Category Seasonal Moments @ EarthGaia

PaGaian Cosmology On-line Course

For those in the Southern Hemisphere of Earth-based tradition, the Wheel of the Year begins in the late Autumn (late April- early May) with the Seasonal Moment traditionally known as Samhain or more commonly as Halloween. So my year-long course in Seasonal celebration of our Earth-Sun journey, begins there. The Introduction is best done in […]

Lammas/Imbolc Moment – Planet Earth Feb 2016

On February 4th at 9:30 “Universal Time” (as it is named) EarthGaia crosses the midpoint in Her orbit between Solstice and Equinox. In the Southern Hemisphere it is the Season of Lammas – the welcoming of the Dark, post-Summer Solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere it is the welcoming of the Light, post-Winter Solstice. All planetary times […]

Situating in the Womb of Gaia: a PaGaian Contemplation

Situating in the Womb of Gaia: a PaGaian Contemplation of Her Creative Place together with Casting the Circle, MoonCourt Australia (PaGaian style): a poetic variation of how the elements are referred to in PaGaian Solstice ceremony for both Summer and Winter, using metaphor from Brian Swimme‘s book “The Universe is a Green Dragon”.

Solstice Moment – Summer/Winter – December 2015 C.E.

Earth enters the Season of Solstice, as Her tilt in relationship with Sun leans us to the furthest point, in both Southern and Northern Hemispheres: see Her there in your mind’s eye, where She is – where we are – in Her orbit … For the Southern Hemisphere December Solstice is the awesomeness of the return to the dark, […]

June Solstice 2015: Winter/Summer

It is the Season of Solstice – Earth’s tilt in relationship with Sun leans us to the furthest point, for both North and South hemispheres: you may see Her there in your mind’s eye, as She orbits … For the Southern Hemisphere June Solstice is the magic of the return to the light, out of the […]

The Wheel of the Year in Stone

an edited excerpt from the author’s book PaGaian Cosmology Chapter 1 p. 50 -52 and for a more detailed developed version: the Introduction to A Poiesis of the Creative Cosmos. My ancestors built great circles of stones that represented their perception of real time and space – cosmic calendars. They went to great lengths and detail […]

Celebrating PaGaian Cosmology On-Line

  PaGaian Cosmology On-Line A Celebration of Cosmogenesis in the Wheel of the Year a course and mentoring through eight Seasonal Moments (Sabbats) of Earth’s journey around Sun – the Solstices, Equinoxes and cross-quarter days PaGaian Cosmology is an eco-spirituality grounded in the Pagan/Indigenous tradition of Old Europe, linked to story of the unfolding Universe, and Triple Goddess Poetry. It […]

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 […]

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