Gaia: Then and Now - The Mythopoetics of Climate Change
made possible by a generous grant from the Germanacos Foundation
Gaia: Then and Now is a series of online events presenting a way of knowing essential truths about the earth and climate change through the exploration of archetypal, symbolic images. The series has been designed with an eye towards moving back and forth between the ancient and contemporary stories about the human relationship to Gaia. The first season of webinars was held from January-June of 2022. Recordings of these events can be found below.
If you would like to join the discussion about these events, please go to our Forum Page.
To view the webinar events and transcripts of the sessions we have already held, please click on the links below:
Season Two:
George Boorujy - New Religion: Mythologies of a Changed Planet - 12/3/23
James Harpur - St. Colomba and the Poetic Imagination - 10/29/23
Stephan Harding - Gaia Alchemy - 6/4/23
Jules Cashford - The Eleusinian Mysteries - 5/7/23
Stephan Harding - Gaia and The Tree of Life - 3/12/23
Patricia Damery - Song of the Oak - 2/5/23
Season One:
Jules Cashford - Gaia - 1/8/2022
Jules Cashford - The Return of Gaia - 1/9/2022
Brooke Singer - Thinking Through Gaia, Anthropocene and Art - 2/10/2022
Shoshana Fershtman - Goddesses in Pre-Patriarchal Culture - 3/10/2022
Craig San Roque and Miriam Pickard - Persephone's Heart and The Wake - 4/16/2022 and 4/17/2022
View the Webinar - Persephone's Heart
Elisa Venezia/Dark Sky Aerial - OMEN - 5/12/2022
The webinar is posted without the full video of OMEN at the request of Dark Sky Aerial but you may view it separately through the link above. Please contact for the password.
Jeffrey Kiehl - Mandala as an Archetypal Portal to Engage Climate Chaos - 6/9/2022