The Church of All Worlds (CAW) is an American Neopagan religious group whose stated mission is to evolve a network of information, mythology, and experience that provides a context and stimulus for reawakening Gaia and reuniting her children through tribal community dedicated to responsible stewardship and evolving consciousness. It is based in Cotati, California.
The key founder of CAW is Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, who serves the Church as "Primate", later along with his wife, Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, designated High Priestess. CAW was formed in 1962, evolving from a group of friends and lovers who were in part inspired by a fictional religion of the same name in the science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) by Robert A. Heinlein; the church's mythology includes science fiction to this day.
CAW's members, called Waterkin, espouse Paganism, but the Church is not a belief-based religion. Members experience Divinity and honor these experiences while also respecting the views of others. They recognize "Gaea," the Earth Mother Goddess and the Father God, as well as the realm of Faeries and the deities of many other pantheons. Many of their ritual celebrations are centered on the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece.
lyrics
This life
Will always expose the fray
This time
I offer tenacity
There is a place deep inside of my soul
Build of a structure divine
Struggle beats down constant,
Still, it stands the test of time
Constant barrage of opposition
Every action feels like Contradiction
Like Dark wood and steel
Withstand the raging storm
The structure collapse
Cannot define form
In violent dismay
An assault on the mind
Every defeat grants sight to the blind
The best-laid plans
of mice and men
often go awry
The brutal
The trauma
Reliving constant failure
Concurring
Dilemma
Embedded in the future
This life
Will not get the best of me
This time
Now faces the one to see
There is nothing that can defeat my soul
Built is a structure divine
Struggle beats down constant,
Still, it stands the test of time
Feel trapped, Inside The chasm
The pressure builds as Time lapses
Well beyond my own limits
I'll die before this passes
The Conscience of the shattered
The destruction keeps Pursuing
The quicksand
It Pulls me down, it pulls me down
2x
I... know.....
I accept, Life is imminent danger
So I need to handle it
This fight is hardly the first, And God knows not the last
I am resolute, I am Steadfast
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