Craft Name

[iconiq]

I like to call myself Avalon Skye Nightwind.
It may sound really fruity, but it makes me feel soooo special, even if I'm just referring to myself. xD  

[27 Ven 27]

How long does a craft name have to be? or does it have any fixed length in particular because I'm leaning toward Placidus Aether, which pretty much means quiet spirit.  

[Mira Moon Darling]

It can be as long or as short as you want it to be is what I've been told.

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I don't give my true Craft Name out, because I believe only you, your Coven, your God/Goddess, and your dear Lady and Lord should know something as special as that. But, often, I go by Meniskos Véineas Crecentedohman Ceribheil. It relates slightly to my Craft Name.
I know its really quite long, but it's meaning is very special to me and my family's pagan heratige  

[Dusk Bloodstone]

Hmmm, so you just pick out a name? and use it as your craft name? huh, sigh, meditation is not my thing so i can't find it there, dreams don't help either i'm always nameless in them, . . . there's only one name i've taking a liking to recently: Dusk, but it doesnt feel complete,like a missing puzzle piece or one that doesn't fit quite right . . . any advice? plz PM  

[zabazor]

Look at symbols. Look to herb lore, animal lore, gods/goddesses, anything. Look for things that feel like they represent you well. Look for things you are connected with. I hope this helps a little, but I do not have a name, mine is a sigle. I have no way to pronounce it, so I dont', I just draw/write it.

Here is a link to a little animal lore that I find interesting. http://www.uc2enter.com/animalomens.html

And another http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/animals2.htm

Herbs http://www.celticattic.com/tips_hints/health/herb.htm  

[Dusk Bloodstone]

Thats interesting but i'm being serious, on what i'm about to say, when i wrote the post above i was uterly confused about my craft name but i got off soon after and took a walk, meditated hopelessly, went into a half sleep, then went to draw outside and sat on the wooden bench and came up with the name: Dusk Calmwind biggrin yay i feel better

 

[too2sweet]

Dusk The Wise

Hmmm, so you just pick out a name? and use it as your craft name?

If you are solitary, then it would be something that you would pick yourself, or that comes to you in meditation or from communicating with one's deities, etc...

Within Traditional Wicca (and various other paths), a craft name is typically given at initiation, by one's HP/HPS.  

[Tifey_Lewis]

"The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd."

Craft names... I used to go meet with a group, a Hermetic group. At the iniciation, the masters or "high-leveled" teachers thought of a name during meditation for the people who were to be iniciated.

These "masters" didn't even know me or anything. It doesn't sound right or convincing in any way to me that someone chooses a craft name for someone else who they don't even know.

What do you think of people choosing other people's name through meditation? Is this okay, spiritual, logical or something in some one's point of view? If so, please enlighten me.

"The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before." -Albert Einstein

 

[too2sweet]

Tifey_Lewis

Craft names... I used to go meet with a group, a Hermetic group. At the iniciation, the masters or "high-leveled" teachers thought of a name during meditation for the people who were to be iniciated.

These "masters" didn't even know me or anything. It doesn't sound right or convincing in any way to me that someone chooses a craft name for someone else who they don't even know.

Normally when one is working with a group - initiation doesn't occur until a certain amount of time has past. Usually at this point - those doing the initiation have worked closely with the person being initiated, and should know them pretty well - well enough to be able to bestow an appropriate craft name.

Depending on the path - those doing the initiation have also possibly invoked (a form of channeling/possession) the Gods, and the name is often something that has been given to them during the invocation.

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What do you think of people choosing other people's name through meditation? Is this okay, spiritual, logical or something in some one's point of view? If so, please enlighten me.

It is fairly common (in some cases traditional) to find one's craft name though a meditation (or a "vision quest" type ritual), especially if one is not in an established group or Tradition that has it's own way of bestowing such names.  

[IIBlack-Embers48II]

My craft name was acquired by numerology. Its a process that is hard for me to explain, but it has to do with the numbers in your birth date and then picking a name with the associated number. Something like that. Well, my name is Katharine Panthea. It means "Pure of the Gods". I love it, and I asked the Goddess Hecate (Greek Goddess of Magic) and she seemed to give me a good feed back on it. I love it... I think thats all that matters, right? heart
Well, Blessed Be!

 

[Spade-Superstition]

Going to be changing my legal name and craft name soon. Lots of changes and revaluations in life have lead me to kind of find myself. My father is also going to change his last name with me. I'll let you guys know more when I'm finished.  

[broken_bleeding_angel]

I'm a solitary witch. However I don't feel that I need one. The meanings of my name are good enough for me.

Like my first name means crowned with laurels. (Late-Latin)
My second means reborn or born again. (Latin)
My middle name means pleasure. (Hebrew)

I was named after my mother, great aunt and great grandmother. I feel it would be a dishonour to them if I were to cast that aside in order to do any witchcraft. So I just use the meanings of my name when I do anything.  

[this wretched thing]

Wow! To have a history of your Craft name is pretty special, Broken!

I have yet to run through my true name in any meditations or dreams because I tend to go through names like socks. Here's a few:

Carridan
Carridan Marie Bellamy
Juniper Willow Wyk
Corann Enid (Welsh: "wandering druid" and "soul")
Delimare Kriston


But instead of going through them, I'll just let it come to me. Maybe when I find out the name to my Guardian, I'll find my own name then, too.