Build Your ASE ASE is a Yoruba word meaning command, power, and authority – Depending on the context it’s being used. Ability to make whatever statement you make come to pass or happen. You can also call it the ability to compel nature to bend to your will (Nature; Animate & Inanimate objects) This type of ASE could be Either God given (born with) or Acquired. The acquired one could further be divided into the following. 1. Physically Prepared (Herbs & Formulas) 2. Passed on (Psychically, through touch, swallowing of Objects, a gaze, or other Methods) 3. Developed through austerities, observances of fasts and penance. 4. Regular practice of a particular process or routine (like regular worship of one’s Orisha, Chanting a sacred name, or regular performance of a potent ritual). Our major focus is going to be on the physically prepared ase. Generally speaking ASE could be in the form of the spoken word, the nature of an object (e.g. the poison of a snake is its ASE and its nature to bite), aura that an entity posses or anything peculiar to a certain character. Herein I focus solely on the spoken word & how it is developed the African way, through the Yoruba mystical system or practice. Based on my definition of ASE I will state the major charms that represent ASE, its process of preparation, how they work and their degree of potency. We have the: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Mayehun Afose Gbetugbetu Olugbohun Mayehun Means Refuse me not – It is used when you want a person to grant your request, it could be used in wooing a lady, request for money from a neighbor, a tight fisted friend or a wealthy man. Note it must be used in a polite manner. Here is a simple incantation that goes with some Mayehun formulas. In Yoruba Language; Orun Lo ngba towo omode Orun Lo ngba towo agba Translation: Sleep takes from the young Sleep takes from the old
Part of the preparation goes thus. You put a cowry in each hand when going to sleep .The following morning it would have dropped from your hands. Pick them up and pound them with the remaining herbs. Afose This is usually prepared with black soap and put inside an animal horn; it could be a Ram’s, Cow’s, Antelope etc. Afose means speak and come to pass or speak and happen. This is a quite advanced form of ASE. There are various formulas and some are quite powerful. However note that it is not a general rule that all Afose be mixed in Black soap and kept in horns. Whatever is spoken might happen immediately or later in future depending on the potency of the charm or the nature of issue the ASE is addressing. Our forefathers possessed some Afoses that they used to control nature elements like rain, fire etc. I personally had one that I used to stop a car from starting; I have personally seen one that was used to dry up a very big tree in three days. The tree was cursed with that Afose. With the Afose you could place a curse (Epe) on any object. A chameleon is usually one of the ingredients that plays a prominent role in its preparation, at times the head of a black cobra is used too. Gbetugbetu This is more of a hypnotizing charm. The person under the spell doesn’t really know what he is doing. I don’t really know the meaning of Gbetugbetu but I know what it does. It is used in compelling people to do the most impossible things. Things they would naturally not do or refuse to do. It is somewhat difficult to prepare but there are some simple formulas too, however they also vary in degree of potency. The powerful ones that I know has in it as part of its ingredients the rope that a man hanged himself with. To Illustrate its power I would narrate an incident that happened which was manipulated by the use of Gbetugbetu. A friend once used it to call a stubborn but pretty lady into his room (Normally she would have shunned him right off). When she got inside he commanded her to strip, which she did instantly, but he didn’t touch her. 3 days later the girl came to her senses, she confronted my friend and an argument broke out. It was settled but after that incident the girl avoided my friend from then onwards. Moral of story – You don’t play such jokes ‘cos you’ve got the power. Our forefathers used it when they were attacked by a gang of thieves; they just Commanded them to fight or hand over their weapons. Olugbohun The sound picker. It is believed to be a powerful spirit, that picks whatever is said and makes it happen, if not immediately very soon. (Even if u mistakenly curse your children out of frustration). Now this is not a genie that will drop things physically in front of you, like food, wine and a flying carpet. However it will create a situation that will cause your request to be met. It is not kept in the house but far away in the bush and its consulted only once in a while. It is
very powerful, and can be used in the arts and practice of black magic, if the owner is a bad person. This mini write up is to educate people on Africa & the Yoruba race in particular, the power that is inherent in their charms and what obtains in the society vis -a –vis makumba, voodoo, babalawo, ologun or whatever you will call it. In this write up I have discussed the ASE and its external preparation. I must state here that it can be internalized so you do not carry any charm with you or need to go to a corner of your room to use your charms. I will divulge a bit of that in a minute. This is not a comprehensive work or a professional work but a concise work from a student of the arts, seeking knowledge but also ready to share what he has. There are a lot of things I have left unsaid and skipped here because it would take a whole book to do justice to the topic. There is a simple formula that we might use to enhance our ASE internally, so that every spoken word of ours’ backed with hard concentration comes to pass. Obi olojumerin – 4 pieces kola nut, or kola nut that can be divided into 4 parts take a bite, Orogbo – bitter kola, take a bite, Efun – Lime chalk, take a bite chew with a sip of dry gin, every morning. I do not know the names of leaves in English & I do not know if you’ll have them in your country so am in a fix. Truth if practiced is believed to develop man’s ASE. A man that has adhered to truth all his life, avoided the use of obscene words, doesn’t swear and talks only when necessary is bound to have ASE on his tongue. His very speech is said to be ordained by God. The Odu Ifa Osatura talks about truth. The regular chanting of the verse coupled with a certain ritual strengthens ones ASE.
