A Sanskrit term that means "an uninterrupted line or succession." In ancient Indian traditions, it relates to the concept of initiated teachers or gurus. A person who is authorized to carry on the teaching of a tradition or group is said to "hold parampara."
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...