Circle walking often denoting a spiritual or ritual practice. Labyrinth walking is a form circumambultation to induce an altered state of mind. One can circumambulate for purely psychological reasons if they wish.
Tip : Reaching altered states easier often involves rhythm and and flow, rather than concentration and focus (which can block mental flow) for many people. Walking in circles and labrynths and use of mandalas can become a mindless action and can be relaxing and repetitive, which helps many people. However, everyone is different, so different techniques can work more or less effectively for different people.
A Basque (Euskara) word meaning ax or hachet. Used in legend to stave off thunderstorms by placing them in doorways, blade up. There are games going on in Basque coountry today called Aizkora proba meaning ax test, where contestants break wood as a show of strength and skill.
My source is from etymonline . com and the key words searched are demon, tide, and monos. Demon can be seen as a form of the word daimon , though I wanted to look past that and came up with the Grecian word demos (meaning people) which has the PIE root of da- and mono , which is seen as separation/division or group of individuals and singular/alone/one, respectively.
From this, we can see da-mon as the separation of a singular whole, or in reference as to the saying of 'the sum all parts' where demos relates specifically to the parts. We can honor that we are part of a larger picture while still being able to recognize that we are indeed individuals.
When thinking of the spirits we call demons, most call up the image of Hell, damnation, and evil personified. However, those who work with demons recognize that an entire race of beings cannot be identified with a singular traits as they are all individuals with their own personalities (as was just demonstrated in the etymological research). I could go on about how this could be interpreted for hours, but I shall leave it up to the reader to meditate on.
Etymology of this word comes from the Grecian words Theos (God) and Ergon (urge, from Old Norse yrka , which means worker). This would literally mean divinity worker, though it is taken to mean inner work in modern times. This means that all work with the self, whether with the mind, spirit, soul, or physical body. It can be likened to the belief that we are all inherently divine, though it is not inherently so.
Thaumaturgy
This is going to take some breaking down to fully explain the etymology and how it relates to modern practice. All roots cited are Grecian unless otherwise stated.
Thaumatos (wonder, wondrous thing) > Thea (spectacle, root of theater/can also be seen as feminine form of Theos , which means Goddess) + Matos (thinking or willing > PIE root Men- [of the mind] + -tos (rouchly referring to a verb).
Ergon > yrka (working, action),
So we have Thea-mat-ergon , which would mean spectacle willing worker. This is often seen as working miracles, though in relation to Theugy, Thaumaturgy is simply work that effects realms outside of the self. Practices can include sympathetic and practical Magick, cursing, healing, agricultural work, etc.
