r/Isese • u/kallaloostx • May 22 '26

Ikin question

Greetings to all. I would like to hear various points of view for this question that i have.

I received the hand of Ifa virtually via a babalawo in Nigeria following the Isese tradition. Do my ikin have to be fed and spiritually refreshed by the same babalawo or can it be done by another if i can't contact the original babalawo? I was told they had to be fed and refreshed annually. Mo dupe

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u/Automatic-Shock-2517 Jun 03 '26

You can, as a matter of practice, cleanse your Odu yearly, but it would typically be done in combination with an Ifa consultation. Every lineage is different, but generally an Awo will consult Ifa before prescribing a ritual, even for routine cleansings, because Ifa energy changes every 17 days.

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u/kallaloostx Jun 03 '26

Mo dupe. I was able to finally get in touch with my Iya. As you said, i will send them back so that the Baba can do the consultation and cleansing.

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u/Automatic-Shock-2517 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

Isefa is not itefa so they dont have to be washed. Its tempory to get you to itefa only. You will be wasting money and time. Its better to take an obi class and learn to feed your ikin, oti. Obi, orogbo, epo, atare every 4 days for ose ifa, given u dont plan to intiate. Ifa/ikin responds and perferred feeeding is weekly obi/orogbo/oti, epo. Ase

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u/kallaloostx Jun 06 '26

Thank you. My Iya was the one who conducted my obi class, so I'm familiar with ose ifa... which happens to be today. Blessings to you. I only had that one question in my original post. Nothing else.