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ab:round.txt 16jan90
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The Witches' Round
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Nowadays used to raise the Cone of Power, this old dance may be used alone
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or in full coven. It is better if the Drawing Down of the Moon has gone
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before, for then the Gods shall fuse with the energies raised in the
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ecstacy of the dance and thereby accomplish your will.
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All join hands to form a ring about the HPS. Heads turned left and eyes
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tightly shut, will a flowing river of power about the circle, moving from
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one through the next, from man to woman and woman to man, about the circle
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without beginning or end, gathering strength as it goes.
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When the circle is set thus, in motionless intensity, the HPS begins to
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clap to the rhythym of the heart-beat. And upon this signal all open their
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eyes and step widdershins; slowly at first but with a quickening step as
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the HPS quickens the beat of her clap, until three rounds are complete.
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And this must be accomplished smoothly and without awkwardness.
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Now change direction and dance deosil to the Witches' Rune or some other
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tune; slowly at first, but faster and ever faster until, the Power being
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at its peak, the HPS shall release it crying: "Down !", whereupon all
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shall fall to the ground to sit in a circle facing in. Thus also was the
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Cone of Power raised of yore.
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-Another variant on raising a cone of power.
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-This one's adapted slightly from "The Witches Almanac", 1971-72, as
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reprinted in "The Witches All".
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-It's similar to many well known methods; just puts the pieces together
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rather differently.
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