G | | | G. Spencer Brown | Author of the classic The Laws of Form. | | | | Gaia | In Greek mythology, the Goddess of the Earth. Also, the living planet Earth as a self-regulating organism, said by some to have a type of conscious awareness or sentience. | | | | Garbo | Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson in Stockholm, Sweden, September 18, 1905, died April 15, 1990) is regarded as one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Hollywood studio system, Garbo received a 1955 Honorary Oscar "for her unforgettable screen performances" and was ranked as the fifth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. In addition, she was named "the most beautiful woman who ever lived" by the The Guinness Book of World Records. Garbo was considered one of the most glamorous movie stars of the 1920s and 1930s. She was also famous for shunning publicity, which became part of her mystique. Except at the very beginning of her career, she granted no interviews, signed no autographs, attended no premieres, and answered no fan mail. Her famous byline was always said to be, "I want to be alone," spoken with a heavy accent which made the word 'want' sound like vont. This quote as noted comes from her role in Grand Hotel, however, Garbo later commented, "I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference." | | | | Garcia | Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995 in San Francisco, CA) was the lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. Named after composer Jerome Kern, Garcia started on the banjo and piano, moved on to the guitar, and other stringed instruments. | | | | Gavone | A person who is an embarrassment to themselves and/or others. | | | | Gay | Someone who prefers intimate relations with the same sex. | | | | Gay Pride | The gay pride or simply pride campaign has three main premises: that people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity, that sexual diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered. Marches celebrating Pride (pride parades) are celebrated worldwide. Symbols of gay pride include the rainbow flag, the Greek lambda symbol, and also the purple and black triangles reclaimed from their past use. | | | | Geodesic Domes | Introduced to the American public in 1964 by architect, Buckminster Fuller. He had the idea of connecting interlocking triangles that would create a dome shape. The structure was strong and pleasing to the eye. | | | | George Harrison | MBE (February 25, 1943 in Liverpool, England – died November 29, 2001), nicknamed "The Darkhorse", was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, and sitarist best known as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Following the band's demise, Harrison had a successful but modest career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys super group. He was also a film producer, with his production company Handmade Films, involving people as diverse as Monty Python and Madonna. From an initial exposure whilst a member of the Beatles, he maintained a high public profile regarding his religious and spiritual life. He exemplified the true hippie spirit. Harrison's cancer recurred in 2001 and was found to have metastasised. Despite aggressive treatment, it was soon found to be terminal. He set about getting his affairs in order and spent his final months with his family and close friends. He also worked on songs for an album with his son Dhani, which was released after his death. During this time he was also reported to have made peace with McCartney during a final emotional meeting, healing decades of hurt feelings. | | | | George Lucas | George Walton Lucas, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is a four-time Academy Award nominated American film director, producer, and screenwriter famous for his epic Star Wars saga and Indiana Jones films - a collaboration with his friend Steven Spielberg. He is one of the American film industry's most independent, financially successful directors and producers. | | | | Get Real | Be serious. | | | | Goddess Workshop | A facilitated group experience for women that aims to help them achieve inner peace and embrace their womanhood. | | | | Going Down | To perform oral sex such as fellatio or cunnilingus. | | | | Good in Bed | The story of Candice "Cannie" Shapiro, a reporter-cum-screenwriter (similar to Weiner, who moved from reporting to fiction writing). Shapiro writes for the fictional Philadelphia Examiner. Like Shapiro, Weiner is a child of divorce, with an absent father and a mother who comes out as lesbian later in life. Good in Bed tells the story of Cannie's break-up with her boyfriend Bruce, who later writes an article called "Loving a Larger Woman" for a women's magazine. In flashbacks throughout the book, the reader learns of Cannie's life and how she became the present day woman readers love. | | | | Grace | Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing, October 30, 1939 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship and also as a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s. | | | | Grass (Weed) | Leaves and flowers of the Cannabis plant that is cultivated annual plant. Contains THC (tetrahydrocannabinols) which creates a drugged state when smoked and eaten. | | | | Grateful Dead | The Grateful Dead were an American rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. The band was known for its unique and eclectic songwriting style—which fused elements of rock, folk music, bluegrass, blues, country, jazz, psychedelia, and gospel—and for live performances of long musical improvisation. Members included lead guitarist Jerry Garcia, rhythm guitarist Bob Weir (born October 16, 1947 in San Francisco, CA), bassist Phil Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, CA), drummer Bill Kreutzman (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, CA), keyboardist Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (September 8, 1945 in San Bruno, CA – March 8, 1973). | | | | Great Mother | The Great Mother manifests itself in mythology as a host of archaic images. Commonly conceived of as a nature goddess, the recurrent theme of nature and motherly care go hand in hand. As the prominent feature of many early societies related to Proto-Indo-European society, the mother archetype manifests itself in a host of deities and symbolism (independent and therein). One highly defined occurrence of a mother goddess is with the Celts, and their predecessors. The goddess Danu was an archaic character and was the namesake for the Celtic pantheon of gods, the Tuatha Dé Danann (People of the Goddess Danu in Old Irish). The mother goddess will consistently be associated with, if not in direct control of, nature, particularly the earth (see Earth Mother). There is a multitude of reasons for this, most plausible is the seemingly divine nature of life, the mother's ability to beget it, and the nature that obviously is the host of all of it. Many ancient, particularly matrilineal, societies associated the earth with a mother as they believed it was the source of all life. | | | | Green Meme | See "Spiral Dynamics." | | | | Greg Allman | Gregory Lenoir Allman (born December 8, 1947 in Nashville, Tennessee), known as Gregg Allman (sometimes spelled Gregg Allman), is a rock and blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist, and songwriter, best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 with The Allman Brothers Band, and personally received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2006. | | | | Gross, Subtle, Causal | The 3 great states of consciousness, conforming roughly to ordinary waking consciousness, the dream state, and deep dreamless sleep. | | | | Guardsmen | The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air National Guard). Both are maintained through the National Guard Bureau, a semi-independent subordinate entity of the United States Department of Defense, whose Chief is a Lieutenant General. The Militia Act of 1903 organized the various state militias into the present National Guard system. The Army National Guard is part of the United States Army, comprising approximately one half of its available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization. The Air National Guard is part of the United States Air Force. Many states also maintain their own State Defense Forces. These forces are federally recognized, but are separate from the National Guard and are not meant to be federalized, but rather serve the state exclusively, especially when the National Guard is deployed, or otherwise, unavailable. | | | | Guru | A spiritual healer who helps others without reward. |
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