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Through Ogbe Osa, Ifa teaches that challenges can be overcome with faith, sacrifice, and guidance from the divine.
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The sacred Odu marks as cast on the Opele or Ikin divination tray
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Ese Kinni
Ese Kinni
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Salumin kin salu o
Sisa lominun Agbada Salurawon
Adifafun orunmila
Baba nbe larin ota
Ebo woni n ose osirubo
Eropo ero ofa ebanin laru segun
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Keleyi orubo nintori
Ajenbo feleyi,
Ibikan leleyii nlo pe yoo rire munbo.
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Oruko kan
Epo
Eko
Agbado
Opolopo Owo
2
Ese Keji
Ese Keji
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Kamun peki kafiko peki
Kamun peki kafiko peki
Kafigi ajameji korawan
Peki peki peki
Adifa fun esu odara
Won deru kale
Won ni omangbe karode – orun
Ebo won ni ose osirubo
Nje bi ose sonso abe esu
Odara kolori gberule biose sonso abe
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Keleyi orubo awon ota ti n pete ika kale fun eleyi.
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Abefele kan
Akuko die meji
Epo
Eko
Agbado
Owo
4
Ese Kerin
Ese Kerin
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Osanjagbe laja
Erukun nso lalala
Adifafun orunmila
Iregbogbonlo lode
Okankan oyalewa
Ebo wonin ose osirubo
Eropo ero ofa ebanin
Bola be peregede
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ire ajenbo fun eleyi
Lati okeere korubo
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Epo
Eko
Owo
Eyele merin.
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
AJE (WEALTH)
Aofi akara bo esu pelu obimeji epo pupa, ao wa rojo si akara yi ao lofi sori esu.
Explore Ifa
Ogbe Osa 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).
Odus that share the same family or pairing include: Ogbe Oyeku, Ogbe Iwori, Ogbe Odi, Ogbe Irosun.
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