SERVICES
At the heart of our IFA community, we take pride in presenting a range of services rooted in profound spirituality and the rich tradition of the Orishas. From divination consultations that illuminate your path to sacred ceremonies that nurture the soul, our services are designed to guide and enrich your spiritual journey. Explore the unique connection with ancestral wisdom through our transformative programs and discover how each service provides an opportunity to deepen, learn, and grow. Join us as we together delve into the depths of IFA spirituality, bridging the gap between the past and present for a future filled with blessings and knowledge.
Our temple is a spiritual home of traditional solutions.
We provide solution to all kind problems through the Yoruba traditional way such as:
- Ifa consultation and sacrifices.
- we consult ifa Oracle to find solution to people’s problem.
- Ifa initiation -we provide sacred
- Ifa initiation (igbodu) itefa for people
- Herbs to all disease
- Traditional medicines
- Animal Ritual
Our Aim and objective
Propagation of the Traditional Worship of OLODUMARE through Ancient Ifa Teaching and Spiritual Practice
History and Origins Details the history and origins of the IFA religion.
Ifá is the spiritual message of olodumare (God); sent to humanity through Orunmila bara Agbaniregun.
Through ifa the great mystery of life is revealed.
Only Ifá explains the reason for life and death, illness, success and failure, life before birth and life after death.
Among the Orisa, the word of Orunmila, expressed through his priest (babalawo), is absolute.
In the Ifá tradition, it is unthinkable to embark on any important task without first consulting orunmila to determine whether the proposed action is intelligent or not and to deduce its probable outcome.
Now, only the extremely reckless would go ahead with something as serious as marriage, a new business, conceiving a child, or treating a physical or mental illness without seeking Orunmila’s guidance through the Babalawo.
OLODUMARE & ORUNMILA
The Earth is the most sacred creation as a mysterious as well as beautiful place and is designed by Olodumare with the help of Orunmila.
In no way will we talk about the creation of the earth without mentioning the name of Orunmila Orunmila is the witness of faith.
He was there with Olodumare during the creation of all, living as well as non-living beings.
Olodumare created everything, both on earth and in heaven, with the help of Orisas, that is why he is called (Eleri ipin).
He is Olodumare’s right hand man.
He called the second phase of olodumare ibi ikeji Olodumare.
There is no doubt that Orunmila is the pioneer of all the Orisa sent to earth by:
Olodumare Olodumare (Orisa oke)
also Orisa but the Supreme (Olodu-omo-Are) the secret-mysterious-Stranger.
There is no way we can talk about Olodumare without talking about Orunmila and Ifá.
The IFA are esoteric words of Olodumare and Olodumare speaks in parables and in a mysterious way, only Orunmila understands his enigma.
He is just a mysterious being who lives in a mysterious land.
Olodumare explains everything about every being and also codified his words in Ifá.
Olodumare gave the words called Ifá to Orunmila bara mi Agbaniregun; that is why Orunmila sometimes calls Ifá Olodumare/Ifa/Orunmila
Welcome to the sacred realm of IFA divination, where rituals and ceremonies are gateways to ancestral wisdom. Our expert guides offer oracle consultations, deciphering the mysteries of IFA to illuminate your path. Immerse yourself in the experience of sacred rituals, where the connection with the Orishas intertwines with the essence of tradition. Discover how IFA divination not only unveils destinies but also provides profound guidance to enrich and harmonize your life. Join us on this spiritual journey where oracle consultation becomes a bridge between the present and the vast knowledge of the past.
Fundamental Beliefs
The fundamental beliefs of the Ifa religion and the Orisa
We can say in both the physical and spiritual worlds thatIfa is the Orisa that connects both heaven and earth, including thephenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants,animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations.
Ifa explains everything in both heaven and earth.
Ifa is the nature of human existence.
Orunmila is the one that translates speech orally between Olodumare and other Orisa.
There is no other Orisa that can stand alone or speak to Olodumare without Orunmila.
All human beings should close Orunmila through a good babalawo and need to be spiritually positive because Ifa religion and spirituality can help people cope with the effects of everyday stress, challenges, and experiences. It helps humans cope with negative feelings and enhance positive feelings.
Rituals and Ceremonies
Yorubas encode their culture and religion into the way of their orisa.
The way of Yoruba culture and religion is the way of their Orisa.
The Yoruba system of appeasing the gods is through sacrifices and offerings.
We make an offering and sacrifices to chase away negativity and invisible forces.
The Yorubas do many rituals at any time they need to.
All our culture and religion are associated with the way of the Yorubas.
There is no doubt that Yorubas are the masters of ritual.
Fundamental Beliefs
Explore the role of divination in the IFA religion.
Explains how consultations are carried out, the interpretation of signs and symbols, and the importance of divination in decision making.
Ifa definition system in Yoruba land
The Ifa definition(Ifa consultation) Ifa dida
Is the major reason we close to ifa,apart from the protection and guard against evil forces, Ifa divination give us the solutions to any kind of problems or challenges we may face in life.
The Ifa divination system is applied whenever an important individual or collective decision has to be made, only a fool hardy will go ahead with any kind of decision without being consult Ifa through babalawo.
Ifa divination is very important for all the human being,no matter the tribe you may be, No matter if you’re a Christian or Muslim. You must #askifa any kind of decision or about your life and the the consultation are carried out by only Babalawo because Ifa talk in parables in riddles by the great signs called #oduIFA and each odu ifa have thousands of verses per each odu,while we have 256 major Ifa verses.
So only the learned babalawo can consult Ifa and give you the answers.
We have many ways of consulting Ifa, some just want to ask yes or no questions from Ifa,this only require advises.
The second way is full Ifa consultation, this requires messages from IFA according to the odu ifa that comes The babalawo will be able to express his perspective view on the kind of Odu that comes for the person that he consulted for and this will require:
- sacrifices
- offerings
- Warning
To any Orisa Ifa talk about in that odu ifa that comes Mind you there is nothing obligatory in this aspect,Ifa give advises according to odu that comes for the person but Yoruba says;
«Riru ebo nii gbeni,airu ebo kii gbe eniyan»
Meaning to do the sacrifices and the offerings according to the proscription of ifa is the best.
But a real babalawo will not Compulsory you to do sacrifice
Ifa definition system in Yoruba land are carried out when:
- They want to establish new town
- They want to establish new market
- Selection of new king
- Selection of new chiefs
- A man want to Select wife
- A woman want to select man
- A decision making
- A business venture
- For new born baby
- For sick person
Some people consult Ifa ones in a month to know what ahead of them
And many more…
FAQ
What’s IFA?
Ifa is words of Olodumare,and giving to Orunmila. While Orunmila is custodian of ifa Olodumare encoded all his word in IFA and ifa is expressing in riddles
a statement intentionally phrased by Olodumare so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its meaning,not everyone can understand or can express IFA.
Only a qualify babalawo can express through long term learning, while we have 16 major principal of Odu ifa:
- Ejiogbe
- Oyeku meji
- Iwori meji
- Odi meji
- Irosun meji
- Owanrin meji
- Obara meji
- Ọkanran meji
- Ogunda meji
- Ọsa meji
- Ika meji
- Ologban meji
- Otura meji
- Irẹtẹ meji
- Ọsẹ meji
- Ofun meji
all this are 16 major principal odu IFA and that 16 latter form 256.
And each ese ifa (odu ifa )verses of ifa have thousand of expression per each.
Only a qualify babalawo of long term learning and experience can express the Ifa verses
While the IFA verses express many things on earth.
Who is Orunmila?
Orunmila is second phase of Olodumare (God)
Orunmila is the witness of faith
He is the one with Olodumare during the creation,
Orunmila is “Atun Ori eni ti Ko sunhan se”
The moulder of one’s destiny, Orunmila is the founder of the earth called ile aye, Orunmila is the messenger of Olodumare, Orunmila is the great historian of both heaven and earth.
The custodian of of ifa, Orunmila is a prominent Orisa in Yoruba religion and spirituality, Orunmila is the Orisa of wisdom,definity and knowledge,
Orunmila is highly revered as the custodian of ifa decimation system and one who possess the knowledge of all things,present,past,future.
Because he is the witness of creation of the world and gain deep knowledge of human destiny.
It is compulsory to do sacrifice?
Answer is yes.
The sacrifice is very important after the Ifa consultation.
The sacrifice is the most important in the Yoruba religion because, sacrifice amend many things on earth.
It’s sacrifice the gods using to help us to amend many things in life.
Without sacrifice,there is nothing that can exist on earth
#Sacrifice #Ebo #Offering #Etutu
We human are here on earth because of sacrifice of someone,we can never exist if someone refuse to do the sacrifice.
Sacrifice make the earth strong everyday, the act of surrendering a possession as an offering to gods,
because of some things you’re expecting in return.” The earth can never exist without sacrifice.
Some people don’t know the meaning of ebo and mainly because Ebo is working invisible.
Some people do the sacrifice because of wealth but the spirits use that sacrifice to redeem their life,
They will not even know the sacrifice already worked in some aspect,they may even challenge the priest
That why am I doing the sacrifice when I latter don’t see….
Olodumare give human the eyes ti physical.
Those who see beyond physical can tell you there lots going on unseen.
We Babalawo also doing sacrifices everyday for ourself.
Some people ask the priests they make sacrifices after consulting ifa?
I told some people… the babalawo only give advice, uou can not see a good (Babalawo) priest that will tell you that,compulsory you must do something.
Ifa only give advice and there is nothing obligatory in spirituality.
What’s sacrifice?
Sacrifice is the most important thing for every being on earth.
Sacrifice strengthens the earth, every day, it is the act of giving a possession as an offering to the gods
for some things you expect in return.
The earth can never exist without sacrifice, since humans are here on earth because of someone’s sacrifice, we can never exist if someone refuses to make the sacrifice.
Some people don’t know the meaning of ebo; mainly because Ebo is working invisibly.
Some people make the sacrifice because of wealth, but the spirits use that sacrifice to redeem their life, from death or any evil force.
They will not even know that the sacrifice has already been made in some aspect, they can even challenge the priest by saying… why am I making the sacrifice if I don’t see it later…
Olodumare gives the human being physical eyes, those who see beyond the physical can tell him that many things happen that are not seen.
We Babalawo also make sacrifices every day for ourselves, some even spend a lot of money to make sacrifices.
Some will tell you that sacrifice should be made after the Ifá consultation?
I told some people that,
It’s up to you, because the babalawo only give advice.
You cannot see a good priest (Babalawo) telling you that you must do something, no.
Ifá only gives advice and there is nothing obligatory in spirituality!!!
Is there anything obligatory in this religion?
The answer is NO
There is nothing obligatory in Ifa spirituality
Ifa only give advice for people,Ifa is a guidance of human, Ifa will guild you toward a perfect way of life
It’s part of Babalawo’s services to give you advice, It’s his duties to guild you,but mind you there is nothing obligatory in advices Ifa give you.
You can never see any qualify babalawo that can tell you or forced you to do anything.
is there another life after death?
The answer is yes
In Yoruba culture and tradition,there is life after death,because each clan have their own source from heaven,they’re the one watching our steps
They’re the one sending another offspring to the family,so whatever we do on earth,weather good or bad,they’re the one in charge of punishment to anyone that do something wrong in the family.
We called them ijo orun(our fathers in heaven) according to our fathers,they let us know that there are several punishment for any of the family that do wrong, and ifa also testify to it that,there are lots of punishment for whoever did wrong on earth in heaven
what’s IFA consultation?
IFA Consultation is also known as «idafa,’iba Ifa ni gbolohun»
Ifa consultation is an action or process of asking about your life or something you don’t understand from Ifa through a qualify babalawo
The reason we consult Ifa
About your future
About your life
About business venture
About the new born child
About journey
To select a perfect person to marry and many ways
how can I know a good babalawo?
- A qualify babalawo will not force you to do sacrifice or any other spiritual work
- A qualify babalwo will not call you to come and work with him
- A qualify babalawo will not tell you the day you will die or the day of your success
You must tell him to recite the odu ifa he consult for you and tell him to show you the video of how he do your consultation in case you’re absent where he consult.
- A good babalawo should be able to show his face to his clients
- A good babalawo must have good manners, courtesy, compassion, kindness, and words of encouragement,he should be able to know how to counsel people with a words of encouragement
what’s Ifa initiation?
When all human are coming from the the heaven, there some certain oath we made, there are certain pledge that we promised as a taboo that when we arrived to earth we will not do or eat.
But on getting to the earth,we can’t remember again,that’s the first reason of the Ifa initiation because some people are doing what they’ve promised they will not
Some people are eating what they’ve promised they will not eat,
Some people don’t have breakthrough
Some don’t have peace
Some don’t have Children
Some are die young
Some even find it difficult to wealth
That’s the reason why we must know our taboo through the Ifa initiation Ceremony Another reason for the Ifa initiation ceremony is that.
You can never see a anyone that undergoes Ifa initiation ceremony and follow the steps Ifa give them or consulting his Ifa according to the way Ifa tell him that die of accident or something that bad happens to them It’s all about knowing whom you are and the reason of your existence on earth.
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