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	Besom Brooms: Ancient Wisdoms
		These besom brooms are scented & naturally handcrafted from pine wood.
		The besom broom is known as a "purifier" which is commonly used for cleansing an area of your home of unwanted & negative energies.
		Besom brooms are also used for cleansing your ritual area.
	www.ancient-wisdoms.com /index.php?cPath=111 (82 words)

	Besoms (Brooms) & Staffs at Ritual Magick
		The witches broom (or besom) represents both the Goddess and God.
		Brooms are used to guard a home and all that dwell in it by laying the broom across the doorway, under the bed, on windowsills, or on doors.
		Made with old-fashioned broom corn, this durable besom can be used in ceremony and in the household.
	www.ritualmagick.net /besoms.html (768 words)

	Search The Llewellyn Encyclopedia and Glossary: Besom
		Just as a broom is used to sweep dirt away, a besom is used to cleanse an area as a type of banishing.
		Traditionally, a besom is made of a fairly straight stick, often an ash wood branch, with many twigs, frequently of willow, tied to the end.
		Unlike a modern broom where the brush tends to be narrow and wide, the brush of a besom tends to be circular.
	www.llewellynencyclopedia.com /term/Besom (113 words)

	botanical.com - A Modern Herbal \| Broom - Herb Profile and Information
		In the Broom the stigma lies in the midst of the five anthers of the longer stamens, and when a bee visits the flower those of the shorter explode and disperse their pollen on the bee pressing upon the closed edges of the keel petal.
		The Broom is the badge of the Forbes.
		Broom tops are used in the form of decoction and infusion, often with squill and ammonium and potassium acetate, as a feeble diuretic, generally in dropsical complaints of cardiac origin.
	www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/b/broom-70.html (2813 words)

	The Witch's besom
		The besom is the witch's broomstick, and though it is not a tool of paganism in the modern sense, it was often utilized in the magickal practice of the Middle Ages.
		Besoms were often placed near the hearth of the home to protect the opening, and many pagans still believe a besom at the fireplace will prevent evil from entering.
		The besom is a phallic symbol and was used by female witches in fertility rites, and it is from this that the idea of the
	www.witchway.net /hallows/besom.html (572 words)

	Besoms and Witches Brooms from CyberMoon Emporium WitchCraft Supplies and WitchCraft Store, Wicca Supplies and Wicca ...
		The besom is a tool for ritual and magick, generally used to purify a space before ritual begins.
		Before a ritual is performed the practitioner may use a besom to create a sacred space, by sweeping the area while visualizing the psychic dirt (negative energy) being cleared away.
		The besom is a purifier and is viewed by some to be related to the element of water.
	witchcraft-supplies.com /Besoms.html (701 words)

	Witch brooms and ritual besoms for Wiccan and Witchcraft banishing
		Witch brooms and ritual besoms for Wiccan and Witchcraft banishing
		Besoms and brooms while often misunderstood, are often used in Witchcraft and Paganism for 'sweeping the negativity away'.
		Besoms are also used as a protective device and often as the role of an 'inanimate familiar'.
	www.witchstore.net /besoms.html (90 words)

	Witches Besom Ritual Besoms Magick Brooms Magic Broom -Grandpa's General Store
		The old picture of the witch riding around on the broom's stick casting magic spells is believed to have come from a agricultural fertility rite, where the women rode around the fields(like on a hobby horse), with the broom between their legs, hoping to bring the farmers a good harvest.
		The besom is a purifier and is related to the element of Water.
		Besoms have been used by Witches to indicate to other occultists that they were resident, or at work, by placing a besom (broom) outside the door.
	www.grandpasgeneral.com /bosbesom.html (334 words)

	BroomMagic Online
		Besom is a bundle of twigs attached to a handle and used as a broom.
		Wiccan tool or wiccan Besom is also known as a witches broom and is an important part of Wiccan handfasting (marriage) and cleansing ceremonies in some traditions.
		As a broom maker it is an honor that more and more people are rejecting traditional western marriage ceremonies and are using our hand fasting brooms to add new meaning to their rituals.
	www.broommagic.com (653 words)

	PaganRoots-01
		Two brooms crossed and hung on a wall or nailed to a door guard the house, as does a broom placed on the ground before the main door.
		The broom is also and most commonly used for physically and magickally cleaning an area that will be used for sacred space, hence the term "making a clean sweep." The broom does not have to touch the ground to sweep away the psychic clutter that often collects in well-used places.
		In China, the brooms should only be for cleaning the house, shop etc. They believe a spirit inhabits the broom; thus explaining why it should not be used for games or playing, etc. When gambling, the spirit in the broom is sometimes invoked by ‘threatening’ it until luck in gambling ensues.
	groups.msn.com /PaganRoots-01/broomorbesom.msnw (1512 words)

	How To Make Your Own Besom
		When you are ready to make your besom, remove the straws from the water and allow them to dry a bit, but not so much that they lose the suppleness you will need to turn them into your besom.
		Leave the besom overnight to allow the straw to dry.
		The dowel part of the besom can be stained, painted, or decorated with pagan symbols, your craft name, or any other embellishments you choose.
	www.angelfire.com /on/wicca/Besom.html (247 words)

	Besom or Broom-Grandpa's General Store
		The small cinnamon besom is trimmed with a assorted colored cord, which has one or two gold leaves and beads attached.
		The pagan broom or "besom" is used in ritual for cleansing the general circle or ritual area.
		The besom is sweeping away the psychic dirt, getting the area purified for the ritual at hand.
	grandpasgeneral.com /besom.html (539 words)

	The Mystic Cauldron - Brooms Page 1
		Made from broom corn, grown specifically for constructing besoms.
		Handles are made from pine wood and varnished for protection, with a leather thong threaded through the end for hanging.
		Use the Rais Broom of Calela To sweep the Hindrance of Refusal and negative influences from the home or business and increase your luck.It attracts an increase in business and works in sweeping away psychic excess to help clear thinking and to aid in decision making process, as well as prearranging good fortune.
	www.mysticcauldron.com /brooms.html (411 words)

	The Besom - James Odgers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Besom began in the spare bedroom of James' basement flat in Shepherds Bush in London.
		James Odgers was nicknamed Besom by his sisters when he was a boy as he was often to be found sweeping up the leaves in the yard of their family home outside London.
		While researching whether to use the name for establishing the Besom Foundation, and fearful that it might already be the name of some huge American timber combine, James went to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary to find an example of its earliest use.
	www.besom.com /about.htm (357 words)

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		The besom is a tool for ritual and magick, generally used to purify a space before ritual begins.
		Before a ritual is performed the practitioner may use a besom to create a sacred space, by sweeping the area while visualizing the psychic dirt (negative energy) being cleared away.
		The besom is a purifier and is viewed by some to be related to the element of water.
	www.touchofsalem.com /index.php?main_page=index&cPath=19 (224 words)

	MedlinePlus Herbs and Supplements: Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius Linn.) herb and flower, Sparteine
		There is a scientific basis of this use, due to the presence in scotch broom of small amounts of the alkaloid sparteine, which was studied and used through the 1970s as an oxytocic drug (to induce labor).
		Although small amounts of scotch broom may be safe in otherwise healthy individuals, and use in foods as a flavoring or coloring agent is generally considered safe, the German Commission E recommends medical supervision when using this herb.
		Scotch broom should be avoided during breastfeeding due to insufficient evidence and a hypothetical risk of serious toxicity.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-scotchbroom.html (2119 words)

	The Bonsai Primer: Styles: Broom
		Broom Style is a style best suited to deciduous trees, particularly Elm's and Maples, both of which are easy to develop into this manner.
		The tree may have either a number of branches radiating out from the same level on the trunk, rather like a besom (witches) broom, or by allowing a large number of branches to develop around the trunk.
		A variation on the broom style where a large number of branches are allowed to develop around the trunk.
	www.bonsaiprimer.com /styles/broom/broom.html (341 words)

	Besom broom - Definition, explanation
		Besom brooms are the broom traditionally associated with witches and are made of short tree branches strapped to a larger pole.
		There are those who insist that a besom must be made of broom, but this isn't necessarily true.
		To cleanse your ritual area, start in the center and moving deosil (clockwise) sweep the circle from the center to the outer edges, all the while envisioning and chanting that negativity is being swept out and the circle is being cleaned.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/be/besom_broom.php (225 words)

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		Besom broom brooch made by the Nash family in the Town of Tadley.
		Beson broom fridge magnet made by the Nash family in thr town of Tadley.
		Besom broom keyring made by the Nash family in the town of Tadley.
	www.tadleyshopping.co.uk /index.php?cat_id=7&PHPSESSID=3f8c695a7abfee63d9f768ae65db9ea6 (59 words)

	Re: All about brooms
		Care had to be taken not to touch the doorpost or the broom, or to move the latter accidentally, otherwise the ceremony was void.
		There had to be witnesses, and the person jumping had to avoid touching the broom or doorpost as he or she leapt.
		There was also another form in which an ordinary besom was held by the father of the bride, or of the groom, with its bushy end resting on the ground, and first the young man and then the girl leapt over it in turn.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/12/messages/1130.html (745 words)

	Broom
		The broom is native to Great Britain and grows in abundance along the heaths, moors, and in open spaces.
		History---As a heraldic device, the Broom was adopted at a very early period as the badge of Brittany.
		Thus, according to Sandford, it was the bonny broom which the Scottish clan of Forbes wore in their bonnets when they wished to arouse the heroism of their chieftains, and which in their Gaelic dialect they called bealadh, in token of its beauty.
	www.blueroebuck.com /broom.htm (2471 words)

	Psychic Medium "Someone To Watch Over Me"
		The besom was also used for fertility rituals and often given to “newly weds” for this reason, as traditionally the handle was of phallic shape symbolising the male and entered the brush of the female.
		Brooms were used as part of the wedding or handfast ceremony where the “newly weds” would jump over the broom to ensure their fertility.
		A besom laid at the threshold of the home or stood in a corner near the main entrance to the house was said to ward off evil and bring luck.
	tarotzenith01.biz.tc /FEATURE.htm (449 words)

	Ireland's OWN Myths & Magic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Crossing a spade and a broom outside your house safeguards it from enemies.
		The besom or broom is then held across the circle and the new couple jumps over the broom into their new life.
		In ancient Greece, when a child was born to the house, the doorway became the object of a triple ritual: one person chopped at the threshold with an axe, another person pounded it with a pestle, and a third swept it of all negativity with a besom.
	irelandsown.net /broom.html (688 words)

	GENUKI: Bygone Industries of The Peak: Besom Makers, Julie Bunting, Peak Advertiser, Derbyshire
		Yet a besom has one particular association that is familiar to everybody and that is as a witch's broomstick.
		The dictionary definition: 'besom - broom made of twigs tied round stick' adds that the word has been used as a derogatory term for a woman; during research for this article one local man offered the quote: 'She's a funny old besom'.
		Besoms were not used like ordinary brushes but were swung sideways on the half flat and did the cleaning work well.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/BygoneIndustries/BesomMakers.html (784 words)

	herb data, Broom, Sarothamnus scoparius, Scotch Broom, Irish Broom, Broomtops, Besom, broom tops, holisticonline.com
		Broom is used in cases of over-profuse menstruation.
		Broom is of great service in dropsy caused by a weak heart.
		Broom is native to British Isles and Europe.
	www.holisticonline.com /Herbal-Med/_Herbs/h106.htm (367 words)

	Besom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was often rubbed in the armpit area, or for vaginally, applied with the handle of the broom.
		It is also said that in the times of the Witch hunts, that the Church wanted to spread fear surrounding Witches, and during those times, what better way that to accuse them of having the ability to fly.
		Whatever the reason, the broomstick, ir "besom" is still a widely used tool in Pagan rite, and often used in blessings of fertility.
	www.askyewolfe.com /Besom.html (216 words)

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		The Broom (Besom) History and Lore Brooms have long been associated with witches because they were usedb in pagan rituals of marriage and birth.
		In Rome the broom was a symbol of Hecate's priestess, who swept the threshold of a house after each birth to remove evil spirits that might harm the child.
		The broom was so closely identified with nonecclesiastical marriages that by the time of the Renaissance, when the church began to take over wedding rites, marriages "by the broom" were considered illegitimate.
	www.clubs.psu.edu /up/silverc/tools.doc (1385 words)

	Enchanted Oak: Witch's Besom Broom
		Historically, the Besom, or Witch's Broom, has been used to sweep away evil and negativity and to protect against it.
		Most Witch's use their Besom in ritual workings as a symbol of the union between the Goddess and the God, but some simply hang theirs above windows or doors as a symbol of protection to prevent harmful entities from entering the home.
		This particular Broom is designed in a traditional "round brush" fashion as opposed to the more modern "flat brush" design, and it is decorated with Theban runes (The Witch's Alphabet) that write out the Wiccan 'Rede along the handle.
	www.ytown.com /oak/besom.html (176 words)

	Besom
		In Ireland, the besom, or witches broomstick, was sometimes called a "Faery's Horse." Today, "jumping the broom" has become an important aspect of Wiccan Handfastings, symbolizing the transition from the Maiden phase of life to that of the Mother.
		The broomstick is a phallic symbol used by female witches in fertility rites, and it is from this idea that the witches of Halloween ride broomsticks.
		The sweeping end was traditionally made of the broom herb, a feminine herb.
	www.earthwitchery.com /besom.html (493 words)

	Witch Besom Charms Broom Charm Wholesale
		In Ireland, the besom, or witches broomstick, was sometimes called a "Faery's Horse." Today, "jumping the broom" has become an important aspect of Wiccan Handfastings, symbolizing the transition from the Maiden phase of life to that of the Mother.
		The broomstick is a phallic symbol used by female witches in fertility rites, and it is from this idea that the witches of Halloween ride broomsticks.
		The sweeping end was traditionally made of the broom herb, a feminine herb with a phallus-like knob beneath the straws.
	www.silverenchantments.com /Symbols/besom-broom-charm_1800.html (143 words)

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