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"Lovelock and Epton's conclusion from this staggering array of scientific improbabilities (which were nevertheless scientifically demonstrable facts) was that the whole system—the Earth and its biosphere—seemed to exhibit the behaviour of a single organism, even a living creature. They called this creature Gaia, ‘the name given by the ancient Greeks to their Earth goddess.' The whole theory deserves careful study by every witch, pagan, or occultist—preferably from Lovelock's easily avail-able book, for it typifies a steadily growing development: the discovery, by the frontiersmen of sci- ence, of the coherence of that multi-level reality which occultism has a Incredibly, the notion that Earth is a living being, a living spiritual organism, the creator of us all, and worthy of worship is even taught in the public schools. Throughout the United States hundreds of school districts have embraced curriculums which teach the "Earth first" philosophy. Many of the text-books in public schools teach a brand of Neo- shamanism which embraces the notion that Mother Earth is a living organ-ism, a goddess who is to be honored and reverenced as a living entity. This notion is advanced to the schools primarily by presenting the teachings of Native American shamen and Earth- based religions. To avoid overt criticism about separation of church and state, the Native American Earth based teachings that Mother Earth is a living organism are introduced in classes about the environment and multiculturalism. In the Capistrano Unified School District, in Orange County California, one of the approved textbooks for high school science teachers is called Concepts and Challenges in Life Science.'® In this book students are taught the Gaia hypothesis that Earth is a living organism, and they are encouraged to study and contemplate the many merits of this hypothesis. The notion that Earth is a living organism, a sentient being, and a deity composed of body (the physical Earth itself) and spirit (mother goddess' energy) has been a primary doctrine of witchcraft for thousands of years. This presents an incredible irony, because according to recent constitutional interpretations by the Supreme Court, our public schools are to be liberated of religious influence except in its appropriate context in religion and history courses. And yet, even in the biological and natural science courses, we have an ancient pagan religious belief, the Gaia hypothesis, one of the primary doctrines of witchcraft, being taught as a scientifically valid notion in the public schools! Within the teachings of the New Age movement is the belief that sin is an archaic concept developed by the patriarchal religious systems to place man in bondage and guilt. The prophets of the New Age claim that we are rapidly headed for a new understanding of our place in the universe and that sin, the notion that we have missed the mark in the eyes of God, is an archaic belief which will have no place in the coming New Age. Regarding sin, New Age teacher Judy Pope-Ghostwolf stated: "Forgive the word sin, because there is no such thing as sin in my spiritual understanding... . I would prefer to think that there are some people who chose to commit terrible, horrible acts... . 1 do not believe and cannot accept that there is some long robed male figure somewhere who will render judgment on them. They 90 always recognized." POLITICALLY CORRECT SIN