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Home Were You There Free Stuff Articles Inspirational Poems Links Videos What's New Around and Around They Go! “Circumbulation (circumbulating) is moving round something in a circle. It is a very old magical and religious rite, and circular dances as a part of ritual are known from all over the world.” (2). When I talked with Lew White, the Author of the very popular "Fossilized Customs" book about the Circle Dance, he said, "Any form of circumbulating is of a pagan source."
Sabean worship consist of worshiping the whole celestial body of heaven. As the planets circumbulate the sun, the people would mimic this motion as they circumbulate a physical or an imaginary (visualized) object. Some childhood games that seem innocent enough are actually full of pagan fertility religious worship rites, as some say in honor of ‘Mother Earth.’ Games like; “Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush”, “Looby Lou,” “Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley Grows” and “Ring Around the Rosey.” You might remember the ending to that one, if not then may I ask that you remember it, ‘we all fall down’. All these games involve a sacrificial victim and a circular dance of holding hands. Originally, the word carole derives from the Greek word choros meaning, "a circle of dances with everyone holding hands."
Another famous circle dance is the Maypole. A Phallic worship in honor of the fertility god/dess. The May-pole celebration takes place during the last to first week in May. But at times was even held in the month of June. This dance is done by girls and boys.
They dance around the pole (which is the symbol of the male generative organ). The dance is done by counter clock-wise and clock-wise movements. The ribbons are twisted, to intertwine around each other. Regardless of the different names it has through out time, the Maypole is still a pagan fertility celebration. You may be thinking right about now, “Oh how awful,” letting out a big sigh of relief, “Uhhh! At least our circle dances are scriptural! We aren’t dancing around some pole!” Like flood water rising, so has the Circle Dance. This dance is resurfacing at an alarming rate. Many different groups, around the world, have revived, "The Universal Circle Dance." Astonishing, there are special retreats, workshops available, instructional videos and even team competitional events, all involving the Circle Dance. The Circle Dance goes back to ancient of time. Archeologists found a rock, in Luxor Egypt dated from 3000 B.C., a drawling of girls holding hands in a circle. They also found in modern day Iran, the same circle dance dated around 2000 B.C. in Elam (4)
 http://www.annaswebart.com/culture/dancehistory/introduction.html “Wikipedia,” the free encyclopedia on line tell us the following: “the circle is probably the oldest known dance formation. It is found in the dances of many cultures, including ancient Greece (chorea), African, Eastern European, Irish Celtic, Catalan (sardana), South American and North American Indian. Circle dances mix traditional folk dances, mainly from European or Near-Eastern sources, with recently choreographed ones to a variety of music both ancient and modern.” (6) The Circle Dance is folk dancing. History shows us that the popular Israeli Folk Dance is roughly, seventy to hundred years old. Most of the dances originated around 1905-1950, with modern choreographed steps. For instance, in 1920 Baruch Agadati, thought up the Hora (Circle) Agadati Dance. Please keep these facts in mind, as you read the following pages. The ‘Universal Circle Dance’ as it should be called, consist of many names. For instance:
The following is just some of the religious groups that use the circle dance to worship their deity/deities.
Even though these range from all cultures, backgrounds and religious faith, they All have many silimarities within them. One may believe in polytheism, whereas another may be monotheism. The circle dance consists of worshiping the same deity. The deity/ies are just called different names for each culture. For instance, the Roman deity of war was named Mars. The Norse deity was named Tiu. The Greeks gave the same deity the name of Ares. According to the Native American this deity’s name was Ictinike. The Egyptian's worshiped Seth as the deity of war, Whereas, the Babylonians worshiped Resef.
Greeks called the deity of all deities Zeus. While other cultures, they believed this deity was Apollo, Jupiter, Thor, Odin, Amon-Ra, Marduk, Mithras, Awonawilona and Amun. The Muslim's deity is Allah. Other cultures danced the circle dance in the highest regard in honour of ‘The Great Spirit.’ Who is the Great Sprit many danced/dance to? The very popular, ‘Sun Dance’ was eventually banned and replaced with the ‘Ghost Dance.’ Many rituals were and still are preformed in the circle dance. Proceed to:
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