Author Archives: Glenys D. Livingstone
the magic space between old and new always present
… in real space and time, beyond tick-tock and the number given to an orbit, which is measured from some arbitrary event (2,022 years since what?) … let there be beauty and strength power and compassion honour and humility mirth and reverence … if it is not found within, it will not be found anywhere […]
Dis-covering That I am a Place
When I was pregnant for the first time, it was a shock to realize that “something” could grow in me. Though I had no words for it at the time, it was a beginning of revelation of the presence of the creative force of life in me. There was nothing second rate about this, and […]
Solstice Moment EarthGaia December 2020
This is one of two Moments of Earth’s annual orbit around Mother Sun when She/we enter/s a Season of Solstice. For the Southern Hemisphere December Solstice is the Summer: the awesome fullness and peaking of the light part of the day, and the turn /return to lengthening dark out of that fullness. It may celebrate the […]
Journey to Coolum: Belly Stone Revelations
Recently I travelled with my partner to a popular beach named Coolum within our region of East Coast Australia, and I was awestruck with its beauty. Being conscious of the original inhabitants of the land I live with, I googled for the names of the traditional people of the area and found that the Coolum […]
Beltaine Breath Meditation
This breath meditation has traditionally been the Centering process for PaGaian Beltaine/High Spring ceremony, as it developed over decades in the Blue Mountains, Australia, with Glenys Livingstone Ph.D. and many participants. May you enjoy:
Infinite Generosity
One of my favourite stories is in this telling of a conversation between cosmologist/physicist Brian Swimme and geologian/cultural historian Thomas Berry: On another occasion, Brian was passionately telling Thomas, over a cup of coffee in a café, that he had figured out the source of the problem in industrial society and what needed to be […]
A Hera’s Journey: the Return
Recently I returned to my homelands, the region where I was born and spent my early days. For most of my life I thought I would never return here: I couldn’t get away quick enough as a young teen … the world called and there was pain in this place. I returned after forty-seven years […]
Imbolc/Lammas Season@ EarthGaia 2020 C.E.
At this time in Earth’s annual orbit, which is our everyday sacred journey (no need to go anywhere), Earth makes the post-Solstice transition. In the Southern Hemisphere it is the season of the waxing light, post-Winter Solstice; and in the Northern Hemisphere it is the season of the waxing dark, post-Summer Solstice. We as Earth […]
Celebrating and Invoking the Young One: the Future
As the first ceremonial marking of the growing light after Winter Solstice, Imbolc/Early Spring is a particular moment when the Young One within all may be celebrated; and dedication to this Young One may be made. As Earth’s tilt takes this region of the Planet back towards the Sun, we may celebrate and commit to […]
PaGaian Cosmology Preface
The term “PaGaian” requires some explanation: it expresses a reclaiming of the term “Pagan” as meaning a person who dwells in “country”, yet with “Gaian” spliced in, it expresses a renewed and contemporary understanding of that “country”. “Gaia” is a name for humanity’s Habitat, an ancient yet new name, which I understand to include whole […]
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