An organization allied with Freemasonry that is open to women. Often, the wives and daughters of Freemasons will become involved with the Order of the Eastern Star.
The most famous emblem of the Eastern Star is an inverted five-pointed star, or pentagram. Each point of the star represents:
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...