ẸṢẸ IFÁ · THE 256 ODÙ
Explore the stories, teachings, and possibilities of Ifá. Sixteen families. Two hundred and fifty-six Odù. A path of study that begins wherever you are.
54 episodes · Sacred Stories & the Human Soul
Expert studies, original essays and connected reading across Ifá, Òrìṣà and the African diaspora
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Explore the African roots of Brazilian rhythms, their living communities, and CORPO DE TAMBOR: 27 contemporary tracks with Yorùbá vocals and Òrìṣà themes.
Abiã, Iaô and Ebômi describe positions within religious learning and belonging. Seniority does not automatically establish every office or priestly authority.
Bones and object-based divination have distinct settings. Materials become meaningful through religious relationships, questions and interpretation.
Bori concerns a religious relationship of care for Orí within a house. Its meaning includes attention, rest and responsibility beyond a list of materials.
Candomblé dress can express care, belonging, religious relationships and responsibility. White clothing, ojá and pano-da-costa need their local context.
A Candomblé house distributes leadership, care, music, food and other responsibilities through named offices whose meanings depend on nation and house.
A free introduction to Ẹṣẹ Ifá and the 256 Odù.
Begin with a family. Follow the individual teachings.
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
16 Odù · Méjì & combinations
Two paths into the published Ògbè collection.
All 256 Odù have an individual English reference study, connected with their family and Academy entry. The sixteen Ògbè lessons are recorded as published from the existing Academy structure; the other video entries are labelled as planned. Exact lesson links are included where identified; other entries lead to the Academy collection. Traditions and spellings may vary by lineage.
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Short impulses from DAILY IFÁ, first shared on Instagram.
Sometimes cooperation is not created by making differences disappear. It is created by discovering what the differences can do together. In a Òyèkú Òdí story, Agbaa, the Big Drum, is one of three brothers alongside Gong and Maracas. Their confrontation becomes physical, and each produces a distinctive sound. Orunmila stops the fight — but he also hears something inside it. The combined sounds are musical. He tells the brothers that cooperation will make them indispensable. They reconcile, and the three instruments become an ensemble associated with celebration and joy. The useful structure is not “conflict is good.” It is that distinct capacities can create something none of them can produce alone once rivalry becomes coordination. Source: Odù Ifá — Òyèkú Òdí. Continue reading at daily-ifa.news.
Talent is not the same as completion. Ìròsùn Ògúndá speaks of gifts received through the ancestors and immediately places a warning beside them: arrogance can obstruct their use. The lesson is not that talent guarantees success or that every criticism deserves obedience. It is that capacity becomes less useful when it stops being teachable. Skill grows through disciplined use, correction and judgment. Source: Odù Ifá — Ìròsùn Ògúndá. Continue reading at daily-ifa.news.
