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darkviewoflife13

PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:36 am


there is one line of the wiccan rede and i have almost no idea what it means
Widdershins go when the Moon doth wane, and the werewolf howls by the dread wolfsbane

yea can anyone tell me what it means
PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:52 am


Widdershins is moving clockwise, and the waning moon is getting smaller....that's all I understand...

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Olivia Benson

PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:01 am


widdershins=clockwise.....it means move clockwise during spells and rituals during the waning moon.....I don't really get the werewolf part, but remember what time period it was when this was written (the Rede is old, and so has been phrased in many different ways).....if someone really likes to research, then maybe they can look it up and find out....i might even do it, if I can find time.....
PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:06 pm


Wolfsbane is the name of a plant used frequently in rituals in times of old...

Here is my best guess at the translation...

Quote:
Widdershins go when the Moon doth wane, and the werewolf howls by the dread wolfsbane


To cast a spell on the wanning moon, turn clockwise with the wolfsbane at the hour of the werewolf howl (or midnight)

I would guess this is more for a ritual than a spell, but others may know better than myself...i only do a little with spells...

Wolfsbane was once said to repel wolves and prove someone a werewolf. (the poeple who showed a keen dislike or discomfort were said to be werewolves by night of the full moon. Most of these people were simply allergic to the plant)

his is just my interpretation though...dont take it as the full truth unless you want to...

Zionia


Mykellex

PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:57 pm


ummm...it's a metaphor. that's all I can say. I really don't want to pile a whole bunch of reference work right now.
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:09 pm


In the book i got, there is a briefe line for line explination on the entire rede...I will put it up in the lesson forum tomorrow...

Zionia


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:15 pm


Hmm, I thought Widdershins was counter clockwise and Deosil was clockwise. Did I get things confused? sweatdrop
PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:59 pm


go check out my special lesson for more on this...It has it all in there. It is in the lessons subforum as a sticky...it breaks down each line of the poem

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:39 am


Zionia
go check out my special lesson for more on this...It has it all in there. It is in the lessons subforum as a sticky...it breaks down each line of the poem
Oh, thank you. I shall do that right now then. ^_^
PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:56 pm


^.^

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:10 pm


Zionia
go check out my special lesson for more on this...It has it all in there. It is in the lessons subforum as a sticky...it breaks down each line of the poem


Thank you, I saved it to my computer.
PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:15 pm


deosil , is what i thought meant clock wise?????/

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Laertes18

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:50 am


Drekena
Hmm, I thought Widdershins was counter clockwise and Deosil was clockwise. Did I get things confused? sweatdrop


I belive that in the Northern Hemisphere Widdershins is anticlockwise and Deosil is clockwise.

And in the Southern Hemisphere it is reversed.

Also it is in different paths that they are different.
PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:45 am


Laertes18
Drekena
Hmm, I thought Widdershins was counter clockwise and Deosil was clockwise. Did I get things confused? sweatdrop


I belive that in the Northern Hemisphere Widdershins is anticlockwise and Deosil is clockwise.

And in the Southern Hemisphere it is reversed.

Also it is in different paths that they are different.


I thought it was just in Austrailia that it was different...?

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