MOTHER EARTH HERSELF IS ONE OF THE GREAT GODDESSES OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS; THEY NAMED HER "GAEA". BUT, MANY OTHERS HAVE WORSHIPPED HER AS WELL, AND SHE HAS MANY NAMES--TELLUS, MATER, ERDA...JUST TO NAME A FEW. SHE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A PRIMORDIAL GODDESS. THROUGH HER STORY, WE FIND THAT SHE CAME OUT OF THE FORMLESSNESS OF CHAOS...BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE HAD EXISTENCE. AND FROM HER, EVERYTHING WAS CREATED...THE LAND, THE SKY, THE HUMAN RACE. WE ARE ALL BORN OF HER...AND FOR THAT REASON, THE GREEKS CALLED HER THE "MOTHER OF ALL".
SHE HAD MANY CHILDREN. SHE GAVE BIRTH TO THE TITANS...THE FIRST RACE ON EARTH; SHE PRODUCED BOTH DIETIES AND MONSTERS ALIKE. THE HEAVENLY GODS WERE DESCENDED FROM HER UNION WITH URANUS, THE SKY GOD; THE SEA GODS DESCENDED FROM HER UNION WITH PONTOS, THE SEA GOD. HER DAUGHTER, THEMIS, WAS KNOWN TO ALL AS THE "QUEEN OF THE ORACLES", AND IT IS SAID THAT HER WISDOM HAD BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GAEA. THUS BEGAN A LONG LINE OF PRIESTESSES AT DELPHI...A LINE WHICH LAST MORE THAN A THOUSAND YEARS.
GAEA IS USUALLY DEPICTED AS A FULL-FIGURED WOMAN WHO APPEARS TO BE RISING FROM THE FERTILE SOIL. UNLIKE THE OTHER DEITIES, GAEA IS EASY TO SEE AND TOUCH. SHE IS REPRESENTED BY ALL THINGS GREEN AND LUSH...CONSTANTLY CHANGING YET FOREVER CAUGHT UP IN A DANCE OF THE PATTERNS OF LIFE AND DEATH...AND REBIRTH OF THE SOIL. IN OUR COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS. GAEA IS THE NUTURING FIGURE WHO AT TIMES IS MORE POWERFUL THAN OUR ACTUAL MOTHERS. HER SACRED ANIMALS ARE THE SERPENT, THE LUNAR BULL, THE PIG, AND BEES. GAEA IS VENERATED AT HER SHRINES AND AT HOLES IN THE EARTH WHICH HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO HER. SOME WORSHIP GAEA IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET CLOSER TO OUR MOTHER EARTH BY BECOMING LESS CONCERNED WITH MATERIAL THINGS AND MORE IN TUNE WITH NATURE. OTHERS WORSHIP HER AS THE GREAT GODDESS AND PRACTICE RITUALS ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER FORMS OF WORSHIP. COMMON FORMS FOR WORKING WITH OUR GREAT MOTHER MAY INCLUDE ATTEMPTING TO REACH A GREATER CONNECTION TO THE EARTH, SHAMANISTIC PRACTICES (MY PERSONAL FAVORITE), PRAISING AND PRAYING, BURNING OILS AND INCENSE AND REARING PLANTS AND GARDENS. OFFERING TO THE GREAT MOTHER MAY INCLUDE BARLEY AND HONEY CAKES.
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