What's in a name?

Mountain Diver

I want to be greeted by you - leave a comment please. There is a ritual waiting to happen for me too, more on that later.

In my dream, I waved goodbye to the gull and albatross which have been with me for a long time. In meditation, journalling and my dreams the words 'devoted', 'devil', 'duiker', 'dark' and 'dreamer' have all been circulating. When I found the word 'diver' my whole body shivered.

Divers are birds, (family Gaviidae) in N. America they are called loons, in Scandinavia they are called, ~lom (Islom, Smaalom, Gulnnebblom and Storlom). In Dutch: Duiker; German Taucher (Sterntaucher, Eistaucher), in French Plongeur.

They are the birds I always want to see when in the North, they are the first page of the bird books, they are captivating. They are sleek, strong and their colours are perfectly clear and defined. They are devoted partners. I have spent many hours watching them. I find a rare peace and tranquility when swimming underwater. They have some very odd behaviours, dancing on their back legs across the water, rolling onto their side while swimming to preen their feathers and crying out with such eerie noises as to break your heart. The loon's cry is said to be the cry of dead warriors calling to the world, or a dead warrior seeking his beloved.

I then looked into native American traditions; and the diver includes many concepts, the principal ones of which are:

dreaming and awakening spirit

creative inspiration

serenity, peace and tranquility

deep devotion and loyalty

communication and oration

seeming judgmental and unsympathetic

I also include:

unexpectedness

water and flow

The Mountain brings

strength and power

clarity and wisdom

roots and belonging

agelessness

We shall see where my names take me.

Ho.