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[Interpretation and Commentary, Victoria Duroff, 10/1/24]:

All: Being familiar with symbolic or secret names of things was believed to be crucial for the success in most medieval magical rituals, as those "true names" can invoke things' real nature, their properties, and their magical qualities. Interpreting Plato, Pico claimed in his Apology that names had magical powers if they were “rightly imposed”. Also see thesis 652: “The opinion of the Cratylus on names should be understood this way: not that names are like that, but that they must be if they are to be correct.” Farmer, p. 455, see note.
 

[Latin to Spanish Translation, Ernesto Priani Saiso, 10/1/24]:

All: Ningún nombre, en tanto significativo y en cuanto el nombre está tomado singularmente y por sí mismo, puede tener virtud en la obra mágica si no fuere hebraico o cercanamente derivado de ahí.