Iwori — Inner Vision, the Reversed Eye

Iwori is the third Olódù, the Odù of inner sight and reversed perception. According to the ese Ifá preserved in the UNESCO-recognized oral corpus, Iwori governs the babalawo's capacity for ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀ (deep knowledge) — the ability to perceive the spiritual causes (ọ̀nà ìkọ̀kọ̀) behind visible effects. Iwori's verses teach that true dídá Ifá (Ifá divination) is not prediction but diagnosis, and that Orunmila granted this Odù the power of ojú inú (the inner eye) so that what is hidden from ordinary sight becomes legible on the opón Ifá.