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Obatala in Candomble
In Candomblé, Obatalá (Oxalá) is the oldest “Orixa funfun” (“white deity”), referring to spiritual purity and pure light, both physically and symbolically as in the “light” of consciousness).

I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night,
Taught by the heav’nly Muse to venture down
The dark descent, and up to reascend…

John Milton, Paradise Lost (via procerkhepri)