The magical name is one of the most powerful tools in Witchcraft. It’s a spell you cast each time you use it, and your moniker helps transform you into thekind of Witch you want to be. With meditation, rituals, journaling, and magic, The Witch’s Name helps you explore your own strengths and weaknesses as you create a magical persona, that part of your deep self that is the root of your magical power.
Storm Faerywolf is the perfect guide through the history and mythology of magical names, sharing fascinating ideas for how animals, plants, astrology, and tarot can help you form your magical identity. You will also learn how to engage numerology and ritual practices to claim the name of your choosing more fully. These tips and techniques will support the naming of a group or coven as well. With twenty-four hands-on exercises and rituals for awakeningyour spirit, cultivating the spiritual impact of your dreams, and developing a unique and powerful personal emblem, this book supports and inspires you to step more fully into our true magical self.
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“Words have power and names have greater power still. This lore is well known but rarely unpacked and explained so it can be put to full use. A witch’s magickal name is a vessel and a vehicle for their power and the identities that they embody. The Witch’s Name: Crafting Identities of Magical Power by Storm Faerywolf is the richest and fullest exploration that I’ve read of this aspect of magick. An unexpected benefit of this book is that it teaches quite a bit about witchcraft, identity, and spirituality as it demonstrates the process of working with an empowered name. I encourage you to add it to your library.”
—Ivo Dominguez Jr.,
author of Spirit Speak: A Comprehensive Guide to Connect Beyond the Veil
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“The act of taking a magickal name is liberating, revolutionary and transformative. Not everyone is as lucky as I am to be born with a name that speaks loudly and assuredly, if that is true for you this book serves as a valuable tool to find your way to something that is both an invocation and a call to action- namely your name.”
—Lilith Dorsey,
author of Tarot Every Witch Way
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“The Witch’s Name” is comprehensive and enjoyable journey into an often-overlooked corner of the Witchcraft world.”
—Jason Mankey,
author of The Horned God of the Witches
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“It was a privilege and honor to see an advance copy of The Witch’s Name and to be given an opportunity to offer my thoughts on the experience of its contents.
With this work, Storm has offered his well-seasoned take on how magical names might come to be, and in my mind should come to be.
“I was on board for his intelligent discussion of the matter from the moment he began sharing his own personal challenges, his lived experiences of real hardship, from which he obtained what I consider to be real mystical impressions from the deep places of this world.
“While it seldom gets discussed in modern occult literature, the wider historical view of occult character-shaping and growth springs from such challenges. It was trial and ordeal that brought forth Storm’s naming power; with that power, and alongside a great deal of subsequent experience and study, Storm gained a deeper right not only to his magical name but also to speak with authenticity to others on this matter.
“Storm’s understanding of the importance of magical names, and the formation of extraordinary identities focused through names, is very clear and accessible. I believe that this work of his would lead any who utilized it to mature and meaningful places. It is a worthy account of an occultist’s journey into the deeper realm of names and the hidden power they can invoke and express.”
—Robin Artisson,
author of The Clovenstone Workings
and An Carow Gwyn: Sorcery and the Ancient Fayerie Faith
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“A name is powerful talisman; it’s an invocation that grounds and helps reclaim power.
In The Witches Name: Crafting Identities of Magical Power, Storm Faerywolf digs deep into the potent magic that can be unleashed when name aligns with mind, body, and spirit. The exercises, rituals, and spells included are exceptional for anyone journeying to find their soul name, as well as for unleashing the power of their inner magician.”—Rachel True,
actress and author of True Heart Intuitive Tarot
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“Names are words, and words hold power – This is a simple truth echoed within the magical cosmology and traditions of a variety of cultures across the world. With this book, Storm Faerywolf offers the reader a useful and effective insight into the intimate and enchanting art of crafting names. Weaving insights into identity, power, tradition, and ingenuity, this book guides the reader, be they magically inclined or not, into the meaningful power that might be present behind something as simple and often overlooked as a name. Filled with delightful, hands-on exercises, like an overflowing cauldron this book will surely offer all readers a dose of inspiration. Revised with material that explores how names transcend more than just the personal – but to the communal, and to the magical. Step into the empowering and revolutionary act of finding your true, authentic, magical name.”
—Mhara Starling,
author of Welsh Witchcraft: A Guide to the Spirits, Lore, and Magic of Wales
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“The Witch’s Name offers the reader an exploration of the magic of words and the power of the magical personae. With exercises and rituals which unveil various processes of self-reflection which lead the witch towards greater sovereignty through the examination and claiming of one’s identity. There is a richness to the magic within these pages that extends beyond what many readers might expect at first glance. At its heart, this is a work that assists the witch in one of the most important and foundational of magical endeavors, knowing thyself.”
—Matthew Venus,
author of Ensouling the Effigy: The Witch’s Arte of Enspirited Objects
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Praise for the Original edition:
“The power of the name! In his latest book The Witch’s Name, Storm outlines the journey of discovering one’s true name by telling his story as well as sharing the stories of other witches who have taken on new names. There are plenty of practical exercises for assisting you in protecting yourself with naming and discovering the perfect magickal name that expresses your true essence. Whether you are just beginning your witchy path or are ready for a new chapter in your life, this book will ably guide you, helping you to find the perfect magickal moniker.”
–Madame Pamita,
author of Baba Yaga’s Book of Witchcraft (Llewellyn),
The Book of Candle Magic (Llewellyn),
and Madame Pamita’s Magical Tarot (Weiser)
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“While Shakespeare questioned “what’s in a name?” Storm Faerywolf deftly takes us on a journey to discover the magic hidden within them. From the magic and significance of names throughout history and in general, to naming as a process of growth and awakening to our deeper identity, this book is sure to have something meaningful for all who are curious about the sacredness of names. It is also an excellent starting point for someone who feels drawn to possibly assuming a magical name.”
–Durgadas Allon Duriel,
author of The Little Work: Magic to Transform Your Everyday Life
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“Naming is some of the oldest magick, and it is magick that each of us should personally claim. In this volume, Storm Faerywolf teaches us the liberating power of defining our own identities and why it’s important for us to explore, celebrate, and choose our names.
An essential volume not only for witches and magickal workers but also for anyone doing the work to realize their most authentic selves.”
–M Belanger,
author of Dictionary of Demons
and founder of House Kheperu
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“With his book, “The Witch’s Name”, Storm Faerywolf has given to “witchdom”, (and all magic workers) an invaluable tool that no doubt will find its way to the shelves of all witches, covens, traditions, lineages, systems, and solitary practitioners everywhere. It honors the much beloved and deeply sacred use of the “magical” or “hidden name” of the witch with depth, breadth, and sincerity in a way I have never seen before. You see, there are time-honored customs in traditional witchcraft and other magical lineages and practices that, in many ways, reflect the heart and soul of what it means to be an awakened and an actualized witch who has arrived unbound, potent, and strong in the world. The awakening of the witch blood, the return to the hidden family as one of the forged links in the chain of the wise, and the coming forth of the witch through the circle of the wise bring forth a magical being that may be the one who heralds a new era for us all have an outer vessel and capstone – THE WITCH’S NAME. I advise my witches, to become the greatest spell they’ve ever cast upon the world. The process of selecting, conferring, and announcing the name of the newly born witch or self-proclaimed witch, is the capstone of their arrival in the world and the proclamation of this spell. With this book, we now have a potent and authoritative guide in choosing the shape and outcome of this powerful practice. So, witches, name it and claim it- THE WITCH’S NAME!”
–Orion Foxwood,
author of Mountain Conjure and Southern Root Work
and The Flame in the Cauldron
