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OBEA, OBEAH: The polytheistic religion and magickal system of West African origin found in the Caribbean, South America and North America today. It recognizes that there are a multitude of gods and ghosts who each have their own myths, rites, offerings, taboos, and magical forces. Obeah is a healer god, who can also be invoked to bring illness and other calamities to one's own enemy. Also known as Obi, Oby, Jamaican Voodoo.
OBEAHMAN: A Traditional healer or priest to African tribal members, most properly describes those that follow Obeah, but is also used to describe followers of Vodoun, Santería, Macumba , or those who seek the healing power of herbs from them. Also known as Conjure Man, Jujuman, Leaf Doctor, Root Doctor, Witch Doctor. See also: Traditional Healer.
OBI: The polytheistic religion and magickal system of West African origin found in the Caribbean, South America and North America today. It recognizes that there are a multitude of gods and ghosts who each have their own myths, rites, offerings, taboos, and magical forces. Obeah is a healer god, who can also be invoked to bring illness and other calamities to one's own enemy. Also known as Obea, Obeah, Oby, Jamaican Voodoo.
OBRYN: The second stage in Abred (the Welsh circle of transmigration), intermediate between Annwn (the elemental kingdoms) and Cydfil (the animal kingdom). It therefore includes the mineral and vegetable kingdoms.
OBSESSION: Being besieged or attacked by a person or spirit from without. Often used synonymously with possession, though possession refers to being completely taken over by spirits. In modern psychiatry, obsession means being totally dominated by a fixed idea that controls or affects all other actions. See also Exorcism, Possession, Spirit Exorcism, Spirit Possession.
OBY: The polytheistic religion and magickal system of West African origin found in the Caribbean, South America and North America today. It recognizes that there are a multitude of gods and ghosts who each have their own myths, rites, offerings, taboos, and magical forces. Obeah is a healer god, who can also be invoked to bring illness and other calamities to one's own enemy. Also known as Obea, Obeah, Obi, Jamaican Voodoo.
OCCULT ("hidden, concealed"): Secret, esoteric; term used for magick and other esoteric arts and sciences, such as astrology or alchemy.
OCULOMANCY: Divination by interpreting the eye.
ODINISM: A form of Norse Paganism that recognizes only the Aesir, the Sky Gods, including Odin, Frigga, Thor, Loki, Balder and others. Odinism does not acknowledge the Vanir, the Gods concerned with earth, agriculture, fertility and the cycle of death and rebirth.
OENOMANCY: Divination by interpreting wine. Also known as Oinomancy.
OFFERINGS: A gift, especially to a deity or being, in petition, thanksgiving or appeasement. Pagan offerings consist of cakes, drinks, fruits, flowers, poems, handicrafts, incense, nuts and other items. See also: Sacrifice.
OFFICER: In Wicca, the male assistant to the High Priest. Also called Candlebearer or Summoner.
OGHAM:
The ancient Celtic alphabet. Each character consists of from one to five parallel strokes, written over, under, and through the line, either upright or sloping. Each character is called a few. References vary in citing the number of characters in this alphabet, the most common sources quoting twenty fews, but others cite twenty-five or twenty-seven characters. Also known as Ogham Staves, Celtic Tree Alphabet, Tree Alphabet;
The sacred trees that represent the names of each of twenty characters in the Celtic alphabet. Celtic Tree Alphabet, Tree Alphabet;
The Celtic lunar calendar of thirteen months named for the sacred trees and characters of the Celtic alphabet. Also known as the Celtic Tree Calendar, Ogham Calendar;
Pronounced OH-yam.
OGHAM CALENDAR: The Celtic lunar calendar of thirteen months named for the sacred trees and characters of the Celtic alphabet. Also known as the Celtic Tree Calendar, Ogham.
OGHAM STAVES: The ancient Celtic alphabet. Each character consists of from one to five parallel strokes, written over, under, and through the line, either upright or sloping. Each character is called a few. References vary in citing the number of characters in this alphabet, the most common sources quoting twenty fews, but others cite twenty-five or twenty-seven characters. Also known as Ogham, Celtic Tree Alphabet, Tree Alphabet.
OLYMPIC SPIRITS: In Ceremonial Magick, a group of seven spirits, namely Aratron, Bethor, Hagith, Och, Ophiel, Phalec and Phul.
OILS: In magick, scented oils are used to perfume the air to create a pleasing atmosphere for the gods, and scented and plain oils are used in anointing in initiation, self-blessings
, wiccaning, and magickal spells.
OIMEALG, OÍMEALG, OIMELC, ÓIMELC, OÍMELG: The February 1st Greater Sabbat marking the midpoint of the Dark Half of the year and a time of purification and sharing. This sabbat celebrates the Return of the Goddess from the Underworld, bearing in Her arms the Infant Sun, and the beginning of Spring as the slumbering seeds begin to stir within the womb of the Earth. Also known as Brigidmas, Brigit's Day, Candlemas, Feast of Pan, Feast of Torches, Feast of the Waxing Light, Festival of the Lactating Ewes, Gouel Varia ar Gouloù, Gwyl Ffraed, Gwyl Mair Dechrau'r Fwanwyn, Imbolc, Imbolg, Laa'l Breeshey, Lá Fheile Bride, Lupercalia, Oimealg, Oímealg, Oimelc, Óimelc, Oímelg.
OINOMANCY: Divination by interpreting wine. Also known as Oenomancy.
OINTMENTS: Greased based preparations that are used in magickal, healing, and oracular rites. Not in common use today for magickal rites as most surviving recipes are believed to have been distorted to disgrace witchcraft during the Middle Ages. Also known as Unguents.
OLD ONES, The: A Wiccan term often used to encompass all aspects of the Goddess and God. Some Wiccans view them as an alternative of the Mighty Ones: beings, deities or presences often invoked during Wiccan ceremony to witness or guard the rituals. The Mighty Ones are thought to be either spiritually evolved beings, once human, or spiritual entities created by or charged by the Goddess and the God to protect the Earth and to watch over the four directions. They are sometimes linked with the Elements. Also known as the Witch Gods.
OLD RELIGION, The: Italian Witchcraft, founded in the mid-14th century with the teachings of Aradia, the Holy Strega, and based upon the pre-Estruscian Italian belief system. The Old Religion is a worship of the "Source of All Things", through the personification of the Goddess and God. Also known as Strega, Stregheria, and La Vecchia Religione.
OM: The meditative word representing the Hindu Trinity, Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva. Original form is Aum.
OMEN: A sign, preferably found in nature, that foretells either good or bad events.
OMPHALOMANCY, OMPHILOMANCY: Divination by interpreting the navel (bellybutton). Originally omphalomancy involved counting the number of knots in the umbilical cord to predict how many more children a mother would have.
ONEIROMANCY, ONIROMANCY: Divination by interpreting dreams.
ONOMANCY, ONOMOMANCY, ONOMATOMANCY: Divination by interpreting names.
ONYCHOMANCY: Divination by interpreting the fingernails. The original form was to study the reflection of the sun in the nails of a young boy.
OOMANTIA: Divination by interpreting the shape, color, and patterns (when dyed) of an egg.
OOSCOPY: Divination by nurturing an egg and observing the hatching of a chick. Often used to determine the sex of an expected child.
OPHIOMANCY: Divination by observing the appearance and behavior of serpents. A form of Augury.
ORACLE: A person who speaks directly to a Deity to divine or prophesize. Also known as Prophet, Theomancer. See Also: Ariolater, Aruspex, Clairvoyant, Diviner, Haruspex, Seer, Soothsayer.
ORLOG (Old Norse, or, ur: "primal"; log: "law") The law of existence in Norse traditions, similar to karma. The agents of Orlog are the Norns that represent the past and present coming together to mold the future. Orlog teaches that the present is the inescapable result of all that has gone before, but current actions can still affect the outcome of the future.
ORNISCOPY, ORINITHOMANCY: Divination by interpreting the appearance and behavior of birds, especially their flight or song. A form of Augury.
OSTARA:
The Lesser Sabbat celebrated on or about March 21st, marking the beginning of the return of the evident fertility of the Earth and the return of the God, the Sun. It is a celebration of Balance and Harmony as the day and night are equal in length. Ostara is a fire and fertility festival. Also known as Alban Eiler, Meán Earraigh, Spring Equinox, Spring Solstice, Vernal Equinox.
The Roman Goddess of Spring and rebirth whose primary symbols were the egg and the rabbit.
OUIJA, OUIJA BOARD (French, oui: "yes"; German, ja: "yes"): A divination tool with the alphabet and numbers laid out on a board. Also called a Spirit Board.
OUROBOROS: In Theosophy, the cosmic period between the creation and destruction of the universe and the symbol of the eternity of the universe which undergoes periodic cycles of creation/destruction/resurrection. Also known as Aion, Agatha Daimon (Good Spirit), the Uroboros.
OVER-LOOKING: To be consciously aware of both the physical environment and the astral environment during astral projection. Also known as Bilocation, Mind-Travel.
OVOMANCY: Divination by interpreting the yolk of an egg.
OXIDATION: The first operation in alchemical transformation, it is the process of burning a substance to ash or powder. It is represented by the first symbol of the zodiac, Aries. Also known as Calcination.
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