ÌTAN - STORY OF HOW WAS BORN THE 16 COWRIE SHELLS ORACLE AND THE FIRST SIGN THAT CAME - 5 - Ọ̀ŞẸ́.

ÌTAN - STORY OF HOW WAS BORN THE 16 COWRIE SHELLS ORACLE AND THE FIRST SIGN THAT CAME - 5 - Ọ̀ŞẸ́ (5 cowrie shells face up)

Yoruba Olófin Tradition - Ẹgbẹ́ Ódùn Olọ́fin – The Spiritual Family of the Secret of OLỌ́FIN.

Awo Ifalenu xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Baba Odùdúwà came through his ẸLẸ̀GÚN and recited the story of how the 16 Cowrie Shell Oracle (Ẹ́rindínlógún /Dilogun) was created and about the first Odù that was cast, which was Ọ̀ŞẸ́ (oshe) (5 cowrie shells face up).

ÌTAN / STORY

When the ancients Elders had the OLỌ́FIN Ọ̀RUN (The Conscious Creator) Altar, but still did not know how to communicate with the Divine, they were seeing different ways or methods that could be used for spiritual communication, at that moment one saw a "Cowrie" Shell crawling, and they decided that a Cowrie Shell will be chose for each of the 16 kings of the Yoruba nation, and thus came to be the ORACLE of the 16 "Cowrie" Shells), and they have used it since time immemorial as the Oracle of Ẹ́rindínlógún or 16 Cowrie Shells. When they first discovered the method of communication and ritual to do it, the day of the first consultation with the Ẹ́rindínlógún, when it was cast, the first Odù or Sign that came out was the Ọ̀ŞẸ́ (5 cowrie shells face up). Therefore, that is why Ọ̀ŞẸ́ is the most important Odù or Ódùn that represents the Sacred, represent the priesthood of the Yoruba Tradition. To the person that get this Odù casted in Divination they should follow the Priesthood of ÒÒŞÀ. The person who has this Odù, Ọ̀ŞẸ́ (5) as the major Odù, and especially the 5-5 (Ọ̀ŞẸ́ MÉJÌ), is the "Slave of ÒÒŞÀ" (a Slave to the Divine Powers) he or she comes to Serve in the tradition of ÒÒŞÀ and serve the ÒRÌŞÀ. ÌTAN - STORY OF HOW WAS BORN THE 16 COWRIE SHELLS ORACLE AND THE FIRST SIGN THAT CAME - Ọ̀ŞẸ́ (5 cowrie shells face up)

Yoruba Olófin Tradition - Ẹgbẹ́ Ódùn Olọ́fin – The Spiritual Family of the Secret of OLỌ́FIN.

Awo Ifalenu xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Baba Odùdúwà came through his ẸLẸ̀GÚN and recited the story of how the 16 Cowrie Shell Oracle (Ẹ́rindínlógún /Dilogun) was created and about the first Odù that was cast, which was Ọ̀ŞẸ́ (oshe) (5 cowrie shells face up).

ÌTAN / STORY

When the ancients Elders had the OLỌ́FIN Ọ̀RUN (The Conscious Creator) Altar, but still did not know how to communicate with the Divine, they were seeing different ways or methods that could be used for spiritual communication, at that moment one saw a "Cowrie" Shell crawling, and they decided that a Cowrie Shell will be chose for each of the 16 kings of the Yoruba nation, and thus came to be the ORACLE of the 16 "Cowrie" Shells), and they have used it since time immemorial as the Oracle of Ẹ́rindínlógún or 16 Cowrie Shells. When they first discovered the method of communication and ritual to do it, the day of the first consultation with the Ẹ́rindínlógún, when it was cast, the first Odù or Sign that came out was the Ọ̀ŞẸ́ (5 cowrie shells face up). Therefore, that is why Ọ̀ŞẸ́ is the most important Odù or Ódùn that represents the Sacred, represent the priesthood of the Yoruba Tradition. To the person that get this Odù casted in Divination they should follow the Priesthood of ÒÒŞÀ. The person who has this Odù, Ọ̀ŞẸ́ (5) as the major Odù, and especially the 5-5 (Ọ̀ŞẸ́ MÉJÌ), is the "Slave of ÒÒŞÀ" (a Slave to the Divine Powers) he or she comes to Serve in the tradition of ÒÒŞÀ and serve the ÒRÌŞÀ.