What Does Oyeku-Irete Mean in Ifa? The Night That Must Learn to Press Through
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: What does Oyeku-Irete mean in Ifa? Oyeku-Irete is the thirteenth combination Odu led by Oyeku Meji (combination entry 44 in the manuscript order): Oyeku - darkness, endings, the ancestors, the unseen - leads on the right leg, and Irete Meji - the Crusher, resolve, breaking obstacles, prosperity - answers on the left. This educational article reads the combination by the Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola manuscript's own conversation method: the night that must learn to press through. Teachings: an ending and an obstacle are different things, and each leg is the other's examiner - bury what is dead, press against what merely blocks; look underneath before you push - diagnosis before force; aim is everything - crush the obstacle, not the people; the prosperity on the other side is shared, and perseverance is what the sweetness rewards. Anchored in the manuscript's 'How the 256 Are Made' section, 'How to Use This Book' point 4, the sixteen-principals overview table, entry 2 (Oyeku Meji) and entry 14 (Irete Meji). Oyeku's verse, Irete's verse and the combination verse are [SOURCE NEEDED] per the manuscript - withheld, never invented. Irete's sign is presented as the manuscript's account (right I I II II, left II II I I). Source and related reading, stated exactly: the teaching SOURCE is The Original AI: Ancestral Intelligence - The 256 Odu of Ifa by Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola (Ajarn Shaman Shu), which is also the volume carried in the buy block; no separate related-reading volume is carried. Devotional/educational only; study is not initiation.
Author: Osainbola, Oluwo Jolaoso
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225734503
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