Ogunda meji

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Get three obi, three orogbo, three pods of ataare, 3 bags of iyereosun and owo eyo (nine cowries), black soap and your ifa tray. Take also three agbe feathers, three aluko feathers, three okin alade feathers and three akalamagbo feathers. You will use these materials and make ebo (ritual/offering) to Ogun. This being done you will take your opon Ifa (Ifa tray) and mark Ogunda meji on the iyereosun. Gather the obi, orogbo, ataare and cowries on the tray and recite the stanza/adura from Ogunda meji three times. You will then add the iyerosun and cowries to the black soap and put all the feathers on the black soap. You will then give the obi, ataare and orogbo to ESU LALU at the crossroad or to ESU ODARA at the forest.

You will then put the black soap near the shrine of Ogun. If you do not have a shrine for Ogun, place it in a clean and quiet place where sex and social activities is not taking place for a period of nine days. You will then use the soap every day for nine days. You will recite the stanza on the soap before using it for nine days and use it together with a sponge for nine consecutive days.

Adura Ogunda Meji

Kanranjangbon awo inu igbo

Ijokun woroworo awo odan

Maawo maawo awo ojola

A dia fun egiri alo

Ti yio jagbo obi

Ki egiri alo

O too jagbo obi tan

Ifa nire gbogbo

A maa wole to ni

Ase

Kanranjangbo awo inu igbo

Ijokun woro woro awo odan

Maawo maawo awo ojola

A dia fun egiri alo

Ti yoo jagbo orogbo, atare, aluko, agbe, odidere, akamalagbo lekeleke, okin alade

Ki erigi alo

O too jagbon gbogbo nkan wonyi

Ifa ni ire gbogbo

A maa wole to ni.

Ire gbogbo ko ma wole tomi loni, losun yi, lodun yi

Ki ogun ma o maa dowo fun gbogbo wa

Ase

Translation

Kanranjangbon (what is focused and wise) is the wisdom of the forest

Ijokun woro woro (what is calm and brave) is the wisdom of the deep forest

To be crawling is the secret intelligence of the python

This divined ifa oracle for the most powerful divinity (erigi alo)

Who discover the secret of the obi ( the kolanuts)

When the most powerful divinity discovered the secret of obi

Then ifa said; let all blessing, prosperity, good health, long life, strength, harmony

Intelligences and peace be my lot and the fortune of my household

Kanranjangbo (what is focused and wise) is the wisdom of the forest

Ijokun woro woro (what is calm and brave) is the wisdom of the deep forest

To be crawling is the secret wisdom of the python

This divine ifa oracle to the most powerful master (erigi alo)

Who discover the secret of orogbo, ataare, iyereosun, opon ifa, ikodide, aluko, agbe, lekeleke, okin alade, akalamagbo

After the most powerful master learned the secrets of orogbo, ataare, iyereosun, opon ifa, ikodide,aluko, agbe, lekeleke, okin olade and akalamagbo

Let me live long, expand my territory, let my life be radiant, give me a place of rest and peace, attract to me the blessing of nature

Ase

You mark the odu Ogunda meji on the iyerosun and pray with all the materials before inserting it in the black soap while the obis, ataares and orogbos will be given to the Esu lalu at the crossroad or Esu Odara at the forest. Alafia!