The Inner-Directed person holds independent views derived through rational study and/or intuitive processes in contrast to the outer-directed person who "follows the crowd" or accepts the guidance of authority figures without reasonable questions. "Inner-Directed" has also been associated with the Aquarian Age individual man in contrast to the Piscean Age with its symbolism of fish who swim in groups. The outer-directed person is perceived as easily manipulated because of his dependence on outer authority.
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...