Osun Deity (The Source)

Most people, when they think of Osun, think of her as a river Goddess, or a fertility Goddess, the “Afrikan Venus. However, she is much, much, more than that.

Osun is central to Yoruba thought and praxis. Her power is multidimensional. Osun’s name means “source.” from the word “orisun.” The source of a river, a people, of children, of wealth, of life.

Osun represents the perpetually renewing source of life. As the elemental power of water, she makes life possible. Osun is the child-giving and curative power of water.

She is Odo Aro, the “blue river,” the birth canal where our ori is developed. What some people forget, is that Osun is also the owner of Eerindinlogun – sixteen cowrie divination.

She is also the source and condition of political power, as leader of the Aje (the Mothers, Iyami). As such, she is a founder of the Ogboni Society, the council of elders that bestow kingship.

Like Esu, she can change at will. She can be the loquacious and beautiful young flirt who succeeds by killing you with kindness, or the deadly serious old woman, owner of the “spiritual eye” (mystical power); she can be rich or poor, loving or vengeful.

She is the Benevolent Mother and the Fierce Warrior. She heals with her cool waters and destroys indiscriminately with her raging floods. She is the creator of children, fertility squared, yet she is the leader of vengeful spirits (Aje) who will take any child away at the drop of a hat.

She is the fierce defender of her children (priests and priestesses). She cries when she is happy, and laughs when she is sad. To accentuate her dual natures, Osun carries a brass cooling fan in one hand and a brass cutlass in the other. Strength and compassion; brass and honey.

In Yorubaland, Orisa serve as the glue that holds communities together. Each town or city has a founding narrative that includes the founding Orisa and intertwines facts, myths and metaphor.

Ijesa, Osun State, Nigeria

These mythistories create “community-ship,” which is at least as strong as the larger sense of citizenship. Ijesa country in Osun State, Nigeria, is the center of Osun worship.

It is the place of the largest annual Osun festival. People come from all over the world to attend the festival and be blessed and/or healed by the sacred waters of the Osun river at the city of Osogbo.

Osun History

In the Osogbo mythhistory, it is said that a prince (Olarooye) from Ilesa, went out to found a new city due to a water shortage in Ilesa. He set out with his buddy, a hunter named Timehin (an incarnation of Ogun), and they led the expeditionary group in search of a water source.

They came upon the Osun river. To make a long story short, they settled there with the blessing and protection (she and Timehin ran off the invading Tapa – warriors from the north) of Osun.

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OSUN INVOCATION

Iba Osun sekese

Praise to the Goddess of Mystery

Latojoku awede we ‘mo

Spirit that cleans me inside out

Iba Osun Olodi

Praise to the Goddess of the river

Latojoku awede we ‘mo

Spirit that cleans me inside out

Iba Osun ibu kole

Praise to the Goddess of Seduction

Latojoku awede we ‘mo

Spirit that cleans me inside out

Yeye kari

Mother of the Mirror

Latojoku awede we ‘mo

Spirit that cleans me inside out

Yeye ‘jo

Mother of Dance

Latojoku awede we ‘mo

Spirit that cleans me inside out

Yeye opo

Mother of Abundance

O san rere o

We sing your praises

Ase

The child of Ife where the sun rises

The mother who gives a bounteous gift

The tender hearted one

The source of water

The child of Ijesa

The water to whom the King prostates to receive a gift

Yeye O, Osun, Osun O, aare me Osun waa se kumara!

(chant to be sung to Osun, inviting her to come)

This is good. We should embrace our cultures.

braine:
This is good. We should embrace our cultures.

Thank you

Would like to be an Osun follower, how would I know if it's the right thing, I really love to be a silent follower of Yeye

Gewezzy1:
Would like to be an Osun follower, how would I know if it's the right thing, I really love to be a silent follower of Yeye

Aboru Aboye

IFA must be consulted to reveal your Orisa because it will be unwise to serve an Orisa that is not connected to know you.

You can contact any renowed Babalawo to consult IFA for you or you can contact me for my private IFA Divination which will cost you money or you can post your face photograph on my Free Face Divination thread on Nairaland and get your free face divination report.

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Babalawos

Babalawos:


Aboru Aboye

IFA must be consulted to reveal your Orisa because it will be unwise to serve an Orisa that is not connected to know you.

You can contact any renowed Babalawo to consult IFA for you or you can contact me for my private IFA Divination which will cost you money or you can post your face photograph on my Free Face Divination thread on Nairaland and get your free face divination report.

Thank you for reading, leave a comment

Babalawos

How much is it for private divination, please send your mail, but i really do wish it would be Osun though.

Gewezzy1:


How much is it for private divination, please send your mail, but i really do wish it would be Osun though.

Aboru Aboye

What if your Orisa is Oya, Yemoja or Olokun, what will you do?

The Orisa chooses you and not you that chooses the Orisa.

You can get my e-mail from my Facebook page => www.facebook.com/Ifapriests

Babalawos

Babalawos:

Aboru Aboye
What if your Orisa is Oya, Yemoja or Olokun, what will you do?
The Orisa chooses you and not you that chooses the Orisa.
You can get my e-mail from my Facebook page => www.facebook.com/Ifapriests
Babalawos

I just sent you a message on your page

Babalawos:

Aboru Aboye
What if your Orisa is Oya, Yemoja or Olokun, what will you do?
The Orisa chooses you and not you that chooses the Orisa.
You can get my e-mail from my Facebook page => www.facebook.com/Ifapriests
Babalawos

Please check your email

Gewezzy1:



Please check your email

Aboru Aboye

I have replied your e-mail

Babalawos

@Babalawos, i sent you a mail

syrup40:
@Babalawos, i sent you a mail

Aboru Aboye

I have replied you. Go check your email.

Babalawos

Babalawos:


Aboru Aboye

I have replied you. Go check your email.

Babalawos

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Gewezzy1:
Would like to be an Osun follower, how would I know if it's the right thing, I really love to be a silent follower of Yeye

Aboru Aboye
Christ came to die for people like you and you still want to embrass a scupture, a lifeless stone, a meaningless nd powerless deity. Please repent for Christ is still looking for the lost sheep of isreal

Aboru Boye
Pls I Want To Be Oshun Follower,what Are The Necessary Steps That I Must Take Pls Sir

HorpeSola:
Aboru Boye
Pls I Want To Be Oshun Follower,what Are The Necessary Steps That I Must Take Pls Sir

You should be initiated and have Oshun

frankydnero:
Aboru Aboye
Christ came to die for people like you and you still want to embrass a scupture, a lifeless stone, a meaningless nd powerless deity. Please repent for Christ is still looking for the lost sheep of isreal

He is not from Israel