Three phases in Yoruba Mythology

 In Yoruba Mythology, their are three phases that each of us individually must pass through. 


It’s important to also note that we’ve been existing even before we were born and death is not the end. 

EGBÉ
The first phase is before we were born, We were in the midst of other fellow Elegbe in Òrun. It’s the life that we live over there that prepares us and determines the kind of life we will have here on earth. 

The process of going to Àjàlámòpín to plead and request for a good Ori. Also using our mouth to choose our destiny and stating how we want our lives to be. To the process of going to meet our Egbe to inform them of our purpose of going to earth, the duration of time we are going for and the purpose. Also to Àyànmó which is what is chosen for us. Then to the last process of going to embrace the tree of forgetfulness. 

All of the above are part of what determines what our life looks like. 

BORN AND ALIVE
It’s important to note that we’ve been living even before we were born. Being conceived is the beginning of the next phase and the continuation of the past life you were living.

Our existence on earth is a race to fulfil our destiny, live a life of fulfilment, go through the good and the bad, connect with the divinities for spiritual elevation. The end of this particular phase is DEATH! 

ANCESTOR
To die now is to die no more. Dying is the journey towards becoming an ancestor. 

We came from Egbe to become Ènìyàn and later end up becoming an ancestor. Not everybody end up becoming an ancestor. Some couldn’t fulfil the purpose before dying and they return to Egbe to be reborn while some reincarnate. 

To become an ancestor is to become an Orisa. You watch over your loved ones, bless them, protect them and sometimes communicate with them while they venerate you in return.

So you see, in Yoruba belief, life is a circle and at the end of the day, you are returning back to where you started. 

From Egbe, to Eniyan, then to Egúngún(Ancestor) and the circle goes on and on and on. 
        Àború Àboyè!
        Pópóolá Owomide Ifágbénúsolá

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