Another (set of) Question(s) To The Pagan Folks In The Audience...

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Do you have a "Pagan" name or a "Magic" name?

Do you use it in public?

Do you find that a lot of the pagans in your area use magic names? Do they use them more than their given names?

If you don't have a magic name, do you ever get od reactions for not?

I'm just curious because a few weeks ago, I was talking to someone from the community at a gathering, we'd met a few times before at rituals at the Grove, and seen each other around town...she asked me to remind her what my name was, so I did...and then she asked if I had a magic name. When I responded that I didn't, she looked at me as though I had just grew a 3rd arm or something. Not the first time I'd had such a reaction. It was a little weird. So just curious of anyone else has seen this.


To everyone else: feel free to Nod and Smile. Pagans Are Weird :-P

Comments

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Yes, I have one. I use it in public where appropriate. I don't have a "private" magickal name, but I understand why people do. I didn't have any sort of ceremony in choosing one, but I did have a specific instance that made me settle on "Seeker Silverhawk".

I've always been a Seeker of sorts. No sense hiding it. The Silverhawk part came from one day seeing a pair of silver-winged hawks flying near a waterfall that was my place of worship growing up. Settled the matter pretty nicely, and it stuck.

I don't use the name very much, generally it only comes out in company that prefers to go by them. I'm just more comfortable going by John :).