Besom brooms are the broom traditionally associated with witches and are made of short tree branches strapped to a larger pole.
A besom is one of the tools used in Wicca. It is used to cleanse the ritual area. There are those who insist that a besom must be made of broom, but this isn't necessarily true.
Straw or grass brooms are fine for indoors, while outdoors any leafy twig found on the ground will work well.
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.
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