Gaia - Introduction - Monica Richards

If we turn from Life, we have only Death

From the minute we humans started building fires to cook our food,

we have been aware

That we must revere the source of our lives and all life on this planet

And we have named that source «Mother of Life»

She is kind, sometimes cruel, always indifferent to sacrifice except for those

who came in their time —

Fertility rites, the celebration of birth, of the new year, thanks for the

harvest

But she is capricious and aloof

Her manifestations: Serene, Ferocious, Willful, Cruel, Wise, Lustful, Mysterious

Wanton, Loyal, Scheming, Jealous, Cool, Greedy, Dreaming

She responds to arrogance by withholding her favors and sometimes by destruction

Her weapons are overwhelming, myriad, awesome: Winds, Water, Lightning, Fire,

Ice, Heat, Earthquake and Tidalwave

If we worship and revere male gods, we ignore Gaia’s ultimate power over us

Turn from the Goddess of Life, and there is only Death

Turn form the Mother of Life, and there is only Death