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Gaia The Living

GAIA mother nature was the Protogenos of earth, one of the primal elements who first emerged at the dawn of creation, along with air, sea and sky.

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Gaia was the Protogenos of earth, one of the primal elements who first emerged at the dawn of creation, along with air, sea and sky. She was the great mother of all: the heavenly gods were descended from her union with Ouranos, the sea-gods from her union with Pontos, the Gigantes from her mating with Tartaros and mortal creatures were sprung or born from her earthy flesh.

 

As Gaia was the source from which arose the vapours producing divine inspiration, she herself also was regarded as an oracular divinity, and it is well known that the oracle of Delphi was believed to have at first been in her possession, and at Olympia, too, she had an oracle in early times. That Ge belonged to the theoi chthinioi, requires no explanation, and hence she is frequently mentioned where they are invoked. The surnames and epithets given to Ge have more or less reference to her character as the all-producing and all-nourishing mother (mater omniparens et alma), and hence Servius classes her together with the divinities presiding over marriage. Her worship appears to have been universal among the Greeks, and she had temples or altars at Athens, Sparta, Delphi, Olympia, Bura, Tegea, Phlyus, and other places.

 

In myth Gaia appears as the prime opponent of the heavenly gods. First she rebelled against her husband Ouranos who had imprisoned her sons in her womb. Then later, when her son Kronos defied her by imprisoning these same sons, she assisted Zeus in his overthrow of the Titan. Finally she came into conflict with Zeus, angered with him for the binding of her Titan-sons in the pit of Tartaros. In her opposition she first produced the tribe of Gigantes and later the monster Typhoeus to dethrone him, but both failed in both attempts. In the ancient Greek cosmology earth was conceived as a flat disk encirced by the river Okeanos, and topped above by the solid dome of heaven and below by the great pit of Tartaros. She herself supported the sea and moutains upon her breast.

 

Gaia was depicted as a buxom, matronly woman, half risen from the earth in Greek vase painting. She was portrayed as inseperable from her native element. In mosaic art, Gaia appears as a full-figured, reclining woman, often clothed in green, and sometimes accompanied by grain spirits —the Karpoi.

 

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Comment by Eva Libre on September 3, 2013 at 3:18pm

A Serie of magnificent Nature photos by Austrian photographer Heinrich Wagner.

 

Two hearts beat as one

Black Swans - Skiathos - EOS 7D. Good morning dear friends ! Wish everyone a wonderful tuesday !

 

Long-eared Owl - Waldohreule

Hallo dear friends ! I took this last spring at lake Neusiedl ! Actually we have unusual high temperatures here in Austria. Sunday we can reach 39 degrees ! I wish everyone a cool place where he/she can stand the heat !:-))

 

"Thank god: got both feet on the ground !!":-))

What you see are Canadian Geese spending their time in Vienna !

 

Flight of the grey Heron

They are busy preparing their nests for the upcoming event ! My friends I wish you all a good start in the week !!:-)) And keep on smiling !:-))

 

European pond turtle - Sumpfschildkröte

Wildlife in the heart of Vienna ! While taking pictures of the grey herons and cormorants I never thought of seeing those pretty turtles !! It was such an inspiring meeting !!

Nice evening for you !!:-))

Comment by Luna Arjuna on July 20, 2013 at 1:58am

Our Mother, who art within us, We celebrate your many names. Your wisdom come. Your will be done, Unfolding from the depths within us.

Each day you give us all that we need. You remind us of our limits and we let go. You support us in our power and we act with courage.

For you are the dwelling place within us, the empowerment around us, and the celebration among us. As it was in the very beginning, may it be now.

- Patricia Lynn Reilly

 

Art by Charlotte Self

Comment by Luna Arjuna on July 16, 2013 at 4:47am

"The earth laughs in flowers."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

"Irises" -  Claude Monet

Comment by Eva Libre on July 11, 2013 at 7:48pm

 

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your Body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting —
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

- Mary Oliver

Comment by Katja on June 11, 2013 at 7:12pm

Love and Compassion.

Comment by Eva Libre on June 11, 2013 at 6:16pm

merci Stephen, thank you for your...kind words... Had you been missing...

I've become also a bit silent ... health care needs some time...

Comment by Stephen Quinto on June 11, 2013 at 6:40am

it is so sweet when we engage in '....family discussion....'  Our great Mother is so deeply pleased when we give her our thoughts and attention, deserving as She is.  One of my sons wanted to correct me today when I spoke to him of Natural Law ....he suggested that I meant Divine Law....  I replied that there is no difference; Nature is Divine.

My deepest respect for our True Family....!

 

Comment by Eva Libre on June 11, 2013 at 1:48am

Meet Zarafa, the first giraffe to be seen in France. Paris's Jardin des Plantes, which opened on this day in 1793, was Zarafa's home for 18 years. http://bit.ly/Yd5FmG

Comment by Béatrice LATEUR LACROIX on July 1, 2012 at 10:30am

I do love Le triomphe de la vie, Bridget and Alexader pictures!

Love and Peace for Nature and all Beings.

Comment by bridget orman on July 1, 2012 at 9:55am

 

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