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2 Jan 2022

Living the Question…of Spreading a Gaian Way

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community, Understanding Gaia | 2

For me the biggest question I’m living with is how do we grow the Gaian community?

26 Dec 2021

The Winter Darkness: An Opportune Time for Opening Oneself

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 1

Welcoming the solstice and a back spasm as a moment for spiritual growth.

12 Dec 2021

Shouldn’t Santa Claus Be Wearing a Mask?

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

Or will Saint Nick be a superspreader this Christmas Eve?

14 Nov 2021

On Dying

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Learning from Other Traditions, Understanding Gaia | 4

Philosophical Soundings on Death, Impermanence, and the Cycle of Life.

12 Sep 2021

Experiencing the Wrath of Ida and the Bliss of Gaia

by Bart Everson | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Guest Contributor, The Quickening, Uncategorized, Understanding Gaia | 4

Bart Everson reflects on how disruptions in daily life can sometimes connect us more closely to Gaia.

22 Aug 2021

The Parable of the Abandoned Mattress

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Parables, Gaian Practices and Rituals | 0

What would you do if you came across a mattress blocking traffic?

17 Apr 2021

The Last Mile

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, The Quickening | 4

Are you suffering from COVID burnout? Or just the exhaustion that comes at the end of a long race?

21 Feb 2021

What’s in a Name?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Growing the Gaian Community, Understanding Gaia | 2

Exploring Group Dynamics along with Group Semantics

6 Sep 2020

When Shalt Thou Kill?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals | 6

Could the sixth commandment be more nuanced?

23 Aug 2020

Receiving New Stories from Two Nature Priestesses

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose | 0

Learning Life’s lessons from Rachel Carson and Jane Goodall

9 Aug 2020

Questions at the End of the Nuclear Age

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community, The Quickening | 2

Seventy-five years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, do we know how we will guard the poison fire we have created for millennia to come?

3 Aug 2020

Without Solidarity, There’s No Survival

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, The Quickening | 3

If we can’t end racism, we can never achieve true sustainability.

The Gaian Creed

“We believe that the Earth, Gaia, is a living being. That Gaia is at the same time composed of the vast diversity of life and is alive in Her own right. We understand that we depend completely and utterly on Gaia and are part of Gaia. We recognize that current human actions are fundamentally altering Gaia and that if pushed too far, Gaia will shift from Her current state to one inhospitable to humans and millions of other species. Therefore, we commit to living radically sustainable lives—even to an extent that it may alienate us from our kin, our communities, our cultures. We commit to sharing our philosophy and bringing others to understand and embrace their relationship with Gaia and help heal Gaia—and in the process, themselves, their families, and their communities.”