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May5,
2022

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Inthey ear1849IleIf
e,thebastionofOri
ginalAf
ri
cancivi
li
zat
ion,
fel
lforthefir
sttimeev er,
start
inganew165y rcycleofleader
shipandcoll
ecti
veconsci
ousnessinspi
redbyf orei
gn
i
mper iali
sm thatwastodeciv i
li
zeandtri
bali
zeus.The165yrcycl
eofleadershipti
edt o
Olokun/ Neptuneorbi
tthatstart
edin1848endedi n2011andanewOl okuncy clestar
tedwi t
h
theent hronementofOoniri
saAdey eyeOgunwusithathasembarkedonRenai ssanceoft heIf
e
civi
li
zationanddecolonial
it
y.

TherecentdeathofAlaafi
nAdey emi IIIsigni
fiestheendofOy oAtiba165yrcyclefrom 1856,
duri
ngwhichOy owasusedf orBrit
ishcol oniali
tythr
oughthewr i
ti
ngoftheYor ubaBi bl
et hat
madet heOyodialectt
hestandardbear eroft henewsocialconstr
uct,t
heYorubat ribecar ved
outoftheconti
nuum ofdialectsthatspr eadf rom Sout
her
nNi geri
atoGambi aandSout hAf ri
ca,
knownast heOrigi
nali
ndigenousAf r
icanci v
ili
zati
onbasedont henatural
i
stIfa/Afa/Iha/Era/Fa
phil
osophi
calfoundati
ons..

TheOl okuncycleisst
artedwhenNeptuneisini
tsnatur
al posi
ti
onintheskyforabout13to
14y r
s,duri
ngwhi chi
tsessencesbr
ingaboutchangestoleadershi
pandconsciousnessthatl
ast
for165yrs,unti
lwhenitcomesbacktot hesamespotinitsorbi
t.Bei
ngcycli
cal
,theplanet
ary
Orisainfl
uencesarekarmati
caswhaty ouputoutcomesback, whethergoodorbad.

TheOl dOy oEmpi r

ehadgonet hroughfundament alchangesthr
eeOl okuncycl
esagot hat
occuredbet ween1520and1534, whenNuper ansackedOy oIl
e,for
cingtheroyalcourtto
rel
ocatetoI gboho, onlytoretur
nwi tht
headopt ionofaOgunphi l
osophyandmi l
it
ary
expansionistleadership.Thischangewasi nsit
utional
izedwit
htheexpansionoft heAar e
Onakakanf ost oolthatsecuredOy oenvi
ronsf r
om Nupesandcr eatedaf or
cefulhegemonyon
surr
oundingar eas.ThenextOl okuncyclest art
ingbetween1684and1698sawt hespr eadof
Oyotowar dst hecoastwi thmer ci
lessbrutal Ogunexpansioni
sm thatsawitdestroytheAl l
ada,
eventuall
yendi ngwi ththekarmaticdestructionofOy o.Thenextcycl
eof1848wast heOy o
Ati
bai nnewOy otownendi ngin2022.

ThissameOl okunconsciousnessthroughleadershi
pisal sodiscerni
bleinEdowhencal cul
ated
thatPrinceOgunt hatbecameObaEwuar einsti
tutedterritori
alexpansionism wi
tht hehelp
Portuguesegunsexchangedf orsl
avesandChr isti
ani
zat ionwi t
ht heAruosaChur ch.The165y r
s
from ObaEwuar ebroughtabout7prosperouskings,followedby165y rswhensl averyand
Europeani nvolv
ementwanedbr i
ngabout7unknownki ngsofdi sputableli
neage.Thenext
165y r
sst art
ingwithObaAkensuabr oughtanother7ki ngsmadepr osperousbyr evamping
sl
avesf
orar
mst r
adewithEuropeans,
until
Beni
nwasconquer
edandanewcy
cleof7nor
mal
ki
ngswit
hli
mit
edprosperi
tywit
houtslav
ery.

TheseOl okunt r
endsar enotlimit
edt oOri
ginalAfr
icanci vi
li
zat
ionhear t
landofSout hernNigeria
andar eglobalinnaturesinceourancestorswer ethef ir
sttodecipherthem from univer
sal
naturall
aws.JustaswhenOl okunwasathomef r
om 1848t o1861, l
eadingto1849f allofIfe,
1856Oy oAtibaandendi ngwith1861Lagoscol onizationandAj ayiCrowtherYorubaBi blethat
misrepresentedEsuasSat antherebycommi ti
ngepi stemici
deofYor ubabeliefsystem, sodo
wef i
ndi nglobalhist
orythe1848Kar lMar
xbookst artCommuni sm v er
susCapi t
ali
sm, 1856
Russia-Ukrai
neWarofWest er
nv ersusOrt
hodoxChr i
stiani
tyandendi ngwith1861USCi vil
War
overAfricanplantati
onslavery.

Itgoeswithoutsayi
ngthatall
theseeventsar ebei
ngrevisitedinthi
scurrentOlokuncyclefrom
2011t o2026,aswewi tnessanewOoni revampingtheOr iginalAfr
icancivi
l
izat
ion,Russiaonce
againchall
engingWesternChri
sti
ancivi
li
zation,ObaLami di demisebri
ngingananendt othe
AtibaOyocolonial
it
yetc.TheOduaseparatism mightunintentional
lyendupwi thLagos
extract
edfrom thehint
erl
andli
keSingaporefrom Malaysia, HongKongf r
om Chi naet
c.

Therearetwoort hreeotherspir
it
ualorphil
osophical essencesthatmagni fi
estheeffectsof
Olokunessencesi nit’
snatur
alposit
ion.Thefi
rsti
st hei nfl
uenceofObat alawhenitconj unct
s
Olokuninitsnatur
al posi
ti
on.Olokunbeingspi
rit
ualit
yandconsci ousness,whil
eObat alais
civi
l
izat
ionalphil
osophyandl aws,l
eadst oanewcol lectiv
econsci ousnessandleadership.This
occurseveryti
meOl okunisinit
snaturalposi
ti
onfor14y rsandObat alaorbit
sin12yrs,theref
ore
theymeetev ery165y r
sinOlokunhouse.

TheOl okuncy cleismadet itani

cifi
tcoincideswi ththeOy a250y rcycl
einObal uaye,duri
ng
whichOy ablowsawaygl obal str
uct
uresf ol
lowedbyherst aywi t
hShangot hatl
ightsupquest
forJustice.Thisdidn’
thappeni nthelastOlokuncy cl
ei n1848-1861,butwasr esponsiblefor
profoundchangesoft hepr evi
ousOlokuncy clefrom 1520t o1534, whent he1000y roldRoman
Catholi
cEmpi rewaschallengedandbal kanizedbyMar t
inLuther,t
heBrit
ish,FrenchandDut ch,
whil
et heol derIf
ecivi
li
zationwaschal l
engedandbal kanizedbyOy oandBeni nthatswitchedto
theOgunmodeofsl avesforar mstowar dsterri
tori
al expansi
onism.

Sothequesti
onthatari
sesfrom thesepasttrendsiswhatnext ?Wehav ehadObatalaconj
oin
wit
hOlokuninApri
l2022,andnowawai tObatalatoconjunctwi t
hOguninOgunshouseonMay
29t
hwhenwehav ethePresidenti
alpr
imaries.I
fcareisnott aken,t
heresul
tsofthepri
mari
es
wouldbetheseedsofwar,andunf ort
unatelysi
nceEsuwi llbeplayi
nggamesr et
rogradi
ngfr
om
May10thtoJune3rd,wear elikel
ytothrowcautiontothewi ndduet omisi
nfor
mat i
onand
di
sinf
ormati
on.

Lestwefor
getthe29yrObaluay
ecy cl
efi
rstwi
tnessedduri
ngthe1964el
ect
ions,
whichl
edto
coupsandcounter
coupsthatevent
uall
yculmi
natedintheCiv
ilWar
.Thenonceagai
n29yrsl
ater
,
i
nt he1993MKOAbi ol
aelecti
ondebacle,
andnowi n2022.Manyoft heactor
sintheprevious
cyclesar
estil
li
nvol
ved,l
i
keTinubuwhoi salsofaci
nghisowncy cl
ickarmaofthe19yr
Iy
ami /MoonnodesinOsunthatmightonceagainresul
tintheal
legat
ionsofbetr
ayal
slikewhat
happenedaround2003betweenhim andtheAfenif
ereYorubacoll
ecti
ve.

Tomakeev ent
smor eeeri
e, Obat al
arever
sesoutofOgunshouseonl ytoretur nj
ustbef or
ethe
el
ect i
onsinFebr uary2023, aroundwhi chti
meOy awi l
lbel
eavi
ngObal uayeshousesi nce2008,
bringi
ngdownpol iti
calstr
ucturesandent eri
ngShangoshousef or16yrs,l
i
ght eni
ngt hetorchof
globaljusti
celi
kei tdidwiththeAmer i
canWarofIndependenceandConst ituti
on, French
Rev ol
utionandanewconst it
ution,andmostimportanttous,t
heHai ti
anRev olut
iont hat
broughtaboutt hebegi nni
ngoft heendofglobal
Africansl
avery.Soitmightbesaf et osayto
expectwarandanewconst itut
ion.

Tomakei tevenmor eint

eresti
ngi sthethir
di nfluence,whichisthe2000y rcycleofOlodunmar e
whi chi smadeupof8t wohundr edandf i
ft
yy earOy acycl
eswhichbringat otalchangeingl obal
consci ousness, aboutevery2000y rs.Thelastwas2000y r
sago,exactlybetween23ADand
27ADwhent heRomanRepubl icbrokeapar tin23AD, partsofwhichreunitedin27ADt o
creat edt heHol yRomanEmpi r
e.IftheNor thernAf roasi
ati
candWest ernci vi
l
izati
onsinsiston
total hegemoni ccontroloftheSout handMi ddlebeltOrigi
nalAfr
icancivi
li
zation,t
heremi ghtbe
warast heWestar mssepar ati
sts,terr
orist
sandbandi t
stomakeNi geriaungov ernabl
etot he
Nor thernAf roasiati
cciv i
l
izat
ion,result
inginbal kanizati
onoftheSouthandMi ddl
ebeltOrigi
nal
Africanci v i
l
izati
on, whichwouldhav etoeventual l
yunitetowinandcr eatetheirown
civi
lizational poli
ty.Wel ivei
ninterestingti
mes.

Iti
sobv i
oust hattheuniversehasadi vinepatt
ernonourl i
vesasi ndi
v i
dualsandasacol l
ective,
butunfortunately99%Yor ubasdon’ tknowt hetrendsofYor ubaspi ri
tualandphi l
osophical
essencescodedasOr i
saandt i
edtopl anetar
yor bi
ts.Longbef oretheBiblewaswr i
ttenand
Psalm 90v 12stated‘t
eachust onumberourday srightt ogainwi sdom oft heheart’
,ourAf r
ican
ancestorsstartedmat hematicsandt imekeepi ngofall aspectsofourexi st
ence,encodedi n
whatisknownast heOrigi
nal Afr
icanInf or
mationRet r
ievalSy stem, I
fainYor uba,AfainIgbo,Fa
i
nI gal
aet c.

Howev erwemoder ni
stOri
ginalAfricanshav ebeenment al
lyandspi r
it
uall
yenslaved,and
psychologicall
ydumbeddownt obel argelyconsumers, smal lt
imepr oducersandhandbag
carr
iersofourcol oni
almasters,onlybeingabletodeci pherbasict rendsoftheSunandt he
Moon, visi
bletothenakedey eandappl icabletoplant
ingseasons, sexandchi l
dbirt
h.Wedon’t
understandt hetr
endsofEsu/ Mercury(Informati
on),Ogun/ Mar s(War ),
Obatala/Jupi
ter
(ci
vil
izati
on),Obaluay
e/Sat
urn( personal andpoli
ti
calli
fecy cles),
Shango/ Uranus(Justi
ce),
Olokun/Nept une(l
eader
shipandconsci ousness)norOy a/Pluto(revoluti
onarychanges)

UntilAfr
icansunder
standt
hescienceandmathemat
icsofthei
rphi
losophi
calandspi
ri
tual
essences,theywoul
dbecivi
li
zat
ional
lybl
i
ndandaslavetootherr
acesworldv
iews.Yor
ubas
needtoev olvet
heirconsci
ousnesswit
hIfasciences,rat
herthanwithjustt
hepr eval
entIf
aarts,
i
nor derfortheyouthtobefir
stamongequalsacr osstheworld.Weneedt oev ol
veour
consciousnessbeyondconsumer i
sm i
nfl
uencedbyt heshortEarthorbi
toftheSunt hatbri
ngs
aboutplanti
ngseasons, t
ounderst
andourstrengths,weaknesses,opport
unit
iesandt hr
eats.

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iceFal
oyei
sthePr
esi
dent
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ion.