Osa-Ika

"Secretly spoken words will become public,
a hidden world will be opened to the people"
was cast for Ayekogbeje, on the day
that a good friend made an intimate secret public.
A trusted person will betray secrets.
They told him to sacrifice, in order
not to do shameful things in secret,
and for his secrets not to be made public.
The sacrifice was a snail, palm oil,
cocoabutter, a pigeon, 6600 cowries, and ewe.
He listened and made the sacrifice.
For you, my friend, the offering is
1 snail, palm oil, cocoabutter,
1 pigeon, 630 cowries, and ewe.

Osa-Ika

Osa-Ika, like every combination with Ika, admonishes the client to be very careful of everything that is, might be or might become an infection. Take this in the broadest sense of the word. If you cut your finger, however small, put some iodine on it. If you take anything out of the fridge, look at the expiration date and when in doubt, don't eat it. Be careful what you eat, cook certain foodstuffs well and thoroughly to kill all possible bacteria. Stay away from places of possible infection or contamination. In this day and age the Ika warning alaso pertains to sex, unfortunately. If you have sex with anybody (with the possible exception of your regular partner), take care of good quality protection! Now don't get paranoid for Ifa does not say that you will get a nasty infection of inflammation or such, Ifa simply says that all combinations with Ika warn against the possibility, so you can take precautions.