Dr. Oyibo
I was first drawn to consider the element of topographical metaphor in Ifa liturgical language by Dr. Oyibo. He is a Yoruba scientist with a degree in aeronautics. In his exploration of aerodynamics he postulated a solution to the problem of Unified Field Theory. In Western Science Unified Field Theory is sometimes called the Theory of Everything. It is the attempt to create a mathematical formula that explains the relationship between strong forces and weak forces in atoms as they relate to gravity and electromagnetism in the Universe. Ever since Einstein, Western Scientists have struggled to create a plausible Unified Field theory. Dr. Oyibo’s mathematical formula is 150 pages long. He had the formula peer reviewed by every significant University on the planet. Everyone who examined his theory confirmed that he made his case.
Normally a discovery of this magnitude would warrant a Noble Prize. I believe Dr. Oyibo has been denied this honor for two reasons. First his formula gives a mathematical foundation for the science of alchemy which can literally transform led into gold and it is the key to engineering free energy. The global elite does not want this information released to the public. The other reason Dr. Oyibo has been ignored is because he openly admits he received the theoretical foundation from his formula from his Ifa elders in Nigeria.
The important point here is that we have a traditional Yoruba Ifa worshipper from Nigeria who is saying the metaphors used by Ifa are topographical.
That is huge.
Why is this huge?
The implication of Dr. Oyibo’s statement is that ancient Africans not only understood and worked with a highly sophisticated system of science rooted in physics, he is also saying the content of that metaphor has been preserved in the liturgical language of Ifa. He is also suggesting that once you understand the metaphor you can use that understanding to engineer a better life on earth.
Why is that important?
A theologian and physicist named Dr. Joseph P. Farrell has written 20 books that give a detailed analysis of how and why the global elite has suppressed the scientific wisdom of ancient cultures.
What that means is the people who provide funding for public education are deliberately giving us a distorted vision of science. Dr. Farrell is saying that if we want an accurate description of the world we live in the best source is from the topographical metaphors of ancient religious scripture.
I agree.
This is an incredible complex and deep subject that periodically makes my brain explode, but we can take the initial step towards understanding the idea of topographical metaphor by examining the multi-dimensional concept of Odu as the word is used in Ifa scripture and in Ifa metaphysics.
Some of my critics argue that Odu means calabash, in certain contexts it can have that connotation. In Ifa there is a thing called an Odu Pot, in Yoruba that is Igba Odu with Igba meaning pot. So if my critics are correct the words Igba Odu would mean pot, pot.
Really.
For reasons I will lead up to I prefer translated Odu as womb.
Astrophysics is based on the idea that the Universe was created from a singularity. In simple terms that means all the matter of Creation was condense in a single point that was infinitely dense and infinitely small. Ifa calls this singularity oyigioyigi, from the oriki oyigioyigi ota mi o, meaning the spirit of yigi or Creation is my stone or source. To say the singularity of Creation is a stone is to use a topographical metaphor to describe the Source of Reality. This is the reason why in Ifa we venerate stones as symbols of the source of all that Is. Stones as topographical metaphors represent the seeds of Creation.
Every Creation Myth from ancient times is rooted in the idea of a trinity. (The trinity is a pre Christian symbol found in Sumer and Egypt) That is to say three manifestation of singularity. In general terms that means the moment of Creation generates God, not God, and space for God and not God to interface. In Ifa this trinary principle is Olorun, Olodumare and Ela. In the language of science this is the separation of singularity into component parts. Olorun is the Owner or the Spirit of the Invisible dimensions of Creation, Olodumare from the elision olo odu osumare meaning the Spirit of the Womb of the Serpent Rainbow is the manifestation of the physical universe and Ela who is the witness or inner structure of the invisible forces that sustain Creation.
Using the topographical metaphor of Ifa, Olorun collapses in on itself and becomes oyigioyigi which is the ase that comes through the Odu of Osumare or the Womb of the Rainbow Serpent to manifest the physical Universe. No one in traditional Yoruba culture things the Universe is held together by a giant snake. The rainbow serpent is a topographical metaphor referring to the colors of the rainbow and science tells us the colors of the rainbow are physical observable manifestation of sound. Science says sound generates matter as a structural component of light. Ifa Creation myth says the Universe comes into manifestation through Oro which is literally the Voice of God or Olorun.
Creation, or as it is called in Western Science, the Big Bang, is the first manifestation of Odu as Womb. The singularity of Oyigiyigi gets splintered into an infinite number of components. The initial descend of ase from Orun to Aye (the passing of enery from the invisible to the visible realm) occurs with the manifestation of Ala (the light of consciousness in Yoruba). This light makes the descent from Orun to Aye by passing through the Odu or Womb of Olodumare.
Western Science tells us that there is more matter in the Universe then can be accounted for by the Original explosion. That means the portal or womb or Odu of the initial point of Creation remains open pouring ase in the form Ala or light into the visible Universe.
The initial manifestation of Ala as light is the realm of the Imole meaning the house of light. The Imole bring the structure of the geometric shape of Odu into the World. In Western science this is done through the creation of a hydrogen atom. The hydrogen atom has one electron and one proton held together in the shape of what the Egyptians called a Merkaba. In Yoruba the sacred geometry of the the Merkaba is called Odu. The marks of Odu used in divination are a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional energy pattern. The marks used in Odu are also used in the divinations systems of Ancient Sumer, and Egypt. In modern times the marks of Odu are used for casting lots in Jewish culture and for sand cutting in Islam.
This affirms Dr. Farrell’s idea that physics is coded into the liturgical language of all ancient cultures.
In the first stage of the descend of ase from Orun to Aye hydrogen atoms formed huge gas clouds. These clouds are described in Odu Ifa as Omi Orun the waters of Heaven. The topographical metaphor of hydrogen gas clouds as water implies the ancients understood the hydrogen becomes water when mixed with oxygen.
The Creation of water from hydrogen is a alchemical process and is the main point of Dr. Oyibo’s unified field theory. In that theory Dr. Oyibo postulates the idea that everything in the Universe starts as hydrogen and transmutes into greater levels of complexity. That means hydrogen clouds becomes first generations stars. In the language of Ifa; Imole become Irunmole.
Western Science tells us that stars generate more heat than can be accounted for by the mass of material at their core. This means stars create a vortex or Odu linking them to other dimensions of reality that pour matter into their core. That is why the ancients referred stars as Deities. Stars are clearly portals to hyper dimensional realities, in the language of religious topographical metaphors a star is a portal to heaven or in the language of Ifa, a star contains the incubator for creation of matter. An incubator can be described as a womb hence the word Odu.
First generation stars implode on themselves creating second generation stars. A first generation star is an incubator for hydrogen a second generation star is an incubator for all the elements in the elemental table. A second generation star is the realm of the Ibgabmole, meaning the calabash of the house of light. When elements of a second generation star are sent into the Universe they cool and form planets.
When the Imole make the journey from Orun to Aye they bring with them the entire spectrum of sacred geometry coded into the marks of Odu Ifa. When Imole become Irunmole the entire spectrum of sacred geometry coded into the marks of Odu Ifa reappear with greater levels of complexity. This is the secret of alchemy. It is also the basis for Dr. Oyibo’s unified field theory.
The way this alchemical transformation occurs in nature is described by the metaphysical principles of Ifa scripture. Ogbe the light of Creation, Oyeku the destruction of light by gravity, Iwori the transformation of light as it cools and Odi the rebirth of light as it becomes more complex. The topographical metaphor is life, death, transformation and rebirth. Science describes this cycle by saying the basic building blocks of a hydrogen atom becomes more and more complex leading to the creation of the table of elements.
Science tells us that the earth generates more heat than is accountable by the mass of molten plasma at the core of the earth. This core is made up largely of iron. The iron core of the earth is an Odu or portal to Orun. In Ifa we symbolize this portal through the use of Ogun’s pot. Ogun’s pot is a womb made from iron. The chain around the pot represents DNA, the spikes in the pot represent sperm, and the Irosun sprinkled on the pot represents menstral blood. We have in the iconography of Ogun a symbolic representation of the process of pro-creation. There is nothing prophetic in Oguns iconography. The symbols associated with Ogun are a topographical metaphor used to describe the process of pro-creation.
The Earth Herself is held in place by a giant Merkaba. The Merkaba creates eight portals called Odu in Yoruba that link this planet with Orun. Those portals open and close based on the position of the moon, the sun and planets in relationship to the effects of their gravity on earth. Gravity is the medium for opening and close Odu on earth. In more common Western language gravity is the medium for opening and closing Earth Chakras.
The energy from Earth Chakras creates energy lines across the surface of the Earth. When these energy lines cross they become additional portals to Orun or they become Igbodu in Yoruba meaning womb of the forest. In traditional Yoruba culture Igbodu are only active during certain times of the year. Marking the times of the year when Igbodu is active is the discipline gede which could be described as Ifa astrology. The word gede means female energy stands up. I would argue that is a reference to the opening of the womb of the Earth otherwise known as Odu.
The point here is that Odu as either womb or portal is a multi-dimensional reality. The first point of access to this mystery is in the Odu or womb of a woman. When a woman becomes pregnant the Odu or womb becomes an interdimensional portal allowing for the reincarnated ori of an ancestor to infuse the fetus with life.
Women Are The Keeper Of This Mystery
Women are the keepers of this mystery by virtue of their birth right and the fact that they physically carry Odu as a portal to Orun.Every year during Osun’s festival the women of traditional Yoruba culture demonstrate the fact that they are the keepers of the mystery of Odu during the moment in the festival when a whirl pool forms in the Osun river. The whirl pool is a portal or a womb or what is referred to in Yoruba as Odu. From the womb of the river emerges a beam light, meaning ala or sacred light in its primal manifestation.
Forget for a moment the gynophobia (fear of women) interpretation of Igba Odu that is common in the Diaspora and actually read Irete Ogbe. The Odu says Orunmila’s wife gave Orunmila Igba Odu. If you have been blessed to enter Tefa and if you have been blessed to presented to Igba Odu and if you have been blessed to look into Igba Odu and if you have been blessed to have an elder explain to your what you are looking you will know why Odu is refered to as a womb and you will know why the creation of Igba Odu is dependent on a specific gift from women.
The Odu does not say women cannot look into the Odu, the Odu says the senior wife of Orunmila told him his other wives could not look into his odu pot. This is a manifestation of Ogboni protocol that assigns a single wife of an Awo to the mysteries associated with Odu and Iyaami. Don’t take my word for it read the verse.
It is the power of women called aje that is use to open the portal of Odu in there body when they are not pregnant. This power is called oso which in English means astral travel. The concept of astral travel is the ability to separate consciousness from the physical body. The power of aje manifest as oso gives women the ability to travel through the portal of Odu and make the journey from Aye to Orun.
Men make this journey by being possessed by Ela. There is no possession by Ela in Tefa unless the women of Iyaami Osoranga open the portal of Odu. The journey from Aye to Orun is symbolized by the Osun Staff used as a fundamental component of Tefa. The women of Iyaami surround the area of Tefa enter the astral realm and protect the Iyawo in their first journey to Orun. The completion of this journey is symbolized by placing a red parrot feather on the forehead of the initiate. In English that would be described as the Kundalini rising. Many awo in the Diaspora do not believe the awo go into possession with Ela. It would be more accurate to say awo in the Diaspora have lost the secret of how to go into possession with Ela. The secret of how to go into possession involves women opening the portal of Odu.
The red parrot feather, the feather of a bird, birds are the topographical metaphor for a women’s ability to astral travel.
I do not know how this could be more obvious.
It is reason why Ifa is based on gender equity.
The idea that women have nothing to do with Odu is a denigration of our faith based on imposing the Christian prophetic metaphor of Eve accepting the Apple from Satan on the Ifa topopraphical metaphor that describes the structure of reality.
The two don’t mix.
When an awo is in possession with Odu he has the ability to see the sacred geometry symbolized by the marks of Odu in the primal form. This ability is called elerin ipin in Yoruba meaning Witness to Creation. Being a witness to Creation means you are able to see beyond the physical world into the Sacred Geometry that creates the World. This ability is what gives an awo the Ase to make ebo. The power of ebo is an expression of the portal opened in the ori of the awo that allows for the transformative ase of ala to travel from Orun to Aye. This process has nothing to do with the imagined magical power of animal blood.
The spiritual responsibility of understanding the dynamics and meaning of Odu as topographical metaphor is the first and foremost requirement in the training of becoming an awo.
So for those who would argue that Odu means pot and has no significance beyond the word pot, I would only say good luck with that.
As we unpack and examine the meaning of Ifa metaphor we consistently discover that the metaphor is consist with principles of physics and sacred geometry.
The point I am making is that this is not a coincidence. It is in fact an effort by our ancestors to preserve a remarkably insightful system of physics that can be used to engineer a better world.
Ire
Awo Falokun
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