Odi Meji
In Ifa divination, Odi Meji advises the use of honey to make things in life sweeter: honey is offered to the Spirits when we ask them for "sweet things". Odi Meji speaks of motherhood, and of the responsibilities connected with having children. When Odi Meji falls, the client often has bad dreams, and not seldomly he feels increasing pressure, both socially and emotionally. Generally Odi Meji foresees prosperity and a long life, especially when the client worships Ifa. The client can rise to a high position, but should be aware of people who want to bring about his downfall. This is a very concrete warning: children of Odi Meji may find themselves working very hard and very succesfully in early life, only to see everything being taken from them later on. Odi Meji suggests sacrificing to the Egun, and if one goes travelling a sacrifice to Ogun is in order. Children of Odi Meji have a strong taboo against lying and other forms of dishonesty. The main instruction in this Odu is to remain watchful in order not to become the victim of cheating and dishonesty of others and... of oneself!
When Odi Meji comes with Ire, some of the keywords are: resistance that leads to the building up of power, recognition of ones own destiny, renewal, selfconfidence.
When Odi Meji comes with Ibi, some keywords are: misery, toil, weakness, and limitation of freedom.
"The very tall and powerful Odi,
the very very powerful Odi"
were the ones who cast Ifa
for Eji Odi, on the day
that he went to the market of Ejigbomekun,
on the day also that he wept
because he had no wife.
They instructed Eji Odi to make sacrifice.
"Alright, but what?" was the not
unreasonable question.
They told him to offer
plenty of honey, for if it all fails,
honey's sweetness still will do the trick.
Eji Odi listened and made the sacrifice.
Out of the large amounts of honey
he took to the Awo's, the Awo's took
just a little, and made medicine of it.
As soon as Eji Odi arrived at the market
of Ejigbomekun, he accosted the Chief
of the Market Women, and poured some honey
from the medicine bottle the Awo's gave,
into her private opening;
this unorthodox method did the trick nicely.
Both engaged in intercourse, and Eji Odi
had the time of his life. So did the woman.
The result of this strange encounter was
that most men, arriving from far and wide, wanted
to have intercourse with the Chief Market woman.
She made them all happy, and they loudly sang:
"Leader of Market Women, Chief, let us go!
Sweet honey prevents us
from leaving your market,
sweet honey."
When Odi Meji comes with Ire, some of the keywords are: resistance that leads to the building up of power, recognition of ones own destiny, renewal, selfconfidence.
When Odi Meji comes with Ibi, some keywords are: misery, toil, weakness, and limitation of freedom.
"The very tall and powerful Odi,
the very very powerful Odi"
were the ones who cast Ifa
for Eji Odi, on the day
that he went to the market of Ejigbomekun,
on the day also that he wept
because he had no wife.
They instructed Eji Odi to make sacrifice.
"Alright, but what?" was the not
unreasonable question.
They told him to offer
plenty of honey, for if it all fails,
honey's sweetness still will do the trick.
Eji Odi listened and made the sacrifice.
Out of the large amounts of honey
he took to the Awo's, the Awo's took
just a little, and made medicine of it.
As soon as Eji Odi arrived at the market
of Ejigbomekun, he accosted the Chief
of the Market Women, and poured some honey
from the medicine bottle the Awo's gave,
into her private opening;
this unorthodox method did the trick nicely.
Both engaged in intercourse, and Eji Odi
had the time of his life. So did the woman.
The result of this strange encounter was
that most men, arriving from far and wide, wanted
to have intercourse with the Chief Market woman.
She made them all happy, and they loudly sang:
"Leader of Market Women, Chief, let us go!
Sweet honey prevents us
from leaving your market,
sweet honey."
