The concept of ethics in Candomblé
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This article will presente the presuppositions to think about the concept of ethics in the religion of Candomblé and its worldview. In Candomblé’s worldview, the existence is divided into two levels: the Orum and the Aiyê. The finite, individualized and historical reality is Aiyê existence. But this is an existence that hat its origin in Orum, the permanent reality. In Orum everything always exists. Who govern the individualized existences are the force called Orixás. Every human being it son or daugther of an Orixá. Ethics in Candomblé is built on the relation between the believer and his Orixá. There is no ethics of principles or values in Candomblé. Ethics in Candomblé is a relational ethic. It depends on the relation of each person with his Orixá and the manifestation of this. It depends also on the stage of iniciation of the believer, bacause each stage generates different obligations. The relation of the believer with his Orixá is aimed at achieving an existence in equilibrium, in a search that is constant and dynamic.
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