A word or name (especially of a deity or spirit) that is believed to possess great power when spoken aloud. In some cases, it is the vibration and pattern of sounds that is believed to have power as the word may have no meaning in any known language.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Alice Markham-Cantor, author of the new Once & Future Witch Hunt.
My 9x-great-grandmother, Martha Carrier, was hanged in the Salem witch trials. She wasn't a witch. She wasn't an herbalist or a...
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