Druid Order, OCAB
Druid Order, OCAB
  • The Druid Order
  • Discernment and Acolytes
  • Deaconate and Priesthood
  • Leaders and Archdruids
  • Organizational Structure
  • Discernment Application
  • The Druid Circle
  • More
    • The Druid Order
    • Discernment and Acolytes
    • Deaconate and Priesthood
    • Leaders and Archdruids
    • Organizational Structure
    • Discernment Application
    • The Druid Circle
  • The Druid Order
  • Discernment and Acolytes
  • Deaconate and Priesthood
  • Leaders and Archdruids
  • Organizational Structure
  • Discernment Application
  • The Druid Circle

"Who gives you fire? Who knows the secrets of the unhewn dolmen?" ~The Song of Amergin

The Clerical Path: Deacon and Priest

"The Druids are represented as having preternatural powers of Divination and Prophecy..." ~Anne Ross

After Initiation

Achievement

Once you have been initiated, you are now officially part of our Druid Order and begin learning our Rituals as Deacon and Rites, as Priest. To have been initiated you have completed the Laical Office of Postulant, to Aspirant, and Initiate and levels from a 5th Class Druid to a 1st Class Druid. .

“You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.” ~Carlos Castaneda

Levels are in "Degrees"

Deacon and Priest

After the Discernment Program, levels go from lower to higher and are called Degrees (ie. 1st Degree, 2nd Degree, 3rd Degree, 4th Degree.)  During this time you first act in the person of Deacon, where you are dedicated, or you act in the person of Priest, where you are ordained. 

“...the Druid shall dwell once more, and utter the speech of the Gods.” ~Lewis Spence

Enumerated Degrees

Degrees after Initiation

After Initiation, you still receive your Orders, and those Orders continue to be sent octannually. As mentioned before, you receive them (8) Eight times per year moving at a good pace. If you only complete, say, (1) Order a year, you'll move slower through the clerical ranks. After Initiation, there are (5) Degrees.

"When thought combines with feeling, activity is set in motion, things become." ~Ruby Nelson

Nominative Offices

Office of Deacon and Priest

An Office consists of distinct levels. Before Initiation, known as Classes, arranged from higher to lower. After Initiation, they become Degrees, progressing from lower to higher. Offices after Initiation, includes (4) Four Degrees in this progression: Noviciate, Competent, Proficient, Practicant, Officiant. 

"evil spirits returning to plague the living originated in pre-Christian thought." ~Owen Davies

Ranks

Laical vs. Clerical

All Offices before a Druid's Initiation into our Order are called Laical Ranks because they are part of the Laity Path. The Vocational Path on the other hand, also has ranking. These Ranks are called the Clerical Ranks. There are two Clerical Ranks. These two ranks are Deacon and Priest.

"If you want to see things change, you have to change the way you see things." ~Dr. Wayne Dyer

DEDICATION

Druid Deaconate

Deacons move from 1st to 2nd Degree. Their sole Office is The Novitiate (First Degree Druid). The Vocation Path is for Acolytes seeking full dedication in OCAB. Within (4) four years they learn and celebrate our (5) Five Rituals. They deepen their understanding of Theory and Practice mastering the Rites of Benediction.

"...With stability of Earth, swiftness of Wind, splendor of Fire, depth of Water... ~St. Patrick

ORDINATION

Druid Priesthood

The Priesthood happens after the Deaconate. This is your vocation and life as a Druid Priest. There are Four Offices, each having (4) four degrees. The First Office is the Competent. The Second is the  Proficient. The Third is the Practicant. The Fourth is the Officiant. The priest masters the Rites of Anointing.

“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.” ~Paulo Coelho

The Offices of the Clerical Path

Noviciate

Competent

Proficient

Practicant

Officiant

“I learn from the past and plan for the future focusing exclusively on the present.” ~D. J. Trump

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