Who is Oberon Zell-Ravenheart

Oberon Zell-Ravenheart (b. Timothy Zell, also formerly known as 'Otter GZell) (b.' November 30, 1942, St. Louis, Missouri) is the co-founder of the Church of All Worlds and a prominent figure in the Neopagan community.

An early advocate of deep ecology, in 1970 Zell-Ravenheart articulated the Gaia Thesis (preferred spelling Gæa or Gaea), independently of Dr. James Lovelock, who is usually credited with the theorys development.Adler, Margot (revised edition, 2006) Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshipers, and Other Pagans in America Today. Boston, Beacon Press ISBN 0-14-303819-2 p.320: After Lovelock's publication of the theory in Newsweek, "Zell entered into a short correspondence with Lovelock, comparing their world views." Zell-Ravenheart, along with his co-wife, Morn...

The Church of All Worlds (CAW) is a 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.

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 by Robert A. Heinlein; the church's mythology includes science fiction to this day. The headquarters are presently in Cotati, California.

CAW's members, called Waterkin, espouse pantheism, 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.