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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
Ifa ni sapo soke
Awo atare
Adifafun atare
Atare nsunkun pe
Oun ko nile
Ebo ni won niko se
O sigbebo nibe orubo
Nje sapo soke ose
Iwo lawo atare
Bi awo konile awo kila
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifape ire ile
Fun eleyi ki orubo
Dada
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Opolopo atare
Eyele merin
Akuko adie meta
Epo
Eko
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Ese Keta
Ese Keta
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Ifa asebile aja nroju
Ai sebile aja nroju
Iro lepa mon eja
Ipori aja ki jobi
Emi laja ofi obi se
Adifafun olanlege ti se
Lomo okunin ode
Nje osun mori ro ko mon dubule
Loro gangan laba osun awo
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifa pe ki eleyi
Olo boo sun
Ntori aare ki
Osi mon se aigboran
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Akuko adie
Obi ati oti
Akuko adie meji
Epo
Eko
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Ese Kerin
Ese Kerin
Ese — Yoruba Verse
Ose tete irete tete
Babalawo eku
Adifafun eku
Babalawo eja adifafun eja
Babalawo eye adifafun eye
Babalawo eran adifafun eran
Babalawo amunra odagba
Adifafun amunre odagba
Igba ti won ni won orubo
Ntori iku
Amunre odagba nikan nibe
Leyin ti ntubo
Ikusebi ere opeku opaja opeye, operan
Ofi amunre odagba sile ki o mon
Sebifun eriwo
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Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message (Yoruba)
Ifape ki eleyi Orubo ntori iku Ifa pe osi toju Ifa dada kiki iku ojiji omo ba pa
Ebo — Sacrifice (Yoruba)
Eku, eja, eye, eran ewure
Akuko adie meji
Eyele meji
Pepeye meji
Epo ati eko
Awure — Alchemist Formula
Yoruba
Ori eku, ori eja, ori eye
Ori ewure ti won fi bofa
Ewe eye obale pupo odidi atare meta
Ao jo papo ao te ni odu ifa (oserete)
Explore Ifa
Òsé Ìrètè 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: Ose Meji, Òsé Ogbè, Òsé Òyèkù, Òsé Iwòrì.
Reflections & Testimonies
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