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Earth’s Desire by Thomas Berry
… as we may contemplate the Cosmic Power of Desire, particularly in the Season of Beltaine (early May Northern Hemisphere, early November Southern Hemisphere) we may consider … Thomas Berry – Geologian, cultural historian. 1914 – 2009
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 […]
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 […]
Some Thoughts About Holy Desire
All being knows desire in elemental ways, for water, for food, for sustenance: and many beings also know desire for air, and most creatures and plants know desire for relationship in some form, and for care. We come into being with these primordial desires, this hunger, this longing – we don’t make it up[i]. Each […]
We are Gift of Goddess-Mother Supernova
We are Gift of Tiamat – Goddess Mother supernova. Out of her stardust we are born. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and trace elements. We are Gift of Tiamat – out of her stardust we are born[i]. Tiamat (which means Goddess Mother) is the name that Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry gave to the […]
A Cosmic Walk: Celebrating Origins
This is an abbreviated version of the Cosmic Walk ceremony done regularly in MoonCourt, Blue Mountains, Australia. This Cosmic Walk will be presented at the Australian Earth Laws Alliance conference November 23rd, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. Setting: a 30 meter rope spiral laid out with 35 candles placed at distances to the scale of 1m […]
Storytime at HearthGround
Thomas Berry has named The Seasonal transitions as “moments of grace” … as they are moments of emergence and return, moments of transformation; and attention to these moments is fruitful As I write EarthGaia passes through the Moment Beltaine/Samhain (9:42 EST Australia) as noted here (for all global times). I share with this video of […]
An Integral Universe: Conscious from the Beginning, in Conception
“From its beginning the universe is a psychic as well as a physical reality.” is Thomas Berry‘s principle #3 for a functional cosmology; a version he wrote amongst 12 principles in the early 90’s. See Appendix A PaGaian Cosmology Thomas Berry later expressed it this way: “The capacity for ordered self-development, for self-expression, and for intimate presence […]
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 […]
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