Spirit TATA ABEL: Abortion within the Yorùbá tradition is very frowned upon. Because it is not even another person, it is you the one that is cutting the path and Destiny of the ORÍ –Consciousness of another being, that is ...
Read More »Iwure Ori
Orí mi, gbe mi o! (My Orí, support me) Ori lo da mi (Ori is my Creator) Eniyan ko o (It is not man) Olodumare ni (It is Olodumare) Ori lo da mi (Ori is my Creator) Ori Onise (Ori, ...
Read More »Iwulo Ati Anfaani Ti Orí Nse Ninu Igbesi Ayé Omo Eda Eniyan
Ekaaro eyin eniyan mi, aku ise ana o, a sin tun ku imura toni, mose ni iwure laaro yi wipe Eledumare ninu aanu re koni jeki ire oni yi fiwa sile Àse. Idanileko mi toni da lori orí wa, opolopo ...
Read More »The Yoruba metaphysical concepts of Ori and Akunleyan
If you can reconcile the Yoruba metaphysical concepts of Ori and Akunleyan, on one side, with the concepts of dafa (divination) and ebo ruru (sacrifice), on the other, then you can easily reconcile the rationalist arguments with the empiricist arguments ...
Read More »B’oti ba kun’nu oti a ma pani…
B’oogun ba poju oogun a so’ni di danidani Bi a ba legberun oogun ti a ba leke ko ni je o pe Ori eni nikan loje loju igba ewe lo(Iwori Elerin) Translation Excessive alcohol consumption can temporarily make you crazy ...
Read More »Ko ko’le ko sun ori igi…
Ko ko’le ko sun ori igi Ko ro’ko ko je eepe ile(Ogunda wori) Translation Not building or buying a house does not mean you have to sleep on the top of a tree Not farming does not mean you have ...
Read More »Iwure to Ori (for Good Luck)
Ka ji ni kutukutu Ka mu ohun ipin ko’pin d’Ifa fun Olomo-ajiba’re-pade Emi ni mo ji ni kutukutu ti mo f’ohun ipin ko’pin Emi ni mo ba ire pade l’ola Translation To wake up early morning And give destiny its ...
Read More »Odidi kirimu kirimu, Awo Ori..
Odidi kirimu kirimu, Awo Ori A difa fun Ori Ori n be logbere oun nikan Ebo won ni kowa se O gbebo nibe O rubo Kerekere Oju wa, Eti wa, Imu wa, Enu wa Gbogbo won wa ba Ori duro ...
Read More »What Some Ifa Verses Say About ORI
The Ori Ori plays an important role for Ifa devotees. The word itself, in Yoruba, has many meanings. It means head, or the apex or highest pinnacle of achievement. In a spiritual sense, the head, as the highest point of ...
Read More »Being older doesn’t guarantee leadership!
Atete d’aye o kan t’egbon Eni Ori san ni nje baba (Ogunda bede ) Translation Being older doesn’t guarantee leadership Only those endowed by Ori become father. Congratulations once again to His Imperial Majesty, Arole Oduduwa, Alayeluwa Oba Adeyeye Enitan ...
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