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| Author: Posted: Nov. 17, 2002 | This Page Viewed: 3,888,959 |
Question of the Week: 28 - 2/12/2001 Where Did You Get Your Magickal Name? The tradition of taking on a magickal name is an old one in many Pagan paths. Once used to protect themselves and their covenmates or to create equality among members, magickal names are now often individually chosen to reflect or project certain traits, pantheonic allegiances or just because it sounds cool. How did YOU get your magickal name? What is the story behind it, the meaning of it and the reason that it was either given to you or you chose it? |
| Reponses: There are 93 responses posted to this question. | Reverse Sort |
| Namaste, All! I'm Of Norse/celt Ancestry, So I Wished My Magickal... | Feb 21st. at 12:47:30 am EST |
| Dag MacLugh (Mentone, California US) | Age: 61 - Email |
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Namaste, all! I'm of Norse/Celt ancestry, so I wished my Magickal name to reflect both peoples. Additionally, I'm "into" Runes, to the extent that I've hand-made my own set. (And an attractive set it is, if I don't say!) Since my birthday's August 7th (Traditional Lughnasadh), "Lugh" seemed the logical nucleus for my name. "MacLugh"! I thought: "Son of the God of Light." I tacked on "Dag", the Rune for "Day", and got: Dag MacLugh: Day, Son of the God of Light. Do I think my Magickal Name is truly significant? You bet! After all, it's truly MY name, isn't it? And, when I refer to myself as Dag MacLugh, I find a subtle shifting of mental gears. I'm me, but not me--kind of like shapeshifting of the soul, if that makes sense.... Blessed Be, Dag |
| I Chose My Magical Name Based On My Fave Time Of The... | Feb 20th. at 7:42:27 am EST |
| William "Nighteagle" Renaud (Southbridge , Massachusetts US) | Age: 34 - Email |
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I chose my magical name based on my fave time of the of the "day", And the animal I most identify with. Nighteagle was born on July 20, 1997. Bright Blessings |
| This One Is Very Easy... From A Jethro Tull Album, Believe It... | Feb 18th. at 11:46:36 pm EST |
| Stormwatch (Fortaleza, Brazil) | Age: 20 |
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This one is very easy... From a Jethro Tull album, believe it or not... Tull has always been one of my favorite bands, and the cover of this specific album looks a lot like I feel - not how I look physically, but what my -soul- looks like. It is also a very environmentally-themed album, and I have always been fascinated by environmentalism. I now use this name everywhere on the web. (okay, I KNOW that the person in the cover is Ian Anderson...) "We'll wait in stone circles/ `til the force comes through/ lines joint in faint discord/ and the stormwatch brews/ a concert of kings/ as the white sea snaps/ at the heels of a soft prayer/ whispered" (excerpt from "Dun Ringill") |
| I Based My Magickal Name On Qualities I Wanted To Develop In... | Feb 18th. at 3:14:10 pm EST |
| Dragon Goldhawk (White Cloud, Michigan US) | Age: 31 - Email |
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I based my magickal name on qualities I wanted to develop in my spiritual life. It took a great deal of time, meditation and research to find a name that would represent what I desire to become. I do not feel a magickal name is necessary. However, in my case, it helps tremendously with my focus. |
| After Alot Of Meditation, Looking Over New Age Baby Name Books, Trying... | Feb 17th. at 11:16:16 pm EST |
| Emmah Eastwind (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma US) | Age: 47 - Email |
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After alot of meditation, looking over new age baby name books, trying out the various sound, size and numerology of various names, one kept coming to the front. I didn't like it, it sounded too 'mothering', it was too soft, it had too many humps, but over and over it kept coming back. The numerology wasn't right so I added the letter 'h' to make it vibrate to a 9, and decided that obviously it was meant to be "Emmah". Ok now for the last name. Being an Aquarian-air sign, I'd always been a step ahead, looked to the future, tried new things, was very verbal, so the energy of the East was where I was at. My married last name was Osterhout meaning 'house of the East Wind', and it sounded good with Emmah...and thus I became Emmah Eastwind. It stuck so well that I used it consistently, actually letting it become my name in both secular and spiritual space. After 3 years with the name I decided to take a trip from Florida to Oklahoma and on to California, to check in with the women of my clan. My biological father, in Oklahoma, found out I was coming (I didn't meet him until I was grown, married and had 5 kids and really knew very little about him and nothing about his people) and asked my mother to ask me if I'd like to visit the burial places of his mothers. Very cool and off we go exploring cemetaries all over Pottowatomie County Oklahoma. 1st grave is a great great aunt - Emma. Then great grandma, Emma. Then great great grandma Mary Magdaline. Then great great great grandma - Emma. WOW. On this gravesite I sat and meditated. I asked to be recognized as a member of this family and this tribe. And out of a clear blue cloudless sky - a small rain fell on me! WOW!!!! I leapt up, spun around to my dad who was dictating their stories on a pocket recorder and said "DID YOU SEE THAT? SHE TALKED TO ME!!!" He nodded with him mouth open. Then he said "If you think that was interesting, wait until you visit my mothers site." We got in the car and continued on down the road for several more miles before he turned off into another cemetary and showed me uncles, his daughter, all the while telling me stories. Then he stopped and looked down and when I came to where he was there was my name again, "Emma Hamilton". The "h" on my Emmah. I was overwhelmed. I asked him if he would mind if I laid down on the site and when he approved, I did. I closed my eyes and it was as if I was in her arms, like a baby. She just petted and coo'd at me, "our littlest Emmah, welcome back". Her warmth, like the sun, spread over and through me. What an incredible affirmation for me on my path. The name is still with me, and I suppose it always will be. |
| When I Was A Little Girl, I Would Wander Around The Woods... | Feb 17th. at 10:37:22 pm EST |
| Rachel Donaldson (Keauhou, Hawaii US) | Age: 15 |
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When I was a little girl, I would wander around the woods in my neighborhood, imagining I was a different person, long before I found the world of Wicca. My favorite name was Asta, and when I was Asta, I was a the Ruler of the Stars. When I grew older and decided to find a magickal name, imagine my surprise when I found out that Asta is Welsh for bright as a star! I have been Asta to myself and the gods ever since. |
| I Have Been A Witch For Over Ten Years And I Actually... | Feb 17th. at 10:19:36 pm EST |
| Elizabeth (Laurel, Maryland US) | Age: 24 - Email |
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I have been a Witch for over ten years and I actually have two Craft names: Klaudia and Elizabeth. Klaudia was the name I started using in rituals about 2 1/2 years ago. It is the one attuned to my birth number. Elizabeth has been around much longer. Elizabeth is, in a sense, my alter ego. Elizabeth, while it doesn't fit my birth number, does signify who I really am. I use Elizabeth in public, more than my first name in all honesty. |
| I Originaly Wanted The Name Starbird Which Was A Name That Came... | Feb 17th. at 9:06:44 pm EST |
| Talaluna (Lowell, Massachusetts US) | Age: 37 - Email |
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I originaly wanted the name starbird which was a name that came to me in a dream when i was in middle school. I used as the same of a singing group i formed. However, i evoled as an adult an when I was pregnant with my second child I thought up the name Talaluna to represent birth my children. Tala (wolf) is my sons middle name. It is his "Native American name" (My father is decended from chiefs but lost touch with that side of his family after his mother died when he was a boy, we are currently trying to trace our lineage). I named him out of instict. Luna (moon) was going to be my daughters native american name. (we actually changed it to grace - go figure). That is my lengthy, probably misspelled, story |
| My Magickal Name Has Evolved Over Time. Many, Many Years Ago (when... | Feb 17th. at 8:24:54 pm EST |
| Lady Rowan Phoenixheart (Sacramento, California US) | Age: 27 - Email |
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My magickal name has evolved over time. Many, many years ago (when I first started on the Path), I chose the name Phoenix. For very personal reasons, I felt a close tie to the mythical beast. As time went on, I changed. Eventually, I reached a point in my life where my magickal name no longer right for me. I chose the name Rowan, but I didn't want to drop my old name since I still felt the Phoenix close to my heart. So, my name became Rowan Phoenixheart. A magickal name are more than a screen name, it becomes part of your identity. I tell my students to give a great deal of thought to their new name. I believe it is no less important than one's legal name. |
| I Think That A Magickal Name Is Very Important. First, I Think... | Feb 17th. at 4:23:35 pm EST |
| Woodswomyn Moon (Lisbon, Ohio US) | Age: 48 - Email |
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I think that a magickal name is very important. First, I think it reinforces our committments and philosophies that we have chosen and helps us identify more with that persona, helping to bring it into our everyday lives. I feel it empowers us to continue to become the person we hope to be through our choices. Secondly, I also think it gives our Pagan peers a look into who we are, and where we are going; it gives them a chance to connect with us on another level. I chose my own magickal name, because I above all others know who I am. I feel my magickal name is a direct link between the Goddess and myself. It is my promise to Her that She is in my life, my soul, my being, at all times. Mother Earth has given us all that we need. I have chosen to learn from the plants, use the plants, protect the plants, and love the plants. We are a part of each other. The Moon has given me much feminine strength, companionship, love and protection, that I chose to use it as part of my magickal name for I would never want to live without Her. Woodswomyn Moon. |
| How My Daughter Got Her Magickal Name- I Fell In Love With... | Feb 17th. at 3:34:55 pm EST |
| Vanessa (APO, ARMED FORCES EUROPE US) | Age: 25 - Email |
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How my daughter got her magickal name- I fell in love with my daughter the second I saw her, I felt this energy-I know we've been together in a past live, she even tells me that (she's a very magickal little person!)...back when she was born I gave her the most beautiful name I could think of & my mom, who was there with me the whole time, chose her second name (I call her by both). I love my little girl (she's almost 5 now) more than anything, she lights up my live and makes me happy. She's my Sunshine. When I'm sad she comforts me and cheers me up, when she wakes up in the morning, it's like the sun coming up and the storm clouds are gone. Now she even tells people that her name is Sunshine and when I ask her what she wants to be called she says "Sunshine, because that's what I am". She also has another magickal name that her teachers gave her in school...But to me she'll always be my Sunshine. |
| When I Joined A Womens Circle Group, I Was Asked To Come... | Feb 17th. at 10:46:38 am EST |
| Tracie Montgomery (Inkom, Idaho US) | Age: 39 - Email |
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When I joined a womens circle group, I was asked to come up with a magickal name. The first thing that popped into my head was cetacia. I didn't have to even think about it, it was just there. I have a special attatchment to whales. I have a humpback whale tattoo on the side of my right leg. Whales are cetaceans, so there you go, just that simple. |
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