Miss Lottie? "Remember when you just got your new task? You tricked me into touching that golden locket and tried to take over my body." My shem, yes. "What does 'shem' mean, anyway? Heart?" It mean "name". From the Kabbalic belief that golems are animated by a secret name of God inscribed within us. "Is it true?" I wouldn't know. "Well, it's a nice thought, anyway." … You turned me into a sheep.