Module 12: Oyeku Meji — the Lord of the Night

The second Meji of the trail, studied by the method of this course: the sign and its disputed seniority, the essence of contraction, the patakís of negotiating with death, the two sides of the night, and the Lucumí name with its page. Five lessons.

1. 1.The sign: eight double marks, twiceThe II-II-II-II leg doubled, second place in Abímbọ́lá’s list — and the Tratado entry that calls it the oldest of all.
2. 2.The essence: the necessary contractionWhat the site entry says of Oyeku Meji: rest, the ancestors and death as transition — and what it asks of those who receive it.
3. 3.The patakís: death is not defeated — it is negotiatedThree stories from the Baba Oyekun entry: Ikú’s hunger, the gourd at the door and the funeral honours born in this sign.
4. 4.The two sides of the nightThe warnings of the site entry and the proverbs of the Tratado: protection with a permanent counterpart and the cloth that is the glory of Eggun.
5. 5.Oyekun across the traditions: the name with its pageỌ̀yẹ̀kú Méjì in Nigeria, Oyekun Meyi in Cuba — the king of the night and the two hundred pages of the entry.

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