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