Eshu at the Crossroad

Getting to know Eshu is no easy feat. He is after a a jolly trickster. He loves bold expression: black and red are his colors. He is not shy in the least. Let me relate a little story to help you get to know him too. Eshu will crush us if we are haughty, and lift us when we are humble to a fault. He will never leave you without a lesson. He is the mirror of our soul. In one tale, he is walking between two friends on the road. He is wearing a tall hat, red on one side and white on the other. The two friends take to arguing about what color his hat is, both only seeing the hat from their own side of the street. They come to blows. Their long standing friendship was in tatters. He chuckled to think how they would ruin a friendship over something so trivial, the color of a man's hat. He sees things from all directions and helps us to see our strengths and our weaknesses. When asked kindly, Eshu will help guide our paths, because Eshu is the owner of all paths.