The North Star
August 31, 2007
by Jeffrey Pierce
Last night I dreamt that I was in a group of spiritually-minded people who were preparing to embark on some sort of expedition, endeavor or quest. We were waiting in a small clearing in the mountains, surrounded by forest. The leader of the group went around and asked everyone for the name that they would be using for the project. Not only would it be how the person would be addressed, but it would double as their username, email address, and such.
As the leader went around the group, collecting names for each person, I frantically tried to decide on a name to use. An old Craft name came to mind as did my working name, Two Crows, that I used when I was doing my shaman training with Nukah.
At last it was my turn.
"I'll take the name Polaris," I offered at last. "The name of the north star. It seems appropriate since I teach and help people to find their way."
The leader nodded, wrote it down on their clipboard, and we all wandered off into the forest together.