The Principle of Bàbá Éjì Ogbè:

The Principle of Bàbá Éjì Ogbè:

Teaching given by Bàbá Odùdúwà through his medium/Ẹlẹ̀gún.

ẸGBẸ́ ÓDÙN ỌLỌ́FIN The Spiritual Family of the Secret of Olófin.

The Principle of Bàbá Éjì Ogbè:

It is the beginning of everything known Materially. It is not the oldest sign/Odù, but it is the first one that “spoke”. The one that gave consciousness to intelligent beings. Where the questioning of existence arises. The essential principle of materialization. Éjì Ogbè determines the destinies of everything known and unknown in the universe. That which was one to become two. Where the questioning of reality arose. He who manifests the destinies, and rules the path of all. The One who separated humanity from all animals and living beings in Ilé - in the world, Crowning humanity as the Superior Being on Earth. He who dictated the essential characters for the success of one or another destiny.

 He who governs, like Èşù, all the places where to project the Divinity of Light. The first to impart the divine and sacred laws. The divine laws revealed to live together in society. Éjì Ogbè is the fundamental piece of all mechanics in the universe. The fundamental energy of existence. Without its presence, reality is destroyed. Its function is the amalgamation of all that has existed and will exist. Where the Eight Sacred Fires that mark the path are lit.

 He who possesses the mystery of the union between Ilé (Earth) and Ilé Ọ̀run (Spiritual World). Anyone who for himself is prophesied Éjì Ogbè, is obliged to fulfill the sacred mandates of his poetries. Éjì Ogbè prophesies the goodness and consequences of exercising properly or improperly the revelations of the Deities. The Being of born Pulchritude where all the bases for the diverse creations and fractals of the universes are deposited. The first to promulgate the divine and essential laws for all the creations of the Olódùmarè's (Note: there are many Olódùmarè for other parallel Universes). He who allows the amalgamation and maintains the cohesion of all the layers and membranes that give rise to Reality. He who keeps all beings bound to the Divine Consciousness of Olódùmarè. The first to weep after the awakening of the Olódùmarè. Àşẹ́.

Awo Ifalenu: A technical question, do the eight sacred fires refer to the eight “Father” signs, such as Bàbá Éjì Ogbè, Bàbá Ìwòrì, Bàbá Irosun? Because there is a view that there are 8 of the 16 Elders who are male or Baba and there are 8 who are Mothers or Ìyá. That is what my question refers to, if it is related to that?

Oduduwa: The symbol of the Odù of Bàbá Éjì Ogbè indicates it. He is the one who turned on the eight switches or interrupters.

Awo Ifalenu: And what were the eight switches? You mean eight more signs within the sixteen Odù, including him?

Oduduwa: Show me the sign of Bàbá Éjì Ogbè graphically, there are represented the 8 switches, which are the 8 positions where in the case of Bàbá Éjì Ogbè there is a vertical line in each one of its positions or squares.

Here we put it graphically:

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Bàbá ÉJÌ OGBÈ

It represents the 8 “Switches” that represent the 8 Sacred Fires. These 8 lit switches represent the LIGHT in the manifestation of the Universe, The Creation.

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Bàbá Ọ̀YẸ̀KÚ

It represents the most Ancient Odù, when everything was in a non-active potential state, DUDU NLÁ - The Great Darkness - “The Void”. The state of the 8 off positions.

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Bàbá ÒFÚN

Represents the Eldest Odù, the greatest in knowledge and power, the one who with the power of Prayer can manifest Miracles, the action of higher laws or Higher Principles over the lower ones of the denser planes of manifestation.