Ifa initiation is the process of admitting a neophyte into Ifa secrets with rituals of initiation ceremonies. If you would like to be initiated to Ifa, contact me immediately.

Today, I will be teaching you how the tradition of using the hand of the deer during Ifa initiation ceremony began. The story of how the tradition of using the hand of the deer during Ifa initiation ceremony began goes like this:

The deer developed the habit of going to feed in a farm that had rich crops of yam, corn and cassava. When the farmer discovered that his farm, risked a bad harvest from the attacks of the deer, he decided to watch out for the intruder.

On his part, the deer always knew how to avoid the farm whenever the farmer was around. Apprehensive that she might one day run out of luck, the deer decided to go to Orunmila for divination.

She was advised to serve Esu with a he-goat and warned never to go to the farm with her young ones.

As the deer was about to leave for home, she sighted the farmer and moved back into Orunmila's house. When she explained that the man coming to his house was the farmer she was speaking about, Orunmila made her to hide in the bed room....... To be continued

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what is the hand used for during initiation?

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what is the hand used for during initiation?

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When the farmer got inside, he told Orunmila that he came to find out what to do to apprehend the deer that was ravaging the crops in his farm. He advised the farmer to serve Esu with a he-goat and Ogun with a tortoise.

Orunmila also told him what to say to the deer:

Latanbo, Lole bo.
adafa fun Agbonrin
To fi oko ode sapo.

Orunmila told him that after making the sacrifice he should set a trap on the route normally taken to his farm by the deer.

The farmer made the sacrifice very quickly but on her part, the deer considered it unnecessary to make sacrifice since she had already known the strategy of the farmer.

She thought to herself that she had only to change routes to avoid the trap set for her.

When Esu however discovered that the deer refused to make sacrifice, he decided to lure her to the route of the trap.

The deer had told her young ones to stay in front, contrary to the advice given her at divination, not to go the farm with her young ones. The trap caught the young deer and the mother escaped.

To show appreciation for the advice, divination and sacrifice made for him, the farmer presented the hand of the young deer to Orunmila.

That is how the tradition of using the hand of the deer during Ifa initiation ceremony, began.

When this Odu appears at Ugbodu, the person should be advised to forbid the meat of deer and to refrain from stealing anybody's property.

Before completing the lfa initiation ceremony, he should prepare his own Ogun shrine.

He should serve his head with a guinea-fowl while backing Ifa to avoid being killed on account of his own possession.

At divination, the person should be advised to serve Esu with a he-goat because someone is about to fight him on account of his own property.

This work was inspired by LATE DR. C. OSAMARO IBIE, J.P.

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Babalawos

Keep it up

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Aregs:
Keep it up

wise one , the fact that u took it upon yourself to educate nigerians on our tradition, the gods of africa will reward u. they wil lift u high above your imagination. thank u sir

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kufre2010:
wise one , the fact that u took it upon yourself to educate nigerians on our tradition, the gods of africa will reward u. they wil lift u high above your imagination. thank u sir