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Treaty of Olofin
Treaty of Olofin
O: Just as Oddun never kills a human being. Can you never ever kill a being?
human.?
So
O: Just as Oddun can never think badly of his brother, nor his father, nor his mother.
You can never do it!
If someone kills your child, you cannot kill him, even for your wife, father, mother or
brother.
Can you submit to that law?
So
O: Just as Oddun does not speak with his voice to humans because you will be his voice, Yes you
know that
They are going to kill, steal or betray their fellow man. Will you oppose it? Everything that is
negative
Human race, it is your duty to oppose, you will.
So
This is the true name of the maximum ceremony, that is, it is receiving Olofín, where Odun is
seen before closing it by each of the Alawobanas present, it has its secret suyers.
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After this, Olofin is placed on the food athena and the following prayer is made to him, to cover
him, with the suyeres:
PRAYER : KOJA BODU ITA ABU OLERI EPETA PATE EBU AGBE SHANGO SHANGO
LOJA
BEFA BA BEDI ITA IWONWO ADIDE, ADIFAFUN ORUNMILA, OFO ÑOLE
OFOJU BODU LOBE IBEFUN
When the market day ends, the woman who owns the market takes some important seniors when
Ofa has difficulties, the lowest qualified awo is the one who looks to Orunmila, when Ofe goes to
look at Odun on the hill of Obofun.
SUYERE:
1. AFOJU BI ODUN
2. ARIREO
3. AFOJU BI ODUN
4. ARIREO
5. AWO MAMA BODU FOJU BI ODU
6. AOBU MO
7. AFOJU BI ODU
8. ARIREO
TRANSLATION
He is the King of the entire world, he directs and governs all the Orishas, destiny, animals and
men rule throughout the world, he is like the sun, no one sees him, he lives in the air and eats
with all the Orishas .
Olofin was born before destiny, it is a mystery. He knows all the things in the world that we do
not see.
Olofín told Shango that he was the owner of the world, that is, of the sky and the earth, + Shango
responded to Olofín that he needed Oggun to be the owner of the earth.
These two Saints are the ones who take care of Olofín, they give messages to Orunmila about
what Olofín wants to be done, the same as in a consecration Shango must eat.
Olofin is the governor of the dead and was also the first King of the earth.
ODUN: It is a female entity, it was born after Olokun, it has 16 eyes that represent the 16 meji of
Ifa. Odun lives at the top of the Ikines forest, where he observes the kingdoms of nature, at night
he closes his eyes and Elegba has to open them in the morning.
Elegba asks her which eyes she wants him to open because she has her eyes distributed to the 4
cardinal points of her body, for that Odun puts Ikines of Ifa in Elegba's hand, he puts one in his
hand, in which he wants Let him open two of his eyes. If he puts two, he has to open one. This is
how the language of Ifa was born to be able to see all the kingdoms and regions.
Elegba is the inspector of the world by order of Olodumare. Odun is the intermediary between the
three kingdoms of nature and the three great regions of the world.
Igba Odun: she is a very powerful orisha, she is a woman, not a man, she is Ifa's wife, who did
not want to marry him and Olodumar put her in the chest.
She is stronger than Orunmila, this is the reason why she processes the Ifa rites.
Women cannot touch her symbol or inherit it, because she is very jealous.
Olofin: You greet him by prostrating yourself in front of him and placing your forehead on the
ground and you greet him just like Obatala, asking him in this position for what he wants.
Nothing bad can be asked of him, not even against his worst enemy.
For an Awo to teach another Awo who is his godson the preparation of Olofin, he has to take Oti
with Eyebale of the eyele that Olofin eats, sitting on his mat.
16 Igba are placed on each one with meji drawing, this is called Odun.
Olofin: Igba Odun theoretically means the one who possesses all the Oba.
If someone could accumulate in their spirit all the science and knowledge of Ifa, precisely the
highest degree, they would not be able to gather all the sciences and power that Igba Odun
encompasses.
Olofín Odun is not lenient with the awo who owns him. If he offends him, he will die. That's why
he can't touch it until 16 days after having sexual contact.
Olofin is dangerous, he can make the awo nervous and create difficulties for him when his rites
are not carried out with complete neatness.
Olofin gives benefits, he confers indomitable power and influence to such a point that whoever
has it, when someone harms him, the damage turns against the enemy.
Iga Odun Symbolizes heaven and earth, concatenates them with the great laws of Ifa and plays
with the 4 elements and the 4 points.
Olofín + Arara: In Dahomey, Olofín is known by the name of Obaadu whose etymology is Igba
Odun, that is, the guira of Odun.
His divinity is symbolized by one or several guides that contain mysterious and powerful objects.
Olofín or Odun was introduced to Dahomey by a Yoruba from Oya named Obole who brought it
at the request of a Bobono initiated in Nigeria called Bedo. It was brought by the Agoni Awegbo
region in Eagnanade. It was King Fegbesu himself who called Obole to Dahomey, his secrets in
Dahomey are more mysterious than today in Nigeria.
OLOFÍN I: In Ifa Olofín is a secret called Igba Odun, who lives in a covered Igba that contains 4
vessels made of halves of Obi shells that have powers unknown to human beings.
One of the vessels contains Ille Aban, the second Ozain charcoal, the third Efun and the fourth
Osun.
This Igba is placed in a special well-prepared metal box called Apore Olofín.
This box is kept very secretly and is like an emblem of the Divinity that is worshiped. This is
never opened in case of any special occasion, such as when the Awo who owns it dies, to award it
to the one who inherits it.
To walk with him you have to wash your hands and offer him food and neither women, children
nor aleyos can see him.
Where he lives he paints with charcoal and Efun.
OLOFÍN II: In this Olofin is a covered Igba painted white that contains a clay figure full of
secrets. This Igba is kept on a platform in a niche or room
special place called Igba Odun that only the Awos can visit. This opens once a year at the New
Year meal.
OLOFÍN III: The Iyeza have a different Olofín, they call Origi, which is a promontory that they
make by firmly embedding their secrets in cement. Taking them back a notch, they also cover the
origin with ivory plaques on which they draw or engrave appropriate Ifa signs, they say that this
is the father of Orunmila.
OLOFÍN IV: the Iyobu have it in a chest with a series of compartments that contain different
substances and esoteric attributes typical of divinity.
1. Añari Obun
2. Ile Aban
3. Imi esu – Sulfur
4. Efun
5. Ashe Ina-Ozain
6. Osun
7. Leri Egun
Above number 3 stands the special silver or metal one simulating the 16 solar kings where the 16
silver pieces and the 16 ivory tablets are hung.
DUWO OLOFÍN I: To prepare the Duwo in the Ifa worship room, that is, the Igbodun that they
call Fagbasa, a hole is opened in which the following objects are introduced:
All of this is covered with the earth from the door of the awo plus a cedar tablet, the odun of
Bobono, which constitutes a mark of ownership, 2 Ibines of Ifa are placed on it, it is covered with
7 ewa of Ifa, which are: tete, removes curse , cuaba, vegetable brain, copey and pigeon heart.
All this is covered with a bolt with a single hole, on top of which a metal board is placed that has
6 rods from which the 16 pieces of the Duwa are hung. This is covered by an inverted wide-
mouth jar that has a hole where the glass tube that joins the bullón and the jar ends, then this is
covered with an inverted Igba that has the 16 meyis, Ogunda Biode and Oshe Tura painted on it,
This has a hole and is cemented to the jar.
This is all covered with mariwo, it is only revealed to give it the eyele. Next to it he has a jar
with his Awofaba.
A hole is opened and a clay pot is placed there with the following Athena painted on it.
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There the following ingredients are placed in iyé: Irobo bark fallen from the tree that cannot be
cut, Agboni tower, swallow's nest, Añori obun (headdress from the shore), ilé obó (plowed land),
earth taken from a promontory, I read hugbada, I read Mobebere fetus, an ibina. Everything is
covered with 16 ewe of Ifá, then it is filled with earth, placing a metal tube that communicates
this with the surface, eruobi, bala, osun, obi motiwao are added. 16 corkscrew oboto are covered
with cement, leaving the tips out, between this 16 dilogun are intercepted.
The hole is covered with a clay plate where the 16 meyis and the Odun of the Awo are placed,
Awofaba is placed next to it, this does not have a piece.
DUWO OLOFÍN III This is from Owonó, you need a pot and a jar; In the casserole, the
consecrated ibines are placed, 16 ewe of Ifá, Añorí from the seashore, land from the river bank,
land from the top of the mountain, an eyele from which Olofin ate, sulfur, eru, obibola, osun mud
(from the brain of a fetus) 19 leaded Odun tablets. An Ajungbe is done to this, that is, the
inverted gourd is placed where the metal tube with the 16 rods that hang the 16 pieces is inserted.
Then the inverted jar is placed on top of it, which has a hole that inserts the tube with the pieces
directly into this hole and communicates with the secrets for the sacrifice. This has an Awofabe
and the hole is covered with a small silver or white metal atepnfá.
OLOFIN Among the secrets of Olofín there are two variants in Cuba:
1. in which a human fetus is placed in the cargo
2. A small dry octopus is placed
The eyeles are given to Olofín, the lerí of these go inside the chest. Olofín carries within his
attributes an alfonge, an Elegbá that receives the name of Omí Baba.
Before receiving it, a sohumerios is made with aromatic herbs, mint anise, erosu, basil, etc. A
hole is opened and the person kneels in front to receive the smoke. Before receiving it, Ochosí is
fed on the mountain.
OLOFIN
Among its attributes in Nigeria, the 4 kingdoms of nature were attributed to it and include the
animal, vegetable, mineral and spiritual kingdoms that govern the three preceding ones.
Animal Kingdom: 2 juju from ibordie, 2 juju from Agbó Aruso (7), 2 juju from itooba-sijú, bone
from a human fetus, bone from a hunchbacked Egun, Obatalá, from a variolosous Egun,
azonvriamu from a drowned Egun Olobun from an Egun killed by an electric shock, xayo,
Shangó, ivory, leopard tusk, Agbami jar, majá, Camalión, an octopus, crocodile tusk.
Vegetable kingdom: Orobo eru bark, ofirbola, obi motiwao, desigo bark, güira bark, sese monte
boando grain, abibalé grain, vegetable brain.
Animal Kingdom: Efun, Sulfur, Plowed Earth, añarí obun, añaró odo, ileaban cucatas of all the
saints throws iyé.
4 igla are taken that symbolize the 4 cardinal points with their corresponding Odun Ifá. The first
symbolizes Eyigbe, there goes the mineral kingdom where the last thing to be poured is the efun.
The second symbolizes Oyecun Meyi, there goes the animal kingdom and the last thing to add is
the ash of the juju. The third is or symbolizes Iwori Meyi, there goes the plant kingdom where the
last thing to be added is Osun. The fourth Igba represents Odi Meyi and there goes the spiritual
kingdom that the 21 ivory tablets with the following Oduns go:
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Then 4 bibijaguas are taken that are on the way to the bibijaguero and one is placed in each of the
igba.
Ozaín is made with 16 ewe of Ifá and a little of this omiero is poured into each of the gourds.
All this is prepared at night, the next morning the awo dressed in white prepares to begin the
invocation at 6 in the morning. He puts 4 pieces of Obi in front of each of the gourds and gives
obi omi tuto to each of the gourds, then he puts 5 atare on top of each piece of obi and begins to
ask Odun to go to the 4 gourds saying: ODUN ORUMBO VIAGLEWASI YAYE. Odun
descends on the earth with the candle, then begins to call him by his 32 Obubo and then says 4
times:
Then they feed the 4 eyeles to the obi then mount Odun on the chest with the spiral and the
pieces.
OSUN PARTS-NIGERIA
This is for when he comes out of the cave, he wears cloth, asho funfun around his neck and waist.
4. If you take the top of the palm tree, do not let it go from your hand.
NOTE: The one who is going to consecrate himself enters the cave with a candle and his body
covered in marireó
OLOFÍN FOOD
When Olofín goes to eat the Awo, he takes a lot of okra and beats it with epomí and ori and after
beating it, he pours it fresh into Shangó at 12 noon. Oba Shangó is greeted by presenting him
with Obaraimaina-Obara naina 12 wicks, Olurun is presented to him lit at 12 o'clock in the
morning and he is sung to Shangó.
OXO TO OLOFIN
TRANSLATION
PRAYER TO OLOFIN
And he retires to Odun and immediately goes down to the future Arabá the athena of the lerí.
Then Owunko's food is given to Elegbá with his akukó, abo Shangó with akuko meyi and eure to
orunmila with adie meyi. On the third day, itá is made from this food and then je iré Ifá is made,
that is, they eat the food that has Ifá.
On the fifth day, the Ojumo Awo Araba piré ceremony will take place where the 101 eyele
funfun is given to Olofín, from the lerí of the consecrated Araba.
The next day an itá is held, where the Olodu and the Awoni each ate for the consecrated Araba.
These odun are carved in Akalawa Odun and wrapped in ashó funfun and kept by the Araba
which are the center of consecration.
That is when it is taken out of the cave and the ceremony is performed with the 101 birds other
than the 401 Osvule of the earth so that the entire world recognizes it as Araba of that land.
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And it is prayed:
PETITION TO OLOFIN
OLOFIN AWARD
The sanctification ceremony is called soe DIMIMO . This is what is called an adjudication that is
carried out in the event of the person or the Awo being inherited by Olofín or Oduduwa.
The Egun tablet is delivered with the tablet of the person who inherits it and the following prayer
is made:
ABU ALAWOBANA MO MO VRA PIMI ALESE OBARISHE NIJO OLOMOBU ABO,
OMORE BIBANO ADIFAFUN LAPADE LALENEFUN OLOFIN
For So-and-so
Then 16 eyele funfun are given to it and it is stored inside Olofín
Olofín only has 3 awards. When it has been awarded to 3 different awoses, it is deactivated and
buried.
OFA
A ceremony is performed on the person's head with an eñi de epo Cuje Nibalebe - new or Jewish
bird, to keep away all kinds of spirits that come through that head.
ATHENA OF OLOFIN
It is covered with sage leaves and then fabrics of 4 colors that symbolize the 4 times of the
universe.
OLOFIN
Olofín's carfa also contains male ebú lerí, ewe ozaín, añari odun añari okum, sorrel salt, obi
motiwao and sage leaves.
For this, 16 Alawobaba are gathered, one of them must be chosen Olodu or head of ceremonies.
We go to a cave with the Ofa from which Araba must be consecrated, there he is given an eure
dundun which is divided into the corresponding parts and wrapped in ewe efa and mariwao, they
report to the different positions that I have indicated. The next day an omiero is made and
Orunmila is washed.
Afterwards, an ebo tutu is prepared where the ikines are placed with this in a wooden tube, this is
called Ori Ofalori.
Then it is left there in the cave where the future Araba and the Olobú have to sleep together with
this with 16 lit candles around ofa and this is called asundama.
The next, the 16 Awos go to the cave and together with the Olodu wash Ifá again and bathe the
future Araba, then they paint his body with efun and osun making him fifi and they kneel him and
the future Araba stands up.
OLOFIN TREATY
Take an obi, scrape it well and wash it with Odudua umiero. The lid is cut and washed inside
with the umiero, on the bottom of the Obi the sign of the awo is painted with Ozun and Efun, the
dough of the tapa is made of stripe and is tied with: epo, ori, efun, an eñi addie fertile, oñi, otí,
ivory, sulfur, eru, obi, kola, obi motiguao, obi edun, aira, obi fin, obi boro, bogbo ashe, lerí
ayanaku, from elgun mokekere, abo ekun, kenkun, edun, adie, eyele , akuko, eyabo, adan,
octopus, eyaoro, eyakua, efe, echin, leopard, akuaro, etu, aguema, Agbani, shark, 101 aiye, ekux,
modun modun elgun ocuni and obini, malu eye, oromi, mamatete, bibijaguas , rice bugs, 101
atare, 101 igui, 101 isale, 101 ewe of which there is no shortage: mother jungle, horsefly, marble
flower, queen's shoe, aragba, iroko, gold, silver, files of all metals , abjas, fire, myrrh, borax,
lodestone, bogbo omi atitan, 46 positions, zurron, bogbo eye, sh, aguado, omotitun ocuni obini, a
hand from Adele of 21; All this mass is homogenized and made into a ball and placed inside the
obi, the oduara is added, the achabada of olgun of 21 pieces, to all this mass will be given eyebale
of 2 eyele 2 akuaro (elenu and oyu will be the load) obi omi tuto is given and the eboada is
covered with iyefa of 256 odun and everything is covered with virgin wax and decorated with 16
obegan with 8 black beads and 16 ivory chapels on which the 16 have been written with ozun and
efun mellis.
In the chapel corresponding to Oragun, inside it is the sign of the awo that it receives, before
placing this secret in the chest, the bottom of it is covered with efun and ori and after placing two
palm atenites with the 16 mellis with efun and ozun.
PREPARATION OF ATHENS
An Ozaín of 16 ewe is prepared, the athens are washed, after washing, the 16 mellis are painted
in front and olgunda Belde, Oturasa, Ogundaka and deceased Olofistas behind.
On the part where the meyis are, the previously prepared ashé is placed lying down on the table,
2 eyele funfun are given and the 16 meyis are sung and prayed with the following suyere:
Until you reach Oragun, then the atena is placed standing where the Omolus are and the chickens
are given to her with the following suyere:
ADELE DE KUN ERAN LEKUN UNYEN
You add oñi, epo, ashe, juju, you lie down again with the meyis facing up, you add ashe and you
sing the song again:
Epo, oñí, ashe, juju are added to the eyele, two itanas are lit in front of the atenas, before
finishing the itanas the atenas and the feathers are cleaned and the blood is used to make ashe.
The body of those eyeles and addies must be buried deep at the foot of the aragba, pouring
omiero on it.
The athens are cleaned with a lot of omiero and oti and epo and oñi are spread on it, then a funfu
cloth is wiped over it and everything is buried with that.
Before receiving odun the awo must make 3 paraldos to the shore of ibu with 3 adie to catch the
leftovers:
1. With addie dundun
2. With addie akueri
3. With addie funfun
All paraldos are made by the odun Ogunda ka and ibu are thrown
OLOFIN TREATY
FIRST STEP
Food to Elgun and Orun, through the Ogundaka you opa osadie and adie and this is covered with
ewe sage and on this you opa eyele, everything is covered with efun and itana melli, everything
with suyere from Elgun.
SECOND STEP
SUYERE:
THIRD STEP
FOURTH STEP
Lavatory: Suyere from Elegua, Olgun, Shangó, closed with suyeres from Obatala and Odudua
LAVATORY
LAVATORY
SLAUGHTER
After the washing, a kutu is made and in it Odun is placed in the center with the athens. The
hand of Ifa, the consecrated person kneels with his pants rolled up and his torso bare, all the
animals that are sacrificed to Odun are given from the head of the interested party to Odun. All
the heads go inside Odun except Abo's.
After the slaughter is determined, Odun washes, the athens and the initiate bathes with the dirty
omiero and then the clean one, the leftover herbs and the clothes in the kutu which is covered.
When Olofin goes unyen, itana meriologun is lit around the Kutu and is called with the following
prayer:
LAILEN DEMAYAKUN BABA OLOFIN AYABA OLORUN IBA LERI OBA BABATIYO
KOBABA NIFA
I PRAY TO PLACE IT IN THE KUTU
When this ceremony is being performed, it is essential that you be in one of the corners of the
Olgun kutu and in the other Shango of the one you are receiving, both eat all the animals of the
Odun.
After the slaughter, the initiate's leri is cleaned with oti first and then the omiero and the
following suyere is sung:
SUYERE: OLOFIN IFA WALELE OMO WARA AWA WA ENIFA OLOFIN IGBA ODUN
AGUAGUE OLOFIN
After bathing and cleaning Olofin, we proceed to dry Olofin's aldele and prepare to take out the
odun, using this already consecrated hand in the usual way, but only Odun toyale and the two
witnesses are taken out to ire or osogbo and they are not He continues, when he finishes
moyugbar, to atefar he calls Olofin's attention with this prayer, putting the aidele (Ifa) on his
forehead:
After atefar and taking out Ire or Osogbo, it is handed over to Olofin, moyugba as usual and
Odun is placed in the hands of the initiate who is kneeling and he is prayed to present:
Olofin, when stored in the case, carries 8 husk balls and 4 Ori tablets.
Olofin is given lilies (16), roasted snapper in green sauce, sandy fruits. When you put aldimu,
you always put 2 candles during the days marked by the prayer.
Olofin is also spread with cocoa butter and husk from time to time and talked to.
The Omo Odun should not expect to get the sun in bed. They bathe as soon as they get up and
perfume themselves with the perfume they chose for this and they talk to Olofin every day.
TITLE OF OLOFIN IN YORUBA
1) SEGBO ADRA The one who receives the offerings and gives us food
2) SEVIVA The ancient God
3) SEUYAME He who is agile
4) SEUY ADOME The one who is gentle
5) SEUBLAKUMUMETO The merciful
6) SETHOXIUM The one that has no beginning or end
7) SETONO He who founds towns and cities
8) .SETOBUELOLE He who is great and powerful
9) SETODO The one who appears
10) SETOMEITE The one who makes travel
11) SENUKOTODIE The one who owns silence and mystery
12) SETITE The first one that exists
13) SETIME The one who explains
14) SESOGUDO The one who comes with the souls
15) SESOMA He who removes evil
16) SOMEDESU The one who elevates
17) SESOAU The one who gives patience
18) SESOMEGA The one who gives the leadership
19) SESOIDAKUMBA The one who lands on the ground
20) SESODEYI The one who increases everything in life
21) SESOKEME The one who gives forgiveness
22) SESOJO The one who restores everything lost
23) SESOJEWA He who gives wisdom
24) SESOMESU The one who gives the honor
25) SEXUETO The kind
26) SEXUETO The one who lives in heaven
27) SEGBOMEDO The one who consoles
28) SEMEKOKATO God who made man on earth
29) SEDOTO God is our lawyer
30) SEMEXOTO The Savior God
31) SEMEDOTUS God master of men
32) SEXUEVILE The good soul of heaven