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| OBE |
Not just an abbreviation for the Order of the British Empire,
but an Out of Body Experience. Also called Astral Projection, this is a phenomenon in which a living person's spirit/soul can leave its body,
travel on the astral plane to other spiritual worlds, and then return safely back to its body. |
| Obeah & Wanga |
The terms Obeah and Wanga are African diasporic (the dispersion of a people, language, or culture that was
formerly concentrated in one place) words that occur in Chapter 1, paragraph 37 of
The Book of the Law. Obeah is a
folk religion/magic found in the West Indies amongst those of the slaves of African descent. It is derived from central African Congo or Bantu sources and has a close North American parallel in
African American magic or hoodoo. A wanga (oanga or wanger) is a magical charm packet found in the folk magic practices of Haiti, and as such is connected to the West African religion of Voodoo,
which derived from the Fon people of Benin (formerly known as Dahomey until 1975). Crowley explains: "The obeah is the magick of the 'Secret Light' with special reference to acts; the wanga is the verbal or mental correspondence of the same. The 'obeah' being the acts, and the 'wanga' the
words, proper to Magick, the two cover the whole world of external expression."
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| Occult |
This word derives from the Latin 'occultus', meaning
hidden or secret, in this instance meaning the 'hidden' or 'secret' knowledge of the paranormal, as opposed to knowledge
of that which is measurable (normal). The term is often taken to mean knowledge that is meant only for a certain few, or
knowledge that must remain hidden, but for most practicing occultists it is simply the study of a deeper spiritual reality extending
beyond reason and science. |
| Oil of Abremelin |
A ceremonial, magical oil blended according to the recipe
found in Mathers' translation of The Sacred Magick of Abramelin
the Mage, consisting of one part myrrh, two parts cinnamon, a half-part galangal (a root with a hot
ginger/pepper taste used primarily as a seasoning in Thai cooking), and half the total weight of the best olive oil. |
| Ompehda |
See Bahlasti. |
| Osiris |
The Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead. He was husband
to his sister Isis and father of
Horus. When Aleister Crowley received the Book of the Law from
Aiwass in 1904, it brought the Age of Osiris to an end and ushered in the
Aeon of Osiris. |
| Out of Body Experience |
See OBE. |
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