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The Witch's Knot

Wednesday June 18, 2008
The Witch's knot is a common symbol in folk magic. The witch's knot is a symbolic representation of the knot magic practiced by witches in the middle ages, and was used as a sympathetic charm against witchcraft, and usually scratched over doorways of homes and stables. One aspect of its efficacy as a protective charm lay in the ability to draw the complicated symbol in one continuous motion.

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June 23, 2008 at 7:38 pm
(1) Francois says:

But how does one draw it? The outside or the inside is easy enough but there is no transition from one to the other.

If I assume to draw the outside first and move to the inside on the last of the arms, which way and from which arm.

Again I’m assuming the outer part of the knot represents the 4 states (similar to a pentagram or possibly the 4 winds) and the inner circle, the mind or ability to focus on these states.

July 15, 2008 at 9:52 pm
(2) cemajnn says:

im the entity that stop the clocks i want to increse the biological age of asetion so i stoped the clock for thirty years also know as theme

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