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Ese Oturupon-Meji
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Now we have arrived at this text from Oturupon-Meji, all those who listen to what I chant here (for like in days of yore we do nowadays), they turn their backs towards this Odu, for I, Agboju Odebunmi, will not speak further, not unless this client and all others who are present have turned their backs on us and closed their eyes, for they are not allowed to see this Odu. Now make a sacrifice for health! "The good deeds of the Hornbill Bird backfired on him, and no one since has done such kindness anymore, fixing their eyes in wonder and amazement on the Hornbill Bird" did cast for "Death caught Owner", both worshipper of Black Ogun, and Awo of the Early Dawn. He says: "What's that?" They say: "Do sacrifice, my friend, in order not to find yourself in trouble." It is from Heaven that the palm weevil brought his adversity into this world. They say: now go and tell it to "Elder who broke the palm oil keg", that is Obatala, he who by covering it all, made it all right... "It is a starting war, an inner struggle, that goes on in the backyard of the skull, which is the sacred home of Iponri, the secret home of Iponri, that is" cast for "She gave him Nightly Favors", concubine in Oba's palace until daybreak, shining clearly, so we see honor, wealth and health abundant: that is how odu got her name Odu. Now it turns out (don't fear!) that He-dog mates with Night, and hence becoming his mother's husband, for his mother: that's what she is. We say: Ifa has come, oh, Ifa comes! Ifa now dims the light, so that the dog can bite and show his teeth. This obscure mating better happens in the dark. Away, you weird placenta of the Night! Evil and badness, turn away from me! Oh yes, and now may those who turned their backs on us and Odu, turn around and face us once again. The He-dog still philanders with the Night: women are all the same to him, all women, and so he is the husband of his Mother! This is the hidden side, forbidden, of Oturupon. Let those who want to praise this sacred Odu wait after dark has fallen, kill the lights until the praising has been duly finished. And if it happens in the afternoon, do close your eyes, and turn around, on Odu turn your back. When worshipping Ifa by chanting Odu from the beginning to the end, when you arrive at texts pertaining to the Odu Oturupon-the-Twins, do keep some kola, some kola nuts behind you, at your back, and say: "Now go away, all evil things, turn back, and watch the Dog having his Mother." And then the evil things will turn away, and if you now all leave yourself and others in peace and quiet calm, the evil things will leave you too in peace. Salute the offer that's given and accepted, and we'll survive it all.
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