Comments on: My Anima http://druidjournal.net/2006/09/15/my-anima/ Guidance and Inspiration from Nature and the Ancient World. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:42:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Druid Journal Meditation » Blog Archive » About Jeff Lilly and Meditation http://druidjournal.net/2006/09/15/my-anima/#comment-85404 Druid Journal Meditation » Blog Archive » About Jeff Lilly and Meditation Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:43:19 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/2006/09/15/my-anima/#comment-85404 [...] Contacting hidden elements of my subconscious [...] [...] Contacting hidden elements of my subconscious [...]

]]> By: Jeff Lilly http://druidjournal.net/2006/09/15/my-anima/#comment-4210 Jeff Lilly Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:02:53 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/2006/09/15/my-anima/#comment-4210 Yes, I saw that derivation too, along with a few others -- so I wasn't sure what to believe. :-) What was your source, if you remember? Do any of these meanings have any significance for you? Something else you might try is brainstorming words that are similar in sound to "Eileen". I can think of <i>Helen, Ellen, Allen, alien, alone,</i> and a little further out there, <i>elfin, Erin (l, r are closely related sounds)</i>. It may also be significant that the name is Celtic. I was just emailing Slade in the last couple of days about different ways one could do name analysis from various perspectives. This is something I'm definitely going to be digging further into. Yes, I saw that derivation too, along with a few others — so I wasn’t sure what to believe. :-) What was your source, if you remember? Do any of these meanings have any significance for you?

Something else you might try is brainstorming words that are similar in sound to “Eileen”. I can think of Helen, Ellen, Allen, alien, alone, and a little further out there, elfin, Erin (l, r are closely related sounds). It may also be significant that the name is Celtic.

I was just emailing Slade in the last couple of days about different ways one could do name analysis from various perspectives. This is something I’m definitely going to be digging further into.

]]> By: Adam http://druidjournal.net/2006/09/15/my-anima/#comment-4089 Adam Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:46:01 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/2006/09/15/my-anima/#comment-4089 Doing a quick search of the name, it seems to come from the Germanic nickname Ava, which means pleasant... After going through French and Gaelic, it gained the "leen" part (to become more feminine in those languages), then eventually dropped the "va" as it changed from "Avaleen/Eivaleen" (phonetically, since I can't pronounce Gaelic words correctly) to Eileen... The meaning has remained unchanged. Doing a quick search of the name, it seems to come from the Germanic nickname Ava, which means pleasant… After going through French and Gaelic, it gained the “leen” part (to become more feminine in those languages), then eventually dropped the “va” as it changed from “Avaleen/Eivaleen” (phonetically, since I can’t pronounce Gaelic words correctly) to Eileen… The meaning has remained unchanged.

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