What is an Amg Ada?
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The origin and meaning of the words "Amg Ada" are uncertain. Jane Hurley-Cross, one of the modern pioneers of the Magica Fraxinus, would tell her followers that it meant "pure fire" - but there is no correspondence to this in any known language. At the same time, however, she and others would use the term to refer to the rituals of this system of magick: thus "amg ada" is a noun meaning a magickal rite. Practitioners (adepts) of the Magica Fraxinus will conduct an "amg ada", meaning a ritual, a gathering .
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The latter meaning is more probable. In which case its etymology is possibly from Indo-European roots. AMG is a proto-Indo-European stem meaning "to gather together" and is related to such words as "gregarious" and "congregation". ADA, Germanic from proto-Indo-European roots, means "noble" and persists in the feminine name "Adelaide" . Thus "AMG ADA" means "a noble gathering" or a "noble congregation" or "honourable assembly" or similar.
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It is common to refer to an "Amg Ada rite" but most likely this is a misuse. The rite is an "amg ada" - a gathering of adepts to practice purefire magick. But the words have come to refer to the total system itself rather than just the rituals. There is no point in insisting on correctness. All the common uses are correct, but technically an "amg ada" is the ritual itself, specifically the sexual rite in which adepts practice this particular system of magick. The ritual is a "noble assembly" of adepts.
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It has been suggested that the term is a very ancient one - perhaps euphemistic - for a sexual orgy or bacchanale.
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