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Exercise to Help You Find Your
Magickal Name
Okay, so you are
ready to choose your first magickal name... now what? You
already saw the list of methods used to choose a magickal name.
Yet you still feel not too sure how to go about it. Choosing
your own magickal name does not have to be a tedious and
confusing activity. Actually the whole process can be quite fun
as well as very insightful.
I suggest you the following little exercise to help you with the
process of finding your first magickal name. Take some sheets of
paper or index cards. If you prefer, you can do this on a
notebook too. It is up to you. Now, write on the top of each
page the following headings: favorite animals (you can subdivide
this into birds, fish, mammals, etc.), favorite colors, favorite
elements, favorite seasons, favorite stones/gems, favorite
plants (again, subdivide it into flowers, trees, herbs, etc.),
and favorite deities. This is just an example of some of the
possible headings you can have. I am sure you might come up with
other headings (like favorite tarot cards, etc.). You can modify
this part of the exercise to fit your needs. Now proceed to make
a list for each one. Take your time! Do not rush your answers.
Think carefully what you are answering. Remember, your answers
will reveal a part of yourself.
Once you are finished, look at all your lists. Some of the lists
might be short. Others might be overwhelmingly long. (I know
mine was!) Don't worry about that. Take one of the lists and put
the others aside where you cannot see them. Look at it
carefully. Take your time to examine your answers. Do you feel
drawn to certain words in each of those lists? Then highlight
them. Repeat this process with each list.
By now you will have narrow your options in each list. Spread
all your lists before you and look at them. It is true that your
magickal can consist of just one word, such as Willow, Selene,
or Agate. However, you will be surprise how many pagans are
named Raven or Eagle. Calling Merlin or Rhiannon in a festival
can cause a lot of heads to turn. Of course that some
duplication can occur. So it is best if you add a second name
(or last name if you prefer to call it so). Try to combine the
words you have written and see what happens. Maybe one of them
will "click." Be as original as possible!
These are examples of some of names I came up with. I do not
know if any of these names are taken, so I apologize before
hand.
- Combination of deity names
and herbs
- Diana Mugwort
- Aradia Rue
- Freyja Maidenhair
- Woden Ash
- Bran Alder
- Combination of deity names
and stones/gems
- Cybele Jet
- Maat Jade
- Ra TigerEye
- Combination of flower and
tree
- Samara SilverMaple
information taken from: D.J.
Conway's Celtic Magic, Silver RavenWolf's To Ride a
Silver Broomstick, and Starr's "What's in a Name?"
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