Osa-Iwori

"Like it is one day,
it rarely is the next day;
that is why the Awo
consults Ifa regularly"
cast for Osa, whose father owned twenty slaves,
and for Iwori, whose father owned thirty slaves,
which means that Osa paid him respect, on the day
that both cried because they didn't have prosperity,
and could foresee nothing good in their future.
That will change, sacrifice for prosperity,
for money, for children, for everything:
eight pigeons, eight hens, eight bags of cowries.
Both listened, and made the sacrifice,
they were given ewe, which enabled them
to gather riches, just like the awos had said.
Every week we consult Ifa,
because like it is today,
it rarely is tomorrow, and who
has the guts to say that awos shouldn't
earn a decent income? Well?
Osa sees money. Iwori makes rich.
And who there says that awos
should always stay poor? Well?

Once we arrive here I say, your Awo,
that we can't go on before
we have made a good sacrifice.
Sacrifice in order to survive, that is
what the Awo does now. We can't
go on without having satisfied the Immortals
with a small but well-meant offering, so that
the issues pertaining to the client do not
backfire on the Awo, and subsequently
destroy the client in the process.
So we make sacrifice on behalf of
the Awo's life, in order for our negativity
not first killing him, the Awo, and
then ourselves, the client, so in the end
we make ebo for our own life, because
without having made a sacrifice
we can't go on from here.
We offer 21,000 cowries to the Awo's
divination paraphernalia, to remain alive
so that the blessings that Ifa speaks of
can actually reach us. Do you see
why Ifa is telling you all this?
"Seated firmly on the butt
we aren't easily blown away, but
there isn't much movement either"
cast for "It's enough" on the day
that he was enjoying some well-earned rest,
but wasn't fully able anymore to distinguish
the fine line between time to work
and time to rest. In order to solve this issue,
21,000 cowries should be offered to the Awo's
Ifa, and adimu needs to be given to Oya and Shango.
After having read the above, the Awo might continue with the following more concrete personal information:
Ifa says here is a person who is about to lose everything
that he is working for, because of his failure to take rest
on the moments that he needs it most, while on the other hand
relaxing at the moments when he needs to work hard!
Ifa say that this person is scorned by many because
they consider him lazy; quite likely he isn't lazy at all,
but he just makes that impression on account of
the disorderly way he arranges his time. By itself
that ain't too bad though; much worse is that,
if this person continues in this manner of not
being able to make a good difference between his long
working hours and his short hours of relaxation, he
will eventually finish up in an institution. This is neither
necessary nor unavoidable, because all circumstances
are positively working together towards unusually large
prosperity, because of the spiritual activities that are
part of the clients life right now. So work when it's
time to work, and rest when it's time to rest. Stop
throwing away your own and other peoples time
and money! It's yourself who must do it, because
Ifa won't do it for you! Ifa points the way, but
it's you who must actually travel it! The winds
of change will come, my friend... the winds
of change will blow like a hurricane: make sure
that the changes it brings will be positive!
Ebo: 21,000 cowries to the Awo's Ifa, and
adimu to Oya and Shango.