u/CheckIllustrious1307

Hello! I was reading a new book yesterday and it briefly touched on initiates /practitioners choosing to use a magical name instead of using their own. I thought this was pretty interesting. I personally do not feel any type of way about my 'real' name. If people were to start calling me something else today, I couldn't care less. I am still in my research phase and so not actively practicing anything, but I am very curious about your experience.

Do you have a magical name? Why or why not? If you do, how did you choose it? (No need to share what it is of course) Has it made a difference for you in your Wiccan practice? I would love to hear some opinions! Thanks.

I also updated the original post, but figured I would share it like this as well so it is more visible since it got a lot of attention.

I received an email back from Arin about this issue. I am not comfortable sharing a screenshot of the email since it is a closed communication with me, but she told me she wrote 'the Green Witch' at the publishers request and they retained the rights to the text. Adams sometimes creates new books and includes text from other books they own the rights to. The copyright for both Arin & Skye's book is Simon & Schuster Inc, so neither of them own the rights to anything in their book. Since the publisher owns the rights, they apparently don't have to let you know where all the material came from which I find very strange. A bibliography would have been nice at least, but Skye's 'the modern guide to witchcraft' doesn't even have one. Anyway, Arin will see if what she is suspect is correct and update me.

So I am pretty newly interested in witchcraft and I have bought a lot of books which I am slowly working my way through. I just read something that made me raise my eyebrows in disbelief. The author suggests pouring perfume in a lake/stream or other body of water as an offering to undines. Aren't we supposed to respect, protect and revere nature? How is adding a harmful substance to water in any way a gift? I am so disappointed to read this. I know this is just one book/writer and the others I have read so far have been very helpful.

Hello! I recently got (re)interested in Wicca, so I have been doing some reading about it. That is all I am going to do for now, but I am very curious what those who are actively practicing do for rituals. There is magic with herbs, plants, crystals, candles, runes and more. Do you use all of them or do you 'specialize' in something? It seems so overwhelming to have things fom all of these different types beyond the basic items you already need for your altar. I would love to hear what everyone is doing if you want to share. On that same note, I am curious about how often you perform a ritual. Maybe I just have the wrong idea in my head of needing a lot of things.