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Author Archives: Erik Assadourian

The Night Before Dictatorship
19 Dec 2022

The Night Before Dictatorship

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening | 1

This Holiday Season: Festive Cheer Meets Dystopian Fear!

collapse, fascism, resistance
Count Backwards from Ten…
12 Dec 2022

Count Backwards from Ten…

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 0

A simple life-affirming meditation, as well as a preparatory tool for dying.

death, Gaian Way, meditation, Prepare
A Reflection and Invitation on Giving Tuesday
28 Nov 2022

A Reflection and Invitation on Giving Tuesday

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Growing the Gaian Community | 0

Has the Gaian Way helped you? If so, you’re invited to help support this work.

consumerism, philanthropy, Resilience, sustainability
Hall of Mirrors
22 Nov 2022

Hall of Mirrors

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 0

A reflection in which I reflect on my own reflections creating a dizzying effect of over self-reflection.

collapse, consumerism, Gaia, Gaian Way, population, sustainability
What About Skipping the Turkey This Year?
13 Nov 2022

What About Skipping the Turkey This Year?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, The Quickening | 1

This week, a little request for Americans. Please skip the turkey this Thanksgiving.

Climate Change, consumerism, Diet, Gaian Way, Ritual, sustainability
Go be with a tree
8 Nov 2022

Go be with a tree

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Understanding Gaia | 0

Five tree relational exercises for you to try.

nature awareness, tree
Mindfulness for Earth
31 Oct 2022

Mindfulness for Earth

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 0

Are there ways we can regain the increasingly lost skill of mindfulness, both to heal ourselves and Earth?

Gaian Way, health, nature awareness, Resilience, sustainability, wisdom
Dogs in Space Explore Existential Questions
16 Oct 2022

Dogs in Space Explore Existential Questions

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 0

Could a kid’s cartoon hold important answers to whether humans are worthy of redemption?

collapse, consumerism, Gaia, Gaian Way, Space, sustainability, wisdom
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head… and They Slide Right Off
10 Oct 2022

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head… and They Slide Right Off

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 1

Why are forever chemicals showing up in rain around the world?

Chemicals, collapse, consumerism, pollution, sustainability, wisdom
Put Your Hands, and Your Feet, Into the Soil
3 Oct 2022

Put Your Hands, and Your Feet, Into the Soil

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Understanding Gaia | 0

Two more reasons to take your shoes off.

earthing, Gaian Way, nature awareness, soil
When You’re Forest Bathing, You’re Never Alone
18 Sep 2022

When You’re Forest Bathing, You’re Never Alone

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Understanding Gaia | 3

A poem and reflection on the many other-than-human forest bathers that are always with you

forest bathing, Gaian Way, nature awareness, wisdom
To Life! (A Gaian Toast)
11 Sep 2022

To Life! (A Gaian Toast)

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 3

It doesn’t get simpler, or deeper, than this.

Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, sustainability, wisdom

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