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The sacred Odu marks as cast on the Opele or Ikin divination tray
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Lopelope kari baba rere bini lomon
Adifa fun orunmila
Ifa bi fagbemi sile
Ifa o bi fagbemi soko
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eyele kan
Epo
Eko
Obi
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Ki emi naa okase fun o
Adifafun onika mogun
Omo arakika kawo iku ko
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Epo
Eko
Obi
Oti
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Okanjua agba ni n woke radi radi
Ejo ni o komo ti eleyin yoyo kari oko
Adifa fun kerenulesin
Eyi ti yoo gboo gboo
Eyi ti yoo too too
Eyin tiyo lo egberindinlogun laye
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Okete aye kan
Epo
Eko
Obi
Ese — Yoruba Verse
kase fun o
Adifa fun ode
Ti n sode re gboje eluju je
Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Akuko adie kan
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
ISEGUN
Isegun / Akose — Victory Formula
Yoruba
Explore Ifa
Ika Meji is one of the 256 sacred Odu Ifa — the corpus of divination verses that form the foundation of the Yoruba oracle system. Each Odu contains multiple Ese (verses) alongside their Ase (spiritual power), Ebo (sacrifice), and Akose (alchemical remedies).
This Odu is also known as: Ikameji. Understanding all its names helps in recognizing it across different Ifa lineages and traditions.
Odus that share the same family or pairing include: Ika Ogbe, Ika Oyeku, Ika Iwori, Ika Odi.
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