{"id":869,"date":"2015-01-02T01:45:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T01:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/?page_id=869"},"modified":"2015-01-02T01:46:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T01:46:54","slug":"gaia-purposes-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/gaia-purposes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GAIA Purposes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/templeofthegoddess.org\/images\/PageTitles\/tit-gaiapurp.gif\" width=\"151\" height=\"33\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/templeofthegoddess.org\/images\/pic-lilly.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"152\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The primary purpose of the GAIA Learning Center is to educate and train men and women to become Priestesses and Priests in the areas of Art, Healing, Ecology and Ministry.\u00a0 The GAIA Learning Center is also available to those individuals not seeking a ministerial credential but would like to pursue a path of life-enhancement and self-improvement.\u00a0 We also offer Certification in various disciplines after completion of required work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The GAIA Learning Center bases its curriculum on a matrix of studies which includes but is not limited to:\u00a0 metaphysical studies, nature-based ideologies (including shamanism), world religions and interfaith studies, a vast array of healing modalities, environmentalism and religious responsibility, and a wide spectrum of art exploring the connection between creativity, healing and spiritual expression.\u00a0 We recognize that education and learning is a living expression and is constantly evolving and changing. Therefore, our commitment is to make the learning experience at the GAIA Learning Center a living, breathing tradition which questions, expands, contracts, and evolves with time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[Metaphysics is a belief system which covers a broad spectrum of ideas and concepts\u00a0 and now encompasses many fields of interest\u00a0 such as: philosophy, religion, spirituality, parapsychology, mysticism, yoga, ESP,\u00a0 dreams, Jungian psychology, astrology, meditation, self-help studies, positive thinking, holistic healing, life after death, reincarnation, etc.\u00a0 Many of these \u201cdisciplines\u201d are ancient and share a common thread with earth-based religions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>The primary purpose of the GAIA Learning Center is to educate and train men and women to become Priestesses and Priests in the areas of Art, Healing, Ecology and Ministry.\u00a0 The GAIA Learning Center is also available to those individuals not seeking a ministerial credential but would like to pursue a path of life-enhancement and self-improvement.\u00a0 We also offer Certification in various disciplines after completion of required work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The GAIA Learning Center bases its curriculum on a matrix of studies which includes but is not limited &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-869","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/869\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.templeofthegoddess.org\/temple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}