![]() After them was born Cronos ( Cronus) the wily, youngest and most terrible of her children, and he hated his lusty sire. She lay with Heaven and bore deep-swirling Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus, Theia and Rhea, Themis, and Mnemosyne and gold-crowned Phoebe and lovely Tethys. Īfterwards with Uranus, her son, she gave birth to the Titans, as Hesiod tells it: Gaia also bore the Ourea (Mountains), and Pontus (Sea), "without sweet union of love" (i.e., with no father). Hesiod goes on to say that Gaia brought forth her equal Uranus (Heaven, Sky) to "cover her on every side". And after Gaia came "dim Tartarus in the depth of the wide-pathed Earth", and next Eros the god of love. Hesiod's Theogony tells how, after Chaos, "wide-bosomed" Gaia (Earth) arose to be the everlasting seat of the immortals who possess Olympus above. ![]() ![]() Hesiod Birth of Gaia, Uranus, and the Titans Gaia (bottom-right) rises out of the ground, detail of the Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Altar, Pergamon museum, Berlin. In Mycenean Greek Ma-ka (transliterated as Ma-ga, "Mother Gaia") also contains the root ga. The Greek name Γαῖα ( Gaia Ancient Greek: or ) is a mostly epic, collateral form of Attic Γῆ ( Gē ), and Doric Γᾶ ( Ga ), perhaps identical to Δᾶ ( Da ), both meaning " Earth". Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was Terra. She is the mother of Uranus (the 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 (the sea), from whose union she bore the primordial sea gods. Gaia is the ancestral mother-sometimes parthenogenic-of all life. Along with a thorough description of the purpose of the Gaia Project, this field guide to the future includes a question and answer section, recommended reading list, and glossary to provide additional insight into the unprecedented challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.In Greek mythology, Gaia ( / ˈ ɡ eɪ ə, ˈ ɡ aɪ ə/ Ancient Greek: Γαῖα, romanized: Gaîa, a poetical form of Γῆ ( Gê), meaning 'land' or 'earth'), also spelled Gaea / ˈ dʒ iː ə/, is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. This visionary text reveals how each of us can prepare for the coming "Great Change" and take part in the universal expansion of consciousness. ![]() Jang's prophetic proclamation-communicated to him through channeling, dreams, and energy reading-explains countless mysteries about the world, including: - The origins of the world and humankind - The collapse of Lemuria and Atlantis - Reincarnation and past-life memories - The purpose of life and the meaning of existence - The nature of consciousness - New revelations regarding alien life According to Hwee-Yong Jang, the world as we know it will undergo a profound transformation by 2012. Are you ready?Īs part of a grand cosmic plan called the Gaia Project, the earth is already undergoing a purification process-marked by natural disasters, disease, war, and social chaos-that will ultimately end in our planet's ascension to a new dimension.
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