Praise name for Orunmila: Olómú nlá, a bóni má rù, Baba Èsù Òdàrà, Òrìsà tí ngbani lówó eni tí ó ní ìkà nínú. The big breasted man who feeds all people without loosing weight, the Father of the Divine Messenger of Transformation, the Spirit who saves us from destruction. The reference to large breasts is an Ifa symbolic reference to the idea of nurturing people, it is a reference to mothers milk as a fundamental elixir of life. To say Orunmila has these feminine qualities is a reference to the male/female or right brain/left brain integration of ori that occurs during initiation. The idea of feeding people without loosing weight has two possible interpretations one is that Orunmila works miracles, the other is that the nurturing referred to this praise name is the nurturing of the spirit not the physical body. Father of the Divine messenger of Transformation is a reference to the close working relationship between Ifa and Esu Odara. The Esu of transformation is born in the Holy Odu Ose tura from the elision o ase otutu ra meaning the spirit of the power of mystic vision spreads, this is a reference to Esus ability to bring messages from spirit through visions and is also a reference to the Idea that Ose the Odu of Osun and Otura the Odu related to Orunmilas ability to speak in Spirit is the father and mother or the source of Esu as the Divine Messenger of transformation. Orunmila as Witness to Creation and Osun as the Mother of fresh water meaning the mother of fertility and the source of the ability of life on earth to sustain itself. Some elders say that Esu Odara is the only Esu and that what is commonly described as roads of Esu are actually descriptions of different functions or jobs that Esu Odara performs. Odara from the elision o da ra meaning spirit that divides and diseminates. This is a reference to the idea that ori is in a constant state of transformation as a consequence of the ongoing guidance from Orunmila that changes ibi into ire. ire baba
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