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Okanran Obara

Odu Ifa — Sacred Verse of the Oracle
Odu Ifa BODE Oracle Sacred Pattern
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Odu Ifa Sacred Divination Pattern

The sacred Odu marks as cast on the Opele or Ikin divination tray

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Ese Kinni
Ese Kinni

Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message

ifa nip e ire gbogbo fun elelyi pe ki elelyi omu oju to awon irunmonle daradara kio si lobo ifa ati orisa pelu eku eja abodie igbin pupo

Ese — Yoruba Verse

Okiti baba nipeku opopo
Adifafun oloba abedi
Omo ariyinkunni bomo lenu
Igba timomi oju sogbere
Ire gbogbo

Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)

  • Eku
  • Eja
  • Abodie
  • Igbin pupo
  • Epo eko
  • Obi
2
Ese Keji
Ese Keji

Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message

ifa ni oppe ire isegun fun eleyi
ki elelyi orubo isegun kolo
bo esu ori re pelu eran oruko kan

Ese — Yoruba Verse

Okinti baba ni peku opopo
Adifafun aso tigbogin ropin atari

Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)

  • Eran oruko kan
  • Epo
  • Eko
  • Obi
  • Oti
3
Ese Keta
Ese Keta

Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message

ifa pe oun pere gbogbo fun
elelyi pe oun sip e ire aya fun
elelyi pe ki elelyi olo bo sango
pelu agbo ati a mon la gbegirin

Ese — Yoruba Verse

Okanran bababa
Adifafun bata nijo tilolegba
Roro obinrin sango

Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)

  • Eran agbo kan
  • Orogbo
  • Amonla
  • Epo eko
  • Obi
4
Ese Kerin
Ese Kerin

Ase — Ifa Spiritual Message

Ifa ni ire gbogbo fun elelyi ki
Eleyi olobo orire daradara
Pelu eye etu kio si fi eyele rubo fesu

Ese — Yoruba Verse

Okanran bababa
Adiafun ori ori tode orun bowale aye

Ebo — Sacrifice (Etutu)

  • Eye etu kan
  • Eyele kan
  • Epo
  • Eko
  • obi

Awure — Alchemist Formula

Yoruba

ao toju ewe gboro ao toju ewe omini ewe aje ewe sajeje ao wa lagbogbo re po ao wa fi se abo adire toti pamon ri kaje lepo niyo ao wa se adure si ao wa je obe naa ni ori ifa ni ao ti je oba naa

Isegun — Alchemist Formula

Yoruba

Ao toju awo bata tabi ida
oju bata ao wa gun mon
ose dudud eni naa yio
ma fi we un ojo mesan

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Explore Ifa

Okanran Obara 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 Alchemist formulas (alchemical remedies).

Odus that share the same family or pairing include: Okanran Meji, Okanran Ogbe, Okanran Oyeku, Okanran Iwori.

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