I grew up roaming the mountains and mesas of northern New Mexico. Out there, I came to know that the earth and her creatures and places are not only alive, intelligent and beautiful, but are an essential part of who I am. I felt a living, interconnected presence in nature, a vibrant, harmonious wholeness that also seemed to dwell within me. I also learned firsthand about the spiritual beings of the Sacred Land, and benefitted from their promptings and blessings for many years before I knew a language to describe it.
So, back in the 1970s, when I first heard about the Gaia Hypothesis—which proposes that the entire planet is an intrinsically renewing, self-regulating organism—I recognized what I’d always known. Since then, I’ve explored ancestral, earth-centered spiritual paths on 3 continents, and have experienced the beauty and power of Gaia as manifested in many landscapes, beings and deities. I am currently living in Ireland, continuing to listen to the land and its material and invisible inhabitants.
I’ve come to believe that the Green World of Nature has everything we need to deepen and inspire us. My calling is to do whatever I can to honor and strengthen Gaia’s regenerative, transformative powers, on behalf of all future generations of human and non-human beings.