At The Crossroads Every Day at 1:00
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I have been looking for the creator of these shoes for a long time. And just when I found this unknown picture again for this post I remembered an old pice of writing, which was why I originally went looking for representations of the god Elegba. What’s written on the soles of these shoes is a prescription for magic, to summon the god of the crossroads, the one who help us roll the dice. The musician Robert Johnson was said to have gone down to the crossroads and sold his soul to the devil in order to gain the gift of music. But that is a cultural translation of a much more powerful deity.
“It's not the Devil you meet at the crossroads, but Elegba, straight from Nigeria. Trickster, jester, who sits at the point of transition. He is the center of the crossroads, dwelling exactly at the decision point. He is the owner of all roads, doors, thresholds, all destiny and disorder. He is the time traveller who can speak in tongues, change genders, summon ancestors, and cure sickness. His mediation with the higher worlds makes things happen. He waits for you to meet the consequence of your choice. He is the roll of the dice and the numbers that fall.”
So it is by chance that I’ve found my old blog filled with pieces of writing that aren’t half bad. How fortune-ate! I can add all of my previous writing from my wanderings fourteen years ago to my Substack now. It really feels good to have a virtual place where all of it lives. Maybe I will even put my old podcast up too…
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