Marks of ODU IFA (Oyeku Iwori)

One thing human beings do not realize is that we are all marked for progress, success, happiness and that the nature also marks some individuals for destruction, losses, fear, worry, sickness, and failure. Mark is a secret sign of GOD to identify who will be blessed and who are to be cursed.  Marks are emblems of divine sign to separate the chosen from the unchosen,  to differentiate the wise (awo) from the fool (ogberi). Likewise IFA marks are secret knowledge of ORUNMILA to identify problems arising from earthly disorder and the heavenly punitive knights.

IFA marks are mystical codes  and divinie signs to gain freedom from evil vibrations and to gain the attention of GOD and his numerous  divinities and  unknown deities  in the cosmos, so that our happy lot can be preserved and our misfortune can be eradicated or eliminated, hence every IFA devotees and men of wisdom must learn the various signs or marks of each odu and use it to gain victory over Ajogun and all earthly attacks.

Use the sign or the mark at the first day of  the week or the first day of the year, or the first hour of the day to give you a great spiritual power and divine strength to attract the bundle of unseen divine power to whatever you trend that day, or that week or that year. IFA says, the mark attracts  and installs  positive vibrations  to your life  and improves your relationship with GOD and his numerous messengers and your guiding divinity.

The marks are signs of harmony, peace and serenic atmosphere to bring to contact the seen and the unseen, the material and the ideal, the physical and the spiritual, the tangible and intanglible, the higher force and the lower  forces, there by creating a conducive and harmonious environment for the victory of the weak and the happiness of the superior.

The marks ensure that the tangible and the material or the seen are guarded in the cosmos, tutored, protected and directed by the divinities responsible for the life victory and life success. The marks are also a medium to enable the wise one to pass through the jungle and fire of life without  being hurt by the unseen forces of punitive knights of heavenly doom (AJOGUN OR ALAJOGUN)-which is the power from the Ether or the negative power from unknown  that consumes and affects every life in nature. Moreso, the marks deter the power of Elenini (those that hate you for just no reason); it deters the power of omo araiye (the witches and wizards of the world that are bend to destroy your fortune if you are not intelligent enough to deter their forces through sound spiritual enlightenment; the power of Aseni, -- the imperfect energies and the enemies within the family or friends that constantly disturb the peace of the members of the family and also the happiness and the success of the members.

Olori-kuku, the stubborn ones, if not curbed want to see that we are being consumed by the negative forces of charms, rituals and sacrifices; Inunibini - the evil thoughts, and constant evil thinking, doubt, anger that normally crop up in our hearts, or our mind.  It is the thought affecting our progress, our success and attracting other abundant evil thoughts from ether to crash us or crash others whom we hold in our thoughts. IFA says, evil thoughts affect our progress and our destiny, our happiness, our success and establish a strong negative power in our environment. If not negated, they can be a destructive mechanism to tear away the family and cause a lot of unreparable damages, not only to our lives but to our future generations.

There are  also

• epe tabi eegun idile: ancestral curse which we must rectify through iwure, prayer, etutu-rituals
• ebo: sacrifices
• isese: traditional spiritual Stepps
• itefa: that is initiation
• isera: fasting
• ohun: powerful spiritual words
• ogede owuro: early morning spiritual incantation
• ikoraeniniijanu: discipline and self control
• iwa: sound character
• lastly, through daily use of the mark sign of odu, and also of the proper odu.

We should always try to mark the sign to enable us get over evil thoughts, evil establishment, evil desire  of others and evil manifestation from the ether.

The marks destroy the power outside home,  and they will demarcate our path and our ways from those who are marked for destruction. The mark is a victory, success sign and also attraction to goodness from ether. The marks are touch of divine and symbol of higher spiritual forces. IFA says it is a mark of life and victory, and of success.

This week, we shall mark Oyeku Iwori to push us to the line of happiness, victory, success, joy, strength, power, health, peace and harmony, the mark will also deter the power of envy, and jealousy from others to us and from us to others or destructive powers within, that are responsible for our abitrary habits and character that are not conform to divine glory. The mark is as follows:

Oyeku Iwori

II-----II
 I-----II
 I-----II
II-----II

On waking up in the morning or after midnight, mark the odu on IFA tray or white plate with one obi, orogbo, atare and cowries to trigger extraordinary  forces of OLODUMARE  and set on motion the power of all divinities, to take control of your life and the lives of those you love. The mark must be performed in fasting. Never eat whenever you want to perform this kind of rituals, ensure that you are in a complete harmony devoided of food, water and sex.

Remember that IFA verse or prayer (because most IFA verses are prayers to deter evil manifestation and to aid you to success) can be chanted in your local language.

Adura (prayer)

e pa keke                                                               

be silent, oh my soul!

a gbe rere                                                             

let my soul, spirit and body be silent!

keni mo m ke lolo pohun

let no contrary spirit antagonize or  block my path!                                   

eni nile nsodun ooo                                             

the child of wisdom goes into spirit,

omo awo wure                                                     

the child of knowledge wants to pray!

ire owo, ola, oro, aseyori, aseyege,                  

prayer for progress, wealth, fortune, success, riches and peace. 

ifa ko tona ka awo                                               

Ifa, open te path of your devotee!

esu odara lewa ju, ki o dari ibi kuro ni iwaju     

Esu the great magician be at the forefront!

esu lalu o keyin awo, ki o gbawo niyi                

Esu, take care of the back, and honor the devotee and child of wisdom!

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