The 18th letter of the Ogham tree alphabet, representing the letter U and meaning "heather."
Red heather is a sign of passion, while white heather acts as a protection against acts of passion. Ur is an indication that you should find a "magnificent obsession" for yourself, something big, imaginative, and a true test of your abilities.
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...