A Sanskrit word meaning "dot" or "point." In some Tantric traditions it is a term for the semen. It also can mean the focal point when meditating. Traditionally, Tantric yantras have a point in the center of the image. When drawing them that point was often made with a drop of menstrual blood or semen.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Deborah Blake, author of several books, including Llewellyn's Little Book of Witchcraft and the new Llewellyn's Little Book of Spellcraft.
If you ask most witches if they use spells, they will...