Endorsements
The story of gaia: the big breath and the evolutionary journey of our conscious planet
By Dr Jude Currivan
The Story of GAIA is destined to become a cornerstone for the cosmology of the new millennium. This book is a must for any library of science and society in the 21st Century! Whether you’re an artist or an engineer, student or homemaker, The Story of GAIA is about you, your world, and every relationship that you’ll ever experience in life. I love this book!
Gregg Braden, Scientist and New York Times bestselling author of The Divine Matrix.
“To read this book is to be enhanced, empowered and evolved into the receiving of a consciousness that evokes the higher human intelligence yearning to unfold in this time of change, trauma, and the coming of a world that works for all.”
Dr Jean Houston, scholar, a principal founder of the Human Potential Movement, co-author of the Future Humans Trilogy.
“Jude Currivan is that rarest and most original of evolutionary pioneers- one that fuses together profound mystical revelation and passion with grounded far ranging precise scientific knowledge. In her latest brilliant and galvanizing masterpiece, The Story of Gaia, she guides us into the depths of the divine intelligence that has shaped the life and evolution of our Earth. Read it as I have done with awe and gratitude again and again and share it with everyone you know.”
Andrew Harvey, author of The Hope: A guide to Sacred Activism and Turn Me to Gold: 108 translations of Kabir.
“Weaving an impressive array of sciences, from cosmology to the latest biology of trees, Currivan creates a compelling new history of the Earth as a single conscious entity whose components result from a grand, holistic design. Ultimately, this highly original story of our home planet signals a new way of being for its human inhabitants– a welcome and necessary message of hope in these challenging times.
Lynne McTaggart, internationally bestselling author of The Field and The Power of Eight.
“Jude Currivan’s encyclopaedic knowledge of modern quantum-informed science shimmers with her vast, integrated knowledge. Gaia truly comes to life through her masterpiece. Highly recommended!”
Eben Alexander, MD., neurosurgeon and author of Proof of Heaven
The Story of GAIA is an amazing book. It tells the story of the Universe as the setting of the story of our planet. And it tells who we are, and what being the children of Gaia means for our life and our future—indeed, for the future of humanity on the planet and for the future of the planet in the Universe… Perhaps the greatest story ever told—now told with the authority of cutting-edge science.
Ervin Laszlo PhD, Whole systems theorist, philosopher, author and founder Club of Budapest.
“A fascinating new perspective on our cosmic and human evolution.”
Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade and coauthor of Nurturing Our Humanity
“To read this book is to be enhanced, empowered and evolved into the receiving of a consciousness that evokes the higher human intelligence yearning to unfold in this time of change, trauma, and the coming of a world that works for all.”
Elisabet Sahtouris PhD, author of Gaia (1988), EarthDance (1996) A Walk Through Time (1998) and Gaia's Dance (2014).
The Story of GAIA lays out the pathway for humanity’s reconnection with our Earth as Mother, as Gaia. It is the perfect sequel to Jude’s The Cosmic Hologram, showing us how aligning with Earth opens up deeper understanding of both unity and diversity, all through returning to our most essential selves as children of Gaia. Excellent.
Jim Garrison PhD, Founder/President Ubiquity University.
If there is anything that humanity needs now it is to re-member our interconnectedness. The Story of GAIA provides irrefutable evidence of our deep relationship with each other, the Earth and the Cosmos. This book is indeed a beautiful expression from Gaia herself - in this case through her creation Jude Currivan - as she seeks to bring us human children back to our senses. Thank you Gaia and thank you Jude!
Peter Merry PhD, Co-founder Ubiquity University https://petermerry.org.
In The Story of GAIA Dr Jude Currivan makes the radical assessment, and proposes the bold realization, that when we understand our human history has been an ongoing stream of varied narratives, we suddenly recognize our option in these desperately convergent times, to choose narratives that best serve our successful future together. Knowing, today, also the persuasive power of obvious untruths and perspectives without meaning or hope, we then seek to find the most adept comprehension of the data currently available to us to accurately assess our world and the story about it, holding the most potential meaning and purpose. This book delivers on both this need and direction. Its copious and expertly elaborated combinations of scientific, cultural, and conscious data provide a powerful contribution and, in fact, salvational view of both our current location and our most ambitious and evolutionary potential.
Kurt Johnson PhD, co-author or editor of The Coming Interspiritual Age; Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future; Fine Lines; and Nabokov’s Blues.
Very rarely a book comes along that profoundly transforms the way we look at the world and our place in it. The Story of GAIA does so and takes us on a journey to truly know ourselves as Gaians. Dr Jude Currivan has gifted us and future generations with a magnificent, awe-inspiring account of our origins that will make you fall deeply in love with Gaia, her captivating story of evolutionary emergence and the beautiful life-supporting planet that we all call home.
Diane Marie Williams, Founder, The Source of Synergy Foundation.
The Story of GAIA reads like a love poem to our exquisite planet and all the beings on it. Dr Jude Currivan eloquently describes the known science about the history and development of the Universe and our place in it for the layperson. With the knowledge Gaia imparts, one can't help but feel awed by the incredible synchronicities that allowed us to be awake and aware on this Earth. A must-read for the curious explorer wanting to see the big picture view of how humanity arrived at where we are today - and, vitally, our co-creative potential for conscious evolution.
Helané Wahbeh ND, MCR, Director of Research, Institute of Noetic Sciences, author of Free To Be Me (2015), The Science of Channeling (2021).
At a time when we are in urgent need of a new story about cosmic, biological and human evolution beyond neo-Darwinist chance and natural selection, Jude Currivan has written a masterly interdisciplinary odyssey based on a wider range of scientific principles consistent with the emerging consensus on the centrality of mind and consciousness, as already articulated by some of the greatest 20th century physicists. Within an overarching evolutionary framework, Jude draws on her extensive and detailed knowledge of cosmology, geology, physics, ecology, biology and the wisdom traditions to weave a highly accessible narrative about our ’sentient, dynamic co-evolutionary gaia-sphere’. She shows how a cosmic intelligence ‘exploring the boundaries of the possible’ can be recontextualised as a ‘Universoul’ expressing itself in our ’soul-ar’ system where complementary forces and elements are finely balanced. Our planetary crisis becomes an opportunity for the Universe and the Earth to be known more deeply and empathically and for humanity to rise to new levels of synergy, symbiosis, collaboration and co-operation in recognising the oneness of Life and devoting ourselves to the Whole. Jude’s work marks her out as a major scientific visionary for our time.
David Lorimer Scientific and Medical Network Programme Director and Editor Paradigm Explorer.
In The Story of GAIA, Dr Jude Currivan takes us on a unique cosmic journey through the extraordinary march of the evolution of our planet and its family of life. The impressive science is interspersed with glimpses into the author’s deep love for all life forms. At this critical moment in the human story, it is good to know that on our mother planet, times of extreme crisis have never stopped the triumphant impulse toward life. This book is essential for anyone wanting to deeply understand the miracle of life on Earth.
Rev Deborah Moldow Founder, The Garden of Light, Director, Evolutionary Leaders Circle of the Source of Synergy Foundation.
If you want to know how the intricacies of the interconnected, sentient Universe came about and how life developed on this planet, this is the book. A mixture of poetic prose and deep scientific research, Jude Currivan has brought together knowledge across an amazing range of specialised subjects to form a coherent whole. Starting at the Big Breath (not Bang), she sets before us how stars and planets formed and how eventually the entirety of Gaia's gaiasphere has nurtured all living things into being in an ever-evolving biosphere. She also asks the ultimate question of purpose, why does the Universe exist at all? Her reflections speak of the evolutionary arc of the Universe seeking to express itself in form, from Unity to diversity and ultimately a return to Unity. This is a remarkable book!
Rev Don MacGregor, author of Blue Sky God: The Evolution of Science and Christianity and The Wisdom Series.
When I turned the last page of The Story of GAIA, I felt as if I had just completed a cosmic, evolutionary masterclass! I am still revelling in the afterglow of this illuminating experience. While reading the book, I had many visceral experiences, cosmic visions, and an embodied quickening. It was as if I was waking my own intrinsic memory of 13.8 billion years within every cell of my being. This compelling story of Gaia touched me on many levels and dimensions. Jude Currivan eloquently brings together extensive scientific knowledge, evolution biology, cosmic insight, and embodied wisdom, with brilliant attunements and insights before each chapter, leading the reader on a unified path toward greater wholeness. As the readers better understand her-story, they will better understand themselves, as Gaia’s “holarchically distributed intelligence” clearly rests in our personal and collective bones. Currivan magnificently becomes the voice of Gaia and her embodied evolutionary impulse. This book will wake the innate genius within our species as the “microcosmic co-creators” that we are. It’s a labor of LOVE that will change the world. Bravo!
Dr Julie Krull President and Founder, GOOD of the Whole, best-selling author and online host of The Dr Julie Show: All Things Connected.
The Story of GAIA is an eloquent and scientific rendering of how planet Earth, our home and the crucible of our human existence, was created and evolved throughout the history of the Universe. The telling of this extraordinary tale is as impressive and staggering in magnitude as the story itself. The blend of science with an underlying mystical philosophy reflects the same attributes that Gaia has brought to the Universe. Breathtaking in the scope of research and implications for a new understanding of Gaia as a living being, this book unveils the mystery and majesty of our cosmic home in a way that is worthy of Gaia herself. In modern times, Gaia has suffered nothing short of torture from many of its inhabitants who culturally regard her as simply a resource—the third rock from the sun—to exploit for our insatiable materialistic needs. Now, with this vision of the emergence of our universal mother, fine-tuned to a billionth of degree of exactitude, Gaia is given her long-overdue stature as the creator and home to humans and their civilization. Hopefully, it will be the beginning of a new love story with our planet, bestowing on her the respect, gratitude and admiration that all parents deserve, and set us on a path of restoration and healing, which very well may be the beginning of saving ourselves, her spoiled children that have so abused her presence in modern times, so that she can also endure and bless future generations with her presence.
Emanuel Kuntzelman, social entrepreneur, co-founder GreenHeart International, co-founder and president Fundación por el Futuro in Spain and founding co-creator of the Global Purpose Movement and Purpose Earth.
The Story of GAIA by Dr Jude Currivan is a breathtaking journey into the ever-increasing intelligence, ingenuity, and creative wisdom of our Universe and the consciousness actualizing ways in which this becomes manifest and expressed through Gaia and her children, and our creative relationships. I highly recommend this masterpiece for discovering the principles, processes, and cosmological architecture that makes life possible and thrivable. So many evolutionary strategies that are needed for resolving our sustainability crisis can be found in this book by getting to know Gaia and the evolutionary journey of her children—including those of microbial mats, slime molds, bacteria, viruses, insects, fungi, trees to entire ecosystems and the whole of her 'gaiasphere'. The Story of GAIA is a living testimony of Nature’s vast intelligence, immense regenerative capabilities, and life’s future creative ingenuity. This important book inspires hope and gives direction for what is now ours to do and act upon as one of the younger “Gaians.” As Dr Currivan reminds us, “We are the last of our kind, yet, we are not alone. Gaia has managed the extraordinary feat through all this time, of not only providing a planetary home for her organic children, but opportunities for them to explore, communicate, learn and grow in complexity, diversity and individuated self-awareness.” This marvelous book deserves to be read and studied again, and again.
Dr Anneloes Smitsman, futurist, systems scientist, and co-author of the Future Humans Trilogy.
“Currivan evokes a deeply empathic sense that all that led to and now exists as life on Earth is intrinsically the result of the universally unifying and cohering presence of Love. Ultimately, The Story of Gaia is a vast love story that reminds us that we, too, are an inevitable manifestation of this same eternal presence and which should be a foundational educational text for all students everywhere.
Marshall Lefferts, author, Cosmometry - Exploring the HoloFractal Nature of the Cosmos.
A perfect complement to her seminal book, The Cosmic Hologram, in The Story of GAIA, Jude Currivan is being an oracle for Gaia herself. An evolutionary way-shower, Currivan is embodying the true art of the shaman, who is a story-teller and creative artist par excellence. A full-blown spiritual mystic and planetary healer who is also extensively and expertly grounded in the hard sciences, Currivan is soul modelling for us what it looks like to be a modern-day lucid dreamer of our collectively shared waking dream. Through Gaia's story, Currivan is helping us to recreate our world as well as our ourselves. For this, we should be forever grateful.
Paul Levy, author of Wetiko: Healing the Mind-Virus That Plagues Our World.
In this extremely timely telling of Gaia’s remarkable story, grounded in the latest science, Dr Jude Currivan adds a poetic mysticism embracing the innate unity of the whole. Her insights into the story of Gaia illustrate that our planet, too, follows the same pattern that our lives reflect, designed to carry out and complete transformations needed to keep all things on their evolutionary trajectory. The beauty of The Story of GAIA highlights the interdependent nature of all things in a web of wholeness. Jude Currivan writes with a deeply held gratitude, wonderment, reverence – and love – for all that came before, all that is, and all that will be, and revealing, as she conveys so brilliantly well, that the Universe too, has a soul.
Robert Atkinson, PhD, developmental psychologist, author of Journey to Wholeness (2022), The Story of Our Time (2017), and co-editor of Our Moment of Choice (2020).
A brilliantly epic journey of Universal breadth and Earth-based wisdom. A book for the Ages. Dr. Jude Currivan, in The Story of GAIA shares the genius of our collective origin with that of the Cosmos. She invites us during these times of crisis to embrace our Divine Intelligence with that of Mother Earth. I highly recommend it as a foundational resource to discover our shared destiny.
Adam C Hall, Author of Divine Genius, the Unlearning Curve, The Earthkeeper and Abundance.
There are almost as many versions of cosmic history as there are world cultures – none more scientific and inspiring than Jude Currivan’s The Story of GAIA. Her account is solidly grounded in her expertise as a modern cosmologist who is deeply aware of humanity’s most profound mystical traditions. With this book Currivan takes her place as a leader in a direction that will be necessary if we are to survive the challenges our species faces on our precious planet.
Larry Dossey, MD. Author: Space, Time, and Medicine and Reinventing Medicine.
Some books speak to you. This one sings. Dr. Jude Currivan’s inspired story of Gaia is a symphony of creation, revealing the cosmic alchemy of how Life emerges and takes shape. The language and underpinnings may be scientific in nature but the words weave together a musical score conveying the symmetry, beauty and awesome power of the Generative Mystery that composed and gave birth to our planet.
Dr Currivan reminds us to honor and savor the deep heritage of Earth, appreciate its place in the greater universal scheme and catch a glimpse of what is still seeking to evolve and unfold through our lives. This compelling and sparkling biography of Earth invites us to become Gaians - to carry the whole of planetary life within us, as we in turn are carried and held within the wholeness of Gaia’s embrace
Michael Lindfield, President - Board of Directors, Meditation Groups, Inc (MGI) Meditation Mount, Ojai, California.