Widdershins

Widdershins
Counterclockwise, or anti-sunwise. See Deosil.
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Widdershins
- counterclockwise
In ritual work every symbol and every movement has a purpose. For example, the concept of making a circle is to create a working space for the mage that is clear of the mundane.

Participants spin widdershins with the pentacle, meditating on a pre-arranged word then slam the pentacle on to the board below, moving it as they will to a series of letters which are recorded directly.
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Widdershins: The working act usually in ritual or song of moving or dancing in a counter-clockwise motion. This is used for banishing or negative works. This is the opposite of deosil.

(30) They all suggest the Backward Way:(31) The Sabbath sacred to Sevekh or Sebt, the number Seven, the Moon, the Cat, Jackal, Hyaena, Pig, Black Snake, and other animals considered unclean by later traditions; the Widdershins and Back-to-Back dance, ...

See also: Ritual, Circle, Magic, Spirit, Symbol