In my personal opinion, the real names are not necessarily important—not only for privacy considerations, but also for practical purposes.
Again, this is just my take, but prayers are not workings, or at least they are not exactly alike. In a working, the more specific information you have, the more you can direct the intentions and the efficacy of the ritual. In a working, you are trying to directly harness the spiritus/Axé (that is nonetheless being effected by daemons/spirits) and push it in a particular direction. This is the work of an operative mage.
In a prayer, on the other hand, you are directed your intentions TO a divinity ON BEHALF of an individual. The divinity does not need that personal information—the divinity gets it. And while the daemons/spirits/angels are conveying the message, it is the divinity who takes care of things. You, the petitioner, do not need to "feel" the effects of the prayer for it to work.
I am of the opinion that these two are adjacent means of operating, but not identical. And, as noted above, these are just my person opinions.
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Again, this is just my take, but prayers are not workings, or at least they are not exactly alike. In a working, the more specific information you have, the more you can direct the intentions and the efficacy of the ritual. In a working, you are trying to directly harness the spiritus/Axé (that is nonetheless being effected by daemons/spirits) and push it in a particular direction. This is the work of an operative mage.
In a prayer, on the other hand, you are directed your intentions TO a divinity ON BEHALF of an individual. The divinity does not need that personal information—the divinity gets it. And while the daemons/spirits/angels are conveying the message, it is the divinity who takes care of things. You, the petitioner, do not need to "feel" the effects of the prayer for it to work.
I am of the opinion that these two are adjacent means of operating, but not identical. And, as noted above, these are just my person opinions.
Blessings to all,
Fra' Lupo