NewStats: 3,262,878 , 8,178,443 topics. Date: Tuesday, 03 June 2025 at 09:55 PM 1no5w

They still exist. An elite and exclusive group. The reformed one is not the real one. That is for wannabees. When the real Ogbonis move, you will see changes. You probably have to be elite, important and useful enough to be invited. The true never flaunt it. You won’t know till they die.

Olu317:
Smiles. Ogboni is not any group of priests of Ifa. And this information of yours is not inline with ORF or the ibìlẹ̀ version. Ifaodu is a stand alone institution of cosmology, Yoruba language, religious world view, political, Yoruba memoir, science,medicine, commerce and guide to all other facets of Yoruba mode of life.

Besides, it is always great when one doesn't get messed up while posting wrong information about an association one has no knowledge of either as a potential member or non member.

Seriously, if you want you to know about ogboni,which is not a demonic thing or association but certain information must not be posted in the public domain.

It takes nothing much from you if you're interested, because the way you asume about the sect is wrong because there is nothing bad about the association until you are a member after being initiated in which you obey the rules and regulation as stipulated by the sect's constitution.

Ogboni as an association has a code of conduct and they are seen everywhere, in which you can talk to them without being harrassed by the sect and be made comfortable

ROF or ORF as you wrongly called it is a christian society the original Ogboni was a social, religious and political association relating to an earth God of the Yoruba people and it is indefinite that Ifa was used in the association due to the fact that it involved decision making

Abohboy:



ROF or ORF as you wrongly called it is a christian society the original Ogboni was a social, religious and political association relating to an earth God of the Yoruba people and it is indefinite that Ifa was used in the association due to the fact that it involved decision making

Smiles... Oh I see. So Ifa priests are founder.of Ogboni society ? Now I know you do not know what you're posting online. It is obvious, your view is based scanty books you read. Do not drag yourself into the mud of ignorance.

Wise up and post truth and not assumption.
Foundation of Ogboni started at Ileife. Plain and simple. This was the ancient place of its origin.

Olu317:
Smiles... Oh I see. So Ifa priests are founder.of Ogboni society ? Now I know you do not know what you're posting online. It is obvious, your view is based scanty books you read. Do not drag yourself into the mud of ignorance.

Wise up and post truth and not assumption.

Foundation of Ogboni started at Ileife. Plain and simple. This was the ancient place of its origin.

I've read dozens of books on the Ogboni and Ifa divination is definitely part of the practice of the Ogboni I forgot which odu is specifically attributed to the Ogboni i'll go back and read on it but the Ogboni Society had relation to the ifa corpus and I didn't say ifa priests founded Ogboni I said that ifa is part of what is practiced within the Ogboni society

Abohboy:


I've read dozens of books on the Ogboni and Ifa divination is definitely part of the practice of the Ogboni I forgot which odu is specifically attributed to the Ogboni i'll go back and read on it but the Ogboni Society had relation to the ifa corpus and I didn't say ifa priests founded Ogboni I said that ifa is part of what is practiced within the Ogboni society

I have been to Iledi and have met Oluwos but I have restriction due to ancestry reason.

Even at this, I do not go beyond my boundary because,there is a saying as an initiate, that must not be spoken before non initiates because of oath. Awọn Awó ni ohun ti wọn.

Seriously, it is beyond books of somesort, my dear friend.While, I posit genuinely, Ifa is a pathfinder for my ancestors and can't deviate from it. Mind you I am not a descendant of whom priests cast lot for.
So, if I make reference beyond Yoruba land, then know it, that I know things you don't know. And it is not anything for self glorification but for Yoruba greatness.


cheers

Olu317:
I have been to Iledi and have met Oluwos but I have restriction due to ancestry reason.

Even at this, I do not go beyond my boundary because,there is a saying as an initiate, that must not be spoken before non initiates because of oath. Awọn Awó ni ohun ti wọn.

Seriously, it is beyond books of somesort, my dear friend.While, I posit genuinely, Ifa is a pathfinder for my ancestors and can't deviate from it. Mind you I am not a descendant of whom priests cast lot for.
So, if I make reference beyond Yoruba land, then know it, that I know things you don't know. And it is not anything for self glorification but for Yoruba greatness.


cheers

Bro there's nothing to argue the Ogboni/Osugbo Society used the Ifa divination systems at time there's no dicussion

Abohboy:


Bro there's nothing to argue the Ogboni/Osugbo Society used the Ifa divination systems at time there's no dicussion

How earth did you missed the point ?

I think,you didn't read my response quite well,which ought read my response properly from the beginning! My take has never been , Ifa is not been used by Ogboni. O dí o o dì

Rather, I posited that Ifa was not the beginning of the creation of Ogboni. Instead protection of the commoners,aggrieved , opposition to the ruler and family allies etc at Ileife.

Ifá is the supreme king in Owọ̀rìn Méjì and olifá or olufá or onifá is a king infront of a king and people. The degree of kingship is relative because the language of Ifaodu is esoteric. So, kudos the Ifaodu priests.

This is the reason I differentiated ogboni and Ifaodu. In one school of thought, Ifaodu doing divination on a daily routine can be done but anciently and thorough order, it must be done five days interval ( ọrùn ọrùn láawò difá), as periodic ifáodù divination.

ojun50:
Jesus Christ happened to them

Not all of them. You cannot serve God and mammon.