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OBJECT LINK:
something belonging to a person; used in spells of Magick as the object link.

OCCULT:
to conceal and hide away knowledge from the uninitiated; Latin: occulere.

OFFICER:
british term for male assistant to the high priest; also called candlebearer or summoner.

OIMELC:
Imbolc, Candlemas

OLD ONES:

1. term used to encompass all aspects of the God and Goddess.
2. Alternative to Ancient or Mighty ones, archetypal Witch gods.
3. those beings which visited earth in the distant past.

OLD RELIGION:
Witchcraft and Paganism; so called because they are either by lineage or spiritually, a system of beliefs which existed long before the JudeoChristian religions

ONCEBORN:

1. one who has only been born once,
2. one who is unaware of previous incarnations,
3. one who has not been initiated into the Old Religion.

ORDAINS:

1. the traditional laws found in the Gardnerian Book of Shadows and The Thirteen Treasures of Y Tylwyth Teg;
2. often used to refer to the offshoots of those laws, often found in other traditions of Wicca.
3. Laws of the Craft, some for individuals others for covens.

OSTARA:
the festival occuring at the Spring Equinox, about March 21, marking the start of Spring. This fire festival celebrates the Mother Earth's fertility and return of the God (Sun). A time of new beginnings and reproduction.

OUTER CIRCLE/OUTER COURT:

1. composed of those in the beginning stages of the craft
2. some Covens place their neophytes or beginners in an Outer Court group until they show sufficient promise to initiate into the Inner Circle.  

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