Widdershins (sometimes withershins, widershins or widderschynnes) is a term meaning to go counter-clockwise, to go anti-clockwise, or to go lefthandwise, or to walk around an object by always keeping it on the left. i.e. literally, it means to take a course opposite the apparent motion of the sun viewed from the Arctic Circle, (given the centre of... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widdershins
Counterclockwise or against the sun. Usually used for negative magickal purposes, or for dispersing negative energies or conditions such as disease. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php