Love Gaia: ~ The Diary Directive

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Though millennia have passed since the days of the pharaohs, mythological figures whose presence adorn myriad walls, monoliths, and scriptures, continue to inspire those who find meaning in what they represent. This powerhouse of a deity has found a home in more modern days, whether by a namesake or through actual reverence. A scheme similar to that proposed by Lovelock and Rapley was later developed independently by a commercial company.

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These giant children were so despised by their father, the sky god imprisoned them in the depths of Tartarus. He begins with Plato – “the first real Gaia enthusiast” – who viewed the cosmos as a living thing endowed with soul and intelligence. This time around, the coup failed: the present Olympian gods had put their differences aside for a time to address a ( much) bigger problem.

He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system. When the Titan War was said and done and the Titans were locked away in the Abyss of Tartarus, Gaia remained displeased. In 2004 he broke with many fellow environmentalists by stating that "only nuclear power can now halt global warming".

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All the physical elements and the deities who controlled them in the beginning were descended from her. With a degree in psychology and a decade spent in corporate America, Andye admitted talking to angels and spirit guides was more fulfilling, and left the nine to five behind.Named after the Greek goddess Gaia at the suggestion of novelist William Golding, [39] the hypothesis postulates that the biosphere has a regulatory effect on the Earth's environment that acts to sustain life. The Autochthons: Cecrops, Palaechthon, Pelasgus, Alalcomeneus, Dysaules, Cabeirus, Phlyus (father of Celaenus), and Leitus. Before Mao Tse-Tung instituted a politicized Traditional Chinese Medicine, there existed a theory based not only in physical, but rooted in a spiritual understanding of life. She is the mother of Uranus (Sky), from whose sexual union she bore the Titans (themselves parents of many of the Olympian gods), the Cyclopes, and the Giants; as well as of Pontus (Sea), from whose union she bore the primordial sea gods.

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Throughout history, Gaia was primarily worshipped in open nature or in caves, but the ancient ruins of Delphi, 100 miles northwest of Athens on Parnassus mountain, was one of the primary places she was celebrated. Shown in art as a woman emerging from the Earth or as a woman lounging in the company of her great-granddaughters, the four seasons ( Horae), great Gaia has rooted her way into the hearts of man and gods alike. It is undeniable that Gaia is a vital god in the pantheon (she is literally Earth, after all) and she is one of the most depicted of the primordial deities. Not only would he regularly force himself onto her, he further acted as a terrible father and an indulgent ruler.

When Zeus was born, Rhea gave Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling-clothes in his place, which Cronus swallowed, and Gaia took the child into her care. Throughout history, she has been referred to as Gaia, Gaea, and Ge, though all translate back to the ancient Greek word for “earth. His son by Elara, the giant Tityos, is therefore sometimes said to be a son of Gaia, the earth goddess. In early 1961, Lovelock was engaged by NASA to develop sensitive instruments for the analysis of extraterrestrial atmospheres and planetary surfaces.