I remember being a cheery teen wiccan, chowing down books of spells and goddess mythology, wanting to belong. I’m not sure I had much direction even then, or a solid path of what I wanted to do with the wicca stuff, I just knew that if I found my tradition and my magical name all would be well in the world.
Almost ten years on, I’m still not really in a tradition or have an established working spiritual system, only I now know it’s more about Goddess than being a witch so I am still figuring that one out. After deciding a magical name is pretty redundant and pointless, I now have one, begot in a proper mystical the-goddess-gave-it-to-me kind of way. Cue X-Files music.
It’s a name that luckily works and fits and feels right for a weirdo faery-mermaid-avalon-priestessy-bit of shadow side-lady as myself, and my wouldn’t you like to know what it is, but what on earth do I use it for now that I have one?
Lets think about peeps with magical names for a second there. Famous peeps, like Silver Ravenwolf and the awesome Lucy Cavendish, use their names in the whole magical/spiritual world as their regular name. They write stuff with it, other spiritual peeps call them it. Spells they cast use that name.
In this essence, their magical spiritual personality becomes their regular personality, connecting them to God as often as possible. So perhaps I need to build a spiritual personality around my name? I have heard that people take on names to become more like the name’s original – call themselves Athena to be cool headed, Avalon to be a person of calm spiritual wisdom, Aphroditie to radiate love, Bear to be family oriented and strong, Buffy to be a badass kickboxer etc. So perhaps that was why I was given my name? To find the root and become it?
Hmmm. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
I have a magickal name that was given to me in the special goddess given way as i hoped it would be. I use it for my rituals and communion with the divine, a way to let them know that not just me, but the true magickal me is one with them. It’s more about the way it makes me feel as opposed to any importance to any one else. i don’t use it as my pen name or anything. I keep it private and special, but I can see why one would use it. to infuse the daily life, with the divine life. Thankfully, i’ve adapted a pen name that makes me feel that way too, so yay! i say do what makes you feel divine!
Thanks for your comment Witchy One! Making me think about how to use mine more. I think I need to realise that I am not cheating on the rest of me and my regular name when I use my goddess name!
Excellent question! I’ve ended up with a pen-name that I use in magical circles – and I got through a magical circle, but more as a nick-name. It kinda found me and stuck 🙂
The secret-special-label-from-the-goddess? If you ever hear that name, you know its Her calling. Thats what I was told once, and it really stuck. It also gives you an insight into your core, and a connection. Words=sound=vibration, right? So that particular word = your vibration, so you can use it to cast magics on yourself, or really pour your power into somethign. One reason not to share it, other people an then tap into your magics and use it (or more often drain it). But then it depends on you and your world view, doesn’t it? I’m very certain now that we have finite energy, and we can tap into an infinite source… but its the energy that flows through us that we can share without harm to ourselves, and its our own core-energies that, when drained, give us trouble.
Or maybe I’m wrong, YMMV of course 😉
Hi Haloquin,
What interesting thoughts! I hadn’t thought about it that way before, though it makes sense that a true goddess-given name would hold power over yourself. Thanks! 😀