About The Way of Gaia
Humans are not the only beings infused with spirit….
Nature is not a metaphor. Come realign yourself with the biosphere as it is: Feel your kinship with it through your shared ancestry and place within the vast, interdependent network of life.
Created with spiritual intent, grounded in the ecological and environmental sciences, these paintings and poems are prayers to replace our destructive cultural narratives with stories originating from the Earth— chronicles that honor and restore life—and that inspire us to follow The Way of Gaia
Advance praise for The Way of Gaia:
This is a rich, deep, and moving book: one to be savored, a page at a time. It will do good work in your heart and in your mind, and perhaps as a result it will help you do good work in the world! —Bill McKibben, author, The End of Nature
In your hands you hold an eloquent and beautiful tool for eco-conscious transformation. Exquisite and compelling visual art in a harmonious dance with soulful and richly sculpted poetry, creates a visceral experience of head, heart, and gut that awakens insight and inspires toward empowered eco-considerate action. It is, indeed, a meaningful way to Gaia. —Orion Foxwood, Eco-Magical Activist, Faery Seer, and Author of The Tree of Enchantment and The Faery Teachings
Martin Bridge's works allows one to tap into the interconnectedness of all living things, bringing a striking beauty and vitality to the subjects of our natural world. His art truly jumps off the canvas, alive with a vivacious energy. —Nova Han, CEO of Nova Han Productions and Creative Director for Electric Forest
In a world in which science and spirituality are often presented as foes, The Way of Gaia is a revelation. Scientific insight and spiritual wisdom are woven together into a single fabric that brings the seen and unseen beauty of this world into clear view. The ecological scope is stunning, taking the reader from cells to sperm whales, nerve impulses to the rhythms of the biosphere. Through prayers and meditations and images, The Way of Gaia invites the reader to reach out, to sense, to engage: to re-learn the life-changing truth that we are part of the wondrous web of life. To spend time with this book is to be taken on a beautiful journey — one that will not leave you unchanged. This is an astonishing book, which I will return to again and again and again. —Rev. Dr. Andrea Lloyd, former Professor of Biology at Middlebury College; ordained minister in the United Church of Christ; co-author of Letters from the Ecotone: Ecology, Theology, and Climate Change