Blood And Water - Episode 8
He gazed at a wall gecko on the wall above the throne and chanted Ifa songs. Then he took two steps to the door and turned to his right. He looked at all the people in the palace, one after the other, as if he was trying to read their faces. He frowned, looked in to the ceiling and began to sing with all seriousness.
"Ifa kii puro, Ifa kii sole!, Ifa kii puro, Ifa kii sole, oh un to ba sele infanwi....."
He sang this twice before walking towards the door. On a second thought, he turned his back, and commented: "check me out! " He said loudly and beat his chest: " Ifa is the most confidant of Olodumare . He who was with Him in the beginning of creation. Ifa never tells a lie, Ifa says the truth.
'If you', he pointed at them all, one after the other, "our of pride and arrogance, disobey the words of the elders, no doubt the effect would be greater than the cause.
You and your future generations would be held responsible ". Then he walked out gently with self-assurance.
"Great men believe in causes and effects", he soliloquized but , it was loud enough for all of them to hear, "shallow men like you gamble on luck and fantasies ". There were sighs and hisses as the old man stepped in to the cold harmattan
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. Among the royal family and the king makers, a lot of consultations and discussions were made.
The conclusion was unanimous, even as attempts were made to appease those aggrieved.
However, in order to avoid the possible doom hanging in the air that may fall and explode, if Ifa `agbonmiregun, is not obeyed, the Oracle's directive must be followed, some among them advised.
Other meetings were therefore conveyed. How do we locate the Ifa's chosen cripple who is to be king?.
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. It was their suggestion that Odessa must be summoned once more . The divinator did not personally know. But his oracle which has eye, so numerous that it could see a missing pin from anywhere in the four corners of the world would solve the riddle.
At the third cast of his cowries, followed by incantations and songs of triumphs by the Ifa man, he had answers to the riddle in his palms.
"Ha!ha! Our king of the herbs is in the next village. The man who converses with leaves, shrubs and grasses ", he said with a lot of emphasis, "is already in Esie". He ordered; "Make haste, waste no time. Go and fetch him for installation", he paused before continuing.
Omoladun Omolasho. If a man has no clothing, farm - land or gold', Odessa explained, "if he has a child. A good child is enough as wealth. For a precious wise child is worth more than the whole wealth in this world. Such a child is better than a thousand of ordinary children who can only bring ill_lack to their people ".
"On the arrival and coronation of the new king",......
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I hope all goes well for him
When destiny calls you can't run away from it. More inspirations to you
Thanks again dear