The 1st of the 3 images is the computer model worked out by Ifa's Opele.
The commonest and simplest form of Ibo of Cowry Shells tied together representing types (1) and piece of animal bone representing “Iho” (0) This relates to computer language today, we need prediction (which is scientific and reliable) more than divination (which is religious and uncertain).Ĭonsidering the locio in the arms of the opele, the pairs should be punched (d) and there ‘bi’ pairs not punched (0) using this code paper model of Ifa -6-A-Bits computer model N has been developed. In fact, digital computer uses the binary system. anthropomancy is based on binary system and it is therefore a computer oriented science which can be used in mathematical education.Īt a divination session, several Ibo (instruments for casting lot), may be used to find detail information about a client's problem. Bade Ajayi in his paper titled A New Model of Ifa Binary System stated that Orunmila, the Yoruba God of Wisdom and divination uses a geomantic system of divination to arrive at appropriate signs and employs Ifa verses to interpret the signs.īade Ajayi emphasised in his paper that communication with the Odu is achieved by means of a calculated mathematical framework based on the prescribed course of conduct required from each Odu. Ifa, Longe said, is based on the 8-bit pattern with its eight–piece divination chain, 16 major odu (chapters) and 256 odu in all. Ifa is actually an ancient binary computer system which, in some inexplicable way, has successfully linked the probability of numbers with the complexities of the human condition and the ever complex flux of events. What has those two got to do with the high-tech world of computer science? Olu Longe in His DecemInaugural lecture titled Ifa Divination And Computer Science asserted that Orunmila is one of the deities of the Yoruba while Ifa divination is a device for forecasting the future. Within each of the 256 Odus, there are1,680 Sacred Verses all presented in Parable - Format.Thus, the body of Ifa consists of 430,080 messages for mankind Prof. Ifa is coded within 256 Odus or Corpus, each Odu representing an esoteric pigeon-hole, itself divisible into 256 sub-holes. Orunmila, in order to make access to the retrieval of the Divine Message (Ifa) easy, devised the computer compatible binary coding system, thousands of years before the emergence of computer consciousness in so-called modern man! So, Ifa is preserved in binary coded format and is output Parable - Format. Each column is made up of four sets of either single or double vertical lines.
This sphere is symbolised through the use of two vertical columns. These forces are seen as existing in eight dimensions which form two spheres, one inside the other. The forces of contraction are symbolised by a double set of vertical lines (II).