Men and women have begun to seek to understand this innate consciousness. Resurgence of GaiaĪ new curiosity about the history and meaning of Gaia has recently been sparked. Gaia theory taught that a sophisticatedly aware universe is regulating these many facets to protect and preserve life on the planet, much as a mother protects her own children.įar beyond a comforting ideology, we can find evidence in spiritual traditions which give heed to the belief of the earth as a loving mother, further nurturing our human relationship with Gaia. The stability of life and its consistent ability to self-regulate and protect earth’s creatures connotes a universe much more intelligent than previously imagined. All elements work in perfect harmony to ensure life on earth is sustained. Their work suggested that in the earth chemicals all “talk” to one another to protect life on the planet the salt in the ocean is never too salinated, the oxygen in the atmosphere never too noxious, and the temperature of the earth never grows too hostile for life to thrive. This revolutionary hypothesis was seen as heretical, but has since been accepted as fact a theory, no longer a hypothesis.
In 1970, chemist James Lovelock and his research partner Lynn Margulis (the wife of Carl Sagan at the time) proposed that the earth is a living being, self-regulating the elements to sustain life on it. With the convergence of feminism in the 1970s, all that changed when a groundbreaking pro-female establishment was founded, providing new understanding of how our planet operates. This left a void in collective consciousness and Gaia was relegated to mythology alone. History is kept by the victors-and the victors are most often men. She’s considered the primeval mother of whom all gods-and life itself-descended.Īs the prevalence of gods and goddesses in the 19th and 20th centuries faded away, so did history books’ tales of female pharaohs, women scientists and amazon warriors.
She longed for love and created the sky with whom she mated, igniting a creative force which birthed countless offspring: Time and the Fates, the Muses and the oceans, to name a few. Though her creation was majestic, her solitude was great. She became the Earth, birthing all form of landscape, plant and creature. This primordial landscape awaited direction it’s then that the spirit of Gaia arrived to give structure to the formless and the Earth was conceived. In the beginning, there was chaos, nebulous ethers waiting to take form. To the Greeks, Gaia was the ultimate goddess of raw, maternal power. In any sincere effort to unearth her, we must look to the oldest documented accounts. Despite the efforts of many historians, archaeologists and artists, we’re only now beginning to remember the stories of the goddess. The paleolithic Venus figures dot all of Europe, hearkening a worship of the feminine earth mother which has been lost to us.
She is the first goddess, the primeval one, the creator of all life and the fullness of her legacy is still being resurrected after patriarchal suppression. In some cases, she predates writing: ancient, pre-linguistic references to her have been found, alongside shrines, statues and paintings of her in every corner of the globe. The Greeks called her Gaia, while the Incas know her as PachaMama. Ancient Ways and Goddess TraditionsĮvery culture has their version of the Earth Goddess. She goes by many names, but in an effort to better connect and understand this energy, we’ll explore the myriad of forms in which she appears on Earth. It’s she who created and sustained us, and to whom we returned upon death. In the ancient civilizations, she was revered as mother, nurturer and giver of life. She is a goddess who, by all accounts, inhabits the planet, offering life and nourishment to all her children. Such is her love for us that I immediately bow in awe for the bounty she offers.Īnd yet have I to yearn for the affections of another Who is Gaia? It’s hard to begin a discourse on Gaia without moving into poetry, song and dance.
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