ABORU, ABOYE
We greet you in the name of almighty Olodumare and Orunmila Baba agbonniregun. All things are possible through Olodumare and Orunmila eleri ipin ibikeji Olodumare i.e. Orunmila witness to all destiny, second only to the creator Olodumare.
This site is dedicated to the traditinal teaching of Orunmila Baba Agbonniregun and preservation of the Yoruba culture of West Africa. Training is paramount to becoming a good Ifa priest. Becoming an Ifa priest without the guidance of the Ifa elders in Yorubaland is simply impossible.
This site was created to offer proper Ifa training, initiation, ritual procedure, and continual education in Ifa. Learning Ifa is a life long process and can not be rushed. Teachings, initiations, and recitation of Ifa is done here the way it has always been done, since Orunmila himself walked the earth. These things are done according to procedure to ensure the results are always the same.
We study and learn Ifa in accordance with the procedures the elders taught. This will surely make us successful in our endeavors to be effective traditional priests. Please come join us in upholding the age old tradition of Ifa. Let us commit Odu Ifa to memory with joy. Below is a stanza in Eji Ogbe that will reinforce these words.
EJI OGBE:
KEKERE NI JABA JABA TI NYI TI GAA WA
KEKERE NI OMO OLOLA TII JE BABA
DIA FUN ORUNLOJO IRUNMOLE
WON NTORUN BO WALE YE
WON FI ATO SEYIN
DIFA FUN ORUNMILA
BABA NTORUN BO WALE YE
GBOGBO NKAN TI WON NSE KO LOJU
ORUNMILA NI WON O MO ATO
O NI KI WON LO MU ATO
NJE, IFA TOO BO SE WA
TA A FI LAJE LOWO
AWA O M'ATO
EYI TI O BA TO LO JE RERE
IFA TOO BA WA SE WA
TA A FI N'IRE GBOGBO LAYE
AWA O M'ATO
EYI TI O BA TO LO JE RERE
TRANSLATION:
IT IS FROM YOUTH THAT THE COW HAS HONOR IN THE MANGER.
THE YOUNG CHILD OF A WEALTHY MAN HAS BECAME A FATHER
RIGHT FROM HIS YOUTH
THESE WERE THE DECLARATIONS OF IFA TO THE 165 IRONMOLE
WHEN COMMING FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH
THE SAME MESSAGE WAS DECLARED TO ORUNMILA
WHEN COMING FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH
ALL THAT THE IRONMOLE WERE DOING WAS TO NO AVAIL
ORUNMILA REMARKED IT WAS BECAUSE OF
FAILURE TO OBSERVE PROCEDURES
THAT THEY SHOULD HENCE FORTH OBSERVE PROCEDURES
IFA, IF YOU HAVE MADE US GREAT AND TO SECCEED FINANCIALLY
WE DO NOT KNOW THE PLANNING
IT WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED THAT WILL SUCCEED
IFA, IF YOU HAVE MADE US TO HAVE ALL IRE IN LIFE
WE DO NOT KNOW THE PLANNING
IT IS THAT WICH YOU HAVE PLANNED THAT WILL SUCCEED.
ABORU ABOYE ABOSISE'O!
This site is dedicated to the traditinal teaching of Orunmila Baba Agbonniregun and preservation of the Yoruba culture of West Africa. Training is paramount to becoming a good Ifa priest. Becoming an Ifa priest without the guidance of the Ifa elders in Yorubaland is simply impossible.
This site was created to offer proper Ifa training, initiation, ritual procedure, and continual education in Ifa. Learning Ifa is a life long process and can not be rushed. Teachings, initiations, and recitation of Ifa is done here the way it has always been done, since Orunmila himself walked the earth. These things are done according to procedure to ensure the results are always the same.
We study and learn Ifa in accordance with the procedures the elders taught. This will surely make us successful in our endeavors to be effective traditional priests. Please come join us in upholding the age old tradition of Ifa. Let us commit Odu Ifa to memory with joy. Below is a stanza in Eji Ogbe that will reinforce these words.
EJI OGBE:
KEKERE NI JABA JABA TI NYI TI GAA WA
KEKERE NI OMO OLOLA TII JE BABA
DIA FUN ORUNLOJO IRUNMOLE
WON NTORUN BO WALE YE
WON FI ATO SEYIN
DIFA FUN ORUNMILA
BABA NTORUN BO WALE YE
GBOGBO NKAN TI WON NSE KO LOJU
ORUNMILA NI WON O MO ATO
O NI KI WON LO MU ATO
NJE, IFA TOO BO SE WA
TA A FI LAJE LOWO
AWA O M'ATO
EYI TI O BA TO LO JE RERE
IFA TOO BA WA SE WA
TA A FI N'IRE GBOGBO LAYE
AWA O M'ATO
EYI TI O BA TO LO JE RERE
TRANSLATION:
IT IS FROM YOUTH THAT THE COW HAS HONOR IN THE MANGER.
THE YOUNG CHILD OF A WEALTHY MAN HAS BECAME A FATHER
RIGHT FROM HIS YOUTH
THESE WERE THE DECLARATIONS OF IFA TO THE 165 IRONMOLE
WHEN COMMING FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH
THE SAME MESSAGE WAS DECLARED TO ORUNMILA
WHEN COMING FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH
ALL THAT THE IRONMOLE WERE DOING WAS TO NO AVAIL
ORUNMILA REMARKED IT WAS BECAUSE OF
FAILURE TO OBSERVE PROCEDURES
THAT THEY SHOULD HENCE FORTH OBSERVE PROCEDURES
IFA, IF YOU HAVE MADE US GREAT AND TO SECCEED FINANCIALLY
WE DO NOT KNOW THE PLANNING
IT WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED THAT WILL SUCCEED
IFA, IF YOU HAVE MADE US TO HAVE ALL IRE IN LIFE
WE DO NOT KNOW THE PLANNING
IT IS THAT WICH YOU HAVE PLANNED THAT WILL SUCCEED.
ABORU ABOYE ABOSISE'O!
