Yoruba: Ìbàjẹ́ iṣu nìbàjẹ́ ọ̀bẹ; ẹni tó ṣe ìbàjẹ́ èèyàn-án ṣe ìbàjẹ́ ara ẹ̀.
English: The blemish of the yam is the blemish of the knife; whoever besmirches other people's names besmirches his/her...

what great hosts! here in the usa people barely offer their guests water...

We have great news!!!
On Dec 28 Oyaseye Fakayode wrote:
The people were singing and dancing
They were praising their babalawo
The babalawos were praising IFA
it was exactly as IFA said!

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Terri Serbins and Jamie Howlett, the representatives at the Sheriffs Office have been nothing but rude and even spiteful toward my family. They have hng up on us and told us that they are sending...

PLEASE call the SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE at 707-565-2751 and tell them that the eviction scheduled for 12/31 at 1180 WILD ROSE DRIVE is an illegal eviction, and that the tenants must be given...

Hello Everyone,
We are tenants here in Santa Rosa, and we are facing illegal eviction by Deutsche Bank due to our landlord going through foreclosure. The Sheriffs have served us a notice that they...

Agila awo ni
Agila awo ni
Opa gilagila awo eyin ekun
A difa fegberin ogberi
Ti won n bukin lekuro
Egberin ogberi ti n bukin lekuro
Oyekulogbe, Ifa ri won.

Agila is a good...

Ilekun ona ni rebi bale
Eru Di gbebi ina adogan
Oja ni rehin abiyamo
Nje gbogbo eniti o ba npe ori ni nibi
Emi ni ki ama rehin gbogbo won
Ejiogbe ni baba Ifa
Ko ma gbe mi leke won

...

Odu Ifa Ose Osa says:
Ere lo to
Ija ko to
Bi a ba ja tan, ere a baje
Dia fun Oso
Tii somo won nile Ake
Ebo ni won ni kose
Ife Lajulo
Eje ka maa fe ra wa o

Here is part two of our discussion "What is Ifa?"
We will let Ifa explain what is Ifa...

Sacred Odu Ifa Ogbeate teaches us:
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Otito inu sowon
Eeyan rere sowon boroboro
Nigbati mi o r’eeyan ba soro mo
Mo ko oroo mi da sikun
Dia fun Obaluwaye
Nigbati o njiya airi eni ba soro
Orunmila ni beeni loooto
Ifa ri’nu
Ile...

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According to the myth, EGUNGUN becomes a known deity in two different...

Aláìmoore ajá ló ńgé olówó ẹ̀ jẹ. / It is an ungrateful dog that bites its owner. #yoruba #proverb

Ifa says:
A o t’okun dokun
ka too ri winni-winni agbe
A o tosa dosa
Ka too ri doodo orun Aluko
A baa t’okun dokun
Ki a tosa dosa
Ka too ri oloooto Awo
Odi Ile-Ifa Akelubeke
Dia fun...

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ori orisa consciousness

by iyanla vanzant


I often wonder if I am the only person who readily admits, when I got initiated, I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into. My...

Ifa teaches us:
Bi winiwini ba pe ka ma lagi lojude baba toun mo
A gbe lo ojude baba winniwinni loo la
Dia fun Otura
To ti ngasa
Ẹbọ ni won ni ko waa se
O gb’ẹbọ, o ru’bo
Igba Otura ti...

SANGO (SHANGO) AND OGUN

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(PHOTO: Oya and Sango Shrines)


IFA says:

Òfún idùn
Osùnsun i dùn

Iwure (Prayer) for Good Character


YORUBA:
Inu-bibi lomo Ogun
Edo-fufu lomo Ija
Atetu, abiwa pele lomo Orunmila
Inu-bibi omo ogun
N ko fe o o ri nibi yii
Edo-fufu omo ija

thank you for posting this article.

"What does it mean to live traditionally?

Answer: Living in the way our ancestors did. In other words, living in balance with nature and with everything on the planet. We need to stop wasting and...

What Is Ifa? One way we can understand the mysteries of Orisa is through their respective praise names. In the case of Orunmila, the prophet and custodian of the Ifa...

Itadogun 6/11/2012

This Itadogun, Ifa says that things for us will be exceptionally sweet for our community. We will have very good and enjoyable upcoming weeks. Ifa says that we must offer...

Hello.
Actually this is a verse of Ifa called Ese Ifa, where the person (or animal, or thing even) coming for divination may be described as a man or a woman. in this case in the Ese Ifa it was a...

Itadogun 4/24/2012

This Itadogun, Ifa says we will see all blessings in life. We must offer a bowl of birdseed to be placed outside for the wild doves to eat. They will in turn usher in our...

IFA on Promiscuous Sex:
I'd hate to sound like a nagging parent, but I wanted to send you all this message to pass on to your children and other loved ones.
Recreational sex can be very...

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Atodunmodun lerin ti rin
Erin o fara kasa...

The sacred Odu Ifa Iwori Meji teaches us:
Bi omode ba te riba fun agba
Ohun gbogbo ti o ba da wole
A ma gun gegege
Iwa re a si ma tutu pese pese
A difa fun omo oniwa pele
Ti ko se afojudi...

Pankere wonjon wonjon awo inu igbo
difa fun Oosanla Oseeremagbo
ti yo faladun fun Ireke
ebo ni won ni ko se
o gb'ebo o rubo
bi a ba ni re gbogbo lowo
sebi aladun ara eni ni o
Oosanla...

Amodun o jinna
K’eni o ma hu eebu je o
Difa fun Orunmila...

Next year is not far
Let no one eat what they are supposed to plant
Ifa’s message for Orunmila...

Here IFA is telling us...

Aboru Aboye Abosise
What is Ori?
Ori is the "Head". Ori is an Orisa, and a very powerful and important one.
Odu Ifa Ogunda Meji teaches us: Ko s'orisa ti i da ni i gbe lehin ori eni -- no Orisa...

IFA Speaks: Beginning Your Journey In IFA
By Chief Adedoja E. Aluko, Editor-in-Chief


In IFA, the Odus of IFA are experiences in life. For those who have received one Hand of IFA, it means that...

Ifa says that if we are not happy in life, it is our own Ori that we must turn to. We must not be jealous of our peers, because it is our Ori that will bless us, not the Ori's of our peers.
On this...

"WHAT IS ORI ALL ABOUT?" excerpt by Baba Falokun Fatunmbe
The emphasis on the head (Ori) in Yoruba goes beyond its biological importance as the seat of the brain that controls the body. It reveals...

We have received some good feedback from this outreach thread -- if anyone else has interest in learning about Yoruba traditional practices of West Afrika, please feel free to contact us.
Thank you...

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated so far. Thank you!

Wow this is completely racist. It is offensive and unacceptable. In the case of the Afrikan slave trade, Afrikans were and are the victims. Your statement of denial is like the neo-nazi belief that...

Hello Everyone,

I am reaching out to you all to let you know that I am putting together a shipment of donations (money and goods) to send to Nigeria. Many families in Yorubaland (southwest...

Bump. We would like to re-bump this thread to see if there is any more interest.
We have gotten a couple good replies and hope to get a few more from people interested in Ifa, Orisha, Orisa, Yoruba...

Anyone interested in learning about Orisa (Orisha) please contact me. Maybe we can get a small group and do a discussion together or go on hikes and talk. Thank you.
Odabo

This is why we need to openly rethink things as a nation sometimes and adjust our path -- we are a great nation of great people and if we allow ourselves to become misdirected, we could head down...

This is a disguisting lie. Even if many black Americans and Africans supported the slave system, indirectly and directly, to say the system of slavery in the Americas was not race based is an out and...

I am one of those people. :(
This is why we need to rethink the way we think about things and maybe even redesign our global society.

I know you are mad, but please stop pointing the finger at...

Sorry you must not know me very well. Don't hold your breath waiting for an apology from me.


Once again you have been deceived my friend. There IS more than enough to go around in this country...

I do not mean to sound rude, but many of my American-born friends -- be them of any color, culture, or race -- are much more "lazy" than my friends who have immigrated from overseas. I think that the...

Firstly, please calm down. I was trying to defend you (by saying that through your ignorance you were led to believe the wrong things), but you have twisted around and tried to bite me for trying to...

Wow, this discussion turned into something it was definitely not intended to be by the person who started it, but what can ya do?
I feel partially responsible, because it was I that originally...

Wow it amazes me these people are so ignorant that they blame immigrants for "taking their jobs away". The way I see it employers gave the jobs to the immigrants, that is who they need to be angry...

Sorry, but a (supposedly) quick divergence:
The issue of the BART police officer who shot and killed the young man, Oscar Grant, a couple of years ago in the East Bay has been bothering me deeply. I...

The biggest problem I have with your reasoning -- and why i have been calling you prejudiced -- is summed up in your own rhetorical question. Yes, I strongly feel that it is wrong to be angry at...