I remember a discussion I once had with my padrino… He didn’t feel comfortable with me providing a name for my muerto on this blog. He felt it could be used against me. I disagreed. I don’t know much about spirituality and stuff, but I do listen to pagan podcasts now and then… One of those things I’ve heard over and over again is that names can have power.
The theory is that if someone knew how to call a spirit who is usually keeping an eye out and protecting me, it can be distracted long enough for something bad to happen.
Maybe I’m just naive, but I’ve never viewed myself as much of a target. For most brujeria, I can probably rely on my own “I’m-rubber-and-you’re-glue” counter-spell. It’s not that I don’t take witchcraft seriously, but I refuse to give anyone the satisfaction of being credited with something that might just be from having a bad day.
Do I worry about someone learning the name of my muerto? Heck no. I used to know my muerto as Lucius. It was the name of an ancestor of mine and it means ‘light’. I kind of like that. Mainly so there won’t be confusion for others later on if I mention Lucius and am talking about my eggun, I have another name I’ve started using for him.
Pretty much any name will do, though. I learned that from a spirit who pretty much came and went within a period of a few weeks. I refered to my first muerto as Lucius and that was simply the name. The second one, though, responded to pretty much any name that started with an ‘S’. It seemed a bit unusual, but I kind of just went with the flow.
I could get a sense of the differences between this muerto and the one I knew as Lucius. It was more than just the ‘voice’ in my mind. There was simply a different feel to them. This, I think, is the key. To me, the name is pretty much useless. It’s all about knowing to recognize the spirit — the personality (so to speak), the way it feels to you, etc.
That sort of connection is an intimate one. It takes time and genuine openness. So, no, I don’t think someone can just read a few things on my blog and do much. At least not as far as my spirits are concerned.
