The circle is the declaration of sacred ground. It is a place set apart, although its material location may be a living room or a backyard. But in the mind the circle, reinforced by the actions of casting it and purifying it, becomes sacred space, a place "between the worlds" where contact with archetypal reality, with the deep places of the mind -- with "gods" [sic] if you will -- becomes possible. It is a place where time disappears, where history is obliterated. It is the contact point between two realities. It is common for Witches to contrast their circle with the circle of the ceremonial magician. The Wiccan circle is not a "protection from demons" but a container of the energy raised.
~From Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler
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It is common for Witches to contrast their circle with the circle of the ceremonial magician.
Wise distinction. Yet still, if the ceremony/practice is indeed entirely intramural, it may include clearing the space so to create/fortify the container, and later, recursively, v.v.
Happy Equinox!
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