Eni comes from the Yorùbá word, Ènìyàn or Enitimoyan. In the Yorùbá spiritual tradition of Ifa, Eniyan translates to human beings, the specially selected ones who came to bring good things from heaven to earth. This project is both a home and a journey featuring conversations, gatherings, rememberings, and connections between Ènìyàn. This project is a way to remember the language of the rocks and the river and coyote, the language of Aye, the earth. This project serves as a way of sharing the goodness of people and their stories, reminding us of our humanity, reminding us that wherever we are on Aye, there is goodness to be found.

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Robyn Nisbet

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I come from a long line of blue-eyed women Hebrews

genetic mutations

skipping generations

appearing in the witchiest of them.

I come from thick worn aprons

Chagalls's colors

and the 'li la la li li li' of the Old Country.

I come from the one who talks to the water.

 

I come from the austerity of the Isabellas dressed in black

from relentless work of the hands

from good Old Scottish pragmatism

and countless 'oh what a shame's.'

 

I come from dreams of the North

Pictish Pagan Warrior Women

Spiked white hair

and the murky bogs of mystery

I come from the dark haired, dark eyed, shadowy one.

 

I come from the ocean and seal people and seaweed wrapped around my watery limbs.

I come from the forest and the language of the bear, agility, and strength, mask of fur and shells.

I come from the four legged dances that bring the knowledge of our ancient relatives.

 

I come from a long thread of Alleles

streaming from my chromosomes

reaching to the sky

like kite dancers in a gentle wind upon rolling prairies and long waving grass.

 

I come from standing barefoot on a rock in the creek, taking sun into all of my skin,

from little fish nibbling at my toes,

from algae worms and bending willow and the sweet butterscotch scent of Pearly Everlasting in the dry dusty heat.

 

I come from amoebas and mollusks and wishes and losses.

 

I come from poetry made alive as feet press into the earth. I come from rhythm and storytelling.

 

I come from billions of years of evolution, from trilobites sensing their back bodies into a mossy forest floor.

 

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Original music for the podcast intro and outro by George Karpasitis also known as mystic vessel, www.georgekarpasitis.com

Remix on the outro by Avila Santo, vocals by ONYILOVE

www.avilasanto.com, www.onyilove.com

Podcast cover art by Eileen Itzel Mena, www.eileenitzelmena.com

Podcast edit and mixing by Finn Forest Green, www.finnforestgreen@persona.co