Earthmind - Tuning in to GAIA Theory With New Age Methods For Saving Our Planet (

by Paul Devereux, John Steele, David Kubrin

Gaia is one of the most startling scientific theories to emerge in recent years. Simply put, it says that the single largest living organism on earth is Earth itself. It is an idea that continues to gain support and recognition, as well as sparking heated debate, within the scientific community. But what do we mean when we say the earth is alive? Earthmind squarely faces this question and provides astounding answers. Drawing on many current fields of thought and research in sciences, archeology, consciousness studies, and other disciplines both mainstream and alternative, the book provides an unprecedented picture of how we might understand and even communicate with this planetary spirit or Earthmind. It shows how the idea of the living earth is really a collective remembering of old, long-held beliefs about our relationship with our planet, suppressed at the dawn of science in the seventeenth century and forgotten almost completely in our machine universe. But Earthmind describes how the notion of a living earth is filtering back into our thinking once more.

235 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Chuck H · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've always been attracted to the Gaia hypothesis - which suggests that the Earth is a sentient living entity. This book outlines the history and features of the idea and advocates for it. I found it unconvincing (perhaps because (among other reasons) I'm reading it many decades after publication) but useful as a heuristic for our time. This is because contemporary human hubris implicitly argues the contrary - that life on Earth is nice and everything but collectively we despoil the environment and are systematically destroying our fragile biosphere. So in my mind, whether Gaia theory is objectively true/accurate or not may be moot - it offers a way of thinking that is far superior to our current way - which is that we are exempt from all natural laws and can just tech our way out.