Comments by "" (@bjornekdahl721) on "Walking in Circles for Traditions, Magic, Rituals, Spirituality in the Norse Beliefs" video.

  1. To circumambulate something is to honor that which is circumambulated, and the spirit associated with it. (Proto)Indo-European rituals often included this, since movement is to act in natural accordance with the Xártus. Interestingly enough, compared to the later phenomena you describe, is that the original (P)IE way was always to circle clockwise, since this is how the sun moves, and it'd be to act in accordance with natural order. You invoke the power of nature, you become the sun – and the object becomes that which the sun orbits. Also, for the (P)IE it was important to move clockwise since then you'd always have your right side toward it – meaning you honor it. Moving counterclockwise did happen, and that was the kind of magic when you wanted to disestablish something, to break things up and open them, so that your prayers may enter the realm that way.
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  2.  @norsemagicandbeliefs8134  I read and listen a lot to Ceisiwr Serith (his taken Indo-European pen name) and he's extremely well grounded when it comes to sources. He's always talking about the IE and already PIE peoples having clockwise and dawn as their two most important foundations. Interestingly then that somewhere down the line it must've changed, or we're just missing the point, that some rituals and actions were meant to be made counterclockwise.
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  3. See my comment above.
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