Glenn Aparicio Parry

Glenn Aparicio Parry, PhD, of Basque, Aragon Spanish, and Jewish descent, is an educator, ecopsychologist, and two-time Nautilus award winning author of Original Politics: Making America Sacred Again (SelectBooks, 2020) and Original Thinking: A Radical Revisioning of Time, Humanity, and Nature (North Atlantic Press, 2015) and also the author of Original Love: The Timeless Source of Wholeness that completes the trilogy (Release Date: January 15, 2026 from SelectBooks).

Parry is the founder and past president of the SEED Institute, an adjunct faculty member of the California Institute of Integral Studies, president of the Jean Gebser Society, LLC and the think tank Circle for Original Thinking www.originalthinking.us, and the host of the Circle for Original Thinking podcast. Parry organized and participated in the groundbreaking Language of Spirit Conferences from 1999 – 2011 that brought together Native and Western scientists in dialogue, moderated by Leroy Little Bear.

Parry now regularly moderates dialogues for various organizations and has appeared in several documentaries, including SEEDing Change: A Retrospective of the Language of Spirit Dialogues and Journeying to Turtle Island, a biographic film exploring David Peat’s life and participation in the dialogue circles by Spanish filmmaker Miryam Servet. Parry is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys hiking and fly fishing. He writes from a fairly remote location in northern New Mexico, where he lives amid wild horses, coyote, deer, and mountain lion with his wife Tomoko, dog Momo, and cat Cappuccino.

Glenn Aparicio Parry in Kosmos

Original Politics and the Future of Love

This essay recalls the roots of ecological politics in Indigenous traditions, contrasts them with Western thought, and links them to the modern environmental movement. Recalling ancestral wisdom and women’s knowledge, it envisions a revolution of love, wisdom, and compassion—recovering what was lost to guide humanity toward a more harmonious, life-serving future.

Published in Volume 25 Issue 5

The Gravity of Love | Water, Eros, and the Sacred Web of Life

We all came from the sea and grew up together. We are water beings, connected through water. This is a large part of what makes us relatives. We came from water, and we have never really separated from water. Water is our lifeblood. Our hearts are made of water.

Published in Volume 25 Issue 2

Making Politics Sacred Again

The founding fathers warned us of times like these. Intent on presenting a unified front to the world, they discouraged factions and political parties. I, therefore, characterize the birth of the nation as a form of Unitive Consciousness, even if it was not the most evolved nor long-lasting form.

Published in Volume 18 Issue 2

Devolution and the Supreme Court

Published in Volume 22 Issue 2

Gravity and Allurement

What is the force that makes the moon want to be with the Earth, and the Earth want to be with the Sun? You could call it gravity, but that is such a grave term for allurement. We might as well call it Love.

Published in Volume 21 Issue 1

Coming Soon

The Village Way

Practices for Belonging in a Fragmented World

For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?

Join us for a 9-month inquiry into this question, exploring how we participate together in a time that calls us back to community, resilience, and shared life,