Iwori Rote, The 256 Odu of If: A Concise Reference Manual in English, 4th edition, 2007, 262 pages. Awo in every tradition study the 256 Odu each Odu is traditionally considered to include stories and prayers that have been passed down from the time that Orunmila walked the Earth as a The spirit world is real, and there are many spirits who seek to lead people astray.IFA 256 Odu Labyrinth 2,3. We should avoid any practice related to divination, whether it’s by palm nuts, palm readings, tarot cards, or tea leaves. The Bible warns against divination in any form. The Christian’s wisdom comes from God (James 1:5), not from pagan religions and superstitions such as Odu Ifa. These methods of “Bible study” fail to heed the command to handle the word of truth “rightly” (2 Timothy 2:15, ESV). Some will ignore the plain teaching of a Bible verse and instead rely on “what it means to me.” Others will even open the Bible and put their finger on a verse at random, thinking that God will communicate to them in this way. People will often take a verse out of context and apply it to their situation and assume that the Lord is speaking to them directly. Unfortunately, many people use the Bible in much the same way. Thus, the final message and application of the divination is really up to the questioner.
The priest will begin to recite/chant from memory the ese in the designated odu until the questioner finds something that he or she thinks will apply to the issue at hand and finds help or comfort in it. Each odu has 800 or more ese (verses), and more are being added all the time. Based on the way the chain falls, the priest will know which of the 256 odus should be consulted. In all, there are 256 possible arrangements (signatures) of the chain. Each one of them can land face up or face down. The chain is made up of eight sacred palm nuts. The priest will pray to Ifa for guidance and then will “throw” (drop) the divination chain. In a divination session, the person (or community) seeking help or guidance will come to the diviner, a priest, and think of the question silently. These sayings were passed down orally for centuries but first written down in the twentieth century. The texts of Odu Ifa are used in conjunction with divination. to give insight into the ethical decisions that one makes in ordinary life” (“Alafin of Oyo” by Molefi Kete Asante in Sage Encyclopedia of African Religion, Vol. Contained in 256 odus, the Ifa can be used. “Ifa is a philosophical corpus related to the myths of origin, ethical ideas, and cosmological understandings. Odu Ifa is the religious text of that religion.
“The word Ifa refers to the mystical figure Ifa or Orunmila, regarded by the Yoruba as the deity of wisdom and intellectual development” (, accessed 12/19/20). There are some practitioners in the United States as well. (Other more well-known Yoruba religions include Haitian Vodou and Santeria.) Yoruba religions today are concentrated in Nigeria, Togo, and Benin in West Africa and in Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Guyanas, Jamaica, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Yoruba religions are a group of systematized beliefs and practices that originated in West Africa and were brought to the New World by enslaved people who further developed and adapted them to their situation, including some influences from Christianity.
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