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For thousands of years numerous cultures have viewed Earth as a living sentient being. The ancient Greeks worshiped a multitude of gods and goddesses. Among them was the ancient goddess Gaia, which was the spiritual entity, the Earth goddess whose physical body, they believed, was Earth itself. Gaia was believed to be the soul or the spirit of the living planet. Worshiped for centuries by the ancient Greeks, Gaia has reemerged at the end of the 20th century in the New Age philosophy of pantheism. The American Indians have worshiped Earth for thousands of years as a living being and the mother of all creation. The ancient Babylonians and the ancient Sumerians also believed in the divinity and consciousness of Mother Earth. On February 6, 1975, scientists Dr. James Lovelock and Dr. Sydney Epton expounded their new theory called the Gaia hypothesis in The New Scientist. In this paper and subsequent writings, they note the incredible design and interconnectedness of nature, especially the systems on the Earth. They examined dozens of design characteristics, ecological feedback loops, and the many delicate balances found on Earth. They presented a staggering conclusion that Earth behaved as though it were a living organism. Earth and its biosphere, they stated, "seem to exhibit the behavior of a single organism, even a living creature." While the scientific community has been slow to embrace the notion that Earth is a sentient being, this notion has been embraced by the New Age movement and other pagan religions of the 20th century. In addition, the notion that Earth is a living organism—a sentient being composed of a material body and a spiritual being—is also expounded by our "space oat brothers." In the book Earth: Pleiadian Keys to the Living Library, we are told by Pleiadian entities that Mother Earth is "a living biological entity. She is alive."’® Their concern, we are told, is that if we do not respect our mother [Earth], she will in due time expel us from her surface by cataclysmic upheavals such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and violent storms. We are told that in the late-20th century there will be a return to a belief in "mother goddess energy." As mankind evolves towards a higher vibration, we will all come to realize that we are part of the great universal consciousness and that our Earth mother is part of that consciousness in the form of mother goddess energy. Regarding the end times, the Pleiadians declare: "There will be a return and an awakening to mother goddess energy. You will find in this decade that all of your religions are based on a false ideal. They are all based on a controlling, cold hearted, patriarchal movement, when in actually it is the mother goddess who is behind all things. . . . Your nr nT ae ne SS planet must learn who the goddess is as a creator. ...""°7 Not surprisingly, this view is echoed in the witchcraft book The Witches' Goddess by Janet and Stewart Farrar. 89 THE GAIA HYPOTHESIS