Nomenclature

by Senan.

Finding your Craft name, it turns out, is a long and perilous journey into your own mind and personality that takes eons to complete. Also: it's a real pain in the ass. We here at Snowe Valleye Coven have chosen the method given by Mr. Raymond Buckland, author of Buckland's Complete Guide to Witchcraft to procure our names. This involves basic numerology which I will now explain.

First, you must find your birth number. This is pretty easy, as you add the digits of your birth date, month, and year together. Example: If you are born on July 31, 1980 (Like Harry Potter,) you would add 7+3+1+1+9+8+0= 29. After you find your two-digit number, you add those together: 2+9=11. Another two digit number. 1+1=2. Harry Potter's birth number is two.

After finding your birth number, you look for some names. They might be names you like, they might be names that pertain to a characteristic of yours, whatever. Just find them. The hard part is, you might find a name you like, but it's number won't match your birth number. Here's how to find out.

Each letter of the English alphabet is assigned a number from 1-9 as thus:

A=1; B-2; C-3; D=4; E=5; F=6; G=7; H=8; I=9;
J=1; K=2; L=3; M=4; N=5; O=6; P=7; Q=8; R=9;
S=1; T=2; U=3; V=4; W=5; X=6; Y=7; Z=8.

So let us pretend that Harry Potter wants his Craft name to be Merlin. M+E+R+L+I+N= 4+5+9+3+9+5= 35. Here's your two-digit number, which you take and add together. 3+5=8. The number of the name Merlin doesn't match Harry's birth number. Interestingly enough, it matches the birth number of one of the Sisters, so maybe she should choose Merlin as her Craft name? Hmm...

Poor Harry is moving on from the name Merlin. So, let's say he wants his Craft name to be Ron, which is stupid, but whatever. R+O+N= 9+6+5= 20. 2+0=2. Yay! Harry Potter's Craft name can be Ron!

See, it's a long process and it requires quite a bit of attention. We plan on initiating ourselves into the Craft one week from tonight on the 31st of January, just before Candlemas. There is of course, the method of meditation to find your Craft name, (or rather, let it find you,) but we like this method much better, as neither of us have meditation down to the point where we can successfully find our Craft names in a week.

Love and Trust,
The Elder Sisters