Although technically an abbreviation of Dakini, a Tantric Buddhist goddess of enlightened energy, it is often used by Westerners to mean a male priest, healer, or representation of Shiva.
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...