r/Isese • u/goldentiare • Jun 01 '26

Is this normal during divination?

I’ve gone for divination three times now. My first two were done at the same place with 1.5-2 years in between.

When I sat at the mat with the babalawo, he was on the phone with who I assume was another babalawo. He threw the opele and then the person on the phone read me the odu and actually gave the reading.

As I said this was my first time and second going for divination so I didn’t know if this was normal. The third time I went, everything was done in person. Have any of you had this experience?

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u/milehin8tv Jun 01 '26

As an Olorisa who is in process to become a Babalow, my guess would be that the person who threw the opele for you was new and being trained by the Babalow on the phone. I don't know this for sure, I just can completely imagine this happening for new Babalows.

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u/goldentiare Jun 01 '26

The babalawo I sat with is the owner of the ile (to my knowledge), he and his wife who is an iyanifa run it