1. In Voodoo, the inner sanctuary where the religion is practiced.
2. Generally this term is used to indicate the area where a Voudoun ritual takes place. This can include the grounds, sacred trees and landmarks, etc. Traditionally and specifically, however, it means just the inner room of the ritual.
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...