Author Archives: Glenys D. Livingstone
The Equinoxes as Story of Redemption: Sacred Balance of Maternal Creativity
a slightly edited essay by the author Glenys Livingstone from March 2013, published originally at Return to Mago Each year in March and September, the Autumn and Spring Equinoxes occur at the same time on the Planet – they are the Seasonal Moments of balance of light and dark, in the dark part and in […]
Organic Innocence and Autumn Mysteries
Autumn Equinox Season is frequently named as “Mabon”, and even though I consistently celebrate this Seasonal Moment in the tradition of the Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone, I too have named it thus – as “Mabon”.[1] ”Mabon” is a name from the Celtic tradition, and it is the name of the Son of Modron, the […]
Resurrected Rose and Cybele
This rose bush appeared to be dead, only a dark stem left, and I was about to throw her out some months ago: and there didn’t seem to be a place in the garden for her either. However since I don’t like throwing anything out, I decided that she might as well have a chance […]
Equinox @ EarthGaia March 2015 C.E.
The Seasonal Moment of Equinox @ EarthGaia comes around again at 22:45 UT on the 20th March – the first for this Gregorian calendar year of 2015, and it is Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. At my place East Coast Australia that is 8:45 on the 21st March … and all […]
The World of the Goddess – Marija Gimbutas
In this video (1990) Marija Gimbutas herself speaks of her work, and it’s wonderful to see and hear her enthusiasm. PaGaian Cosmology, and most other current Goddess research and practice, is indebted to the work Marija Gimbutas. The World of the Goddess – Marija Gimbutas Then there is Signs Out of Time – the documentary about […]
Lammas – the Sacred Consuming
Lammas may be summarised as the Season that marks and celebrates the Sacred Consuming, the Harvest of Life: as it is in PaGaian Cosmology. Many Indigenous cultures have recognised the grain itself, or any food, as Mother … Corn Mother being one of those images – She who feeds the community, the world, with Her […]
Seasons of the Light
As Summer draws to a close in the Southern Hemisphere, we are leaving behind the light part of the year’s cycle around the Sun, the Summer Solstice in late December being the point of that interchange. The lightest quarter of the year anywhere on our planet is in the period […]
Mago Pilgrimage to Korea 2014 – Report
My partner Taffy (Robert Seaborne) and I have completed three short videos reporting on our experience of the Mago Pilgrimage to Korea in October 2014, for which I was honoured to be guest co-facilitator. We were in awe most of the time, and these videos are a beginning of documenting the experience: it will give you […]
(Interview) Glenys Livingstone: 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions
I was privileged to co-present 2 programs at the 2009 Parliament of World’s Religions – one was “Australian Pagans Speak – a Community Forum”, and the other was “The New Archaic: Neuroscience, Spiritual Practice and Healing”. Here is an interview published today on the Return to Mago blog. There are just 3 more days for […]
from Dusk to Night @ MoonCourt
A series of photos of MoonCourt Goddess ceremonial space (Blue Mountains, Australia) – from dusk to night, in honour and celebration of the waxing Dark here … Notice the star becoming visible in the centre of the roof “eye”. As Thomas Berry said: “The night has advanced. The stars are more brilliant than ever.” (Evening Thoughts, […]
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