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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
Highlights from the Past Cycle around the Sun
4 Sep 2022

Highlights from the Past Cycle around the Sun

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

The year’s best Gaian reflections—from our community of Gaians.

Gaia, Gaian Way, Religion, sustainability, wisdom
Karate-Do: The Official Sport of the Gaian Way
28 Aug 2022

Karate-Do: The Official Sport of the Gaian Way

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

No, we don’t really have an official sport, but here’s why karate would be it if we did…

Gaian Way, karate, Prepare, Resilience, wisdom
Gaians as (Civilization’s) Death Doulas and Birth Midwives
21 Aug 2022

Gaians as (Civilization’s) Death Doulas and Birth Midwives

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Gaian Beliefs and Purpose, Growing the Gaian Community, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 4

Literally and figuratively, these are two essential skills worth nurturing.

collapse, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, transition, wisdom
Plunging Into the Polycrisis
14 Aug 2022

Plunging Into the Polycrisis

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 6

This summer, we’ll be exploring civilizational collapse, so grab a cool drink and enjoy!

Climate Change, collapse, Gaia, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, The Quickening, wisdom
This Will Be the Coolest Summer of the Rest of Your Life
8 Aug 2022

This Will Be the Coolest Summer of the Rest of Your Life

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

A prescient meme for the climate breakdown era.

Climate Change, collapse, Gaia, Gaian Way, Prepare, Resilience, wisdom
To Swim in the Seine
30 Jul 2022

To Swim in the Seine

by Gaian1 | posted in: Guest Contributor, The Quickening, Understanding Gaia | 1

Jeremiah Jones reflects on the life, death, and the potential rebirth of rivers.

Climate Change, Gaia, nature awareness, Resilience, rewilding, sustainability, wisdom
Don’t Mention Nuclear War
24 Jul 2022

Don’t Mention Nuclear War

by Gaian1 | posted in: Gaian Practices and Rituals, Guest Contributor, The Quickening | 7

A 40-year old poem on the impropriety of discussing nuclear war in polite company captures our particular moment exceptionally well.

nuclear, Prepare, Resilience, sustainability, wisdom
A Personal Definition and Incomplete History of Gaianism
9 Jul 2022

A Personal Definition and Incomplete History of Gaianism

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

This week’s essay, by Bart Everson, explores the history, and perhaps the future, of Gaianism.

cosmology, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, wisdom
Five Takeaways from the Harvard Ecological Spiritualities Conference
26 Jun 2022

Five Takeaways from the Harvard Ecological Spiritualities Conference

by Erik Assadourian | posted in: Learning from Other Traditions | 0

Lessons learned from speaking—and listening—at the Harvard Divinity School.

enchantment, Gaian Way, Religion, sustainability, wisdom
Lyme, Lyme, Go Away, Please Don’t Come Another Day
19 Jun 2022

Lyme, Lyme, Go Away, Please Don’t Come Another Day

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

My hopefully brief encounter with, and meditation on, Lyme Disease

Climate Change, Gaia, Gaian Way, nature awareness, Prepare, Resilience, suffering, wisdom

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