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Cosmogenesis and it’s Three Creative Dynamics
by Glenys Livingstone Ph.D. This is an edited excerpt from the author’s book PaGaian Cosmology: Re-inventing Earth-based Goddess Religion, Chapter 1 Central to this PaGaian cosmology is Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry’s articulation of Cosmogenesis and its three “governing themes”.[1] Physicist/cosmologist Brian Swimme tells the story of the evolutionary unfolding of the Universe with a […]
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 […]
I am the Ancient One
Folding my arms over my upper torso, I acknowledge this country that I am … an ancient land, a holy land: I only need travel to this place, be present to this place. I am She … GaiaEarth, we are all She: all “Transformations of the Ages” … this could be a title for Her/us […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Conceptions of Samhain
Conceptions of Samhain by Glenys Livingstone Ph.D. as published in Goddess Alive! Issue 26 Autumn/Winter 2014 Samhain preparation and ceremony at my place begin with this breath meditation: Breathe deep … and as you let go of your breath, follow it down, and notice the Space between your breaths. Don’t hold it, just notice it. […]
Creativity of Beltaine Moment
Beltaine is commonly understood in recent times to be a celebration of sexuality, and frequently in particular heterosexuality … but this is a simple reduction, and only one of the valencies of a deeper significance of the Seasonal Moment, which is the extant creativity of Sun and Moon in relationship, with Earth. The notable and […]
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