The Hindu concept of an ideal, heavenly, or archetypal human. It is similar to the Kabalistic concept of Adam Qadmon. It sometimes is taken to mean the higher or spiritual aspect of the individual that is eternal. It can also be equated with Brahma, the Hindu creator deity.
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...