Gaia as Goddess
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In Gaia's Lap - The Maryland Womyn's Gathering ...
Gaea, or Gaia, was an ancient pre-Hellenic goddess who was mainly revered in Attica. She is the primordial essence of the earth, later referred to at times as the Earth-goddess, one of the creations of Aether and Hedera, the primordial cosmic beings.
Gaia: The Greek Goddess, the protective spirit of the Earth. Often used in environmental activist campaigns.
God: The aspect of a masculine deity.
Goddess: The aspect of a feminine deity.
Gaia Mind
Institute for the Study of Hierological Values ('Ishval'): The promotion and propagation of the principles of Truth in all religions
Serendip: Brain & Behavior, Complex Systems, Biology, Science Education ...
10. On the Gaia hypothesis, see Lovelock, 1988; for the Sophianic aspects of world-soul, see Matthews, 1992: 323-328; on the globalization of consciousness, Russell, 1983.
11. Goodison, 1990.
12. Bruchac, 1993.
It should be called Gaea, Gaia, Mom, Mother or the Matrix, the space enabling the existence of all physical and non-physical local planetary lifeforms.
Beginning with Gaia, Uranus, and the Titans, Aliki chronicles the rise and fall of Cronus and the defeat of the Titans by the new gods (Zeus and company), whom she introduces individually.
This is borne out in James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis, that "...the biosphere is a self-regulating entity with the capacity to keep our planet healthy by controlling the chemical and physical environment.
The classical Greek Pantheon derived ultimately from the marriage of Heaven and Earth, Ouranos and Gaia. Zeus ruled the sky, Poseidon the Waters, and Hades the depths of the Earth.
the jury is still out, the majority of Witches think it would be a travesty if we allowed any third party interpretation or mandatory access to that natural energy we are all heir to as humans and part of the interactive Sacred Play that is Gaia, ...
 See also: Spirit, World, Spiritual, Ritual, Light
  
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