ANALYSES

OF

THE PREPARATIONS

OF

100 TYPES OF IFA

AND OOGUN
FOR

Leandro Rujo
VOLUME ONE

POPOOLA
 Lagos,
Nigeria.

1. IFA PREPARATION THAT MAKES ANY

MEDICINAL PREPARATION THAT THE USER
MAKES WITH HIS/HER HANDS TO WORK
INGREDIENT
a. Ewe Ayunre, the leaves of albizia spp., leguminosae
mimosoideae

PREPARATION
The leaves will be burnt into charcoal. The charcoal will be
grinded into powder. The powder will be used to imprint
Ogbe-Ate (Ogbe Irete). The incantation below will be recited
into it. The person willing to use this will make incisions
round his/her two wrists. The powder will be used to rub
the incision marks. All the negative things which normally
prevent medicines that one prepares with ones hands will be
eliminated.

Ogbe Ate
Ifa lo d'ologoronjo
Mo lo d'ologoronjo
Olomilolo, omi abe apata
Ara ile won o gbodo mu
Eleji won o gbodo buu lo
Sefa fun Orunmila
Nijo ti baba nlo gba ajefo latode Orun wa'ye
O ni gbogbo ewe ti mo ba nsa lo maa je o
A ti f'ayunre j'Olisa
Ewe ti mo ba nsa o je more

Translation
Ifa says that it is now Ologoronjo
I respond that it is ologoronjo
The cool clean water under the rock
Those from the house must not drink
Strangers must not fetch the water for usage
This were the Ifa preparations made for Orunmila
When he was going to receive ajefo, the ability to
prepare medicines that will work effectively from
heaven to earth
He declared that all the herbs that I prepare will work
effectively
 We have made the ayunre the master of herbal
preparation
All the herbs that I prepare will work with effectiveness

2. OOGUN PREPARATION TO MAKE ALL IFA

AND OOGUN PREPARATIONS THAT WE
MAKE TO WORK EFFECTIVELY

INGREDIENTS

a. Eku eme asoose,

b. Abe oro kan, oro icon (oro blade)
c. Ika inaki, the middle finger of an ape
PREPARATION
Burn the three ingredients together into charcoal. Grind the
charcoal into powder. Make incisions round the two wrists. Use
the powder to rub the incision marks. While rubbing the powder
into the incision this person will be saying:

Ilu o nii tobi k'ipa oro o ma kaa

Elegbede o nii lu igi ko ma roo

Translation
 No matter how large a town maybe, the authority of Oro will
have effect throughout the land
The ape will never beat any three for it not to produce sound

Doing this, will make all what we do to work effectively.

3. OOGUN PREPARATION TO MAKE IPESE FOR

THE ELDERS OF THE NIGHT TO BE ACCEPTED

INGREDIENT

a. Ibepe ti awon eye je ku sori igi re, the pawpaw that the
birds had pecked while still on the pawpaw tree
b. Ogede ti awo eye je ku sori igi re, the banana that the
birds had pecked while still on the banana tree
c. Odidi ataare kan, one whole alligator pepper

PREPARATION
Burn the three ingredients together. Grind into powder.
Pour the powder into a small gaurge. When you prepare any
Ipese for the elders of the night, add a little of the powder to
it. The Ipese will be accepted by the elders.
4. IFA FOR PREPARING ESU YANGI THAT
IS NORMALLY SENT ON ERRANDS
INGREDIENTS
a. Ewe abamoda
b. Imi ojo, sulphur
c. Yangi,
d. Akuko, rooster
PREPARATION
Crush the abamoda in water. Use it to wash the yangi
properly. Grind imi ojo into powder. Use the imi ojo to imprint
Ogunda bede. Recite the Odu incantation into it. Dig a small
hole on the ground where the Esu will be. Put all the
abamoda leaves that had been crushed in water into the
hole. Slaughter the rooster. Put the blood on top of the
yangi. Add the head to the abamoda leaves in the hole. Pour
the sulphur on top of the yangi and also in the ground. Place
the yangi on top of everything. The moment this is done, the
Esu is ready to be sent on any errand.

Ogunda bede
Esin ja, esin njeko
Beeyan ba rin a wo sun
Akiri y'aye ka laa pe ojo
Esu Odara kiri ka origun merin aye yii
Gbogbo ibi ti mo ba ran o lo ni ki o de
Ojumo o nii mo k'oorun ma la
Aba ti abamoda bad a ni Oriso ngba
Bi akuko ba ko
A fona ilu han eni yoo sina

Translation
The horse broke lose and was eating grasses
When a human being walks
He will observe his environment
He who moves round the world is the name of the sun
Esu Odara move round the four corners of this world
Wherever I send you, you must go
There is no morning that the sun will not appear in the
sky
It is the proposal of abamoda that the orisa accept
When the rooster crows
It will show road to those who had missed their ways
5. OOGUN PREPARATION TO ATTRACT CLIENTELE

INGREDIENTS
a. Omo onile, one wall gecko
b. lavender

PREPARATION
Put one live one wall gecko into a bottle. Pour plenty of
lavender into it. The lavender will be used as body spray
or perfume. Whoever uses this will discover that many
clients are attracted to him/her.

6. IFA PREPARATION FOR RESPECT AND HONOUR

INGREDIENTS
a. Awo Ewiri, the hide of a blacksmith’s blower
b. Iyepe oju awa Agbede, the soil particles of a blacksmith’s
furnace

PREPARATION
The soil particles coming out of the blacksmith's furnace will
be collected and be grinded into a fine powder. The dust will
then be imprinted with Oyeku-Meji. The incantation stated
below will be recited into it. The hide will then be knitted into
a pouch or a small purse. The dust will be put into the pouch
or purse and sealed up. The person who needs it will put
it on his/her body and be carrying it about. It is advisable
to make it a very small pouch or purse in order for it to be
easy to carry about.

Oyeku Meji
Orunmila ni bi o ba le turunkun
Ko turunkun
Orunmila ni bi o ba le turunpon
Ko tunrunpon
Awon ara Ile-Ife ni Orunmila npu'ro
Awon ara Ile-Ife ni Orunmila ns'eda oro
Orunmila ni bo ba dabi iro
Kee bi Olaberinjo to nbe l'ode Isado
Bo ba dabi iro
Kee bi Alugede to nbe l'ode Ekiti Efon
Bo ba dabi iro
Kee bi Akinkunmi to nbe l'Ota Odo
Omo a-ro-gedegede gbon'mi o
Won pe won
Won bi won l'eere
Won ni Orunmila kii pu'ro
Won ni Orunmila kii s'eda oro
Won ni otito oro ni Orunmila n so
Inu wa bi Orunmila
O wa so iroke e re si'ta
Aja wa bi'nu
O gbe
iroke Ekun
bi'nu O pa
aja Ode
bi'nu O pa
Ekun Ejo
bi'nu
O pa Ode
Opa bi'nu
O pa Ejo
O p'oro ejo m'ejo l'enu
Awon Ekunkun nii gb'awo fun ni
Lai l'opon ifa
Awon okunkun nii gb'awo fun ni
Lai l'adibo
Awon ni won se'fa fun omo tuntun jojolo
Ab'atese lo lo lo
Ni'jo to nti Ikole Orun bo wa'le Aye
O de'le aye tan
O f'ese mejeeji te'pon Ifa fin fin fin
O ni ajo kan ajo kan
Ti mo ba won wa l'eni o
Al'adaa kan ko gbodo fi sa mi
T'emi awo ewiri lo jo wa o
T'emi awo ewiri lo jo wa o
Oni'bon kan ko gbodo yin i lu mi
T'emi awo ewiri lo jo wa o
T'emi awo ewiri
Oni'bi kan ko gbodo fi se mi
T'emi awo ewiri lo jo wa o
T'emi awo ewiri
Oyeku meji o!
Ki o so mi l'owo ibi gbogbo

Translation
Orunmila declared that if it would turn to crisis
Let it turn to crisis
Orunmila insisted that if it would turn to upheaval
Let it turn to upheaval
The indigenes of Ile Ife said that Orunmila was telling lies
The inhabitants of Ile-Ife declared that Orunmila was using
negative terms
Orunmila responded that if what he said looked like a lie
Go and ask Olaberinjo, who was at Isado land
If what he said looked like a lie
Go and ask Alugede, who was at Ekiti Efon land
If what he said looked like a lie
Go and ask Akinkunmi, who was at Ota Odo land
He who robes in an elaborate manner to drain the stream
They called them
And they asked them
They responded that Orunmila never told lies
And that Orunmila never used negative terms
They concluded that it was the truth that Orunmila was
saying
Orunmila became angry
And threw his Iroke outside
The dog became angry
And carried the Iroke
The leopard became angry
And killed the dog
The hunter became
angry And killed the
leopard The snake
became angry And killed
the hunter
The staff became angry
And killed the snake
And also killed the poison in the snake's mouth
It is Ekunkun, Blade Grass that performs Ifa work for one
Without Ifa tray
And it is Okunkun, Date Palm that performs Ifa work for one
Without Adibo, those who hold Ibo determinants
They were the ones who made Ifa work for a new born baby
The baby with clean spotless feet
When coming from heaven to earth
When he got into the world
He uses his two feet to step on Ifa tray three times
He declared that the journey
That I have come this day
No matchete holder must strike me with it
I have come together with Awo Ewiri, the hide of a
blacksmith's blower
It is I together with the hide of a blacksmith's blower
No gum holder must shoot me with it
I have come together with Awo Ewiri, the hide of a
blacksmith's blower
It is I together with the hide of a blacksmith's blower
No evil doer must perpetrate any evil against me
I have come together with Awo Ewiri, the hide of a
blacksmith's blower
It is I together with the hide of a blacksmith's blower
7. IFA PREPARATION FOR RESPECT AND HONOUR

a. Ogede omini 4, 8,12 or 16 ripe bananas

b. Iyerosun, baphia nitida lodd., leguminosae papilionoideae

PREPARATION
Iyerosun will be used to imprint Otura Ogbe inside a white
plate or Ifa tray. The incantation stated below will be recited.
The person who wishes to use this preparation will peel 4, 8,
12, or 16 ripe bananas, depending on the amount of
bananas that he/she can consume at a sitting. He/she will
then use the bananas to consume the iyerosun.

Otura Oriko (Otura Ogbe)

Ikusanwo nii s'omo okunrin Aje
Asangbagba nii s'omo okunrin Odara
Ori-Adetu, a biwa gbogbo pele
Nii somo Okunrin Agbonniregun
Nijo to nbe laarin edidi
Nijo to nbe laarin ota
Mo gun'yan lebelebe
Won ni nko gbodo jee
Mo ro'ka lebelebe
Won ni nko gbodo jee
Mo ni kini n o wa je o
Won ni kin ma lo je ilepa dodoodo
Ti nmi lalade Orun
Nitori oun ba le j'ogede lo
Emi o lee jee
Otura lotun-un, Oriko losi
Ki o kobi won fun won
Ki o keedi ree ba eleedi
Ki o k'efun ree ba elefun-un

Translation
Ikusanwo is the male child of Aje, the Witches
Asangbagba is the male child of Esu Odara
Ori-Adetu, whose character is characterized by meekness
Is the male child of Agbonniregun
When he was right in the midst of tribulation
And was in the midst of enemies
I procured a well prepared pounded yam
 They said that I must not eat it
I also procured a well made cassava flour meal
They said that I must not eat it
I asked them what I would eat
They asked me to eat sand escavation
Which was in the frontage of heaven
I responded that I could not eat the sand escavation
That was in the frontage of heaven
This was because anything stronger that bananas
I could not eat it
Otura on the rigbt
And Oriko (Ogbe) on the left
Go and return their evil to them
Go and return expletives to the owner
And return negative charms to the owner

8. IFA PREPARATION FOR RESPECT AND HONOUR

INGREDIENTS
a. Omo onile, one wall gecko(the tail must not be allowed to
cut)
b. Irun Afin, the hair on the of an albino
c. Akara Oja ti o mupo daradara. Plenty of akara, bean cake
that was fried with palm oil inside the market. The Akara
must be fried inside the market and it must be with
palm oil. It must also be well soaked inside the palm
oil.

PREPARATION
The three items will be burnt into charcoal. Please note that
hair of the albino must be put inside the container that is
being used to burn the ingredients after the two other
ingredients are almost burnt to charcoal. The charcoal will be
grinded into fine powder. Imprint Eji-Ogbe on the powder
and the person who needs it will be using it to rub
his/her head from the forehead to the back of the skull
bit by bit on a regular basis.

Eji-Ogbe
O sa goo-goo-go ninu eyele
O pajuba seti igboro toun tisan
Inu kii bi bale ile
Ko pa Omonile bori
Inu kii bi Orisa
Ko p'Afin
Inu kii bepo-biyo
Ko pakara oja je
Oso to nbe nigboro ilu
Aje to nbe nigboro ilu
Ki ise temi ko maa ba tiwon mu
Eji-Ogbe o!
Ki o lo gbe ife mi si okan gbogbo tokunrin tobinrin

Translation
He ran stilthily inside the pigeon
He made tent in the uncleared farm with Isan rope
The head of the family cannot succumb to anger
To the extent of using a wall gecko to propitiate his Ori
And no anger will overwhelm Orisa (Obatala)
For him to kill an albino
Anger cannot make both palm oil and table salt
For them to kill the Akara, bean cake that is being fried in the
market for consumption
The wizards that are inside the town
 And the witches that are in the town
Let my attitude conform with theirs
Eji-Ogbe o o o!
Go and put my love into the heart of all men and women

9. IFA PREPARATION FOR RESPECT AND HONOUR

INGREDIENTS
a. Obi Abata, plenty of kola nuts (very dry ones)
b. Eko tutu, corn meal

PREPARATION

Grind the dry kola nuts into a very fine powder. Use the
powder to imprint Eji-Ogbe on Ifa tray or a white flat plate.
Recite the incantation below. Pour it into a container and use
one teaspoon with cold porridge regularly on Tuesdays.

Eji-Ogbe
Olugbetaro
Aja-birabira-wonu-igbo