Pkin Nomenclature (otherwise known as The Naming System) is a group of various mechanisms for naming a Practitioner’s twelve Pkin Archetypes.
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There are three types of nomenclature used within Pkinism. One is called the Anagram Naming Process, which uses a strategic method of anagramming techniques to create new names in succession. These names are used for depicting the interconnected nature of the Archetypes. Works for both Realtime and Retroactive Cycles.
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Another is called the Allegorical Naming Process, which produces the names that non-Pkinists generally know Archetypes by and are commonly referred to as in the Allegories written about them. These names are used to help minimize confusion for the general public and highlight their individual energies.
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And the last one is called the Moral Naming Process, in which a Retroactive Practitioner reflects on the real events that took place in their life from the ages of 12-24, and assigns a non-name word to each year/Archetype that represents the lesson they learned at that time in their life.
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All of these naming processes create a total of twelve names - no more, no less. Being three of the most basic constructs of Pkinism, they should either be executed:
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Before the Pkin Cycle begins, when the Practitioner has made the commitment to - or is in the process of deciding whether or not they will - carry out their own, OR
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Shortly after the first Physical Archetype is received (or simply, after the Pkin Cycle starts)*
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If none of these processes work for you, no worries - you're perfectly free to create your own!
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Seeing as the Moral Naming Process is probably most self-explanatory out of all of these, I will only be explaining how to execute the first two below:
Anagram Naming Process
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The Anagram Naming Process was the first Pkin naming system to ever be created. It was the first one that I (Ren Moulaison, the Founder) ever used to create my own Archetypes' names - so, to explain this naming process, I thought it'd be fitting to use them as an example. Enjoy!
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To begin the process, start by choosing two different words that are significant to you in some way. Example:
birthday
valentine
Then, extract the first three letters from each word:
BIR
VAL
Now, place those two sets of letters right next to each other in any order you wish:
Birval
After the first name is created, simply swap the two sets of letters' order to make the second:
Birval
BIR VAL
VAL BIR
Valbir
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This next part is where the Anagram Naming Process starts to get pretty tricky and meticulous, so read carefully**:
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From here, separate each letter of the second name with a space:
v a l b i r
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If need be, the first half of the name can either be boldened or italicized to differentiate it from the second, or vice versa:
v a l b i r
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After this, move the last letter of the name (r) from its place to be in between the first (v) and second (a) letters:
v r a l b i
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Then, move the new last letter (i) from its place to be in between the now third (a) and fourth (l) letters:
v r a i l b
Leave the final last letter (b) where it is, and close the spaces, unboldening (or unitalicizing) the new name:
Vrailb
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To create the fourth name, use the same letter-set switching technique from before on the third:
Vrailb
VRA ILB
ILB VRA
Ilbvra
.....and the letter-scrambling process to create the fifth:
Ilbvra
i l b v r a
i a l b v r
i a l r b v
Ialrbv
Continue this process until there is a total of twelve different names, with the two techniques alternating in succession with each other until it reaches the very end.
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Why twelve names, you say? Well, let's take the final name in this example:
Bralvi
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In order to create a new name, the letter-scrambling technique will need to be applied here. So, spacing out the name and boldening the first half:
b r a l v i
....we take the last letter (i) from its place and put it in between the “b” and the “r”:
b i r a l v
Then we take the new last letter (v) from its place, to the space between the “r” and the “a”:
b i r v a l
At this point, with the new name created, the spaces can be closed and the letters unboldened:
Birval
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Look familiar? That’s because it’s not a new name at all. If you scroll up a little ways, you’ll see that this is actually the very first name I created here - the name that was directly derived from the words "birthday" and "valentine". Since this naming system creates twelve names already, and repeats would just make things more complicated than they need to be, I decided I would just leave it at twelve.
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Allegorical Naming Process
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To create your Archetypes’ Allegory Names, meditate on the energy of each Archetype and see which human names spring to mind for each. Feel free to play around and see what feels right. If need be, you can also look up different names on baby name websites - where you can search by gender, meaning, origin, category, popularity and a lot more. Some examples of good baby name websites are:
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Use this same meditation and research process for surnames.
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You can update your Archetypes’ Allegory Names any time you’d like as you continue meditating on them.
Footnotes:
*Best for the Allegory Names
**Don’t worry if you mess this part up, whether it’s only a little or a lot; when I first started practicing this, it took me a little while to master it, too - and I’m the the one who created it! So don’t fret, because any skill can be improved upon with a little practice!