Earth as Goddess: Comments
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Yes, I am back and I know it's been forever. I could go on and tell you the stories of my life over the past few months, but I suppose I would rather keep those details private. Let's just say my focus needed to be on my personal life and my family. I think a person should know when to move focus between aspects of their life, and the Goddess led me where I needed to be at that time. So... to jump right in I have some comments about a post I just read over at Unmasking the Goddess.
First go ahead and read the post entitled The Earth as Goddess. It's an older one from September, but I've been out of the loop for a while and I'm catching up. :)
My comments:
Do you agree or disagree? Let's discuss and debate this topic and get some opinons flying about the internet.
First go ahead and read the post entitled The Earth as Goddess. It's an older one from September, but I've been out of the loop for a while and I'm catching up. :)
My comments:
If I may be so bold, I would like to explain something. Most Pagans (capital P like Christians) believe that there is no separation between nature and the Goddess (capital G like God). Just as you may admire a beautiful sunset and see the glory of God, Pagans see the Goddess in all things - very especially nature. The personification of the earth or nature is simply a form of myth and metaphor and not to be taken literally. It would be silly to think that all Pagans believe the earth is genuinely a human woman with god-like powers named Gaia. Gaia is a Greek myth once used to explain creation and the workings of our planet. Gaia, in fact, was the Greek word for earth. So, lets bring this down to Gaia for goodness sake, and avoid sensationalizing a serious religious topic.
Sincere Blessings, Grian
Do you agree or disagree? Let's discuss and debate this topic and get some opinons flying about the internet.
Labels: earth, earth religion, gaia, Goddess, Unmasking the Goddess
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1:34 AM
Although it's not a very active blog, I keep up with Unmasking the Goddess. The blogger is a bright woman, but incapable of grasping goddess spirituality (and its diversity). People like her just don't understand the poetic language of myth.
And by the way, my own view of Gaia is pretty much what you are describing in your comments, but that's one view of many.