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Oshe-Otura
Oshe-Otura (Ose'Tura) speaks of the incarnation of Eshu Odara, an important event on account of nothing being possible without Eshu's help. Oshe-Otura brings lots of uncertainties, but who would expect differently from Eshu-Odara's own Odu? "You cannot help who doesn't want to be helped"
cast for Suspicion, on the day that he rejected his destiny.
There was Suspicion, an apprentice-awo with a destiny of beads,
Suspicion had a destiny of precious copper, very good.
They instructed him to sacrifice to his Eshu,
they told him to remain faithful to his Eshu,
they advised him to honor the Orishas,
and they said that he should listen very well
to the words of the Eldest and Wisest.
Suspicion, however, said: "Ha! They use magic
against me, they want to dominate me, make me
their servant and inferior!" Suspicion called
his Elders liars, he put away his beads,
threw his Eshu at the awos' feet:
Suspicion abandoned his Eshu. So Eshu danced
and rejoiced, praising his diviners,
who in their turn praised Ifa, because
his diviners had spoken the truth.
"You cannot help who doesn't want to be helped"
cast for Suspicion, on the day that he rejected his destiny.
Ifa says here is a person who ruins his own opportunities,
time upon time again, because he never listens
to good advice. The very idea that somebody else
might know more about any subject than himself,
simply never enters his head. And Ifa says that Eshu
often tricks this person into taking the wrong road,
which is immediately interpreted by this person
as a confirmation of his own unique character, instead
of understanding that this is Eshu's way of warning people.
This person cannot be a leader, if he cannot be a follower first.
A golden destiny is ruined through arrogance and paranoia.
This is a person with an exceptionally big authority problems,
not particularly well-versed in the social graces to boot.
This person sours the lives of those who want to help him.
Ifa emphasizes: kindness extended towards this person
is wasted energy. One wrongly interpreted word might
make him loose his temper, fire him up into a rage,
and make him destroy whatever has been built.
The offering is to Eshu and Oshun, to be determined. Ifa divination texts from Jaap Verduijn's Odu Ifa Corpus. Ifa as a divination method is found in many countries in West Africa. However, the Yoruba peoples of (mainly) Nigeria have perfected it. The presented texts are translations, rewritings and interpretations of original Yoruba divination verses, in which the traditional "poetry-like" cadence and rhythm has been preserved and/or recreated as far as the English language allows. The visual structure of the texts in writing is according to tradition - there is no such thing as a line break or a paragraph in Ifa chanting. The texts are part of my "working corpus" as an Ifa diviner. More about Ifa on http://www.qondio.com/mama.pl?a=intelshow&i=17751 |
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