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ENCYCLOPEDIC TREATISE OF IFA

ODI LOBE. ODI OGBE. ERDIBRE. EDIGBERE
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ERDIBRE ORONA OGU ERDIBRE ORONA ORISHA EKUTE LELE CUA OKU IYA ADIFAFUN OKA BABA, EYELE
MARUN ELEBO. ERDIBRE ORONA OGU ERDIBRE ORONA ORISHA LO OMO OGUN MOTHER ADIFAFUN ORUNMILA
I have heard.
IN THIS SIGN, HE/SHE IS BORN

HERE THE DRUM BOX WAS BORN. SHAKUANA. SMALLPOX. THE VOMIT OF HUMANS. THE
MALEVOLENT ENTITIES. THE AGING OF DRINKS, THE FECES OF WINE. MAY THE BABALAWO
WRITE THE PATAKINES OF IFA TO STUDY THEM AT THE APPROPRIATE MOMENTS. THE SEVEN
AFRICAN POWERS.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ODDUN
ERDIBRE IS THE SON OF LUCK, OR RATHER, THE SON OF MONEY. TO THE SON OF ERDIBRE THERE IS
WHAT TO DO A HAND OF IFA, STILL INSIDE THE MOTHER'S BELLY, BECAUSE IF NOT
BOTH LOSE. HERE SPEAK SHANGO AND THE SEVEN AFRICAN POWERS. WRONGS ARE COMMITTED
INJUSTICES. THE PERSON IS UNJUST. MARK: CONTAGIONS, SPIRITUAL PHENOMENA. IT IS THE
WORSHIP OF THE SMALLPOX BORDUN AMONG THE ARARA. THIS SIGN SPEAKS OF VIOLENCE AND OF
TWO ORNAMENTS. SPEAKS OF EXAGGERATED LUXURY DANCES. SECRET OF THE ODDUN: 3 DRUMS AND 3
OTI BOTTLES. IF OF BLINDNESS: THIS WAS WHERE ERDIBRE CURED BLINDNESS WITH THE ROSEDA.
THE UNION OF THE FAMILY AND THE COOPERATION OF EVERYONE IS SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE A BETTER LIFE
UNBURDENED. ONE MUST RECEIVE AN INSHE OZAIN. IT TALKS ABOUT SACRIFICES BOTH FROM THE FAMILY AND
FOR THE SOCIETY AND THE FINAL THEY PAY HIM BADLY. HE TALKS ABOUT SKIN DISEASES. POSSIBLY
LEPRA. SPEAKS OF SELFISH PEOPLE. OF DISCORDS IN GENERAL. IFA OF MONITORING AND
RESEARCH. IT SPEAKS OF SLY ENEMIES WHO DO NOT REST UNTIL THEY DESTROY THE
PERSONA. TALKS ABOUT ISSUES OF JUSTICE AND TRIALS, WHERE THE PERSON IS ACCUSED OF
ANOTHER. THERE IS ABANDONMENT OF THE SAINT OR OF A SECURITY GUARD. IT SPEAKS OF A PERSON.

RESENTFUL. SPEAKS OF A PERSON WHO, IN ORDER TO ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF LIFE, ABANDONS HIS/HER
DUTIES. PROHIBITS GETTING WET WITH RAINWATER. ONE MUST TAKE CARE OF ONE'S VISION. IFA OF THEFTS, OF
MALVERSATION, OF UNHAPPINESS IN THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF THINGS OR PROPERTY UNDER THEIR PROTECTION.
PERSON WHO MAINTAINS INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH OTHERS WHO ARE COMMITTED. BE CAREFUL
BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE WHO WATCH AND DO NOT STOP UNTIL CATCHING HIM IN THE ACT. IT SPEAKS OF A STRUGGLE BETWEEN

DELINQUENTS, WHERE SOME ACCUSE OTHERS UNTIL THEY SEE THEM DESTROYED. SPEAKS OF A PERSON.
WHO IS ENJOYING SOMETHING THAT HE/SHE DID NOT HELP TO BUILD NOR SACRIFICED FOR IT. SPEAKS OF
BETRAYALS AMONG WORK COLLEAGUES. TALKING ABOUT A MUSICIAN WHO CREATES A SPECIAL SOUND
THE INSTRUMENT THAT IT HAS. SPEAKS OF A PERSON WHOSE THINKING IS DOMINATED BY EVIL ARTS.
TALK ABOUT A PERSON WHO CAN DROWN IN THE SEA. THE PERSON IS ENVIED EVEN BY HIS
OWN FAMILY. PERSON WHO STRUGGLES IN LIFE TO BECOME GREAT. PERSON WHO
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ASTOUNDING, WHAT YOU SEE IS HAPPENING. BE CAREFUL, A SCARE MAY BE YOUR DEATH. THIS ODDITY INDICATES THAT THE OBINI

SOON HE WILL HAVE A SON. THE SON OF THE ERDIBRE MUST BE GIVEN AWOFAKAN EVEN WITHIN THE
WOMB OF HIS PROGENITOR, SO THAT BOTH ARE NOT LOST. ERDIBRE IS THE SON OF FORTUNE,
HE IS THE SON OF MONEY. HERE MICE ARE NOT KILLED. HERE WAS THE BETRAYAL OF OZAIN TO ORISHAOKO AND
A YEMAYA. HERE THE IYEFA IS PLACED WITH THE NUMBER OF THREADS, ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT

HOLD THE PERSON SO THAT NONE OF THEM GETS LOST. HERE IS BORN THE ONE THAT THE BABALAWO
WRITE THE PATAKINES OF IFÁ TO STUDY THEM AT THE RIGHT MOMENTS. RESPECT THE
SAINTS AND DO NOT SPEAK ILL OF THEM OR ANYONE WHO CAN KILL HIM. HE HAS TO BE PASSED OVER WITH THE HAND.

A SU IFA. I MAKE THE DRUM WITH PALM BOARDS AND OWUNKO LEATHER. IYEFA OF
ERDIBRE OZAINISTA: YES OF PALM TABLE AND SULFUR. YOU HAVE TO DRUM FOR SHANGO SO THAT
WIN THE WAR. THE OWNER OF THIS IFA CANNOT BE THE THIRD TO USE THE SAME THING NOR
CAN HAVE A WOMAN WHO HAS HAD 2 PREVIOUS HUSBANDS. THE OWNER OF THIS IFA SUFFERS FROM
ITCHING ON THE FEET AND BETWEEN THE LEGS. HE HAS TO SEE IF HE PUTS ICE ON OBATALA OR RUBS IT.
HOUSE WITH OMEN. IN THE HOUSE, NOISES CAN BE HEARD THAT SEEM LIKE SCREAMS. MAKE A MEAL FOR
THE JIMAGUAS AND A SQUARE THAT ARE HUNGRY, TO FREE THEM FROM A DISEASE, OF
THE BAD THINGS AND GIVE THEM MONEY AND HEALTH. THROUGH THIS IFA, SPIRITUAL WORK OF FESTIVITIES IS DONE.

THE EGGUN INVITING 7 MEDIUMS TO MOUNT CONGOS, EACH WITH AN IGBA OF OTI AND A
ASHA. IN THE VAULT, 7 CUPS WITH FRESH WATER ARE PLACED AND A BLACK PRINCE IN EACH ONE.
THEY. OPOLOPO AWADO IS SPREAD ALL OVER THE ILE. WHEN THE WORK IS FINISHED, EVERYTHING IS SWEPT AWAY

FROM THE BACK TO THE DOOR AND IS THROWN OUT TO THE STREET.
COW OF THE SIGN: JAGUAR, CHERRY AND RUE.
ERDIBRE WORKS
SECRET
IT IS TO HAVE A MOUNTED OZAIN ON A EURE IN WHICH HE GAVE TO ORUNMILA IN HIS KUANADO. TAKE
THE LERI OF THE EURE, THE LOAD FROM BEHIND AND IN THE MOUTH, PUTS ONE OF THE JARS ON HIM. WITH THIS
OZAIN will overcome all difficulties.
TO SAVE THE HOUSE
A charcoal from Ozain is lit, dry herbs from Ozain are added, this sign is put on and
After that, the ashes are blown in the 4 corners of the house.
LAMP FOR THE 7 AFRICAN POWERS
In a saucepan or jar, add one egg yolk, mercury, linseed oil, oil of
COOK, DRY WINE, HOLY WATER, 7 WICKS OF CANDLES ARE LIT EVERY DAY ONE AND A REQUEST IS MADE
TO THE 7 AFRICAN POWERS: ACCORDING TO AZOGUE IT IS NOT CALM, EVEN IF SO-AND-SO IS NOT
CALM UNTIL IT DOES NOT GRANT MY REQUEST.
TO FEED THE 7 AFRICAN POWERS
AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL: 7 DISHES WITH ONION IN WHICH THE EYE IS MARKED IN ADVANCE. THREE EYELE, A

EACH DISH IS GIVEN EYERBALE OF THAT EYELE META. FOR THIS IFA, SPIRITUAL WORK IS DONE.
FEAST FOR THE EGGUN INVITING SEVEN MEDIUMS TO RIDE CONGOS, EACH WITH AN IGBA
OF OTI AND AN ASHA. IN THE VAULT, SEVEN CUPS OF FRESH WATER AND A BLACK PRINCE ARE PLACED IN
EACH ONE OF THEM. THEY THROW OPOLOPO AWADO THROUGHOUT THE ILE. WHEN THE WORK IS COMPLETED, IT
REMOVE EVERYTHING FROM THE BACK TO THE DOOR AND THROW IT OUT ON THE STREET.
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OZAIN OF THE ODI OGBE

THIS CONTAINS ALMACIGO ROOT (NAKED INDIAN) OF RISING AND SETTING, YEFA OF THE DIBLE, SULFUR, AND
HE GETS INTO THE GOAT SKIN THAT IS GIVEN TO OBATALA.
EBBO FOR THE MAIDEN
A EURE, STAKE MENI, FLAG AND FROM THE LEATHER OF THE EURE A DRUM IS MADE TO PRAY TO
OBATALA EVERY DAY, TO PREVENT THE EVIL THAT MAY ARISE DUE TO
DISHONOR.
AGAINST THE BINDING
OSHUN is asked for with 5 sticks; knowledge is taken from breaking Saragüe male and...
CAST THE BINDING IN THE FORM OF LITTLE BALLS LIKE OWUNKO'S SHIT.
SECRET OF IGYABA
THIS IS THE GARMENT OF ERDIBRE AND LIVES IN A BIG IGBA, IT IS WASHED WITH OMIERO OF IFA. IT DRIES AND
IT IS PAINTED IN THE BACK FROM RIGHT TO LEFT: OSHE TURA, ERDIBRE, OKANA MEYI, OGUNDA
YEKU, OKANA SAY NEXT THE SEVEN MEYS IN THE SAME ORDER; IN SECOND LINE:
OKANA GIO, THIS ONE, THE OCCULT YEAR, THE OCCULT YEAR OF THE FATHER AND THE OCCULT YEAR OF OYUGBONA. ABOUT THIS,

PUT AN ODU-ARA, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MINIATURE SANDALS, SEVEN LOADED LITTLE FIGURES
WITH LAND FROM THE MOUNTAIN, FROM THE CEMETERY, FROM THE FOUR CORNERS, FROM A CEIBA, FROM A PALM,
AÑARI ODO AND OKUN, LERI OF AKUKO, OF EGGUN, SEVEN ATARE, EKU, EYA, EPO, ERU OBI KOLA. THEY ARE PLACED
THE SEVEN OTAS AND ABOVE THEM THE MALAGUIDIS, THEN THE OWUNKO IS TAKEN, AND IT IS GIVEN TO THE
POWDER AND THE OTI AND WHEN I SNEEZE I PUT ONE PART THERE AND THE OTHER IN THE EBBO. IT IS GIVEN TO HIM

SACRIFICE TO OWUNKO BY SINGING TO THE IGBA: 'OYURE ERDIBRE BABOKO BODUN IDEFA ORÚNMILA'
AKEFO YELU ISHESHISHE TOBA KOMI. IT IS SACRIFICED TO OWUNKO AND BOTH AND TO ORUNMILA.
SACRIFA ADIE MEYI DUNDUN, THE LERI OF OWUNKO LEAVES MONDA AND LIRONDA AND PLACES IT ON THE
BOWL. IT CAN BE A HOUSE AND ON THIS THE FAN IS PLACED. THE BOWL GOES ON A TYPE OF
THREE FEET OF IRON, LIVES NEXT TO ORUNMILA AND EATS WITH EGGUN. HE IS CALLED TO WORK.
WAVING IT WITH THE FAN AND SINGING TO HER: 'SHANGARA MUSANGARA MUFE EYA SANGARA'
MUSANGARA MUFE EYA ERDIBRE.
EBBO SO THAT I CAN RETURN TO THE WOMAN
ONE YAM, FIVE EYES, ONE SOUL AND MONEY.
EBBO TO NOT LOSE CAPITAL
A GATHERING, OH QUE HAVE THE MORNING DEW, HEART OF YAM, TRASH OF THE
CORNERS OF THE ILE, EKU, EYA, AND OWO.
EBBO
A strong witchcraft worked in the Ekute, inside the cave of this, and cover the holes.
EBBO
AGOGO OF OBATALA, WHITE ROOSTER, NEW CLOTH, WHITE, WHITE EYE.
Prayers and Sighs
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Dibué digue aranila ogun dibué aranila olla ekutele quimo ogun omo llata darienlle.
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ERDIBRE ORANA Ogun ERDIBRE ORANA Orisha to the child of Ogun Mother Adifafun Orunmila.

REZO: TELL TELL AURA AGUN TELL AURA THE OYA EKUTELE MIMO OGUN.
REZO: EDIBE IDE NIFA WHO NERE CHENOTA KAFEREFUN OBANLA SHANGO AND OGUN.
REZO: EDIBE LARA ORISHA ADIFAFUN ORUNLA MACHICHE ACHEMU OUNKO LEBO.
SUYERE ARARA: SHOUT LOUDLY NOW. SHOUT LOUDLY NOW.
DICE IFA ODI OGBE
MAY OBATALA BE WITH YOU AND MAY YOU NOT FIGHT WITH YOUR WIFE; YOU WERE WITH ANOTHER WOMAN, THAT

SHE LEFT YOU NOW, WHEN SHE KNOWS THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER WOMAN, AND THAT IT'S OK, SHE WILL
WANTING TO COME BACK, AND IT'S TO GET REVENGE, BUT DON'T COME BACK WITH HER; IN HER HOUSE THERE IS A

PERSON WHO IS SICK IN THE HEAD, BE CAREFUL NOT TO GO CRAZY; THERE ARE MANY
MICE, DON'T KILL ANY; OGUN IS ANGRY WITH YOU; THERE'S ONE THAT LIKES YOU
WORK WITH A DRINK; BE CAREFUL NOT TO TIE IT UP, FEED OGUN.
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A DEATH OR HAVE PARTICIPATED IN IT, THAT IS THE SHADOW THAT
IT HAS BEHIND, YOU MUST HAVE A CHILD WHO IS WAITING TO BE VERY FUNNY, IN YOUR HOUSE THERE IS
A PREGNANT WOMAN, WHO HAS TO MAKE SAINT; YOU HAVE VOMITING; YOU FEEL NOISES
Go home like a person, you have to treat the babalawos; you have a war.
WITH THREE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HURT HIM, HE IS GOING TO COMMIT A ROBBERY AND THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO.

PUT HIM IN JAIL TO HURT HIM, BUT JUSTICE HAS TO FIND THE THEFT AT HOME
FROM YOUR ENEMY; YOU HAVE TWO PREGNANT WOMEN, ONE OF WHOM IS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO A BOY WHO WILL

CALL ODICU, AND IF YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER, BE CAREFUL THAT THEY ARE DISCREDITING HER; YOU.
THINK ABOUT GOING TO A PLACE ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER PERSON WHERE YOU WILL MAKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT

MAKE SURE TO DISTRIBUTE THE PROFITS OR EARNINGS WELL; YOU ARE GOING TO HIT THE LOTTERY; THERE IS A
A person who speaks ill of you is the only one who can save that person, be careful.
DON'T LET THEM THROW YOU OUT FROM WHERE YOU LIVE OR FROM WHERE YOU WORK, YOU LIKE THE STUDY OF
THE SCIENCE, YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN INVENTOR; BE CAREFUL NOT TO BE TIED DOWN BY A WOMAN, AVOID LETTING IT HAPPEN

LOSE THE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET; IF YOU DO NOT TAKE MEASURES YOU WILL NOT BE HAPPY IN YOUR MARRIAGE
AND PUT OUT THE BURUJONES IN YOUR HOUSE; BE CAREFUL OF A LEPROUS WOMAN,
YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE THE WARRIORS AND A HAND OF ORUNLA, BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THEM IT WILL BE

HIS MISFORTUNE; IT DOES NOT SUIT YOU TO FIGHT; YOU HAVE NEW CLOTHES THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE
EBBO WITH HER; WHEN YOU ARE GROWN UP, BE CAREFUL OF SMALLPOX, IN YOUR HOUSE ONE HAS TO LOSE ONE
MAID, SHE IS CHUBBY AND SHORT, VERY SKEPTICAL, THERE MAY BE CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION
AS A RESULT OF THE DISHONOR.
PROVERBS
DO NOT RETURN WITH WHAT YOU HAD. THE VOICE OF ERDIBRE CARRIES ALL THE IGBODUN OF IFA. THERE IS NO WOMAN
PREGNANT THAT CANNOT GIVE BIRTH TO A BABALAWO. IF A FATHER HAS FORGOTTEN A CHILD IT DOES NOT MATTER.

HOW LONG DID THE SON TAKE, HE CAN STILL BEG THE FATHER. ORUNMILA SAID: BRING THE
HEAVEN TO EARTH AND EARTH TO HEAVEN. IF A MOTHER GIVES BIRTH TO A CHILD, SHE CAN BE REBORN FROM
YOUR SON.
LIST OF STORIES OR PATAKINS OF ODI OGBE
THE BACKWARD CONGOS
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PATAKIN: THE CONGO PEOPLE WERE VERY BEHIND AND THEY WENT TO ORUNMILA'S HOUSE AND HE...
I ORDERED TO CUT DOWN ALL THE TREES EXCEPT THE STRAWBERRY, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID AND WHEN

THEY FINISHED, THEY PILED IT UP AND NOTIFIED ORUNMILA. HE ASKED FOR A JICARA WITH WHICH
SARA DID IT EKO, POURING ACHÉ, I SAW HER IN THE POLES AND COVERED HER WITH THE JICARA. AFTER A LITTLE WHILE

A new generation of that plant has arrived, bringing prosperity with it. NOTE: To the person
THIS IFA COMES OUT, HAS BEEN BORN IN SURRON OR IS JIMAGUA, AND HAS MUCH LUCK. EVERYTHING THAT
WHAT IS PROPOSED IS ACHIEVED. IT HAS TO RECEIVE IFA.

ERDIBRE, THE COOK OF BABA

PATAKIN: ERDIBRE WAS A MAN OF GREAT MENTALITY, HE WAS A COOK OF OBATALA; ALWAYS
HE FINISHED HIS TASKS VERY EARLY AND WOULD RETIRE TO HAVE FUN, BECAUSE HE WAS VERY
LOVER OF DANCE, MUSIC, AND WOMEN. FOR ALL THIS, THE OTHERS IN THE HOUSE...
THEY WERE ENVIOUS AND SAID THAT HE DID NOT WORK, THAT HE WAS VERY LAZY. TO THE EXTENT THAT
They managed to convince Baba and he threw him out of the house. Erdire began to have a hard time.
REACHING A POINT OF NOT EVEN HAVING ENOUGH TO EAT, UNTIL I FELL AT THE FEET OF ORUMILA AND HE
LOOK AT IT, THIS SIGN CAME OUT FOR YOU. ORUNMILA TOLD HIM, PEOPLE ARE ENVIOUS OF YOU AND HAVE WORKED AGAINST YOU.

THROUGH THE AIR TO HARM YOU. YOU NEVER CARRY THE BASKETS TO GO TO THE MARKET AND FOR THAT
THEY HAVE CONVINCED BABA THAT YOU ARE VERY PROUD AND LAZY. YOU HAVE TO MAKE EBBO.
WITH: A BASKET AND A CAGE THAT IS BROKEN. AFTER THE EBBO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE THE
BASKET FOR EVERYONE. ERDIBRE MANAGED TO OBTAIN FROM THE HOUSE OF OBATALA THE BASKET AND MADE THE
EBBO. AND I STARTED TO WALK WITH HER. I WAS GOING TO THE SQUARE WITH HER AND NOT HAVING TO DO THE

NECESSITY FORCED HIM TO SELL HERBS, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD BEEN BABA OBATALA'S COOK.
SHE WENT OUT TO THE STREET AND FOUND ERDIBRE ON ALL SIDES, AND IT ASTONISHED HER THAT
BOTH IN THE SQUARE, ON THE STREET, IN THE WALKS AND WHEREVER I WENT, ERDIBRESIEMPRE ALWAYS HAD
THE JAR IN HAND, SOMETHING THAT CONVINCED HIM THAT ERDIBRE WAS NOT A LAZY PERSON NOR A
PROUD. THEN OBATALA PLACED AN ANNOUNCEMENT SAYING THAT HE WAS REQUESTING A MAN WITHOUT
SAY FOR WHAT. AND AS THEY WERE ARRIVING I REJECTED THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT COOKS; ERDIBRE
I SAW THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE NEED FORCED HIM TO APPEAR BEFORE BABA TO ASK FOR THE
JOB TELLING HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO WORK AND WOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS NEEDED
ORDER. THEN OBATALA WAS CONVINCED OF THE LIE THAT HAD BEEN TOLD TO HIM AND OF THIS
Manner discovered the enemies of Erdibre, and made him head of the house. After that
ERDIBRE DID THE EBBO WITH THE BOX AND ALWAYS WALKED WITH IT EVERYWHERE. THE NEXT DAY
HAVING ACCEPTED THE JOB AS A NANNY, HE WAS OFFERED ANOTHER JOB WHERE THEY NEEDED HIM.
MAN OF THE WALLET AND HE POSTPONED IT FOR THE NEXT DAY AND THUS HE ALWAYS HAD EMPLOYMENT.
NOTE: YOU HAVE A BROKEN WALLET AND YOU HAVE TO DO EBBO WITH IT. WHEN YOU HAVE THE
WALLET, THE BUSINESSES WILL COME TO HIM AND WHEN ONE IS FINISHED, THE OTHER WILL COME.
YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A JOB. NOTE: YOU MUST ALWAYS HAVE A DIET REGIMEN IN MEALS, JUST IN CASE
He has a stomach illness and will experience gas in the stomach, which will make him feel very bad.

RESULT. YOU MUST TAKE GREAT CARE OF YOUR HEAD AND NOT LEAVE YOUR HAT ANYWHERE AND HAVE
ALWAYS WITH HIS HEAD COVERED. BECAUSE THEY CANNOT HARM HIM PERSONALLY, BECAUSE
THEY CAN USE THE WIND TO BLOW BAD DUST.
ERDIBRE defeats OZAIN
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EBBO: IT IS DONE WITH AN OWUNKO THAT HAS A JAR AND HANGS THE BAG OF THE EÑI, AN OSIADIE
GRIFO, A FUNFUN ETU, OTI, AWADO AND FULA. BEFORE MAKING THE EBBO, IT IS HUNG ON THE OWUNKO.
IN THE JARS THE OSIADIE TAP AND FROM THE OTHER JAR THE GUINEA, AFTERWARDS IT IS GIVEN TO EAT
CORN AL OWUNKO AND THEN OTI IS PUT IN THE MOUTH WITH FULA (POWDER) AND IT STARTS TO BE MADE
THE ROGATION AND THE OWUNKO START TO SNEEZE AND START TO SPIT PART OF IT OUT OF THE MOUTH
AWADO THAT WAS EATEN. AND THIS THAT IS PUT INSIDE THE EBBO, AND WHILE THE OWUNKO SNEEZES
HELP THE ROGATION AND WHAT COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH IS THE ASHE OF OZAIN. THEN HE ASKS IF
THE OWUNKO IS RELEASED OR IF IT IS GIVEN TO ELEGUA, OGUN OR OSHOSI AND ALSO THE ETU. THE OSIADIE FAUCET
IT IS GIVEN TO OZAIN IF THE PERSON HAS IT OR IF IT IS RELEASED.

PATAKIN: OZAIN WAS WORKING HIS RULE WITH MOUNTAIN STICK AND BAD DRINKS AND GUNPOWDER AND
OTI. HE NEVER HAD PEACE AND WAS ALWAYS VERY DIRTY AND DAMAGED AND NEVER SAW THE
FINAL RESULT OF NOTHING, DESPITE WORKING ON YOUR THINGS VERY QUICKLY. BUT
Everything was bad, and I could see that the locals were dressed decently and always had
MONEY AND TRANQUILITY. HE WENT TO SEE SHANGO FOR ADVICE. AND HE TOLD HIM: THAT HE
HE HAD BEEN A PALERO, BUT AFTER HE KNEW THE LOCUMI RULE (ORUNMILA) HE WAS
PERFECTLY AND DRESSED IN COLORADO AND WAS CLEAN AND WAS POWERFUL. CONVINCED OZAIN
UNTIL I TAKE IT TO THE FOOT OF ORUNMILA REDEEMING IT.
THE DRUMMER'S WAY
PATAKIN: THE LUCUMIS WENT TO WAR WITH THE CONGOS BUT ERDIBRE WAS THE CHOSEN ONE
TO DIRECT THE WAR. HE WENT TO ORUNMILA'S HOUSE AND HE SENT HIM NOT TO
I will fight, because before I did an ebbo with 3 drums and 3 bottles of Oti, and that I was behind.

FROM THE LUCUMI ARMY, PLAYING THE DRUMS. THEN THE CONGOS WHO LIKE IT
A LOT OF DANCING, THEY STARTED TO DANCE. UPON HEARING THE MUSIC, ERDIBRE INVITED THEM WITH THE OTI AND THE

DRUNK AND THEY WERE DEFEATED. ALONG THIS PATH, THE AWO OF THE ROGATION HAS TO HAVE 3
DRUMS AND THE THREE BOTTLES OF OTI. AND EVERY TIME THERE IS A DIFFICULTY, IT IS PUT TO
Play to Ogun and Oshosi with the 3 drums and sprinkle three handfuls of Oti, one of each.
BOTTLE AND OVERCOME THE WAR AND THE OBSTACLE. AND HE/SHE HAS TO PASS THE HAND TO ORUNMILA AND HAVE
BE CAREFUL NOT TO LOSE THE IKINES.
ANOTHER VERSION OF THE PREVIOUS PATAKIN

PATTAKIN: ORUMILA WENT TO A KINGDOM AND HIS ENEMIES THREW HIM OUT AND HE HAD TO FLEE QUICKLY.
THEN ORUMILA PREPARED DRUMS AND ORGANIZED A PARTY STARTING TO PLAY IN THE
ENTRANCE OF THIS REIGN. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HEARD THE MUSIC STARTED TO APPROACH AND
THEY OPENED THE DOORS OF THE KINGDOM AND THROUGH THE MUSIC SHANGO CAME TO GOVERN THAT PLACE.
We must give a drum to Shango.
ERDIBRE INVENTS THE DRUM
PATAGON: ERDIBRE INVENTED THE DRUM AND DISCOVERED THE TRANSMISSION OF SOUND AND IS THE FIRST
TAMBOLERO OF SHANGO AND BUILT THE DRUM WITH PALMS AND JACKASS HIDES IYEFA OF
ERDIBRE OZAINISTA PALM AND SULFUR. AND HE DRESSED IN GOAT SKIN LOINCLOTH.
ERDIBRE LOSES THE WAR FOR NEGLECTING ORUNMILA
PATAKIN: ERDIBRE HAD A WAR WITH THE CONGOS AND TOOK A HAND OF ORUNMILA AND WON IT
WAR. AND THEN ORUNMILA ABANDONED AND LEFT THAT HAND ABANDONED. THE MICE
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SOME IKINES WERE TAKEN, LEAVING THE HAND INCOMPLETE. AT THE AGE OF SEVEN, IT BECAME MORE SEVERE.

WAR AGAIN, ERDIBRE WENT TO SEE ORUNMILA AND WHEN THIS ONE ASKED FOR THE TOKEN, HE COULDN'T.
TO TALK BECAUSE HE HAD LOST THE INQUIRIES AND THAT'S WHY HE LOST THE WAR.

THE WOMAN OF THE SITIERO

PATAKIN: ONCE ORUMILA DID NOT KNOW THE WAY TO GO TO THE HOUSE OF SOME ALEYOS, HIS GODCHILDREN,
I saw a tour guide who knew the place and I called him and hired him to accompany me to
AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE SHOWED HIM THE WAY. WHEN ORUNMILA ARRIVED, HE WAS WORKING MORE THAN
ONE DAY I MADE A LOT OF MONEY, WHEN ORUNMILA RETURNED HE GAVE MONEY TO THE SITIER, BUT
THIS ONE WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE AMOUNT THAT ORUNMILA HAD GIVEN HIM. ORUNMILA GAVE HIM
HE SAID THAT AMOUNT WAS QUITE A LOT, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW IFA AND THE SITTER RESPONDED THAT HE
HE DIDN'T KNOW THE WAY EITHER, ORUNMILA UNDERSTOOD IT AND GAVE HIM MORE MONEY AND ALSO
THE WOMAN OF THE SITIO WAS PRESENT, ORUNMILA GAVE HER 4 PESOS. WHEN ORUNMILA
HE WAS LEAVING, THE EKUELE FELL OUT OF HIS POCKET AND LEFT A MARK ON THE GROUND THIS IFA IN
WHERE ORUNMILA TOLD THE WOMAN THAT SHE HAD TO MAKE EBBO IF SHE DID NOT WANT TO RISK IT
AT HER BIRTHING AND I MARKED ROGATION WITH: AKUKO, EYELE AND OWO. THE WOMAN ANSWERED HIM: LOOK AT THIS

OLD MAN, HE GIVES ME FOUR PESOS AND NOW ASKS ME FOR EIGHT AND ALSO ANIMALS. AND NO
DID NOTHING. AND WHEN THE WOMAN GOT WORSE, THE SITTER RAN TO ORUNMILA'S HOUSE, BUT
IT WAS ALREADY LATE. THE WOMAN DIED IN CHILDBIRTH.

THE THREE ENEMIES OF ERDIBRE

PATAKIN: ORUNMILA HAD THREE ENEMIES AND DID NOT KNOW THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE DISGUISED.
THEY LIVED IN THE SAME PLACE AS ORUNMILA AND THIS ODDUN CAME OUT SPEAKING TO ELEGUA, HE MADE
I was sleeping with mice and other things, and when I started to sleep, they began to make noise.

THE MICE IN ONE OF THE PACKAGES AND THEIR OWNER SAID: ARE YOU SHANGO WHO REGISTERS? AND
ORUNMILA KNEW THAT ENEMY. AFTER, THEY MADE NOISE IN ANOTHER PACKAGE AND THE OWNER SAID:
ARE YOU OGUN WHO RECORDS LIKE THIS? THE NEXT MORNING ORUNMILA GREETED THE SAME ONES
FOR THEIR TRUE NAMES. NOTE: MICE ARE NOT KILLED
THE PIPE
PATAKIN: THE PIPE WAS VERY REBELLIOUS AND DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE SAINTS, BUT SPOKE VERY BADLY OF
THEY AND AS PUNISHMENT, THEY OPENED A HOLE FOR HIM TO EMPTY OUT.
THE DRUM OF OBATALA
OBATALA HAD A WOMAN AND THEY SPENT VERY HAPPY DAYS, BUT BABA IGNORED THE
TRUE FEELINGS OF THAT WOMAN. SHE WAS BETRAYING HIM AND HE WAS LIVING IN IGNORANCE.
WHAT I FELT. ONE DAY OBATALA GOES OUT FOR A WALK AROUND HIS IMMENSE PROPERTY AND RETURNS
EARLIER THAN USUAL, SINCE IT TOOK HIM SEVERAL DAYS TO COMPLETE HIS ROUTE,
BUT IT HAPPENED THAT HE FELT SICK AND DECIDED TO RETURN HOME AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF
PRECONDITION. WHEN HE ARRIVED, HE SAW THAT HIS WIFE WAS UNFAITHFUL WITH ONE OF HIS SERVANTS AND WANTED TO

ACTING VIOLENTLY, BUT I REFLECT AND ACT FULL OF CUNNING AND BEGIN TO THINK OF
THE WAY HE WOULD TAKE REVENGE ON HIS WIFE'S BETRAYAL. THEN HE DECIDED TO GRAB A LOG
AND HE MADE A DRUM AND USED HIS WIFE'S SKIN FOR THE HEAD. OBATALA PLAYED EVERY DAY
THAT DRUM AND IN THIS WAY HE REVENGED HIMSELF ON HIS UNFAITHFUL WIFE. OBATALA KNEW THAT THE
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THE VIBRATIONS OF THE DRUM WERE DETERIORATING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF HIS SERVANT UNTIL THE
MAN HAD TO LEAVE HIS PROPERTIES. NOTE: AT THAT TIME THE DRUM WAS
DRESS WITH HUMAN SKIN AND IT DID NOT HAVE THE CHARACTERISTIC SOUND OF NOW, BUT RATHER IT WAS A
DRY AND DULL SOUND.

ERDIBRE LIVES ENSLAVED BY A STRONG POWER EGGUN

NETWORK: ENSURE SUPPORT ENSURE WELL BEING PHYSICAL HEALTH THROUGH TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE WITH THE COMMUNITY
Ode of the child of a goddess, the Abiku of the world, the oracle of Orunmila, the one who allows the essence of life to flow, heralding the family of the dead.

THESE ARE THE CHILDREN OF ADIFAFUN FROM THE FAMILY OF SHAKUANA AND ADELE.
EBBO: AKUKO, ETU, EYA TUTO GRANDE, BOGBO ERE, SPLINTER FROM THE HOLE OF A STICK.
PATKIN: IN THE MALAGUN LAND LIVED A HUNTER NAMED ERDIBRE, WHO HAD DEBTS WITH
OLUO POPO (SHAKUANA) WHICH I HAD NOT VISITED FOR A LONG TIME AND HAD ASKED FOR A ETU AND
THIS HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN, THIS BEING OLUO POPO'S FAVORITE FOOD. ONE DAY ERDIBRE
He went out to hunt in the land of Okure Lowe and became Osode, and he got Erdibre, which marked Ebbo.
TO NOT BE A SLAVE. ERDIBRE FOR THE RUSH AND CARELESSNESS DID NOT PERFORM THE EBBO AND WENT OUT TO
THOSE LANDS. WHEN HE ARRIVED IT WAS ALREADY NIGHT AND NOT HAVING A PLACE TO SHELTER, HE WENT IN.

INSIDE A HOLE THAT WAS IN A TRUNK. IN THAT HOLE LIVED AN EGGUN NAMED KUELE OSA
Kuleya was a leper and upon entering, the Eggun came out and covered the entrance.
HOLLOW, LEAVING IT LOCKED AND TAKING THE LOG HE HEADED TO SHAKUANA'S HOUSE WHERE SHE LIVED
ON WHAT WAS FAR AWAY, I HAD TO PASS THROUGH DIFFERENT TOWNS, IN
WHICH HE STOPPED AND EXHIBITED THE TRUNK THAT SPOKE AND THUS HE WAS EARNING A LOT OF MONEY
WHILE I HAD ERDIBRE ENSLAVED. ONE DAY, WHILE OYA AND SHANGO WERE PRESENT, THEY HEARD THIS SONG
THAT CAME OUT OF THE TRUNK AND SAID: 'ENI TINTIN SHOWE OYA ILU ERDIBRE ENI TINTIN SHOWE'. THEN
THEY TOLD THE EGGUN: WHAT YOU HAVE THERE IS ERDIBRE, OYA BECAME AFEFE ALONG WITH
SHANGO AND THE EGGUN KUELE OSA KULEYA GOT SCARED AND LEFT THE TRUNK ABANDONED. THEN
OYA and SHANGO took ERDIBRE out from within and upon coming out, he paid homage to...
BOTH. THEN THE EBO WAS MADE, WHERE NOW ETU MEYI HAD TO BE GIVEN AND HE LEFT ACCOMPANIED.
OF OYA AND SHANGO FOR THE EARTH OKURE LOWE WHERE OLUO POPO LIVED AND THERE ERDIBRE GAVE IT
HE MADE A GOLD (CARDON) IN IGUI, THEN THE ASO AND PUT THEM UNDER HIS BED AND AT NIGHT CAME
SHAKUANA, GUIDED BY THE SMELL THEY EMITTED, ATE THEM. THE NEXT DAY,
WHEN ERDIBRE AWOKE, HE SAW THAT SHAKUANA HAD EATEN THE ETU AND IN EXCHANGE HAD
LEFT AS A GIFT IRA AIKO AND SO HE COULD RETURN TO HIS LAND ALONG WITH OYA AND SHANGO AND WITH HIM
SECRET FOR THERE TO NEVER BE LEPROSY IN HIS LAND AGAIN. SHANGO PERFORMED THE OTHER EBBO FOR HIM.
WITH EYA TUTO BIG AND THEN OBORI WITH THE EYA TUTO, SO THAT NEVER AGAIN I WOULD BE A SLAVE
SINCE I COULD DIE IN PRISON.
THE ROAD WHERE OBATALA ABANDONED HIS CHILDREN
EBBO: THIS IS EYE, CHICKEN, HEAD, OIL, GIFT, ALL LEAVES OF OBATALA, OF THESE INGREDIENTS, MONEY. NOTE:
A procession is held inside the house and offering is made to Obatala of Eyele Meyii. Cleansing is done.
SHILEKUN ILE WITH ALL THE LEAVES OF OBATALA.

PATAKIN: OBATALA HAD HIS CHILDREN AND THEY LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE AND OBATALA HAD NO PEACE.
THERE WAS NO STABILITY, AS HER CHILDREN WERE SCANDALOUS, NEGLECTED, DID NOT WASH, THEY WERE
NEGLIGENT IN ALL THEIR AFFAIRS AND HAD NO ASPIRATIONS IN LIFE. OBATALA, IN THE FACE OF THIS
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SITUATION DECIDES TO LEAVE THE HOUSE AND SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING HIS CHILDREN STARTED
HAVING PROBLEMS, SOME DIED, OTHERS GOT SICK, AND OTHERS FELL INTO A
TOTAL DELAY. THE YOUNGEST, SEEING THIS SITUATION, WENT TO CONSULT WITH ORUNMILA, WHO
I saw this Ifa and it said: You have to make a request with Eiyele MeyI, Akukó. Furthermore, you have
PROBLEMS WITH YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL, YOU HAVE TO CLEAN YOURSELF AND CLEAN THE HOUSE AND GIVE IT
EAT AT OBATALA. THE BATHS MUST BE WITH CAROB, COTTON, SALVADERA. THEY ARE LIKE THAT
THEY DID IT. OBATALA, WHO WAS ALONE, DECIDED TO GO LIVE IN SOME PLACE, FOR HE
HE SAID THAT LIFE ALONE IS BAD; WHEN HE WAS WALKING, HE SAW A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE,
WHITE AND CLEAN AND DECIDED AND TO SEE WHO INHABITED IT AND WHAT WOULD NOT BE HER SURPRISE TO SEE
THAT IT WAS HIS CHILDREN WHO LIVED THERE. THEY EMBRACED, KISSED, AND THEY TOLD HIM
OBATALA: FATHER, DO NOT ABANDON US ANYMORE, WE HAVE CHANGED AND YOU LIVING WITH
WE WILL BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE OUR CHANGE. OBATALA, UPON SEEING ALL THAT AND THE
Tranquility, happiness, and stability that existed, as well as the cleanliness and hygiene that prevailed,

RETURN TO THE SIDE OF YOUR CHILDREN.

THE OBINI OF ERDIBRE

REZO: MAKE USE OF YOUR STRENGTHS TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS IN LIFE AND IMPROVE YOUR TEACHING SKILLS FOR BETTER RESULTS
KUNKU EGGUN IN A YOGUN SHOYI TIMROYO YEMAYA LOYA NINUSHO IBU MARATRA ABITI KUEKEN ISHE
ADIFAFUN.
EBBO: A DRUM, MALAGUIDI, A IRON CAULDRON, AKUKO, BIG SNAPPER, BOGBO ASHE
BIG KITCHEN, TOUGH GROUND, MANY INGREDIENTS, A LOT OF MONEY.
NOTE: INA YEGUN IS THE GUARDIAN SPIRIT OF THIS IFA, WHICH IS SYMBOLIZED BY THE MALAGUIDI
WHAT WILL BE GIVEN TO EAT TO THE AKUKO AND IS LOADED WITH OYU AND ELENU OF THE AKUKO, LERI OF GUNUGUN,
Leri and Elenu and Oyu of Eyatuto and all the ashe and other ingredients that it takes.

PATACIN: YEMAYA LIVED IN HER ILE ACCOMPANIED BY HER SON ERDIBRE AND HIS WIFE, WHO
HE WAS CALLED KUELEWIBO. ONE DAY ERDIBRE HAD TO GO ON A LONG JOURNEY AND HE GOT LOST IN THE
I was walking and couldn't find a way to return home, the same thing was happening for...
PLACE, WHICH FOR ANOTHER AND THE SAME WOULD ACCELERATE AS IT WOULD DELAY. DISORIENTED AS I WAS,
SHE SAT ON THE SHORE OF THE SEA AND BEGAN TO CALL HER MOTHER YEMAYA AND SHE CAME OUT AT HER CALL AND
HE TOLD YOU: YOUR ENEMY IS IN YOUR OWN HOUSE AND IT IS YOUR WIFE AND SHE IS DOING THE WITCHCRAFT TO YOU

CONGO AND YOU HAVE TO FEED THE IBEYIS ALONG WITH YOUR LERI, AND I ADVISE HIM TO DO SO
EBBO, GIVING A LARGE SNAPPER SO THAT LATER AN OBORI ELEDA COULD BE MADE. WHEN
ERDIBRE TOOK THE RIGHT PATH, RETURNED HOME, AND ON THE WAY REALIZED THAT A
SPIRIT CALLED INA YEGUN FOLLOWED HIM, WHICH STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM AND SHOWED HIM HIS WIFE
CASTING SPELLS IN THE CAULDRON, THEN INA YEGUN STOOD IN FRONT OF THE CAULDRON AND
HE STARTED TO SING: 'BORI SORI YIN INA YEGUN MASEYO'. AND THUS HE DISMANTLED THE WITCHCRAFT THAT
HIS OWN WIFE HAD MADE IT. WHEN ERDIBRE ARRIVED HOME, HE INFORMED HIS WIFE THAT
SHE HAD TO LEAVE HER ILE, AND IN THIS WAY ERDIBRE'S WIFE NEVER COULD AGAIN
TO DO WITCHCRAFT HE COULD NOT EVEN REGISTER HIS THINGS.

BABA IRETE MEYI IS THE GODFATHER OF ERDIBRE

PATAKIN: MANY YEARS AGO ERDIBRE WAS A YORUBA KING AND THOUGHT ABOUT GOING TO WAR TO
CONQUER DJALON, WHICH WAS GOVERNED BY A GENERAL, BUT BEFORE IT WAS TO MEET WITH
ORUNMILA. HE HAD A GODFATHER WHO WAS AN AWO OF ORUNMILA AND HIS NAME WAS BABA IRETE MEYI AND
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THIS HE SAID: BEFORE IFA CAME DOWN TO EARTH, THERE WAS ANOTHER SECRET THAT WAS 21 EGGUN TO THE
Which one he had to head to in order to win and he had to feed him at 7.
AFRICAN POWERS, WHICH WORKED IN THREE GROUPS THAT WERE: SKY, EARTH, AND SEA.
SKY: SEVEN DISHES WITH INDIGO, WHERE ERDIBRE HAS BEEN MARKED, YOU HAVE EYELE GOAL AND TO EACH
PLATO IS FED WITH THOSE EYELE. (2) EARTH: SEVEN CUPS WITH AMALA, WASTE,
EKU, EYA, AWADO, EPO, OÑI AND EACH JICARA IS GIVEN AN AKUKO TO EAT. (3)MAR: SEVEN JICARAS
WITH WHITE FLOWERS AND SEA FAN, SEVEN AKUKO FUNFUN, SEA SHELLS. ALL OF THIS IS
MOUNT ON A TRUNK AND THEN A WICK LAMP IS LIT ON THE TRUNK IN A
CLAY POT IN WHICH SEVEN AGUEMA, SEVEN OTAS, SEVEN OFA, AND OIL ARE PLACED WITH
TODOS LOS INGREDIENTES DEL EBBO QUE HAY QUE HACER. EBBO: EKU, EPO, AWADO, MINI NI OLOFIN,
LANDS OF DIFFERENT CEMETERIES OR OF DIFFERENT PLACES ASKED, SEVEN COINS OF
COPPER, SEVEN PIECES OF KOLA, SEVEN PIECES OF EKRU, SEVEN STONES OF ALUM AND SEVEN
MECHAS. AFTER SEVEN DAYS WITH THE ARMY CARRYING THE LIT LAMP, LEAVE IT IN A
MOUNTAIN NEAR THE ENEMY TERRITORY. ERDIBRE DID IT THIS WAY AND IT TURNED OUT THAT THE GENERALS,
UPON SEEING THE LIGHT EMITTED BY THE LAMP, THEY GOT SCARED, FOR THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A
PHENOMENON AND THIS OCCASION I TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ERDIBRE AND HIS ARMY TO PENETRATE INTO THE CAPITAL

OF DJALON AND TAKE IT. AND SO ERDIBRE THANKS TO THE SEVEN AFRICAN POWERS I WON THE
WAR ON THE GENERALS.

SKY MAR EARTH

ANOBI ALASESI BABAWE
ARESU ADABIDALEE EYEPA
YUSIFU ULU AKEFO YELU
YARUBA OLO MUSA
SPEAK HELLO AKOMO
UMORO WETO STICK
OTO WAIBO NAYAMA ALAPA

THE PATH WHERE IT BEGINS TO WRITE THE PATAKINS OF IFA

REZO: ADIFAFUN ERDIBRE OLOFIN FIYESI MOWAWE MOGRO KUBI OSOKAPRA SHANGO, OLOFIN SIMALE
ALAFIA OBARA OLOTO LORDAFUN ELEGUA KAFEREFUN OLOFIN ADIFAFUN OLOGUA AWO KIRA WO
THEY HAVE TAKEN A BOLD STEP FORWARD.

EBBO: EYELE META, EKO META, ONE GRAY CHICKEN, ALL TONGUES, MANY HANDS.
PATAGON: IN THE LAND OF OSOKUMBA, THERE LIVED A OMO SHANGO NAMED AWO OLEONA WHO WAS
ERDIBRE had the secret of SHANGO, which was a star that was given to.
EATING ALLOWED HIM TO PREDICT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT LAND. BUT HE ALWAYS HAD
PROBLEMS WITH ALL THE PEOPLE IN HIS HOUSE AND HE HAD NO PEACE OR TRANQUILITY OR STABILITY.
OLOFIN, SEEING HIS BEHAVIOR, CALLED HIM TO GIVE HIM THREE VIRTUES AND SAID:
WHEREVER YOU GO, THEY TAKE CARE OF YOU AND TREAT YOU WELL, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO SAY THESE THREE
VIRTUES THAT ARE: TRANQUILITY, HAPPINESS, AND STABILITY AND YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT
YOU HAVE. THIS IS FOR YOU TO OVERCOME THE DRAG THAT YOU HAVE, FOR YOU WERE NOT BORN IN THE LAND OF
IFA, ONLY IN THE IBIBIO LAND WHICH IS ARAOKO LAND WHERE THEY EAT EACH OTHER AND BY
SO YOUR FAMILY IS LIKE THAT WITH YOU. OLOFIN TOLD HIM: WRITE IT DOWN SO YOU DON'T FORGET, BUT AWO
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OLEONA DIDN'T WRITE IT AND I ANSWERED: THERE'S NO NEED BECAUSE I FORGET NOTHING. PAST
THE TIME HAS COME FOR WAR ON THE LAND OF OSOKUMBA WHERE AWO OLEONA ERDIBRE HAD TO
EMIGRATE, FOR YOUR FAMILY PLOTTED FOR YOUR ENEMIES TO EAT YOU. ERDIBRE
HE GATHERED ALL HIS BELONGINGS AND, WITHOUT HIS FAMILY KNOWING, HE HEADED TOWARDS OTHERS
LANDS, HE WANTED TO EARN A LIVING AS AWO OF ORUNMILA AND EVERY TIME HE ARRIVED AT A
THE EARTH WAS ASKED: WHAT DO YOU BRING FOR THIS EARTH? HE SAID WHAT OLOFIN HAD TOLD HIM
DELIVERED, BUT I WAS SAYING IT BACKWARDS, AS I DID NOT HAVE IT RECORDED IN MEMORY, NOR HAD I
WRITTEN, HE SAID: I BRING UNREST, UNHAPPINESS, AND UNSTABILITY AND EVERYONE SHUT HIM OUT
THE DOOR. MUCH WORK PASSED AND TIME WENT BY AND HE FOUND OUT THAT IN HIS LAND THE
THE WAR HAD ENDED AND HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO HER. WHEN HE ARRIVED, HE WENT TO OLOFIN AND TOLD HIM
HE SAID: DAD, THE VIRTUES YOU GAVE ME WERE OF NO USE, OLOFIN ANSWERS HIM THAT THIS IS NOT
IT IS POSSIBLE. AWO OLEOSA THEN SAID: WHEREVER I WENT AND PEOPLE ASKED ME
WHAT I CARRIED, I RESPONDED I BRING UNEASE, UNHAPPINESS, AND UNSTABILITY. OLOFIN
HE SAID: WELL OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING WRONG, THAT'S NOT WHAT I TOLD YOU, YOU SAID IT.
EVERYTHING BACKWARDS FROM HOW I HAD GUIDED YOU, FOR THE VIRTUES THAT I GAVE YOU WERE:
TRANQUILITY, HAPPINESS, AND STABILITY. THAT HAPPENED TO YOU BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WRITE DOWN ANYTHING THAT I

I TOLD YOU AND YOU FORGOT THE CORRECT FORM, SINCE IN THE EARTH MORAWAWE TO REMEMBER
Everything has to be written down, because there the memory is lost, and when you go back you have...
WRITE IT DOWN, DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING TO MEMORY, THAT'S SO YOU CAN SUCCEED AND NOT JUST TALK.
NEITHER TO DO ONE THING FOR ANOTHER. TO IBAH ESHU.

THE WAY OF LEPROSY

REZO: ADIFAFUN ONIBETE EWE ADETE ARUN MOWA OFOLEITOSHU MOWALE INAGUI OBO ARIKU
The medicine of Obatala is the stone of Shango, and it brings blessings.

EBBO: HEN, LEAVES OF THE EARTH - FA (MARIWO), WINGS LIKE INAGUI, HEAD, A FLOWER, A FISH, A LOT OF MONEY.
PATAKIN: THIS IS WHERE ORUNMILA ONCE WAS DURING ONE OF HIS TRAVELS ON LAND.
IN LAND SHE ENTERED A LAND SHE DID NOT KNOW WHERE THERE WAS A DISEASE THAT
PRODUCED THE EWESES THAT WERE FOUND IN THAT JUNGLE, WHERE ORUNMILA HAD GOTTEN INVOLVED. THERE.
ORUNMILA SUFFERED FROM THE DISEASE TO THE EXTENT THAT HE COULD HARDLY WALK. AFTER A WHILE OF WALKING THROUGH

IN THOSE PLACES HE MET A MONKEY WHO WAS THE KING OF THAT JUNGLE. ORUNMILA ENTERED.
CONVERSATION WITH THAT MONKEY SINCE ORUNMILA KNEW THE LANGUAGE OF SUCH ANIMALS AND HE
I took MONO to his house which was in a bush of EWE ILESA where he began to heal.
TO ORUNMILA WITH FRESH LEAVES OF THAT PLANT AND COCOA BUTTER BROUGHT BY THE MONKEY. THUS
IT TOOK SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL HE RECOVERED. WHERE EVERY TIME THE MONKEY WOULD GET ITCHY, HE
HE REMEMBERED ORUNMILA WHO WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT LEPROSY IN HIS PILGRIMAGE THROUGH THE LAND OF
OSOKUMBA THAT WAS THE LAND OF THE MONKEYS. THAT'S WHY THIS SIGN HAS BEEN CALLED SINCE THEN:
BABA ONIDETE (FATHER OF THE LEPER). NOTE: NOTHING UNFAMILIAR CAN BE EATEN OR DRUNK.
ADIFAFUN IGUI.