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OTURA SHE ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Birth of The 3 Beings of Man

The document is an encyclopedic treatise on Ifa, focusing on the teachings and rituals associated with the Otura She odun. It discusses the significance of Eshu, the loss of the mind, and the spiritual practices required to maintain balance and favor in life, including various offerings and prayers. Additionally, it includes stories and proverbs that illustrate the powers and lessons derived from the Otura She teachings.
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OTURA SHE ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Birth of The 3 Beings of Man

The document is an encyclopedic treatise on Ifa, focusing on the teachings and rituals associated with the Otura She odun. It discusses the significance of Eshu, the loss of the mind, and the spiritual practices required to maintain balance and favor in life, including various offerings and prayers. Additionally, it includes stories and proverbs that illustrate the powers and lessons derived from the Otura She teachings.
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ENCYCLOPEDIC TREATISE OF IFA

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REZO: OTURA SHE BABA YEGUE IDA KUDA IRU KURU ISE KUTE OBERE
KETA OñI BABALAWO TO IBAN ESHU. ASHE OLOFIN IDA KUDA
THESE ARE THE SMALL THINGS THAT HELP THE FATHER OF ALL. LODAFUN
ORUNMILA IS THE SOURCE OF WISDOM AND THE ONE WHO RELIES ON ESHU.

I am born: with love and love for you. Love is with understanding.
The command is to bring forth the spirit of Eshu.

IN THIS ODDUN IS BORN:


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1.- THE LOSS OF THE MIND.

2.- THE IMAGE OR REFLECTION OF THE THREE BEINGS THAT ACCOMPANY IN THE
LIFE TO THE HUMAN BEING.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ODDUN.


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SIGN THAT SHOULD BE PRAYED AT THE END OF ANY CEREMONY


SO THAT ASHE DOES NOT GET LOST. IT IS THE COMPLEMENT OF OSHE
TURA. BRAND: VISIT OF SAINTS.

THIS IFA INDICATES THAT WHAT OLOFIN DICTATED HAS BEEN FULFILLED.
Obatala is the source of creation.

HERE THE GODSON RECEIVES THE ASHE WHEN THE GODSON DIES.

FOR THIS IFA, THE GODFATHER AND THE AYUBONA GIVE FREEDOM TO
GODCHILD, OTHERWISE IT COULD COST HIM HIS LIFE, BECAUSE HE
The godfather's own day can kill the godchild.

IFA OF THE BABY EGGUN.

HERE THE WOMAN TRIES TO DOMINATE THE MAN.


THE MAN IS GIVEN EBBO WITH: OSIADIE, SOAP, SPONGE,
ASH, WHICH IS PLACED ON ELEGBARA AND THEN ASKED
WHERE DOES IT GO, AFTER IT KOFIBORI THE MAN AND THE WOMAN AND
IT IS TOLD THAT WITH THE ROGATIONS IN HIS LERI HE HAS TO
OFIKALE TRUPON THAT NIGHT.
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THE REQUESTS ARE WITH EYELE MEYI FUN FUN.

HERE INSHU IS PLACED ON OBATALA.


Bananas, dates, and pineapples are offered to Shango.
MOUSE.

IN THIS IFA TO SCHEDULE THE MARRIAGE MEETING, HE IS


HAVE KOFIBORI WITH EYELE FUN FUN ON BOTH AND THAT NIGHT HAS
WHAT A DISGRACE.

I WAS BORN TO THE TRIPLE IMAGE OR REFLECTION


BEINGS THAT ACCOMPANY HUMAN BEINGS IN LIFE.

HERE THE COLLAR OF ORUNMILA IS USED WITH A GUNUGUN OF THE


HAND OF AN EGGUN STRUNG IN IT.

WHEN EBBO IS DONE ACCORDING TO THE SINGING OF ITS SOVERY


ODDUN, WITH THE LEFT HAND THE EBBO IS TURNED OVER AND WITH
THE RIGHT HAND IS PLACED OVER IYEFA.

NOTE: WITH THE EBBO SOAP, THE ASH, THE SCRUBBER AND TWO
JUJU, FROM THE VILLAGE, THE SOAP IS BEING PREPARED FOR THE HUSBAND
IT BATHES. IFA OF THE EARTH BILANI (CHINA).

GET A BUDDHA TO HAVE IT IN THE HOUSE.

YOU FALL ASLEEP ANYWHERE.

THE STUDIES DO NOT ACCUMULATE.

IT HAS SPIRITUAL PROTECTION OF CHINESE ORIGIN (POSSIBLE-


GRANDFATHER OR GREAT-GRANDFATHER). HE HAS A HABIT OF GOING TO BED AT THE
SIT DOWN AND CROSS YOUR LEGS LIKE THE CHINESE.

Suffers from thyroid issues.

BE CAREFUL OF ABDOMINAL HERNIAS.

YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR MIND, WHETHER IT BE PSYCHOSIS OR RETARDATION


MENTAL. TO BE ATTENDED BY THE SAINT AND THE DOCTOR.

AVOID A SITUATION OF SHAME, WHETHER IT BE FROM THEFTS OR


PROBLEMS DUE TO SEXUAL ABERRATIONS, PROBLEMS WITH PERSONA-
INVERTED NAS OF BOTH SEXES.

LET YOUR NAILS GROW BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR LUCK.

EWE OF THE SIGN: FRENCH PURSLANE, YAM.


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ESHU OF THE SIGN: ESHU LASHE.
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CLOSURE WORK SHE.


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EBBO:
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THIS IS MY EYE, THIS IS MY CRANE AT $4.20.

EBBO FOR THE WOMAN:


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EYELE MEYI, ETU MEYI, SOAP, SPONGE, EKU, EYA AND MEFA
TONTU EFA AND THE BATH. I WILL GO.

PRAYERS AND SUYERES.


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REZO: BOBAPA ILA AFIACHA ODAFUN EBELLI EYELE LEBO.

REZO: IT HAPPENS THAT WE ENCOUNTER A STRANGE SITUATION


CUTE MUCHE OBA OGUA ALEYO ALLORINIFA ONI IDAGUNDA
PUT YOUR MOUTH FORWARD WITH A FITTING SOUND
GET OUT OF HERE STAY GRANDPA WITH THEM IT'S REAL
THE WIND BLOWS ON THE HORIZON AND THE TIME IS NOW
Hello, money.

REZO: IFA TODAY IROCURU ICHECUCHE WATER LOT OBA OLELLO


ALLORI OFIFA ONI DAGUADA IRUCURU EWE GUIñA ANTEPO
TAMPOLA OGUOA ANTEPO TEMPOLA OGUE GUETA
AFEFE TEMPOLA ONI DECUNDA TE BABADA LODERO OLLO Y
IRICURU TEBALUO LODE ELLO QUE EBBO OMACHADA AIKORDIE
I am blessed with abundance. May I receive the grace of Obatala.

DICE IFA:
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MAY YOU LACK THE ACHE OF YOUR FATHER AND THAT THERE ARE SOME
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO CONSIDER HER AND WHO ARE THOSE
THE SAME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED IT IN ONE THING THAT YOU.
It has never been done, how you do it will come out well.
You owe it to the saints, fulfill your obligations to them, do not be afraid.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY, BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE FINE,
BATHE YOUR WIFE AND FEED HER HEAD AND HIM
THE DAY SHE DOES IT, DON'T LET HER DO ANYTHING AND THAT
BE COMPLETELY CALM SO THAT LUCK CAN
YOU ARRIVED. YOU ARE IN A SITUATION THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE YOU
TO BE ON GOOD TERMS WITH YOU. I ASKED TO SEE WHAT YOU WANT YOUR
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ANGEL AND TIE THE HEAD AND PUT A NAME TO BABA AND TO THE
WARRIORS, YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO YOU TWO GET ALONG WITH WELL
As if they were sisters who do not fight. If someone
INVITE TO PLAY TICKETS DO NOT DISMISS YOU HAVE A GREAT
BUSINESS OF MANAGEMENT AND THEY ARE PREPARING A TRAP FOR
SINK IT AND THE OTHER RISE, HIS GOOD HEART LOSES IT,
Because you immediately trust and things fail.
BECAUSE IT LACKS FOUNDATION, YOU ARE FIGHTING BECAUSE OF A
COLORFUL WOMAN, FEED THE JIMAGUAS, DO NOT CARRY
NOTHING HEAVY BECAUSE WHEN MONEY COMES IT CAN BREAK.
BECAUSE IT WEIGHS A LOT, YOU HAVE TO PUT A ROASTED MOUSE ON IT
ELEGBA AND BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR WOMAN BECAUSE SHE IS
Pregnant.

PROVERBS:
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1.- The vicissitudes of life steal the peace of the soul.

Do good and don't look at whom.

3.- IF YOU GO SMOOTHLY YOU DO WELL, AND IF YOU DO WELL YOU GO FAR.

RELATION OF STORIES OR PATAKIN OF OTURA SHE.


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1.- THE POWERS OF OTURA SHE.


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PATAKIN:

OTURA SHE LIVED IN A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN WHERE IN IT


HE CONCENTRATED ALL HIS POWERS. FROM THERE HE SAW EVERYTHING
THE POPULATION THAT SURROUNDED HIM. HE WENT DOWN AND UP WITHOUT
DIFFICULTY, WALKED AROUND ANY PART OF THE POPULATION
HANGING FROM HIS NECK A TALISMAN THAT WARNED HIM
OF THE DANGER FROM HIS ENEMIES.

ONE DAY IT TURNED OUT THAT A POPULATION WAS ATTACKED BY A GANG


OF CANNIBALS WHO TOOK THE CHILDREN FOR THEIR CRUEL
PURPOSES.

She intervened against the cannibal gang that


THE KING'S TROOPS WERE IN CONTROL. OTURA SHE BY MEANS
FROM HIS POWER, WHICH WAS TRANSMITTED TO HIM BY HIS TALISMAN, HE DEFEATED THE
BAND OF CANNIBALS AND SAVED THE KING'S TROOPS AND UNDER
FOR THE CITY CENTER AND THE KING IN THANKSGIVING
DECIDED TO PAY TRIBUTE AND THROW A PARTY IN HIS/HER HONOR,
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INVITING THE PEOPLE IN FULL, AND THE PEOPLE GAVE HIM GREAT
SAMPLES OF SYMPATHIES, DEPOSITING ALL YOUR TRUST IN
THE.

WHERE THE JEALOUS PEOPLE FOR SUCH DEMONSTRATION SENT TO


CLOSE THE OTHER SHE. BUT IN THE KING'S TROOPS THERE WAS
A LARGE PART THAT THOUGHT AND SUPPORTED OTURA SHE LIKE THE
MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE UNITED WITH OTURA SHE AND OVERTHREW
THE KING, CROWNING OTURA SHE AS THE SAVIOR KING.

THAT'S WHY IT IS SAID THAT A GOOD THING IS PAID WITH A BAD ONE, BUT
WHEN THIS LETTER COMES WITH OSORBO IT TURNS IRE, IT IS SAID NO
There's no bad that doesn't come for a good reason.

2.- THE LOSS OF LUCK WAS BORN.


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REZO: TURN TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD IN PRAYER, O BABALAWO,


Good day to you as you walk in the light.
AWALADO BE IFA AKUAYENE IFA ERUNURU ABERI META ENI
My father Koyesi is a priest of Ifa, who speaks the truth.
Baba, the place where you are is very good, it suits you well.
IFA ASHE TOBOGBO YOUN BOYE TOO ABAN ESHU, IFA KAFERE-
Fun Eshu, Elegba, ifa is new, the shrine is strong.
THE GRANDMOTHER WOULD LIKE TO CONSULT WITH THE FATE OF THE PERSON WHO HAS PASSED ON IN IFÁ
AFEF to IBAN ESHU.

EBBO: CHICKEN, 4 PASTE, SHAWL, OBI, HERB OROSUN, WHITE CLOTH,


GO, HEAD, EXIT, MOUTH, EYE, EAR, MANY PLENTY MONEY.

NOTE: THE AKUKO IS FIFESHU AND UMBEBORO, AFTER THE EBBO,


Obori and Okuni and Obini, with each eye I see everyone,
BEFORE I DID THIS WITH ORAGUN.

PATKIN:

OTURA SHE, IT WAS A WITCH NAMED ISHEKUTE, WHICH WAS


BLESSED BY OLOFIN, WHO HAD GIVEN HIM ALL THE ASHE, TO
MAY EVERYONE ALWAYS HAVE TO COUNT ON HIM.

OTURA SHE, SHE HAD A VERY ODARA OBINIM, WHO KNEW EVERYTHING
OF THE ASHE THIS ASHE, OLOFIN HAD PUT IT IN A AIVE A
THIS SECRET WAS VERY WELL KEPT BY HIM,
WELL, EVERYONE NEEDED THIS ASHE FOR ANYTHING
THINGS THAT I AM GOING TO DO.

NEVERTHELESS ALL THE AWOSES AND ORISHAS WERE SEARCHING


THE WAY TO TAKE IT OFF, BECAUSE THIS KEPT IT WITH
GREAT AMBITION.

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One day Otura told his Obini, who was called Awa.
Lade, that he was going to get to Obatala's house, because
I hadn't seen her in a long time.

ONCE YET, HE HIDDEN HIS SECRET AND TOLD HIS OBINI,


THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM WHILE HE WAS THERE
OUTSIDE AND THAT BEFORE DELIVERING IT FIRST OTOKU.

WHEN AWO INSHEKUTE WENT OUT ON THE ROAD, DIFFERENT AWOSES


They saw him leaving, they went to this house and spoke with
I ASK YOU, ASKING FOR THE SECRET, AWA LADE TOLD THEM: THAT
BEFORE GIVING HER THE SECRET, SHE PREFERRED OFIKALE
TRUPON WITH ONE OF THEM AND THAT'S HOW HE DID IT, RESULTING IN OBE
TELL LELE, WHO COULD NOT GET THE SECRET AND HAD TO
TO GO WITHOUT ACHIEVING IT.
THIS WAS ANNOYING AND GRUMPY ALONG THE WAY, BECAUSE PREVIOUS-
Mente had been sent to look for Shango, who
He had said that he had prepared a trap for when
AWO INSHEKUTE WILL ARRIVE AT HIS HOUSE THAT DAY, DISGUISED AND
TRANSGRIFIED AS ELEGBA WILL TRY TO TAKE THE SECRET AWAY FROM
OTURA SHE, (AWO INSHEKUTE) REMEMBERING OBE DAY, I STARTED TO
SING:

ELEGBARA YOBO IS IN HEAVEN, ELEGBA,


FATHER IS GREAT, THE SPIRITS HAVE COME TO THE GROUND

Elegba immediately appeared to Oshe and said to him: Take


THIS IS AKUKO, FOR YOU TO EAT, BECAUSE I NEED IT.
DAD TO HELP ME WHEN I NEED YOU.

Lend me your clothes and transform me like you, Elegba, give it to me


CONTEST IS FINE.

And they both left walking to Shango's house when


THEY WERE ARRIVING, FROM AFAR THEY SAW THAT THERE IT WAS
AWO INSHEKUTE, BUT ELEGBA, HAD DOUBTS ABOUT IT AND
TO CONVINCE EACH OTHER, THEY BOTH APPROACHED AND SHANGO MADE THEM.
SIGNS, BECAUSE AWO INSHEKUTE, WANTED TO LEAVE AND SHANGO DID
I was entertaining, to prevent him from going home
OF OBATALA.

WHEN SHANGO REALIZED THAT OBE DI WAS TRANSFIGURED.


IN ELEGBA, I CONTINUED ENTERTAINING AWO INSHEKUTE, WITH-.
TALKING ABOUT HOW THERE WAS NO TIME TO GO HOME
Obatala decided to return home and when he arrived
Woman told her everything that had happened. IN YOUR
ABSENCE.

WHEN INSHEKUTE, COGIO THE SECRET AND PUT IT ON HIS CHEST,


THEN OBE ARRIVED DISGUISED AS ELEGBA AND ASKED FOR A
A LITTLE OF ASHE TO OTURA SHE, BOTH ENTERING A GREAT
DISCUSSION AND WHEN IT WAS AT ITS PEAK, OBE DI STARTED TO
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CALL:

THE SUN WILL RISE, THE LIGHT WILL SHINE FOR ALL THOSE WHO DESIRE IT.

A very strong wind soon formed, which served him and


I saw the awe and the ash fell to the ground,
SPREADING KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORLD.

3.- THE WAR OF OZAIN WITH IKU.


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REZO: I WILL SOW A CLASSIC GAME AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I WILL COME
IT IS NOT GOOD TO DIE WITHOUT ENJOYING LIFE, WE SHALL
THE DOCTOR OF THE SPIRITUAL FORTUNE OF ORUNMILA, DEATH GALLINOUE-
THEY ARE SITTING IN FRONT OF THE SQUARE HOUSE IN THE MORNING.
Grouper, the power of the earth.
SUYERE: I will take care of you, I will make sure you are well.
A child of a beautiful woman.

EBBO: A HEN, OSIADIE, EYA TUTO, ALL IGUILA,


TENGUE, YAYA, DOMINATOR, EPO, OTI, MALAGUIDI, ITANA
YOU, ME, OUR, MANY MONEY.

CEREMONY:

THE DAY BEFORE THE EBBO, A SIJU IS GIVEN TO OZAIN, WHERE IT ALREADY
I PREPARE EBBO MISSION WITH 8 LEAVES, TOMATO, BASIL, SCORPION-
CILLO, MURALLA, ITA MORREAL, EWE ARIKU, PARAISO, BLEO
WHITE.

AFTER THE EBO MISI, THE EWESES ARE SENT TO THE MANIGUA
O THE RIVER, THE NEXT DAY IT BECOMES EBBO, WHERE THE OSIADIE
IT IS GIVEN TO ESHU, BUT BEFORE DOING SARAYEYE AND IT IS GIVEN TO HIM
SEND TO THE MANIGUA WITH EKU, EYA, AWADO.

AND THEN OZAIN IS IN CONDITION TO MAKE HIMSELF OVER THE


A UN INSHE OZA IN THE GALLINUELA AND ALL IGUI, TENGUE,
YAYA, DOMINATOR, IN A RED CLOTH, GUNPOWDER AND THE NAME OF
THE PERSON, WHERE WITH THOSE ALREADY CONSACRATED STICKS IT IS MADE
AFOSHE TOGETHER WITH THE ASHE OF THE EBBO.

This is the Kaferefun Orunmila, Lodafun Ozain, Adifafun Ikú.

IKU, LIVED IN A LAND, WHERE THERE WAS OGBA AND IT WAS CALLED
I will go.

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OZAIN, LIVED IN THE FOREST AND DUE TO HIS POWERS WERE
SO GREAT, THAT THEIR FEATS REACHED THE EARS OF IKU DORO,
AND I WILL TELL YOU: OZAIN, YOU WANT TO TAKE MY REIGN AWAY, BEFORE I DO
I am going to destroy him along with his son.

THEN I PREPARE ALL THE EGGUN OF IBUSUN ORU, FOR


THE BATTLE WITH OZAIN, THE WAR WAS HARD, BUT IKU DORO
HE WAS SLOWLY ADVANCING AND CLOSING IN ON OZAIN AND HIS SON AWO
YIRE AND THEN OZAIN MET OTURA SHE AND TOLD HER
WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM AND WITH IKU DORO WAS HIS ENEMY AND ALSO
FROM THE RUINS SHE, SHE SAID TO HIM: COME WITH ME THAT I WILL
TO MAKE EBBO AND WITH OUR POWERS WE WILL DEFEAT IKU, FOR
WHEN THERE ARE GOOD AWOSES, IKU CANNOT ARRIVE.

THEN I TAKE HIM TO THE EDGE OF THE RIVER AND THERE I PERFORMED THE RITUAL
AND SHE SANG Y OTURA:

I am coming quickly, for I will show you the way.


SHE, BRINGS OUT THE BEAUTY IN YOU.

AND RIGHT THERE THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE AND WHEN IKU DORO TO
LIQUIDATE OZAIN AND HIS SON, HE THREW THE DUST AT HIM AND
HE STARTED SINGING AGAIN THE SUYERE:

I will go quickly, with the blessing of the gods.


SHE, PLEASE SHOW US YOUR HAND.

WHEN IKU DORO ARRIVED, HE ONLY SAW A CHICKEN, ALREADY OZAIN HIM.
I HAD BLOWN THE DUST.

THE HEN FLEW THROUGH THE AIR, DECEIVING IKU AND IT


HE DIED IN THE WATER, HE FELT DEFENSELESS, AFTER THAT
I OILED THE POWDER, WHICH OZAIN HAD SENT ME WITH THE POWER OF
SHE IS GOING.

WHERE IKU FELT UNWELL, SO HE CHOSE TO LEAVE FROM


THE LAND OF OZAIN.

SINCE THEN OURA SHE AND OZAIN, DEFEAT IKU.

4.- THE TWO ROADS.


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Once when Orunmila had to go to a town to do


CERTAIN JOBS COMMISSIONED BY OLOFIN, LEFT HIS HOUSE
AND I CAME TO A PLACE WHERE THERE WERE TWO ROADS, ON ONE THERE WAS
A MAN ASKED ORUNMILA, WHERE THE TOWN WAS.
TO WHOM HE WAS ADDRESSING. THE MAN AFTER POINTING OUT THE
PATH HE HAD TO TAKE, HE TOLD HIM THAT WHEN HE
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When he arrived at the river, there was a table and he gave it a nod.
RIO AND IF NOT, IT COULDN'T HAPPEN AND THAT'S HOW ORUNMILA DID IT, HE ARRIVED
TO THE PEOPLE AND DID THE WORKS, A; RETURNED WITHOUT HAVING PASSED
THE TABLE STILL MET WITH THE MAN WHO INDICATED TO IT
THE ROAD AND THEY STARTED TO TALK AND DURING THE COURSE OF THE
CONVERSATION, THE MAN WITH AN ART THAT HE TOOK OUT
I took ORUNMILA out of my pocket, threw it on the floor, and stepped on it.
UP. WHEN ORUNMILA WAS ABOUT TO DEPART WITH HIS TWO BAGS
ABOUT MONEY, THE MAN TOLD HIM, YOU CAN'T LEAVE YET, BECAUSE-
WHAT YOU LACK SOMETHING. ORUNMILA REGISTERED THE POCKETS AND
I saw that he was missing the OKPELE and I told the man what it was.
ANOTHER ONE THAT ESHU. GIVE IT TO ME AND ESHU TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD TO
PAY IF YOU WANTED IT. ORUNMILA PAID IT AND ESHU RETURNED IT
OKPELE A ORUNMILA.

5.- THE DISCONTENT OF OTURA SHE.


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PATAKIN:

OTURA SHE WAS A MAN WHO ONLY ASKED FOR MONEY.


And his angel told him to be content with what he had.
BUT HE SAID HE WANTED IT TO SOLVE HIS PROBLEMS AND
THOSE OF HIS FAMILY.

THE ANGEL TOOK A SHOVEL AND FILLED HIS BAG WITH MONEY
SON, AND HE SAID TO HIM: YOU ALREADY HAVE MONEY, AND WHEN THE MAN WENT
TO LIFT THE SACK TO CARRY IT ON TOP, IT WEIGHED
A LOT AND HE PUT IN A LOT OF EFFORT UNTIL HE FINALLY MANAGED TO LIFT IT
And when he went for a walk, he burst.

BE CAREFUL THAT MONEY CAN BE YOUR DEATH, FOR IN-


DISEASE OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON. BE CAREFUL NOT TO DO
FORCES DO NOT LET IT HAVE HERNIAS OR SUFFERING FROM AN ACCI-
SERIOUS TOOTH THAT COULD COST YOUR LIFE. BE CAREFUL THAT THE
MONEY CAN COST LIFE.

6.- THE ASHE OF THE FEATHERS.


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PATAKIN:

THREE BROTHERS WENT TO HEAVEN TO SEE OLOFIN AND HE


GOD HURT WITH FEATHERS AND THEY BROUGHT HIM HELD IN HANDS, BUT
ON THE TRIP THEY WERE GOING SO FAST THAT THE
MANOS AND THE THREE LOST THE FEATHERS AND THEN THEY RETURNED
NOW THE HEAVEN IS LAMENTING THE LOSS AND OLOFIN SAID TO THEM:
THE GRACE IS GRANTED.

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There is no evil that does not come for good.
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EBBO: CHICKEN, MALAGUIDI, OKUNI, THREE APS, THREE ARROWS,


ATITAN FROM A HILL, ASHE OF THE ODDUN, $16.80.

PATTERN:

OTURA SHE, LIVED ON A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN WHERE IN IT


I found all my powers, from there I could see all the
POPULATION THAT SURROUNDED HER AND WENT UP AND DOWN WITHOUT DIFFICULTY,
HE WANDERED THROUGH ANY OF THE TOWNS, CARRYING IN
HIS TALISMAN HUNG FROM HIS NECK, WARNING HIM OF DANGER
OF HIS ENEMIES.

ONE DAY IT TURNED OUT THAT A POPULATION WAS ATTACKED BY A TRIBE


OF CANNIBALS, WHO TOOK THE CHILDREN FOR THEIR OWN
SITES, FINDING ITSELF OTHER SHE INTERVENING AGAINST THAT
TRIBE, WHICH HAD DOMINATED THE KING'S TROOPS.

HURL HER, THROUGH HER POWER, WHICH WAS PROVIDED TO HER BY


TALISMAN ONCE THE TRIBE WAS DEFEATED, HE HEADED TO THE CENTER
FROM THE VILLAGE MEETING WITH THE KING, WHERE HE IS PLEASED-
CIMIENTO OFFERED HIM A PARTY IN HIS HONOR, INVITING TO THE
TOWN IN FULL, HE ARRIVED AND THE MOMENT OF THE PRESENTATION
AT THAT MOMENT, THE PEOPLE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEP-
Put all your trust in him.
WHERE THE JEALOUS KING ORDERED TO CLOSE
THERE, BUT NOW HIS TROOPS HAD GUARDIANS WHO THOUGHT
SAME AS THE PEOPLE AND THEY JOINED ANOTHER SHE, OVERTHROWING
TO THE KING AND CROWNED HIM AS THE SAVIOR KING.

THAT'S WHY IT IS SAID 'A GOOD IS PAID FOR WITH A BAD'.


BUT WHEN THIS LETTER COMES WITH OSORBO, IT TURNS IRE,
It is said: "There is no bad that does not come for good."

8. - THE IMAGE OF THE THREE BEINGS OF MAN WAS BORN.


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NETWORK: THE DIVINE SPIRITS BLESS US WITH THEIR GRACE


I AM HAPPY TO SEE YOU TODAY
ENIFA KAFEREFUN ORUNMILA LODAFUN ELEDA.

EBBO: VERY MALAGUIDI, VERY EYELE, AñARI ODO, EWEFA.

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PATAKIN:

ON THIS PATH, AFTER THE WORLD WAS CREATED 2 GREAT


SPIRITS CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN. THE FIRST ONE WAS CALLED
ASHEDA, THE SECOND AKODA. AT THAT TIME THEY DID NOT EXIST
MEDICINES AND NOTHING ELSE WAS ADORDED AROUND THE WHOLE WORLD EXIS-
THERE ARE FEW HUMAN BEINGS.

These spirits called all men to tell them


THAT THEY WERE MESSENGERS OF OLODUMARE AND THAT IT WAS NECESSARY
LET EACH OF THE MEN KNOW THE IFA OF HIS DESTINY
And he will worship the Orishas, that is, his ancestors.

HUMAN BEINGS ASKED: WHAT WAS THAT YOU


THEY CALL IFA AND ANCESTRAL BEINGS. THE PROPHET BEINGS EXPLAIN-
RON QUE IFA IS THE SPIRIT OR CREATURE WITH WHICH OLODUMARE-
I CREATE THE SPIRIT OF EACH MAN AND THAT THIS CREATURE
SOLO ORUNMILA KNEW, THAT OBATALA WAS THE OWNER OF THE BODY
BUT THE SPIRIT WAS OLODUMARE. THAT EACH MAN HAD HIS
IFA THAT INDICATED HIS WAY OF BEING, THAT THEY POSSESSED THE
SCRIPTURE OR ODDUN OF EACH DAY USED BY OLODUMARE
TO CREATE THE SPIRIT OF EACH MAN; EACH ONE OF THESE
SIGNS MADE IT KNOWN WHAT THEY COULD OR COULD NOT EAT OR
DO. WHEN ASHEDA AND KODA SAID THIS THEY ADDED THAT
Each man had a spirit called Oshalagba Teri that
HE WAS THEIR PERSONAL GOD THAT SHOULD BE WORSHIPPED, BUT WHERE
THESE SACRED SIGNS COULD NOT REVEAL THE INTERIOR
RICHES OF EACH ONE OF THOSE PERSONAL GODS.

IT WAS NECESSARY FOR EACH OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH


THEY WILL WORSHIP THAT SPIRIT OR PERSONAL GOD, FOR THAT REASON
THE WILL OF OLODUMARE WAS WHAT GUIDED EACH HUMAN
FROM BIRTH TO DEATH.

WHEN ASHEDA AND KODA STOPPED TALKING, THE WHOLE TOWN


I understood that IFA and those beings or personal God were
NECESSARY TO WORSHIP THEM.

THEY WHO KNEW THAT AT THE BANK OF THE RIVER ANYA, NEAR
Once there was an old man named Alaundje who was clairvoyant,
IT WAS A LIVING ORACLE, THEY WENT TO SEE HIM TO ASK HIM FOR-
SEJOS. HE TOLD THEM THAT BEFORE WORSHIPPING IFA
DEBATE TO GO TO THE BANK OF THE RIVER THAT I WOULD SEND YOU WITH
THEY TO ANOTHER SHE, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF COLLECTING THE
PRAYERS AND TAKE THEM TO HEAVEN.

EVERY MAN CARRIED WHAT ORUNMILA INDICATED, THREE AGBORANES AND


THREE EYELE. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, OTURA SHE RECEIVED THEM.
HE SAID: THAT MISSION OF YOURS COMES WITH THE SPIRITS THAT ACCOMPANY
TO EACH HUMAN BEING THEY ARE CALLED:

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AJAKA THE GUIDE
OKU THE PROTECTOR DEAD
AWAKEN THE SPIRIT THE OBSESSOR

WHICH WOULD BE ADORED BY EVERY MAN DURING HIS STAY IN


THE EARTH. THEN OTURASHE PREPARES THEM WITH THE 3 MALAGUI-
SPEAK TO THE SPIRITS FOR THEM TO
MEN MIGHT WORSHIP THEM.

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