(November 17, 2018 at 1:15 pm)John V Wrote: Maybe each person has a unique name connected with their essence.
You probably know... This is an important concept in esoteric systems, including Kaballah.
It's thought that knowing the true name of something -- connected with its essence -- gives enormous power. So the true names of God or the angels are closely guarded secrets.
I suspect that John the Divine knew about that.
Although there is also the "he who has ears to hear" less magical version, in which some people are just spiritually ready to understand and others aren't.
(I always feel that my cats' names are provisional labels they tolerate, while only they know their true cat names.)
