifa is male. He is the Messiahs of Ifa. He is called the oddun of the double language He is the direct son of Melatofin and of Aige. Here was where Aragba (fa ceiba) became sacred The waters, The palms, and the spinachs where formed Is the master of the respiration Talk: The vertebra column and the extension support of the torakic cage. The where born the sanguininum vases and the linfa Here is where the vultures descend upon the corpses. It is the beginning of all things Represents the sun rays. The east Talks the will Olorun is the star who rules him (The sun) His propitious day is oje ariku (Sunday) His favorite colors are white and Orange Baba Eyiogben Alalekun Moni le Kun Oko aya Iola Omodu aboshun omo eni koshe ileke rishi kamu Ileke omo lori adifafun aladeske ima papaporo tinbabeledi agogo

Sureye:
Ashinima ashinima Iku furibuyema Ashinima ashimina arun furibuyema Ashinima ashimina ofu furibuyema

Ashinima ashimina eyo furibuyema Sahinima ashinima Ogu furibuyema...

Ashemenie Oshemenie oshemenie... Dinde Oban: Who was omo obatala and who advise him That he shouldn't go with witches Things. He didn't take this advise and alosi enslave him. Put to eat obatala and oshosi akuko and eyele (pigeon)

Everybody in home have to make themselves ebo and obori Talks of losses and weeping Here was where Obatala went out to look for Oshosi in the bushes. He was thinking that he didn't have a mother or father. When we see this Ifa we wet our body with anointed water and we-irrigate it in the house, we leave it a short time and we clean the ile. Here was where Olofin went away from the earth because the smokes of the fires that man began to make. This forbids smoking inside of the Igbodun of Ifa. When we see this Ifa we shall not go in the streets for seven days, from twelve to six o'clock. Talk of three brothers, one omo of orumila, one of obatala and the other of Yemaya. Baba of Orumila is unhappy in loves and to avoid this we have to make with : Eyele meta fun-fun. Awa merin, osun, wfur that we Shall carry to the hills with the Ebo. Talks of blindness and masks. With the person walks a messenger of saint lazaro give yourself seven baths with owe: Papito of the Queen You have to pass by the shore of the sea at night and give the water, fruits, begging that our steps go ahead in triumphs. Each two months you have to give an adie to your Eleda and ashe aperi You refresh the led with a work made with osun of extension y big white roses. Beg the leri with a Eya bo tutu (a fresh trout Pargo) you can't use clothes with stripes, because This may attract imprisonment. Mark problems with the mitral valve Don't get yourself in things that don't concern you. Don't receive or carry messages at night Don't go inside any house where you can have great Confidence without seeking permission, avoiding a blush Don't let your children in your house crawl in the floor. You have a neighbor that speaks with you With the intention of knowing your things In this Ifa Olofin wanted Kofibori with juju of aikordie Speak of sea storm and its unlucky consequences you can't play with interest for avoiding losses speak of the huntsman that had a bad situation because he didn't hunt nothing and he went to see Orumila
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And ifa told him: you have to Orugba with a bag and three arrows Speaks of the war of okute with Shun, Ogun and Oshosi. Oshosi takes her because she is the justice Oshun sentence him and Ogun kills him. In this Ifa Olofin irrigates his head with 16 aikordie, that s is why they go in his crown (Adde) You can't play or be player because you will destroy yourself, and go to the ruin. You can't have three women, you may have one, two, or four, but never three the same time. The wife of Baba Eyiogbe must be of a different color of his, a definite color, white or black never mixture. Here three roads are fighting: Earth, the market and water, because the three wanted to be the first, and began the discussion between them, And the Aya (the dog) that was hearing them, said: "You fight for nothing, because no one can never be the first, because all three have the same rights, that is why you have to live united. Hearing this they said well, explain it better to us. The dog said; The three have the same rights because if the water don't drop on the earth, she can't produce and then we don't have anything to sell in the market. If we didn't have earth the water can't drop on her for her to produce. If we don't have a market we can't sell the fruits products of the earth and the water that fertilize her. Then the three roads became suitable and convinced. The earth told the dog; "It doesn't matter how far you go you never lose yourself. The market told him: "when you don't have nothing to eat, come to me though a bone, you might find. The water told him: If you fall in the water you will not drown. And so, all were friends of the dog. The owner of this Ifa knows that he have to make himself Ebo before going outside the house. Ebo: Akuko Meyi, Adie meyi, atitan ile oya, atitan erita merin atitan nigbe, atitan lese oke, atitan odo, Eku, eya, epo, ori, efun, agbado... opolopo owo A man, son of Oshosi went hunting to the hill of onikorogbo, but before he went to the house of orumila. When this ifa saw him, he told him: "You have to make Ebo with all the eni adie that you have in your ile, for to avoid meeting with Iku The men didn't make the ebo and went in to the hill, and didn't find animals to hunt, and after walking a lot he meet with iku and for a while they were hunting together. At last they found two Eni alakaso (Black Vultures). And Iku told the hunter; "You
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can carry them." The hunter proposes dividing them one for each one, but Iku refuse. When the hunter went home he cooked the eni alaka so and gave them to eat to his sons. Later iku went to his house and told the hunter: I came for my part, because I am hungry and in lsalarye said: Poor me, we already ate the two Eni alakaso Then Iku opa the hunter and his children's. Orumila didn't have where to live, in every part they threw him away. One day he went with Oshun to see if he could find a place to live. Standing both on the seaside, Oshun saw how a whale was trying to eat the shellfish and she took her five adanes throwing them to the whale killing her. The shellfish's in gratitude gave their shells to Orumila, for they to have where to live. The owner of this ifa carry two shells of shellfish loaded with: Atitan He, eru, obi, kola obimotiwao, gold silver eku, eyaepo agbado, bogbo ewe, anari okun. They wash load, and live inside the ifa. The personage was carrying the cross, and they become the moment when this cross was burden, and he couldn't carry it any more. You can't support the burden you have you may mark humility and patience Olofin wanted to leave the earth and he send for Orumila, but also iku came and he couldn't make discrimination between his sons, he summit them to a probation that consist in three days without eating. The first day they was no difficulties, but in the after noon of the second day the hunger couldn't be supported and Orumila was sitting in the door of his house and Eshu, who was the watch man appeared, "Are you not hungry?" Orumila replied: "Yes, I am very weak. Eshu told him: "Let's go and eat." He replied: " I can't do that. Eshu told him don't worry I will take care of that. Eshu killed a Akuko and two adie, he cooked them, both ate, the pick up everything ante buried the residue. At this time came Iku hungry and weak and when he didn't find nothing to eat, he went seeking the rubbish, but Eshu followed him and found him eating, that's why Iku loss. Take care they don't surprise you doing something you shouldn't do. Ewwe of oddun: Almond. Ewe karodo (Canute) and mangle. When you are going to do Ifa to you Omo, you put inside your ifa a eni ganugun, for taking no danger. The owner of this ifa have to bury seven thug... in seven places of the city. You must light a lamp for Embo He in a fun fun dish with eni eyele, almond oil on and names and titles.
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By this ifa the awo shall forever okpele in his pocket. The owner of this ifa don't go obi to pray for leri. Paint an obi of ofun and oti and during 16 days present it to the sky after you wake up and before you go to sleep. After that you carry it to a hill when the sun goes behind the horizon and present it to olofin and his leri. You beg olofin of the wreckage the destruction, the blush and the tears By Osobo Iku we make Ashinima with Eyele Okan fun fun we give the Eye the powder of granada toasted with coals. By this ifa grasp yourself with Orumila and oshun. That's why you have to make three Ebo the same day, Road f Oshun and the Ideu First Ebo: Osiadie Fifesha, I guiro, eku, eya, epo, agbado, eya tutu meta. Put it in a Road, go back to the house of the awo, salute Elegbara, drink water and rest. Second Ebo: Ounko, adie, asho aperi, I friderita, I guiro 16 eyele, 16 vrs of asho fun fun Note: You may carry it to the place indicated by the ifa, and then you should go home. Note: When Baba Eyiogbe don't grasp Ebo, you put an eel inside a pan with omi. You present it to Baba with three eyele fun fun until the eel die. Then you open the eel and you give him the three eyele with baba. The leri, elese y akakan are made lye and they mix with eye of seeds of eleguede, ewe bledo fun fun, on efun, eleri of eels. You put this Ifa and you mount the Inshe-Osain Work for the ascend in the Government You make a tower of cotton and inside you may put the names and titles of those who have to see with the ascent, you put in oni, on and efun. You blotch two lianas with on and white sugar and you may light them to Baba beside the tower from Thursday to Thursday. Before going to that place anoint in the face iye of adormidera, ashses of juju of eyele fun fun and efun. Every time de lianas are finished you may renew them. When we get the ascent we may fulfill with obatala. For to take of Ogu of the stomach Drink infusion of roots of pomarrose, roots of peonias and fan of seas (abanico de mar)

For awo can talk !fa: Prepare: A In she-Osain with a 10 cent coin Work for the impotence: You take two nails of the frame of doors and cut them the size of the member (penis). Was them in omiero of ewe guenguere and this guenguere we must eat as a salad We make Ebo tele boru and then one of the isheri (nails) lives in Orumila and the in Ogun For avoiding problems with your godchild: We take a akuku fun fun, you clean with it, you open the chest with the obe of pinardo, put inside shell of osha washed in Elegbara, a paper with the name sign of the godchild and Baba eyrogbe. You put the Akuko to it, at night you take it of, and carry it to bury at the seaside and say; when this Akuko by himself come out of the joro joro then our friendship will break. For defeating the Araye: We put a black dish where we paint Baba Eyiogbe, upon this we put an igba with seven kinds of drinks, around this we put 16 pieces of obi, each one with a atare. Then we nay give adie to orunmila, a fun fun and a dun dun, the adie fun fun is the first to the dish throwing eyebale over orumila, over the obi and over the dish. We may light two liana in the dish that is where we make the work and after 16 days, we pick up everything and throw in a corner. The dish and igba may be saved for another opportunity For destroying the araye: We take 3 guiros with large neck, in one we put almagre, in other efun and in the last one we put almargre, in other efun and in the last one coal of ozain. We pass them by the table and we put in iyeta, we bind them with three threads and we give three adie, one fun fun, one pupua and one dun dun. The adie fun fun we give it to the guiro with efun, the pupua to the almagre and the dun dun to the coal of ozain. We put the three guiros to ekegbara and the success is sure. For raising the health: With ire ashegun ota or ire aye, obotri with etu meyi one fun fun and the other painted

If the person is omo shango obori with aparo meyi and the eyebale fall upon shango. Work of Baba eyiogbe: In a small wooden box we put a tiny can with water and sand of the river and another with sand of the sea. And separate we put efun, on eku, eya agbadi. To this we give four eyele fun fun and we put the leris inside the box and over the cover of the box we put the obi painted with efun. We put the box beneath the bed head. When it have passed one year of the work, we break the Obis, we refill the tiny can with their water and to what is inside we give again four eyele fun fun and we close it again after we place the four leri of eyele and we put upon it two obi painted with efun. Work to get Elegbara to Work: We take an lgba of water and we place 16 ifa good cuffed. We place lyo of lyefa, we stir with the paint of the irofa, praying Baba Eyiogba and we throw it over Elegbara For the Recrimination of the in debts: We give a akuko to ogun and orugbo with this and was malo we make apageru and we mix it with a bit of iyeta of ebo with a bit of seeds and leaves of maravilla and we blow 3 days to the street to the tight and the left of the door so we tree ourselves of our arayes. In this ifa we put inside orumila pieces of gold and silver For Prosperity We give adie meyi fun fun to Baba, two eyele fun fun to oshun, one osidie to Elegbara and two eyele fun fun to his leri with ori, efun and you give six baths with wild albahaca pine of roses (acacia) and prodigiosa. With this you should clean you house (baidear) Secret for okifale Trupon Resin of dilated in water pine, with the middle finger anoint it in the clitoris of the woman and you pray to Baba Eyiogbe and its okifale trupon Oinent for oko okifale trupon Comphorated oinment, stick of don't forget me spur of gentleman and for me. Scraped and mixed. We pray to Oshe tura !rose fun ocura she
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akana Yeku, okanasa bilari and Baba Eyiogbe. We anoint the penis with penis. Oparaldo: We shall make three the same day first: 6a.m. with osadie, the asho, ewe: yellow prunes (yewere), mar pacifico (pacific sea), poplar, grenade, alma eigo, paradaise algarrobo. All the clothes go to the river. Take a bath with omiero of estasewe Second 12m: osadie dun dun, the asho, two Itawa, oti ewe bitter broom, rompe saraguey and paradaise. We mark Baba Eyiogba Third: 7:00 pm : Osadie, was malu, 9 types of cloth, we bind together the meats with the clothe to the left lag of osadie. We prepare Omiero of alganah, grenade and purple albahaca. After the third oparaldo the interested take a bath and pray to his jeri These three oparaldo the same day have a variety: We began making ebo-paraldo. We began to make the ebo and we pray the oddun omolu, after we make the first oparaldo. Then we take a bath and when we finish we finish the ebo praying the meyis until finish it. We make the third oparaldo. We take a bath and we go outside to throw away the ebo and the three oparaldo. E make this with jio jio meta and eyele meta. To make a promise to obatala across Baba Eyiogba we prepare the offer dish like it was for shango, we put the Baba Eyiogba sign, we give it to obi and see if the accept it and we put the offer in the dish, the earth was so corrupt that olofin was thinking to destroy it, but with his great mercy he decided to give man another opportunity and he ordered orumila to come down to earth to redeam it. Orumila disturbed told him: "How do you think I am going to agree to live with that corrupted humanity and lather I redeem then and they are my responsibility and my representation on earth. Olofin tried to convince him, and spoke to him with intensity that at last Orumila told him: "All right, All right, I will go down to earth to fulfill your mission, but you have to go down with me." Olofin replied: "AU right, if that is your wish, but on the sixth day I will come back to heaven, to !bin Eshu." That is why the ceremony of the food of olofin in the consecrations of ifa have to be made the sixth days and after It is finished we retrieve olofin from the room of ifa. Olofin accompany the awo during the first year of his initiation in the religion. Orumila is with him during seven years and then after that he visit him each forty one days.
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The awo cannot mamu obo nor ofikaletrupon bu idi obini of ofikale trupon the Thursday of each week. The awo that have oduduwa cannot ofikale trupon with the obini atop him. He is who has to climb upon her for not to remain impotent. In this ifa was born the ceremony of the awan foguedo. The omi that sprinkle in his eyes is for avoiding the blindness that had suffered orumila in this ifa Eshu Akueleyo If is the monster of this odun ifa and for to prepare his load we have to make as follows: We put a basin with some shells, and then we put in Eya Eyo (eel), we leave it to die, and in that moment we give it a eyele mey fun fun, the leri of these two eyele fun fun with their elese and okokan go for the load with the eya oyo (eel). The water, the small shells, ilekan, 21 consecrated inkinis, eru, obi kola, obi motiwao, osun, earth of a blind well, of the tomb of a president or a general, leri and elese of gunugun, leri and elese of owiwi (owl), 21 atare, 21cooking peper, 21 pepers of guineas. 21 Chinese pepper, 21 atare of guma, eku, eya, epo, agbado, 7 abere, 7 fishing hook, lai kordie. To this mass we give a jio jio and eni adie this elegbara lives upon a hoe and is there we feed him Eshu Obasin-Laye: He accompany oduduwa and live inside a lgba that we seed in the ikoko We load in a cobo shell that has to be washed first with omiero of grass of Obatala and of this ifa and of Elegbara, we decorate it with a hand of 21 dilogunes in its external part and over the cement that remain over the pan and the base of the cobo. The load carry: Aguema, leri of aparo, earth of a site of trash, cover of eni adie and eni eyole, three inkines, beads of all the saints, elese and okokan of inkines, eku, eya, 21 grains of agbado, 21 atare, root of ewe oriye, atinponta, ceiba, poplar, prodigiosa, almacigo, jobo, yanten, cotton, white bledo very fine, bambu, curujey, sticks of amansaguapos, cambia voz (change voice), battle, cocuyo, ramon, parami cedar, ewe ortiguilla, ewe ina, saint thistle, leg of chicken, royal itamo (itamoreal), bitter broom, bibijagua and earth of ilekan. Pray : Oshe bile, Eshu obasin-laye, oshe omolu laro ke ogbe sa laroye
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Eshu Agbanikue: This is from arara country(earth) lives inside a ikoko and covered with another. Load: Ilekan, earth of the sole of the shoes, led akute, akuko, owunko, three shells for eyes and mouth, 41 shells for decoration, and earth of bibijaguero, 21 atare, eku, eya, epo, oti, oti kana, led gunugun of parrot, juju of gunugun, carita beans, eru, of ceiba, jaguey, jobo, 21 ewe, seven strong ewi 9 (askeds) we go to a bibijaguero and we take earth and mix it with 21 atare, oil, epo, amala, carita beans, agbado. We give it a jio jio dun dun, whose body we destroy and mix with the mass and we wrap in ashe fun fun. In house we put the mass inside a small basket and we tie to it a owunko mamon and a akuko, we give it three turns and we enter it to the room. We give it the owunko and the akuko to elegbara of the awo, giving to both animals to the mass that is in the ashe fun fun inside the basket. We toast the animals in they led, we eat the body and we throw the baked leri in the mass. With the ota we prepare the shape and in the front head we put a little keke bell then its correspondent crown with it juju, beads of orunmila, etc and in the back head a small knife and around the neck the 41 shells. When it is loaded (mounted) we wash it and give it an akuke and an osadie to eat. For to give it food we prepare an igba with: seven atares, amala, epo, eku, eya, agbado, that we put alongside eshu agbanikue and we add to it eyebale of the akuko and the osadie. To this igba we add the Ierf of these animals in the moment when we sacrifice them and then we carry them to eshu to the hill. Eshu agbanikue is covered with a ikoko of clay and live between mariwo. We have to cover it because it may live blind to who look at it directly.

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Drawing of Elegua

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Treaty of Odun of !fa O O O O I I I I

Ogbe yeku

Ogbe yeku Baba Omolu Ogbeate Awo edan adifa fun Inashe lku Agba Iwore aku kata kata, olo owala tinshe ni ape, yange omo bogbo eranko lorugbo-elebo This oddun of ifa shall not be written on the billboard, its changed for oyokun nilobe. They were born the adanes of the crown of oshun mark compensation and ogbe yeku will be important for good and for bad. Mark the deprive of charges: Take care, don't take you off of the responsibility and powership you have. Take care of not making judgement in any discussion or when you asked for not getting prejudiced yourself. Says that a person that's in a corner will get an important responsibility. It's born the virtue of the urine. In the same manner as the human body eliminate the debris by the urine. You have to deprive yourself of all the evil that's around you. Speak of a vicious person. Take control of your sexual hastetyness. We have tender situations because of deceit in families. We have to touch our foreheads each day with the adanes of oshun Mother's don't want their sons. Take marriage, because she wants them to always stay with her, because she thinks nobody will take care of them as herself, but she don't recall that they need already sexuals relations. This one was not breed by his father_ When we see this ifa in a person, if his father is not dead, he will die in a year about. You are going to die very old. If you want that your entire thing goes all right you have to take attention to the saints and the dead. Take care of justice Take care of deceit in papers Don't quarrel with anybody Take care of your temper for not getting lost. You suffer of illness of the stomach and blood circulation. It was born that the human being cleans their teeth and washes their mouths after eating food, to keep hygiene of the mouth and the teeth in good shape

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You are looking for a good spouse and you cannot find it. This Fi speaks the owunko: "This person don't have a home. Have a strong sweating. His digestion is slow can't drink to much liquids when eating. He likes to eat salads. He is always making fuss. Sleeps little. He's nervous. This ifa marks debts with Oshun. She's in anger; you are living among enemies and envious. Ewe: leaves of zapote, that is from the Ibeyis. The leaves in boiling may be drunk for sleeplessness. The leaves crushed and mixed with ashes kill ogu. If it's woman she is pregnant and people say that it is evil. She likes men much younger than her age. Here Oshun didn't see agayu because he buried himself in the mud of the river. Elle with her adanes began to prick in the mud until she found him and sang this way: "Eda afon shuro my ore. Eda Ewe eda efon agayu kaun. Osombo mobo sodoromi Yare lyalorde Aba." In a Occasion when the death of the king of Ifa, member of the court wore looking for someone who would live a short time for to crown him. The salesman of cloths of the market knowing this problem went to look himself with Orumila and he made him a Sodde and this Ifa seen him made him ebo with a Owunko dun dun, bogbo asho opolopo owe, and ordered him to put it near de palace of Ife. When the old cloth salesman went to put his Ebo was seen by members of the court and they said: This old man is who we need for king, because he will die soon, later we can crown another that will be to our convenience. They made it so, and crowned the cloth salesman as king, but later he had good health and governed with learning and the town's people didn't want him to die, and this king ruled many years the land of Ife. One that is in a corner will have a good position and will enjoy it long time. Note: De ebo of this Ifa may be made putting on the interested the adans of Oshun in his teri. To the ebo we do not put leaves of malanga, but yes leaves of zapote. Secret of the zapote to obtain things: We give eyele pintas to Ozain, 9 eya tutu koke. The lens okakan and elesse of the eyele. The 9 eya tutu keke, leaves and seeds of zapote, lyefa prayed, a dried pitirie of esain, for loading a Inshe-Ozain Eshu Emere: This eshu live's lined in heeds and chells and in This Ifa name down to earth as companion of Oshumare. Have in his load: llekan, earth of a graveyard, of enigbe, 7 abere, afoshe of eleri of akuko and of ayapa, obi motiwao and three inkines.
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Treaty of Odduns of ifa

OI I I I I Ogbe Wene 0 I Ogbe Wori
Ogbe wene maferefun Ohatala Aleyo Umbo lnedi Ire Umbo Omofa Obe Bode Kino Iderele Adifayoko Ashe guida Orumila Dada Ashe Kue Ki Eyele Aikordie Eku Eya Epo Agbado Opolopo Owu When Awo see this Ifa he turns his head to the right because death is coming and to the left because things are coming that are not good. ifa of disobedience, of proof, wars of deceits, of poverty, of necessity, of unconformity, of treason, have hidden enemies, etc. The person can be wicked and of bad sentiment when we see this ifa in a maid, we shall give it quickly the Ikofa for avoiding shame to her fathers. If she is a virgin, take car because they can deceive her and later they are not going to fulfill the promise. You have to suspect of men. Take care of a shame of a blush. The man cannot support his woman. Domine you haughty because you could lose yourself. A woman daughter of olofin will give you the way for you to make love to her and that is for taking revenge against you. You can never dress with black clothes. Do not laugh at elders. Don't curse. Don't despair yourself and have patience and tranquility in living. Take care with a changed hat, because here they work for having people get lost. You have seen yourself in the shell. The husband and her wife shall make themselves works. Take care of the brakes the car. You are in prison, but hey are two, because if has another one in the bundle. !fa says that nobody but him can see. Her was born that the witchery has power over human existence. Was born the oath of Ozain with iron in the mandinga land. There was born the glory for the necklaces. We use a necklace of Orumila made only with glories. If the mother of the Awo is alive, when the awo makes his ebo, he shall also make it too for her. If she is dead we shall give two adies to his spirit. We don't have seat in life. Took at what Shango wants. We shall give to the led a eyele fun fun and a adie fun fun for ire umbo. The eyele for the luck that comes before and the adie for the death that's comes behind. We make Ebo with them and later we obori to the interested. We have to attend the
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spirit of lya Tobi for Ire umbo her they catch the brave bulls. By thei ifa we put to Oshun an okpeie a tablerito (a chalk board) a little bottle with lyefa, and we cover it eith a yellow cloth. Was born the course stick. Here Oshun robbed the tablero of Orumila, the okpele, the lyela and the Iruke. Take care of a golden child that has this !fa and steals an Osha. The Awo Midday (twelve o'clock) bathes himself with white bells and perfume. When awo is going to pray a leri with Fya Oro (gaubina) he shall ask for two, for the first pray his leri with eya gold, for to not take risk. When Orumila cried because he didn't have woman, he did see this ifa, that told him: Make ebo with two adie dun dun and and a basket of peanuts for you to have woman in the passing year. He made the ebo and ifa told him that he shall sow some peanuts, When the peanuts was in time for harvesting, Orumila noted that some body was trying to steal them, and he was thinking that it was a squirrel that digged the earth to eat the peanuts, and he put himself to watch the soil. One day Orumila see two maid that came into his sowed land and began to dig. He surprise them stealing his peanuts and they began to beg him pardon and that he shouldn't take them for thieves. Orumila told them: 'Alright I am going to pardon you but with the condition that you don't steal from me anymore because these peanuts was seeded by mandate of ifa, to find a woman who I can marry. Then they told him: "If it is certain that you pardon us we prefer a union with you, than they take us for thieves." Them Orumila married both of them You have to maids together and we have to give them (kofa to present they bring misfortune or shame to their fathers.

For To Take Of Arave:

We take a big lgba, we write inside Ogbe Wene, We put a paper with the name of the Arayes. Upon these we put a little pan with an eko and we put it beside Elegbara, we pray Ogbe Wene and we give it a Owunko keke for Elegbara. Then all of it we put with a little of lyefa in shilekun lie and later we go to the graveyard covered with ashe pupua.

For to Come Out of Economical Difficulties:

We make Ebo, with four eyele, a scissors, oti... every day the Ori of the Ebo is thrown upon the scissors over Orumila and Elegbara and we ask for what we wish to obtain.

Ozain of Ogbe Wene:

A man who guide the mules (arriero) we take is Okakan and the Led. We look for a child sack, earth of the east and the west of a bibijaguero, white cuata atare meta, kola, trash of a whirlpool, root of gentleman spur, horns of malu. We live it with colors bead. Eat aparo, etu and we
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blow him dry wine. The person is hairy. Don't try to take of the hairs because that is the gift he need for to have success in life. Ebo: Akuko, 1 bag, ! ada, 1Ieri of mud... one of his enemies dies. Here Elegbara finish with the mayomberos Ebos Fight against the Mayomberos: This work we make it only for ourselves. Because if we make it only for other people it will cost our life. We make it at the top of the hill. Three cepas of plantins, awado mora, toasted corn olele, ekru, ekru aro adalu, eko, eku eya epo, bogbo ere 7 itanas, 12 balls of amala each one with a atare inside, 1 adie fun fun 1eyele fun fun, 1 etu fun fun, 4 balls of mud from the river. On the hill we crush the three cepas of plantin and in front of the we make a circle with efun with eight squares and the following oddums of lfa. Upon the four balls of mud, we call to Orum with his secret pray: Orun epaporun baba wa lo loni baba li anwa karibo mode lo oya kosi iku lo oya mode ita kosi ni ita ile kosi arun ni ile okuni ariri imeo odiguwere edi eri en nake." And we turn around with the leaves of wood covered all with efun and a dun dun without throwing eyebale in the balls of mud. We live that there. We stand before the cepas of plantin we clean ourselves with each ingredient and we put them uppon the cepas. Later we take the animals, we clean ourselves with them and give adie to the cepa at our left. After we go to the circle and take three of the balls. The one oat the north we throw it to the cepa of the middle, the one at the south to the cepa at the left, the one at the west to the cepa at the right, the one left is the ball of the east, we take it and throw it to the door of the mayombero.

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Ogbe Di

Ogbe Di Kaka Ogbe Di Lele Ada Shasha Asiko Ebana Adifun Ati Ogun Tinsho Komadie Oka Mama Eyele Martin Elebo Here is where Shango protect for nothing, the person was born the blinking for the cloudiness of the globe of the eye where born the bads desires as from our similars to us, as from us to our similars. Was born the Axayes. To prevent that this Awo of this Oddun don't remain impotent, he have to ofikaletrupon with the obini when she is menstruating. The daughters of Ogbi de lives with the Babalawo. Where born the virtues of the fish hook. Here the man made himself allied of the ayapa for to put a brake to the horse of Obatala. If the mother is Iku we do something to this spirit for to give pinnate to this Awo of this Ifa we have to make plenty ceremonies for this godfather don't get lost. Also for praying to the leri to the Awo of this Ifa, we have to make before plenty ceremonies for that the oficciant Awo not to have problems and nothing bad occurs to him. Speak about a boy that like to do ugly an unpleasant things to things to little girls and already they have done them to him. The boy can be seized because a bad thing that they can accuse him and when he comes out of the reformatory he will be worst then before to prevent this thing from happening, we make ebo to the boy with a akuko, two adie, eight abere a cord the size of his left feet; this measurement may be taken in two cords and we make seven knots to each one, one to the ebo and the other for he to put it underneath his pillow, to prevent that when time passes he won't be killed for this defect. Orumila came to a town and he was despised and had to make a feast with drinks and foods for to defeat the roughness of his enemies. For this Ifa we gives an abo to Shango. We don't drink coffee.

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Was born the secret of the pepper of guinea for to pray the led. Was born the right to pay when we take up grasses. Ogbe di is the person in charge to awake Orumila early in the morning came Ogbe di to the house of Orumila, six in the morning. Yeyematero received him and he told him: "Oshum send me with the assignment to awake Orumila." Yeyematero looking at him with attention told him: "Awake him." Ogbe di Kaka, Ogbe di tele adifayoko Barabaniregun adifafurt Oshun, Adiffun Ogun, Obini Ogbe Sa yeyematero Akefe lo salu Obolode Awe leda lo inkin." Orumila woke up quiet, and in this moment Oshun and Ogun knocked on the door and Orumila said: "Iboru, Iboya, Iboshishe, who is this youth that knows so much? Yeyematero replied to him: "Is Ogbe di Awo of the land of lyesa and from today he will replace Ogbe sa in the task of awaking you everyday and will be the master of the knowledge. And from this day Ogbe Di is wise and great and have the task to awake Orumila with his pray in the morning. Bath of Ogbe Di: Two Adie, three eyele, asheet, estropajo de mata, two obi, four itanas, on efun oni ou a set of old clothes bean weaned , a set of white new clothes, a little stick a igba, oshinshin, 15 balls of gofio and oni. Ewe orozus, white bledo, romerillo, platanillo of cube, gold button, ivy, a ivy a white soap, a yellow soap and $32.00. It's needed two awoses for to do the work One cup of the eyele is to do the work. One of the eyele is for the Awoses cleans themselves when the work is finished. Inshe-Ozain: Fillings of all metals, milk), two scorpions, leri and okakan of mule driver, rough of eni adie and of eni eyele talked out, juju of adie and of eyele, 21 bibijaques, earth of a bibijaquero 21 atare, crapes of horn of malu, root of sacu sacu, ceiba royal palm cardo santo, cantutillo, chicken leg (ewe), atinpola, earth of a grave, 7differents sticks (you may ask which leri, ekute, al dressed in colored beads. Eshu Aflakete: Is Eshu Arara of this (fa. Her mas is made with yam powder with ofun in wich we mark Ogbe Di and we give t ota an eyele Upon this lye. We may ask the road of this ota. After this we ad to this mass osun, obi kola, obi motiwao, eru arida, leri aya (dog), Egun omobirin earth of enigbe, of erita mean, ilekan, 7 equi (asked) 7 atare, 7 iwereyeye, 7ewe of elegbara. Note: The ota is of the four roads We shall wrap it with 101 shells

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Ogbe Roso

Ogbe Roso Untele Ashe Ebo Ashe Ebo To Ariko Babawa Orumila Akualosina Akua Ebo Rori Orumila Isota Ogbe Roso Untele Ashe Atie Deku Deku Atie Atie deya Deya Atie Atie Akuko Akuko Atie Atie Agbado Atie, Atie Juju Juju Atie Omolon Oluarumale Inkuin Okua Adie Ifa of Truth and Falsehood Here struggles two intelligent; The person that comes to look at herself tells lies and when they go back homes find that al his lies has become reality. This Oddun is not applicable to people that comes to your house to be inspected because by this they means can weary your house. Here we suffer a great impression that can make us lose our health Olofin gave to the sons of Ogbe Rose the government of the world because the was invincible. if the father of the person is dead, we have to give Eya Bo Tutu Nla (fresh and big pargo) to his spirit. Also make his son Ebo, so that he don't turn him down. We use a necklace of Orumila with 16 green beads, and 16 yellow beads in each piece. We put to our Ifa this necklace. Here in this Ifa Orumila eats with Inle Afokoyeri, the Atepon Ifa goes over Inle Afoko Yeri. In this sign we have part in which we have to throw Omi in the Ebo. This sign in named Ogbe Roso of Opon, because Ogbe Roso sit himself in the tablero. In this ifa the people dressed themselves with clothes made of Juju birds. When we see this Oddun Ifa in Alefa, each one of the Awoses presents cleans themselves with Eku, Eya, Epo Agbado... and the put it in a Joro Joro. We have to pray the leri with a pargo We have to give quickly to Elegbara what he wants, to avoid he make us a

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deceit. Give thanks to the spirit of your father. If he lives thank him too and remain thankful all your life because of all he has done for you.

Take Care of your Eyes Give thanks to Shango, Eshu and Orumila You are a unbeliever and that may cast you your life. Elegbara is standing at the corner laughing about your problem. The father you have is not your father. Your real father is dead. It's have who trying to make you damage, they are really doing you a good. Do not make anybody a damage because that can be your misfortune. Take care and don't bathe your self in the sea avoiding being attacked by a big fish. Your life can be in danger. In your house is a great revolution, for you to have prosperity, we have to change your angel. Is a son of a saint man, but the person don't have anything of a made. If she is woman, she may be a lesbian or have two husbands. If this is known, her husband will kill her for infidelity. Here talks about the curse of Obatala, who said: Who make damage or evil to me, that hasn't made harm to anybody, will turn himself blind. We have to make him Oparaldo, or a spiritual investigation to the person, for to take away from him the chief of the Obsesores Eguns that perturb him. When we see this Ifa the person is prisioner fought the saint The daughter of Olodumare went to the market looking for loves and deceived who she liked. She was a very attractive and beautiful woman. This Ifa mark that before Ogbe Roso die the Ogun comes to pass by the leri of Ogbe Roso. The Awo of this Ifa Adivina by the power of Egun. To Resolve Work Problems: A Jio Jio, we go to the corner and we throw Eku, Eya, Agbado, Epo, Oti Omi, candy and we give the Jio Jio. We leave the ten there with all the ingredients. We fasten with a tread the Ara of the Jio Jio by the left leg and we carry it inside the house crawling it and leaving it in front of Elegbara and we give the Obi Omi Tutu to ask What we do with that. If we go to Nigbe entire or cutt in pieces. Work for Obini: We clean the eyes of the Obini with a silver coin, and after we wash his face with Omiero and with Iyefa of the sign and we throw it in the river. With this the sign and we throw it in the river. With this the Okuni finds hips own luck, because she has her own Okuni but they are separated in the material way. For to Take of Ogu of Shelekun Ile:
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We make three crosses, underneath her we write Ogbe Roso. We put a glass of Omi over each cross and we throw them away each one every other day. The third day we put eku, eya, epo, agbado. We clean the Awo with eyele fun fun and we give ove the signs Ogbe Roso that are underneath the crosses and we make with the eyebade of the eyele a cross behind the shilekun of Ile. We throw in it eni and cover it with Juju and we leave everything during three days. After we clean all and throw it away. For to Put Ashelu Away: We put Oshosi in a dish behind the closed door, we put a lighted Itana, we paint Ogbe Roso in the floor, we give Obi Omi Tutu Lu Oshosi We give an Eyele lo Oshosi, and we crack it afterward with a knife from the crew to the bottom and we put it open over Oshosi. We ask where he goes and how we want it. Orumila send the cockroaches to make Ebo for them to see. They did it and they got out their eyes. After that Orumila send them to make Ebo for they don't dress similar but they didn't do it. When Olofin reunite the animals, they passed blush because olofin couldn't know which one was male and which was female seing that all of them was dressed similar. Eshu Wonke This is the Eshu of falsehood. He carries three faces and a load for each face. Load of the first face: Ivory, eru obi, Kola, Osun, Orogbe, fangs of tiger, spurs of Akuko, Iyefa. Load of the second face: Eru, Obi, Kola, Osun, Orogbo, 7 gentle man beans, 7atare, 7chinese atare, leaves of copey. Load of the third face: Azoque, anari, okun, ilekan, earth of four roads. This Eshun is mounted or molded over an ota of the river and the base is a breast of ayapa. Before we wash it we give him three sparrows, we put the eleri dried and lined in beads of Elegbara. To this Elegbara we light three wicks or lamps, one for each face. Every time we are going to feed him with Elegbale of any animal, first we have to give him to eat three jiojio, one for each face. You are fortune-teller. A relative drowned in the sea they are watching you for they betrayed you. Akuko to Ogun inmediatly, a big trout to Orumila. We put inside of his Ifa one of the vetral wings and one of the laterals, but before we have to dry them. This is to conquer.

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OI 0 I I I Ogbe Juani I I Ogbe Wale
Ogbe Wale Ago Eni Ibeberu Ke Okuni Pawo Ayawala Ayawala Oto Ayawala Osi Mokunlo Wale Koto Wale Wale To Oun Beleno Oto Oto. By this ifa when we give Euri to Orumila, we take a piece of the liver and we give it to eat to a dog you will not gain nothing. Take care of false testimony. Look for the way that nobody knows about your weaknesses, to prevent that they may dibluge them in public. You suffer to much because your children, because they are not what you expected. if you are woman take not to fall in prostitution your husband is deceiving you with another woman. This sign signal's that the projects of the person are always in the air, he makes false illusions. The person lives at his own ways and don't take advice's and we have to leave him to gain experience in life. The feet that in this ifa nobody is considerate, he himself thinks he is important. Ogbe Wale because his behavior remain alone in his social and religious life. All of his consecration or lax Mark's War In the Home: Ifa of vices: The perroantes of Ofikaletrupon lick the vulva of the female goat. Mark: Advise: Ardent and pains in the plant of the feet's. They suffer of the eyes. Of cancer in the bones, of the heart. In this Ifa was born the tile of Egun. That's why this Oddun of Ifa have to be written in the that's why this Oddun of Ifa have to be writed in the atena of egun and the Oparaldo. We have to give food to all the Ebora Eguns (to all the deads) In this !fa was where Oshun et adie the first time, here Obatala gave the scorpion the power in the point of the tail putting the sting and the poison. The scorpion was not suitable wanted that Obatala gave the wings and Obatala didn't agree. Here the adie wanted to hatch
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ducks eggs over the long. The Awo of this !fa have lo receive: ashikuelu, Ozain have to sear himself in orun, receive Oduduwa and Olofin. With these powers Ogbe Wale Affirm himself over the earth (the way of the stones f the crown) Eshu Arerebi Oke: This Eshu is the Ota of the hill, that we have to llok for in a lengthy way and cement itself in Alkoko a frying pan type and decorate it with Elegbara beads and beads of Orumila in the crown. Toad: Len of Eya, Of Eku , of akuko, conqueror stick, Amansa guapo, saint stick ewe, goog grass, pica pica take up eku eya, epo, agbado, oti, eru, kola, obi, osun. We decorate with 42 shells.

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Ogbe Bara

Ogbe Bara bi abere baba terere adifafun sese bi abere baba terere adifafun Shango bi abere baba terere alordafun olofin baba yeku koladeo oye unto aquere ni orumila to iban Eshu Here was born the secret of the breadfruit. When we are full of anger we take to leaves of the breadfruit three and a obi and we wash the led in a request shape and we throw one to the ara of egg. Also we request the leri without breadfruit and white of egg also we bath with omiero of leaves of the breadfruit three and white of eggs. If we have olokun we must change his pan. Ifa of hidden things: ifa of treason, where the ministers told the king that he had to sacrifice his first son to save his people and they really wanted to destroy him. Here the eyele make all that possible for him to move. Speak of the family. It has sick. The person is retarded. Don't trust no one. Shango speaks. Receive the warriors, osain and ifa. The person to gain their wishes don't curtail nothing. In this ifa we go looking for the head in religion and we want to be more than the godfather. It speaks that when the eyele breast is compressed he dies. Speaks of illness of the breast. This oddun in ituto is favorable. When we see this ifa in a sick person mark that he will die, because the same of the ewe alukerese (the ivy) that lives stucked to the humidity, that person will suffer in the humidity in the tomb. Was born that the birds feed their chicks by vomiting in the beaks. The jug that loss the botton don't retain the liquids. Woman that may downfall without being married. Take care of the lovers in the streets that don't know who you are. We suffer of the ear, don't be careless because it may be serious.

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Was born the lining cloth: The sons of the Awo or of the person we attend torn they enemies. Take care of the sons and the godchildren. Here the codoring and the parrot had envy of the flamingo and make him war. He went to see Orumila and this !fa told him: "You may defeat your enemies because you way of walking and your eloquence, but you may not take too much pride. The flaming defeated his arayes. Here was born the gesticulation when talking. Here is Ogun that speaks in your ear, from suffering of your ears you may become deaf. Work of Oqbe Bara: We take Elegua, we anoint with cooking lard, we put it in the sun and when it's very hot, we throw cold water on it and tell him: "the same you have me, the same I have you. You have to give me may house, ... (we ask him for what we wish). For Development: We cover Elegua with a mosquito net cloth at twelve o'clock noon we light an itana, and throw three little amounts of water in the door and agogo to Obatala asking him for health, tranquility and development.

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O O O II I I I Ogbe Kana

Ogbe kana, ogbe karan lordafun Obatala Odafun Shango ni moti alamoni alakosi moni yeuh. Ogun babare Orumila lorubo. Speaks oduduea that for leaving herself being domineer by erogbe was crucificated. Don't let yourself being domineer by anyone to prevent the discredit you. Don't shelter sick animals in your house, nor shelter nobody in you house to prevent that you may be prejudiced. In this ifa was where the Oshas tried to make Obatala be fretful. He went to look to himself with ifa, he told him: "you have to make ifa." He answered: "With what money?" Orumila begged him the leri with 16 leri of eya tutu and put food in the garbage of the house. Baba made 16 balls of Ishu and putted it in the garbage in a lgba. After 16 days when he went to carry it to the river, he meet with Elegbara who gave him a bag of owo." Then Obatala received the hand of ifa. If you carry the sign properly you can't have poverty in your life. You have to dress yourself in white, because your happiness is the white clothes. Take care of the air current, because a lung congestion will finish this person. You have to take care of the baths with Zazafra's, almacigo, ceiba and rompe saraguey. After Obori with fruits, osho distinets. Great war and for wining it take out Shango an asia pupua, blow to him oti and touch him ashere. The current in is the body of the person. The mountain was thinking that he was very strong, but the sea was eating him underneath, until it precipitated him. Speaks about hidden diseases that come out in a moment of hidden enemies that works underneath. To resolve this problem you have to give Eyatutu to Shango in the base of araba. Here they took away from yemaya the power to govern the earth and she had to return to the sea where she became again powerful, because the arrecifes where saelo lived, protected her from the arayes of the earth. The awo of this !fa always have to put to he Ebo a little piece of arrecife. This person likes to masturbate himself.

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Marks spirits that wants to envelop you and carry you before your time against your will. That's why we make ebo with: corn, bogboere, a adie, asho arae and $24.00. We send it to the cemetery. With the adie we make oparaldo. The woman has to orugbo to prevent the harm to get her in her matrix and destroy the embrion, and so she con conceive. If he is man: His woman will go away, will leave him don't go to find her because this is the osobo of this Ifa. You have to make ifa, because here was born the secrets of the Atepon Ifa and of the 'rude. Orumila don't want that the awo works to profane peoples, instead only ifa because ogbe kana is babalawo nato. This Oddun is for you to resolve the labor problems we put a toy horse to the guardian Angel. Take care of hincadas therefore here speaks the tetanus put a tuna behind door. Inshe Ozain: An adan (bat) alive, one dead, asho dundun and funfun 7 skins of tails of fox. Everything made iye in two small bags, one white and one black. Eat aparo. By the day we use the white bag and at night the black one.

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Ogbe yono

Ogbe yono aya ade mowaye oreni laye adifun oduduwa wayeni efa ewaye oduduwa iku sequere arun sequere ofo sewere o eye sewere ogu sewere onilu sewewere, ashelu sewere ona sewere. Suyere; efunshe najera kun sebere kun abo ikun bokono afire kun abo ikun sequere. The three first awoses of oluwo-popo was adisate; aba and omi and ashetilu. Here oluwo-popo had three names: lante (the warrior) adatolu (the fortune-teller) and olugsago (the witch) who carried the smallpox, named olola. Here was where azowanu went in a journey around the world mounted on a montaraz owunko and as the journey was long he had to mount a deer and reached the land of arara. Take care of your teeth take care of your stomach. Receive bresia. This ifa speaks of the alteration of the pancreas. The person to avoid this illness have to grind rabbits bones with efun make balls with them and loosen them in the bath and blow it in ile. When awo see himself in this sign, this say he don't sit at the table. You are lax with your sex and when time pass you will stay this way and you are half-ill of your parts (sexual). Make ebo as a way that you always are powerful and can ofikaletrupon with your obini and avoid a blush with your wife or other woman in an immediate future. The person that comes to look at herself, had had a tragedy and had fight and had used knifes and they are in jail or soon they will be there. She has to make ebo so she can come out of here To another place and don't go to jail the ebo: akuko, obe obiti inle of onilu, asho arae, obi, itana...opolopo awo. They had beings disrespect and no consideration in the marriage by the two spouses. Your husband don't interest you as a male. Okuni:

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Is ill of his sexual organs and can't breed. After making ebo, take ewedundun, on o of Obatala, atare mey, grind everything and anoint your abdomen with it. The son of this ifa may not eat eyele any more in his life. By this oddun of ifa, the feet are cursed by Olofin, that's why when we beg our feet, we command the person that he may stay in the chair an with his fat toe take of the portion of the rogation, that are on his feet. In this sign when we pray in the ebo and say: lku sequere, arun sequere ... we go cleaning the leri of the person. Signal three operations and difficulties in an eye. If he tall in prison when he comes out he is ill or wrong of an eye. Was born the Ebo Shire: Is the great thief, the lives at the expense of the state (or government). He is the great Malversador of the public arario. Was born the necklace of maze of ifa. Here they made Azowanu an Ifa, and he gave the crown to Shango. Was born the hooks of the butchers shop. Here was born Ayala, the Obatala constructor of the heads and receive the offers in the sacrifices. Epo Malero Epo Malero Ayala Epo Malero lyo Malero lyo Malero Ayala Iyo Malero Od Malero Ori Malero Ayala Ori Malero Efun Malero Efun Malero Ayala Efun Malero Was born the crutches Here was where Oshun seated himself the first time. They can make you pass a blush and you for haughty can use a knife or other weapon and disgrace yourself. You have opposition in your loving relations. You and your wife have offended each other. Take care of strokes, virus, colitis, operations, blood pressure and the health. You can't drink alcoholic beverages. Your illness is in your mouths and it affects your stomach. They take of an altar and since this they are backward. Take that you don't become a slave of who today are your slaves. Speak of separation or divorce and you can resolve this with two akuko fun fun ... Road of the unification of the countries. Take care of your home and don't fight with you spouse for reaching luck in life. By this Ifa first you receive Elegbara and later you complete the warriors. Command to respect the alligator and don't be greedy because yonu or yono signify: Open without measure your mouth, so does the alligator as a signal of gluttony and greed. Here Oluwa popo made his entry in the arara land dressed with tiger skin and Shango had to pardon him. Ifa betray of repercussions. Malerefun Shango, Oluwo popo and Oshun.
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Eshu Agelo: This Oshu climb upon a desecrated alligator that guard the home of Ogbe Yone. Lives planted in an ikoko loaded with: Earth of the graveyard, ploughed earth, 4 inkines, ilekan, earth of a pond, of the river, the sea, ofa slaughter house, of a prison, a mate and a lami lami(sea horse), okokan oyu, and eleri of akuko, three alligator fangs, eru, obi kola osun, alligator leather, 21 atare, 21 ota keke (china pelonas), 21 ota keke from the coast or the beach, progiosa, fine glass red bledo, ewe chicken leg, male helecho, root of oeiba of red mangle, of jaquey, amansa guapo, conguer, win war, win battle, parami, yamao, change vioce, three azabaches three corals, 3 ambars, gold, silver. We may put the eyes and mouth of (shells, knife with juju of aikordie and of gunugun. We put a small necklace with seeds of pine cone. We make and ashore of maney seeds replenished with small bones of alligator to handle it (play it). It may be surrounded with a chain. Ozain Of Ogbe Yono: Road of Azowanu Leri of etu of azowanu (we may ask how many), an aguona, aparo, corojos (We may ask how many), earth of a bibijaguero iyela of Ogbe Yono prayed, and we shall ask how many strong sticks and which ones.

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I I Ogbe Sa
Ogbe sa yeyematero afefe salu aye salu olorun adifafun ewe bana awayeni abo, awayeni Orumila Afefe lona Shango adifafun ewe bana. Ewe Bana: jaboncillo Here Speaks the Throne of Iku. Here speaks the throne of Iku. Speaks of people that are not friends but they was before. You have to have Ifa, Awofaka or Ikofa Take care they don't discover a bad thing you have done. Take care with justice. This ifa marks betray of friends. We have deceit. Receive Oshosi running. Mark always losses and betrays. Don't eat coconut. During seven days don't go to visit sick person because you may change heads. Obori with eyetutu (pargo) and beer. We have illness of the heart, empeine and neck. They are going to give you responsibility in the government or they will design you a chief of delegation, or a political organization, etc. You will have a house and a business and you will have success in business and in everything and people will be surprised at how you have prospered, and for envy your work mates or organization fellows will make war to you, trying to destroy you. Always put your money to Shango to let him know what you have. Put spiritual vault with an ebano carbonero crucifix. Is born the renal anuria (kidney that don't work) Ogbe sa have a daughter or wife very pretty and beautiful and everybody looks at her. The ebo of Ogbe sa always carry five beads of Oshun and five of baba. You have to complete jobs to avoid losses. Speaks the throne of Iku, where we have bend knee to give egun food. The okpele of ogbe sa is made of deer skull (agbani) it also can be made of horn of abo. We wash it with ewebana (jaboncillo), maravilla ewedundun, roko and jobo. Eat akuko and eyele. By this ifa we put to Orumila a silver manilla inside and also to the ikofa. The awo ogbe sa use a cap with center in the ritual colour of the guardian angel from which comes out eight white rays. The day the awo see this Ifa he
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doesn't walk with nobody. If you make Ebo with abo, the person don't eat it. You must search the little box and the manillas of the ebo of this Ifa and it goes inside the box for throwing it away later after we finish the ceremony of the fourth tablero we put it in the box to throw it away. Always in this sign we give adie to oya and to the Ebo . We have to receive kuando to erase this ifa. By this Ifa we prepare the stomach for when ogu eats we swallow three whole atares, an eni adie beated with holy water and water from olokun porron to drink. We shall put four silver manillas to our ifa, two in each hand. To Resolve Problems With Other People: We make apayeru with the names and surnames of the arayes written in a paper that we anoint with ori, that we put in the package of the apayeru with seven cockroaches of caves and we throw it away in the bushes. When the cockroaches begin to walk and eat the apayeru with the paper with the names of the arayes the uneasiness. Will take over these people. Elegua of Ogbe Sa: The Elewa of Ogbe Sa is mounted in an ota that has human skull face, we cement it in a clay ikoko and we put empotrado in it a dollar coin. To this Elegbara we put a toy monkey. When we mount it we throw bones and hair of monkey and we cover it with plenty ewe eran (chicken legs) and fine grass and 7 flowers of the Pacific Ocean. Eshu Shirt It's made of masses. Beside the fundamentals ingredients, It carries earth of the graveyard, two inkines, leri of owunko, of eya, of agbido (cao) and plenty azoque. It goes lined in beads of Elegbara and of Orumila. Eshu Katero: This Elegbara is made of masses. Beside the fundamental ingredients, it carries: Ilekan, 3 black pennies, 3 grains agbado mora, garro grass, pica pica, pendejera, eku, eya, epo, oti, eru, kola, osun, 13 atares. The knife goes lossen in the ikoko.

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O I II O I O I Ogbe Ka
Ogbe ka adifayoko kanfun ashe berebere omo olofin orubo eure akuko, eyele, yarabo, asho, pupua. Orumila lorubo. Ewe de ogbe ka: lwereyeye, salvadera, agarro grass and great standing grass. Take care of justice because you will go to jail. Don't sleep in the houses that is not yours. A ring of power surround the awo in order to defeat his arayes, that is given to him by Shango and Oshosi. That' s why you mustn't take what is not his to prevent this ring be broken. We put an ileke of Ozain in the little hand of !fa and a ileke of Ogbe ka in his big hand. We put a knife to Elegbara because in this ifa was born the mark in the hands. In this ifa the curse of the son reaches the father Ifa of slanders, of blush, of false testimony. To the awo of this ifa mustn't lack in his ifa eight obi kola nuts in each hand. Here was born the property of the hand. Where they were first made the writings of property. Is ifa of small shops, living with humble people is how he lives happy. A woman ties him. In this Ifa you can tie the man with eran malu that the woman passes over her obo. Here oyiyi bika had an omo that he couldn't govern and he gave it to Elegbara for him to freed it. When he had it breeder, Ogbe kan Went to look for it. Elegbara told him: You can' t take him with you because if you do so he will destroy you." It's command to have an altar. Here was born the altars Ogbe Ka: Speaks the coconut tree, the testicles and the penis. This ifa speaks of Problems in work. Secrets Of This Ifa: We put an atena table, we write the 16 meyis and we put a small pargo type fish between the legs of each meyi with the head pointing to the cross of each meyi. We may give adie meyi dundun to the meyis and to Orumila. It's needed 16 awos to get each one to pray an meyi ifa and light an itana. When they finish they must put the itanas on the

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floor standing in front of each cross of the meyi ifa. On the third day we make Ita with Orumila. Ebo: Akuko fifeshu, 3 garabatos, asho funfun, dundun and pupua, rests of foods, 3 akofa, abiti, earth of four diferent roads, 3 ada, ewefa, aguiro, bogbo ashe, opolopo owo

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I I Ogbe Trupon I Ogbe Tumako

Ogbe Tumako kukuye aya kukuye aya Run atama yubara kumisa ya adelewa Orumila abuani lebo, abo lebo orun ire nira kilofafun eshu. Here was where the saint innocents was degollado it don't matter if you are very intelligent. You will have a son that will be more intelligent than you. When you see this Ifa you have to make Ebo quickly to the father that is been registered, to prevent that his son dethrone him, because for astral reason, his father shall die before his time. You have or shall have a very big war and to win it you have to receive the warriors, to permit you to put Ogun lshu covered with on and covered with Asho funfun seven days and later carry it to the bushes and put it at the base of a ceiba. Your Ogun always always must have a bottle of oti. They are situations with relatives (family) because of inheritance of lands or houses. It signals a abandon of domicile. Here we are order that the godfather do all what his Godchild command to prevent been destroyed by him. The awo of this ifa have to put a akofa of moruro in each hand of his ifa. The ulcers of the skin are headed with a plaster of leaves of French guacamaya, crown of thorns, oil and salt. Here was born the Ire of the sky (heaven), feed the dead and put to them hook and hunting knife (machete) Maferefun Oshosi. Put an arrow behind your door. Here speaks the female mule. The female mule lived in the stable with other animals and she was the most misused. One day she got tired of this and she went away from the stable. In this !fa was born the charcoal of Ozain. Was born the agreement between Orumila and Aroni, The slave of Ozain. Here the earth was full of delinquents and Olofin told Orumila. Let's see if you redeem them. They was criminals, thieves and swindlers, etc.... Here was born the homesickness of Orumila. The person has an Egun that speaks in his ears. Her was born Eshu Ni. Two faces Elegbara. In this !fa who determine is Oshosi that was who Instructed

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the child in the use of the bow and the arrows. If you are awo, receive olokun as babalawo with abo fun fun. Take care you don't get blind because of accidents are blows in your eyes. Therefore here Aroni with his Tizon left the people blind in the forest. Take care of witches' works.

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Ogbe Tua

Ogbe tua mofou sesi adifafun oluwo a. lade mofou sesi adifafun ayapa tiroko lole nifa oyeque oduduwa mowale yere olofin Here was the birth of the okpele Here the sons eat the mother You must not breed foreign children's For Osobo Iku, Run, Ofo: When you look at sick people you must send him to do something to egun, before any other thing Here sculpture was known. Speak of illness of the blood and the brain. In this ifa the babalawos used caps the first time, the sons are disobedient. In this Ifa olofin blessed the monkey, the cat and the rat. Here were differences in the mud and the sand. Here was where the illness was spread upon earth. Here was where the hole was open for the time. The father and the son have to take care they don't disgust and agree with each other. Orumila turn his back to the awo. The great shade put itself between Orumila and the Awo. Come out to the street to take the Ire. When this ifa get out in a itutu, he says: This job which was done today, will repeat itself very soon. All the olomoba's that are present have to give akuko funfun to oggdun in order to save their responsibilities as seniors. Here was born the secret of Azowanu. Oro-ina was born. The voice of the volcano, the most powerful of all the ebora orishas. Here Oshun cursed Orumila for the misuse that he had given him. The awo of the sign dies lonely. Was born the illness called sikie cell anemia or anemia falciforming. Here the earth got rotten of cause of the sins of humanity. If your father is dead you have to give him a mass. You or a close relative will go to a foreign country and will get married there. Don't have a dog in your house because they will steal your memory. Receive azowanu or put on a necklace. Here was made the agreement between Oroina and Dada.

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Eshu Alamibara: Muneco of cedar, eat Juba Keke, in the led of it we introduce a piece of gangun of leri of egun. lye of eru, obi kola, osun, obi motiwao, arida, gold powder leri o hawk, of root of moruro, of jobo, of atiponla. This we throw in the table and after we add the fundamental elements to load the agboran. Eat an eyele dundun and the ten, eleso an okakan go inside. Eshu Obakere: Muneco of cedar the dress with a trouser with black and red stripes and a white Guayabera and a yarey hat. Load: Len of hawk, of gunugun, of ayapa, of ekute, of eya, of akuko, of aparo, 7 atare, 7 iyere, 3 shells, 3 azabache, gold, silver, copper, ivory, azoque, root of abraba, of male helecho, of mar pacifico, get up garro grass, amansa guapo, vencedor, change voice, win battles, sweep everything, parami, yamao, eku, eya, epo, ori, efun, oti, oti kana, oni. We put eleven shells in the waist of the trouser. His necklace is made of eleven red beads, eleven black beads, eleven white beads and soren shells. Eat owunko, ayapa and akuko. Eshu Beleke: A little Chinise Ota, 3 grains of agbado, 13 atare, 2 akuko loaded spurs: One with Eku, the other with Eya. To the conventional load of the Elegbara we add 3 azabaches, 3 black penny's 3 oshosi keke, eru, kola, obi motiwao, osun, orogbo, iyefa. Three shells for eyes and mouth and a Juju aikordie for the knife. Eshu Alalu We load it in a porous ota. Conventional load adding three grains of agbado, 13 atares, 3 fingernails of akuko, 3 black pennys 3 gold silver, coral, eru, obi, kola, obimotiwao, osun. Three shells for mouth and eyes. The ota is covered by the back with cement and we put eleven shells. Carry three Oshosi keke in the ikoko. For the memory: Led adie, ori, efun, prayed ewe of osain. We crush everything and wrap it in leaves of cotton and every day we put a little in your leri. Work for Obonu Woman:

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We pass over the woman an eni adie anointed in oni over her nude belly saying: Oshun, just as you eat adie and they put eni, and take out chickens, so this woman wants to have her son safe and healed. Note: This job has to be made by the apetebi. After the eni adie is wrapped in asho aperi and we put it to oshun the days he takes and we give him the road he takes. For the Impotence: Bejuco Berraco, garanon, root of abrojo, box sticks, red mangle, jobo, and root of caleta grape. Along seven days drink three small cups daily and after drink an infusion of male fruta bomba (papaya).

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Ogbe Ate

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Ogbe Mata alamata, alamata Omo Awoshe Mafrtarum Adifafun Oma Obanishe Aikordie, adie, eku, aya, ila, efun ou, Obatala Owo mesan elebo. Signalize dislocation of the brain. Take care of accidents in cars. You are going to here or you already have problems with the law. They are going to give you the right but you going to be imprison a time. Take care of Iku that comes and goes in and out your house. Take care of slander of women. Oshun says that what amount of time is will have to wait for you. Orumila always do something for women. You have to put a horse brake to ogun for the control of the and godchildren. To solve situations we wear on the waist a band bull leather. The ebo of Ogbe ate carry at dases of iqui. We put to our ifa a piece of iqui quiebra hacha. Here was born the pest. Here Oshun and Ogun knew each other. Ogbe ate receive the name of Obere kuntele because hers is the great traitor. Ogbe ate have to have a metal okpele for it to sound when we throw it, and Oshun can know when we are working Ifa. The okpele of ogbe ate is of iqui quibra hacha, we put it to eat akuko with Shango and later eya tutu with Ogun to prevent that he never lie. Was born at the powers of the brain and the craneo encetalico system. When the awo of this sign want to have plenty Aleyos, we put to Orumila 16 palaquetas with oni and here a bath with oni and a gold button. Take of Women. Mark a little impotence. Put traps to Elewa and Ogun. You have it have an adie and leave it put eggs, which we don't eat. We can't have empty cages. When Ogbe Ate is sick we have to see another awo. The personage had his legs wounded and the women in the river washed them they got contaminated. Here was where they threw Orumila to the river. Put to your Ifa 21 Ota, to these we give an adie elueca.

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Eshu Laroyeobarinke: A chinise Ota, three shells for eyes and mouth, aikordie for the penknife. llekan, atitan of the four corners, earth taken in a whirlwind, fine grass, garro grass, owe small doll, 13 atare, eru, obi, motiwao, orogbo, osun, arida. Here we put lo Sonun (Oshun) five tools for cultivation made of yellow metal, that we mount in a crown, before we wash them with omiero, we pass it on the table. To cure the evil of Saint Vito. Shit of a street dog, shell of avocado tree of the east and the west cooked and grind. We mix all this with atare meta to drink.

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Ogbe She

Ogbe She Kanton Obaye dewa kodide saraundere ololukere ololodiye lya lode okere yi moro enidesun efideremo otolarefa eyiboyo nila oddun ayibagadara nawasi ikowoshe iya mi washe shiyami mori yeyeo ashiyami moriyeyeo Here was the birth of the revolver, is the ifa of the spy. Here Obatala got sick and Oshun cured him. Speaks of shots, of mockery, of curses, of sickness of the stomach, of visceras. Friends aren't known. They didn't want to regard the parrot, but his flesh is cancerous. Ifa of the Torrejas. We put six to Orumila to solve speak Ibu Akuaro, the queen of the laugh and the falsehood. Is deaf when she don't want to hear, lives outside. Here marks the work we make to Shango to solve situations, shall be made at four o'clock at dawn the ebo of ogbe she carry chains. We shall put eya tutu to ogun. Ifa of the pines. We have to prepare an ikoko of witch and give it tinosa before we sow it. We leave it open a top and over it we sow the pine. Here the parrot was the only one who gave attention to ogbe she because he was like him. The owner of this ifa was lame o have to be. Ogbe She is the child in Oshun arms. This oddun was breed by Oshun. Here was born the Tatvaje. Here was where the war between Oduduwa and Olokun. Here the white lives with the black and the black with the white. Ifa of infidelity. Take care of your eyes. Secret of Ogbe She: A pledge named Abouiboshe, that is a malaguidi 12 inches high, with a chain from the neck to the feet. We shall give eye of eya tutu, eats with ogun, orunla and egun. The pines where sons of olokun and they lived happy with him, but Shango was in love of the pines and seduced them, for them to presume. One day the pine wanted to be more than Olokun and said to him: "I separated of you will be bigger." Olokun cursed him saying: "Yes, you will grow plenty but only till you see me
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then you will dry." "To ban Eshu. Thais why the pine grow and when he see the sea in the horizon he dries himself." Speaks of an Egun protector. This Ifa forbid working at night. Don't drink water with sugar, you have to live with people of defined color. Don't blow afoshe to anybody. I have times that they refuse you and in some places they don't let you come in. Don't dye your hair. We give an akuko to shango and we put crushed yam to Elegbara. In this ifa we use necklace of flag. We put to Elegbara five musical instruments: drum, dundun, bell, gon, flute and guitar. When we see this ifa, the awo put eran elede, fufu and eko to Oshun.

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Ogbe fun funlo iku puani eri bawl iku mayeyeri wani adifafun eruba unlofe oma Obatala ashe lebo lekua oduske ingungun mariwo lebo abeboadie meyi akuko eku eya epo, owo. Signalize Proximity of Wedding Ogbe fun is legitimate omo of obatala. The obini will throw him powder and leave him. You must the empty bottles in the table. The same way you take care of yourself in the same manner you may live. Mark seat to Yewa. You have to put the idefa quickly. If you don't have you may put necklace of ora like ide until you can get the idefa. Your secrets are well known by the other by your own mouth. Because you speak of them and of others. Mark robbery, unconformity, spiritual videncia. You have to Yoko Osha. You may ask if Elegbara. Don't have interest in reddish wife or husband kaferefun yewa and oduduwa. Don't lay when finished eating. Don't leave the dishes dirty. Dress yourself in white. The daughter of the awo has to many Orumila and Osha in order to receive happiness. Ogbe fun found in the bushes the stick of olofin and with it he defeated Iku. It order to put chains in the door to the street, to get that every one that comes in have to step over them, to destroy witchery and bad things and when a woman with menstruation comes in it don't prejudice the home of the awo. If it mark Iku, the person shall talk to a doll, put her in his bed, and sleep in another place. Here people were seeking the eternal life and Orumila told Ogbe fun: The same way you take care of yourself, the same way you shall live." In this (fa Iku, Run and ofo was pretending the daughter of olofin and Orumila made ebo with a piece of wood the same size, igbin, little bells mariwo and he could keep for himself the deer Obatala wanted. We put gungun of abani inside Orumila. Here was where Iku said that he didn't know Orumila, where Eshu put her in a bag, Ogun tied
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her with his chain and Shango with yarako and she recognized Orumila and agreed don't carry away who had on the Idefa, unless Orumila gave them to him. Ewe of ogbe fun: cedar, pomarrosa, apple, moruro, platanillo of Cuba. Mark the beginning and end. The person looking for the impossible. If you don't want to lose yourself don't hear mermaid songs (slanders). By this ifa we put to eshu a nickel steel garabato. This ifa speaks of no compliment. Talks behind the person we use the idefa with chain, we put water at the door of the house we make ebo with eran malu, the blood goes up to your head of illness of the heart. We put to Orumila horns of ivory. Here was born Eruba: the fear Here was born Okunmolorua: Who create terror (stupor) Speaks the sunset.

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