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Celebrating the lives of eco-luminaries who returned to Earth this year
17 Dec 2025

Celebrating the lives of eco-luminaries who returned to Earth this year

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

2025 memorials for Jane Goodall, Joanna Macy, and environmental defenders around the world.

death, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, sustainability, wisdom
Bringer of Death
19 Aug 2024

Bringer of Death

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Understanding Gaia | 1

Gardening is as much about taking life as it is about giving life….

death, nature awareness, poem, sustainability, wisdom
Fall Cross: Dwelling in the Darkness
30 Oct 2023

Fall Cross: Dwelling in the Darkness

by Bart Everson | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Guest Contributor | 0

Bart Everson shares a meditation to mark the moment between fall equinox and winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.

death, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Wheel Guided Meditations, Wheel of the Year, wisdom
A Gaian Way of Death
11 Sep 2023

A Gaian Way of Death

by Gaian1 | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Guest Contributor, Understanding Gaia | 3

Robinne Gray discusses her decision to be buried naturally.

death, Gaian Way, nature awareness, sustainability, wisdom
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
On Dying
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.

death, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Prepare, Resilience, wisdom
How to Meditate Like a Corpse
23 Jan 2021

How to Meditate Like a Corpse

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

How a die-in at the state capitol reinforced the value of meditating like a corpse.

death, Gaia, Gaian Way, meditation, nature awareness, suffering
How will your death help the world?
27 Sep 2020

How will your death help the world?

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 7

Will your death help heal Gaia or contaminate Gaia? And how have you prepared for that?

Climate Change, death, Gaia, Gaian Way, pollution, sustainability
When Shalt Thou Kill?
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?

consumerism, death, Diet, ecology, ethics, limits, nature awareness
Grappling with the Spectre of Death
7 Jun 2020

Grappling with the Spectre of Death

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

Could COVID-19’s shiniest silver lining be a heightened salience of mortality?

anxiety, death, gratitude, Resilience, wisdom
The Story of Job: A Gaian Update
5 Apr 2020

The Story of Job: A Gaian Update

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Parables, Understanding Gaia | 2

Is there wisdom that could be gleaned from a new ecocentric version of The Book of Job?

death, Disasters, Gaian Way, God, health, meaning, Parables, sustainability, Technology, Theodicy, wisdom
It Could Be Worse: Lessons from Transatlantic Voyages and Medieval Quarantines
30 Mar 2020

It Could Be Worse: Lessons from Transatlantic Voyages and Medieval Quarantines

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 0

Social distancing is frustrating. But with a bit of perspective, I hope we can agree it’s not all that bad.

anxiety, collapse, COVID, death, nature awareness, Prepare, Resilience, wisdom

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