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ab:besom.txt 16jan90
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Besom Chant
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"Besom, besom long and lithe
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Made from ash and willow withe
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Tied with thongs of willow bark
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In running stream at moonset dark.
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With a pentagram indighted
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As the ritual fire is lighted;
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Sweep ye circle, deosil,
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Sweep out evil, sweep out ill,
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Make the round of the ground
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Where we do the Lady's will.
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Besom, besom, Lady's broom
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Sweep out darkness, sweep out doom
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Rid ye Lady's hallowed ground
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Of demons, imps and Hell's red hound;
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Then set ye down on Her green earth
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By running stream or Mistress' hearth,
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'Till called once more on Sabbath night
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To cleans once more the dancing site."
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-I understand that this chant was written by Lady Tamara of the WCC.
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(However, I have no evidence for this except hearsay, and the fact that
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the WCC appears to use it, so I may be wrong.)
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-I don't have a published source for it - but it's one of those things that
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every Witch in town seems to have a copy of.
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-There is absolutely NO reason to think of it as traditional Gardnerian or
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Alexandrian. However, it's an example of the kind of thing that finds its
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way into a lot of BOSs, regardless of tradition. There appears to be no
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equivalent to this in the "standard" BOS, and some people feel a need for
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it, so a lot of people have added this chant to their BOS.
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