Former Dominican Turned Episcopalian Praises Gaia, ‘Goddess’

Defrocked Catholic Priest Leads Earth Worship Seminar
Jeff Walton
May 5, 2010

An Episcopal priest and theologian who popularized the rave-like “Techno Cosmic Mass” and advocated goddess worship recently led a seminar on mysticism and Earth spirituality to coincide with Earth Day.

Warning that environmental degradation caused by raging against “Gaia” had to cease, the Rev. Matthew Fox made frequent references to “the Goddess” and the divine feminine during his environmentally-themed lecture and workshop, “Earth Spirituality and the Mystical Tradition.” The event was held in April at the Unitarian Universalist Church in the Washington suburb of Rockville, Maryland, and sponsored by the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. the rest

The solution offered by the former Roman Catholic priest was an embrace of ancient spiritual practices, recast in modern language and setting.

“This is how you change consciousness the fastest – through rituals, not [academic] degrees,” Fox said, explaining the various practices he has either rediscovered or pioneered in mapping out “creation spirituality.”