Iwori-Oyeku

Oh dear, oh dear, what a situations!
Once we have arrived here, we should not
go on before having sacrificed wholeheartedly.
The Awo will decide what the sacrifice will be.
Sacrifice for survival, that is
what the Awo does, and without a sacrifice
we will not go on from here.
Do you see why Ifa says all this?
"A war that was previously announced
will never kill a crippled man"
was the one who cast for Iwori.
They told him that he should be prepared,
because Death was on its way.
But if he could make a sacrifice,
the coming of Death could be averted.
The sacrifice was a calabash of boiled yams
mixed with oil, many kola nuts to share among the poor,
e chicken, a sheep, and 240,000 cowries.
Iwori listened and made the sacrifice.
What Ifa speaks of, right here, is the possible
premature death of this person. Offer the above.

"What will happen, what will happen,
somebody will be born, a lame child"
was the one who cast for Olofin, on the day
that he received the warning that his young child
might take ill in the distant future, when they told him
that a newborn child could be ill.
After long treatment it would heal though,
but the child would remain lame. They told Olofin
not to become angry, because if ha made due sacrifice
the child would become prosperous anyway. The ebo
is a sheep, 440,000 cowries, and ewe. We will mash
iroyin leaves and ewuro leaves in water, to make
a bath for this person for whom this Odu was cast.
Additional information: after having read the above lines, the Awo might continue reciting the following text:
Ifa says here is a person for whom a very fine stretch of time
is coming up, a good period with good fortune and prosperity but...
this can only materialize if this person follows each and every instruction
from Ifa literally, to the last letter and dot. If this person has children,
the realationship with these children is an important cause of all problems;
this relationship needs to be reviewed, changed and renewed. The actual
situation, to be examined by the Awo, should shall determine which direction
this review should take; even if we find it bitter and difficult, we should stick
to the advice, because otherwise none of the promised good stuff will materialize.
When such a bugger-up happens, the client will blame the Awo for the disaster...
a sad situation that wouldn't help a single person least of all the client!

“The silk cotton tree in the field sands on the farm,
looking closely at what happens in the town” cast for
“Didn't you know that then?”, om the day that he would
become the husband of “She who turns around”.
They told him to sacrifice, so that he would not
meet Death in that same year. “Didn't you know that then?”
refused to make the sacrifice consisting of e female sheep,
a cloth to cover the body, and 26,000 cowries.
The husband of “She who turns around” refused
to sacrifice. On a day when the 400 Irunmole
were washing their cloths, Eshu forced “She who turns around”
to go to the place where the Irunmole were washing.
When they saw her they shot their arrows at her, and
while they pursued her they sang: “She who turns around
spied on us while we were washing our cloths; She who turns around
spied on us while we were washing our cloths”. They kept
pursuing her until they reached the back door of her husband's house,
and when “Didn't you know that then” heard his wife call,
he went outside. When they saw him, the Irunmole
cut off his head, and also killed his wife “She who turns around”.
Then they sang: “Didn't you know that then, that you
shouldn't have done that? Didn't you know that then,
that you shouldn't have done that?”
Optional: after having read the above text, the Awo might want to continue with the following lines:
Ifa says that a woman must sacrifice so that trouble
and misery don't follow her home in her footsteps,
and that this misery and trouble won't kill her
and her husband both. Ifa says that this client
should take care not to be, become or remain the cause
of their own problems. Here is an unstable person, who
should use their common sense a bit more. And how unpleasant
it may sound: Ifa advises the Awo to keep some distance from
this client, because the client might soon develop the tendency
to blame the Awo for any trouble that might be coming up.