{"id":2172,"date":"2022-02-23T00:33:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T00:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2022-03-02T08:04:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T08:04:02","slug":"besom-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/besom-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Besom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/besom-Wiccan-Symbols.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5206\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Wiccan tradition, the Besom or Broom is a significant symbol. It is used in a Wiccan hand-fasting marriage ceremony, when the newlyweds must jump over it to seal their vows. The Besom is a symbol for cleansing or purification, as well as sweeping away unwanted effects from any location. The sign is also thought to symbolise the ability to travel beyond the physical plane and into the spiritual realms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Wiccan tradition, the Besom or Broom is a significant symbol. It is used in a Wiccan hand-fasting marriage ceremony, when the newlyweds must jump over it to seal their vows. The Besom is a symbol for cleansing or purification, as well as sweeping away unwanted effects from any location. The sign is also thought &#8230; <a title=\"Besom\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/besom-2\/\" aria-label=\"More on Besom\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2172"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5207,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172\/revisions\/5207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}