{"product_id":"7864-768-d-7865-768-paperback","title":"\u0026#7864;\u0026#768;d\u0026#7865;\u0026#768; - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBabalawo Ifadahunsi Obafemi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eỌ̀rúnmìlà was being praised everywhere as A ṣèkan mọ́ kù - he who achieves everything, for whom nothing is impossible. He answered to it for a long time. Then he admitted it was not true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere were still people he could not cure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo he took Òsanyìn, his right hand in healing, and went to ask Olódùmarè what could be done about it. And - because he is who he is - he consulted Ifá before he left. Ogbè Òdí came out. He was told to sacrifice, not because of where he was going, but because of the house he was leaving behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey never reached Olódùmarè. The last gatekeeper stopped them - Ẹ̀dẹ̀, His messenger, colossal and robed in white, with the signatures of the Odù pouring off his body as light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If this is the matter, you do not need to meet Him. He directed you to come to me.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor every single disease, Ẹ̀dẹ̀ taught them two hundred and fifty-six ways to find it and two hundred and fifty-six ways to treat it. They were with him sixteen years. Òsanyìn learned the leaves and stopped there and went home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eỌ̀rúnmìlà stayed another sixteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe went exactly as far as his friend had gone, and then he kept going - and what he learned in the second sixteen years is the reason a Babaláwo greets another Babaláwo the way he does, and the reason the verse says what it says: Ẹbọ jẹ́ ju oògùn lọ. Sacrifice is more potent than medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA painted graphic novel from the Odù Ifá, for grown readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50966382051414,"sku":"9798182843607","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0720\/7433\/0198\/files\/9UQP84qUVP9798182843607.webp?v=1793321607","url":"https:\/\/duanes-world-2.myshopify.com\/products\/7864-768-d-7865-768-paperback","provider":"Duane's World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}