Deep divination informed us that this ese, or verse, was to be put under the sacred Odù Ifá Túlá Médzì (Òtúrá Méjì). Why? Òtúrá Méjì tells us about correct communication and right living in accordance to ancient Ancestral wisdom and the results that come if we do or do not follow that wisdom. One must overstand that sacredness did not stop in Nigeria. We do not practice messianic traditions like the biblical ones whereas the only thing prophetical or holy happened thousands of years ago. If the Yoruba can observe their sacred experiences and record them then why not us?

The Ese


It roars and wishes as if Olokun is on fire
The wind whirls as if Oya is perpetually angry
20 started on the journey
20 turned into 100 million
We asked if it is safe to come out
They asked was it safe to go back
I said that affairs are incomplete
They said that affairs have become unraveled
Ifá divination was done for the people of heaven
The same was done for their Afrikan counterparts on Earth
When they wished to know what their destiny was to be
And they wanted to know what they needed to do to be perpetually successful
The ancient diviners dug deep into the primordial wisdom of Ìsèse (ancient traditionalism)
The Ìshèshe told them they would build great buildings
They would build great walls
They would build great damns that would alter the course of great waters
They would author wars and they would end wars
They would be the only ones on Earth who could contact and manipulate higher energies
They would know the Arusi, the Orisa, the Vodu, the Mkisi, and the Abosom
They said that their greatness would not be able to be seen with the “naked eye”
But the ancient diviners warned them
That in some way and in some age
They would be stripped of all they had;
All that they created through the grace of Dada Segbo
Then the people of heaven
Along with the people of Earth
Begin to be in distressed concerning the words of the ancient Ìþèþe
They asked the bokonons in heaven
And they asked the bokonons of the earth
What could they do to maintain the many achievements as told by the Ìshèshe?
The diviners contemplated the great Ìsèse
They said that much sacrifice must be done at this point and AFTERWARDS
They all wished to know the sacrifice
The diviners said “You must agree that you will be successful and maintain it”
And for now this is the sacrifice
The people of the earth and the people of heaven said that that sacrifice is easy
“But”, the diviners said, “There is also vossa (Fôn for “sacrifice”) for the future is:
“You must maintain this success at all costs; you must never deny your oath with the deities of your people; you must never take on the ideology or gods of your perpetual enemy; you must always remember your oath with periodical sacrifices to YOUR deities; YOU MUST NEVER be ignorant of who your enemy is!”
They said that the vossa is good
But that they did not overstand the latter part thereof; of whom the enemy is
The diviners said “Since you are not exercising the wisdom given to you by the Great Se (Segbo) we will tell you further. Now listen
. There will come a day when a lifeless people will come to you
They will not be human but will have the appearance thereof; they are only animated beings
They will not look like you
They will not think like you
They will attempt to suck the life out of you
They will attempt to induce spirit only due to the lack of one
They are the INCOMPLETES and many of your people will have different names for them
Their skins will look as if bleached by some unholy force
They will have the outward appearance of disorder that their inner being speaks of
They will attempt to turn everything you do and have achieved into disaster
They will remain perpetually in opposition to every aspect of your being
There will be a delusion set forth
And some will think that they are like you
Because they will STEAL everything you have if you let them
These people will be your perpetual enemy
They will want to see you die daily only AFTER they have exploited you (if you allow it)
THEIR “SUCCESS” is dependent upon your own RELEASE and RELINQUISHMENT of your own divinity within
Although there will be times when diplomatic measures are needed when possible you are to ELIMINATE this scourge of the earth
Ultimately, the Ìþèþe is saying that at all times this scourge must NEVER be allowed in your personal and sacred space!
The people of earth and the people of heaven did all of the vossa (sacrifice) needed
And at this time the Incompletes, or the enemies, had not arrived
Things were good for 1000s of years
They were ruled by wise ones for most of the time
Though here and there they had those who would not adhere to the ancient Ìþèþe concerning the perpetual enemy called the Incompletes
But then there came a time when Modakeke, one who is dead from the neck up
Took the throne and perpetually violated the taboos concerning the enemy
When Modakeke began to spread its folly
Both the people of heaven
And the people of earth
Begin to lose everything they had including their own divinity of self
Modakeke even allowed the enemies into their space and began to “befriend” them
The primordial Ìsèse was violated and this angered the divinities
These were the same divinities that the people swore the oath with!
Modakeke’s folly spread so that as time went on
This became the norm especially among the leaders and spiritual advisors
Then, as the ancient Ìsèse had informed them
The Earth was as if it was off its pivot
Things that were abnormal became normal
The people of the earth began to watch all of the ancient glory go into disarray
The weak and abnormals, the Incompletes, began to take over their power and divinity
They began to take over their possessions
The people of the earth ran to the diviners with incessant fear
They asked why the Great Se (Creator) had forsaken them
The diviners of the Earth consulted the ancient oracles of the many Afrikan ethnics
All the oracles agreed and said the same thing
They said it was because of the disrespectful violation of the ancient taboos imposed upon them
They told them that they had allowed their perpetual enemy, the Incompletes, into their folds
That they have violated the ancient Ìshèshe
That they have LIED on the deities and the culture by selling out their own people!
The people of the earth lost their divinity, or rather gave it away
They even began to sell their own people into slavery to the Incompletes
From this the Incompletes were able to build a pseudo-civilization on the backs of the people of the Earth
Not only did this happen
They also began to sell their own ancient traditions to the Incompletes
The diviners told them that, as a collective people, they were in danger of the divinities leaving them forever!
They asked, “What can we do to restore our birthright?” What is the vossa (sacrifice)?
They said to them, “You MUST stop your folly, confess your ignorance, and ask the divinities for forgiveness. You must also stop your ASSOCIATIONS with the Incompletes.”
The diviners also said that more importantly, “you must confront and eliminate the traitors among you at this time that set this evil in motion!”
Until this day some have done the sacrifice and some have not
And the fate of the people of the earth remains in question

A new ese for Tula Médzì (Òtúrá Méjì) for New Afrikan people whatever their ethnic root. This verse will continue.

Baba Fáwesagu, Áwotundé Yao Fáseyin