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Receiving New Stories from Two Nature Priestesses
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

Climate Change, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, storytelling, sustainability
Say Three Hail Marys and Clean Up the River
26 Jul 2020

Say Three Hail Marys and Clean Up the River

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community | 1

It turns out that environmentalists have their own form of penance and ablutions: river and beach cleanups.

Community, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Penance, Purpose, Ritual, sacrifice, sustainability
The Gaian Solar Meditation
19 Jul 2020

The Gaian Solar Meditation

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

Here’s a shiny new meditation for you to try and a science lesson to boot!

Gaia, Gaian Way, health, meditation, nature awareness, Ritual, Space
The Parable of the Tree in Need
4 Jul 2020

The Parable of the Tree in Need

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Parables, Understanding Gaia | 1

A story about a girl who helped another, and who in turn was helped as well.

Ancestral Skills, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Parables, suffering
Celebrating and Finding Stillness in the Summer Solstice
14 Jun 2020

Celebrating and Finding Stillness in the Summer Solstice

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals | 4

What are you doing for the summer solstice? Perhaps a day of silence to balance the energy of the day?

Community, fast, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Ritual, Wheel of the Year
Forest Meditation, Sunday Forest School, and Sassafras Tea Time
26 Apr 2020

Forest Meditation, Sunday Forest School, and Sassafras Tea Time

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, Growing the Gaian Community | 6

Imagining the Gaian Sunday Service

Ancestral Skills, Community, Gaia, Gaian Way, Guilds, Indigeneity, nature awareness, Prayer, Purpose, Religion, Ritual, wisdom
It’s Spring Outside. It’s Scary Out There. It’s Time to Yardfarm
19 Apr 2020

It’s Spring Outside. It’s Scary Out There. It’s Time to Yardfarm

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Growing the Gaian Community, The Quickening | 4

With time on our hands and food scarcity looming in the near future, there’s no better time than to grow your own food.

Climate Change, collapse, consumerism, COVID, Diet, health, nature awareness, plenitude, postgrowth, Prepare, sustainability, The Quickening, transition
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
Reciting the Earth Pledge—on Earth Day and Every School Day
15 Mar 2020

Reciting the Earth Pledge—on Earth Day and Every School Day

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers, Understanding Gaia | 2

What if children started their school day with a pledge of allegiance to the Earth?

children, Gaia, nature awareness, Ritual
Introducing a Spring Germination Fast
9 Mar 2020

Introducing a Spring Germination Fast

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Gaian Prayers | 5

Are you searching for a fast that connects you with the cycle of life, and improves your and the Earth’s well-being? Try this Spring Germination Fast.

Gaia, health, nature awareness, plenitude, Resilience, Ritual, sacrifice, Wheel of the Year
Setting a Gaian Meditative Practice
17 Feb 2020

Setting a Gaian Meditative Practice

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Learning from Other Traditions | 8

What should a daily Gaian meditative practice look like? How about an outdoor meditation three times a day to help us connect with Gaia and our purpose, and to improve our health and well-being at the same time.

anxiety, Gaia, Gaian Way, gratitude, health, meditation, nature awareness, Ritual
Lesssons from Serpentor
10 Feb 2020

Lesssons from Serpentor

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Learning from Other Traditions | 7

If we were to take our CRISPR (Clipper of Religion Inspired Systems Producing eco-Renaissance) to snip the best bits of religions to build a new philosophical system, what elements would we harvest?

Belief, children, collapse, Community, cosmology, Gaia, Gaian Way, Indigeneity, nature awareness

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“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.”

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