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Online Reference For Body, Mind & Spirit

Term: Taboo

DEFINITION:

Something forbidden by religion or culture. They may be written or unwritten and their enforcement varies. One of the commandments of Judaism makes murder a taboo. The eating of shrimp is also a Taboo among orthodox Jews. In some Wiccan traditions, the killing of fertile female animals is a taboo, as is the “outing” of another person as a Wiccan without that person’s permission.

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