The world environmental movement is a varied affair; many contingents march beneath its banner. Among these are groups that are prepared to embrace Gaia as the rebirth of paganism in our time; others who take her as a basis for nature mysticism, others who see her as an ally in the politics of ecofeminism. The pronouncements and activities of these followers […] may be a long way from anything a practicing scientist had in mind. Yet here are those who have given the hypothesis, or at least their understanding of it, the emotional and moral force it may need to become politically relevant.
Theodore Roszak, The Voice of the Earth
Celebration of Gaia 