I have posted this also at the tribe about bön, i thought i would be helpful to post it here also;

Hi all,

I have recieved a prayer wheel in a dream, i did not know what it was. i found one at a store the next day and i bought it right away. i was always interested in shamanism (still am) and i always had the idea i had to turn my prayer wheel counter-clockwise. after a research about prayer wheels i found out that the Bön religion turns it's prayer wheels counter-clockwise, and also that Bön is shamanic from nature.
my questions are; why is the prayer wheel turned counter-clockwise? and what is the difference in prayer wheel from normal Buddhism and Bön? a normal prayer wheel has scriptures in them so if you turn them they pass along as if you can read them.. is it normal to swing a normal prayer wheel counter-clockwise?

thanks in advance!
Daray