Magic(k)al Names
In magickal symbol systems, a name is the thing named. This is to say that, in some way, there is an analogical correspondence between the name and the thing named. There is a connection created by shared structure.
To know the true name of a person, place, or thing is to have complete
control over it. Of course, you could never command something to do
anything which was not in its nature.
To know a thing's true name is to know its nature.
What most people consider to be a name is really (in the magical
sense) only a label.
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