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Sunwise,
sunward or
deasil (sometimes
spelled deosil), are
terms meaning to go
clockwise or in the
direction of the sun, as seen from the
northern hemisphere...
- The
Sunwise Turn, A
Modern Bookshop was a
bookshop in New York City that
served as a
literary salon and gathering-place for F.
Scott Fitzgerald, Alfred...
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Handy (born
October 1, 1979) is an
American media executive and the CEO of
Sunwise Media. He is also the
founder and
chairman of the
Handy Foundation. Handy...
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especially common in
Lowland Scots. The
opposite of
widdershins is deosil, or
sunwise,
meaning "clockwise".
Widdershins comes from
Middle Low
German weddersinnes...
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became partial owner in New York of the
bookstore The
Sunwise Turn.
While working at the
Sunwise Turn, he met
several young writers,
including F. Scott...
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cleansing powers. In some places,
torches lit from the
bonfire were
carried sunwise around homes and
fields to
protect them. It is
suggested the
fires were...
- temples. The most
significant change, however, was the
adoption of the
sunwise—or clockwise—direction in
Christian ritual procession.
Christianity is...
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pilgrims would perform 'rounding rituals', in
which they pray
while walking sunwise around features on the mountain.
Among these are a
group of
three ancient...
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corresponding angular velocity vector.
Before clocks were commonplace, the
terms "
sunwise" and "deasil", "deiseil" and even "deocil" from the
Scottish Gaelic language...
- Lughnasadh.
Visitors to holy
wells would pray for
health while walking sunwise (moving from east to west)
around the well. They
would then
leave offerings;...
