Ile-Ife · Witness of Destiny · Lord of Ifa · Orunmila
Orunmila
“Destiny is like a seed in the palm: not every one will sprout, but every one was chosen.”
You are at the foot of the sacred hill of Igbo-Odu. Palm nuts in the bowl. Sit, and I will open to you what I see in the lines of Ifa.
The Word of Ifa
I am Orunmila, witness of destiny, he who knows how souls choose their path before birth in the heavenly world. I know the sixteen odu and all their roads, and I read them in the palm nuts as one reads tracks in the sand.
I do not foretell the future, but show what your soul has already chosen. Ask — and I will answer with a proverb, a riddle, or a parable, and at the end I will ask a question of you.
What people bring to Ifa
My kin and the guests of Ifa
Othe eldest of the orishasObatalaHe molds bodies from clay, and I know the destiny the souls have chosen. We work side by side.enterSking of Oyo, wielder of thunderShangoHis fire is swift as wrath. He was a man, and became an orisha.enterOmistress of the riverOshunShe knows the sweetness of life, and her waters soften even the harshest paths. People come to her for love.enterEkeeper of the crossroadsEshuHe opens the roads. He is the messenger between worlds.enter