Widdershins

We move naturally in a circle around the grave, going to the left, facing outward—what we call widdershins. ❋ DONNA JO NAPOLI (2003)

Move clockwise, called deosil, to charge up with energy, and move counterclockwise, called widdershins, to banish energy! ❋ Lauren Manoy (2002)

More interestingly, the old (especially Scottish) word widdershins or withershins, etymologically suggesting ` a contrary direction, 'similarly refers to a movement against the apparent course of the sun and therefore considered unlucky or unnatural. ❋ Unknown (1986)

I can't remember the last time I heard the word "widdershins" outside of a fairy tale, but reading it had a big impact on how I read the novel and read the characters. ❋ Divers (2008)

Plus, you know, it's just fun to say "widdershins" over and over. ❋ Yendi (2005)

As the dancers faced outwards, this would mean that they moved 'widdershins', i.e. against the sun. ❋ Margaret Alice Murray (1913)

House, that is walking "widdershins" or "against the sun" ( "with the sun" being like the movement of a watch). ❋ Anonymous (1855)

To cast a successful love spell, he says, one must circle such trees "widdershins" ❋ John Barber (2010)

MeredithHolmes: So many different cultures in the world and not everyone comes from a Western or Christian background, I think drawing from Middle Eastern mythology would be welcome to many readers g/a widdershins Any tips for the creation and feeding of making up your own mythology for an alien species? g/a ❋ Unknown (2010)

But your query blurb still has to be as good. widdershins, you had a comment? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Anna Kashina 5:53 pm: But it is OK if it works in the end. widdershins: pitching often happens in a conversation — or chat. ❋ Unknown (2010)

SaraphinaMarie 8:43 pm: then widdershins and jamieleigh ❋ Unknown (2010)

Michael: Absolutely widdershins – there are applications in development that allow you to read a book with other people. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The stingy butter fell a bit over the shelf and I stayed just widdershins to the beam and flipped my nossly nossler, not before a couple turns of the head, mind you. ❋ Nina Alvarez (2010)

Sometimes he walked clockwise into Bayswater, down to the Bayswater Road and home again, sometimes widdershins, in a loop up to Campden Hill and back to the high street. ❋ Ruth Rendell (2010)

The throng appears for all the world to be running around the bonfire widdershins (counterclockwise). ❋ Unknown (2008)

SaraphinaMarie 8:37 pm: decode ask both things and then widdershins ❋ Unknown (2010)

❋ Mikelucky (2003)

[I am the] Queen of [Widdershins]! The day was bad and then whiddershins hit. [The witch] did the spell but didn't realize she managed to commit [widdershins]. ❋ Sass Sha J (2010)