One of the three qualities, or characteristics, of all nature found in ancient Tantric, Hindu, and Buddhist belief. Tamas is the quality of rest, inertia, darkness, illusion, ignorance, etc.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Sandra Kynes, author of several books, including The Herb Gardener's Essential Guide, Plant Magic, and the new Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical Plants, among many others.
Although a few old books...