“How did the idea of creating Gaiia come to you? Where did it all start?”

“To start with, there was no name Gaiia. There was an idea. An idea of a natural planet with a natural person in the role of a just king; a planet with the best way of life, where peace and harmony reign. This idea drove me and forced me to ask questions: what is the problem? Why – with his mind, intelligence and reason – has man failed to become the ‘father of all living things’? The name Gaiia appeared later. In the long process of searching for the answers to these questions, the name came to me quite suddenly. And it seemed to contain all the answers at once.

“I understand the role of a name, even the role of any term. A title contains everything that is included in this name. If the name of the Universe is the Universe, then the Universe will remain limited by this name until we find another word for it – one that embraces everything that we have not yet put into this concept. With a name, we can limit, even take away part of the essence of what we mean. And with a name, we can create an entirely new world or transform the old one. As far as the name Gaiia is concerned … I don’t remember exactly when it came to me, but, of course, I had often heard of the Greek goddess Γαῖα … This name has become a symbol of my entire philosophy.”

“Why did you decide to write a book?”

“Writing a book is one way to share your impressions, your knowledge, your philosophy with the world. However, I don’t intend to limit myself to the book. I’m planning to create a Movement, a platform, film, magazine, etc. The book is just the beginning. For me, the book establishes the legitimacy of what I enter the world with.”

“What did you want to reveal to your readers?”

“I wanted to open my readers’ eyes to a new dimension that is above logic, because I’ve discovered that, as children, we are all mentally abused. I’m talking about how we are forced to interact with counting, with arithmetic. This violence destroys most of the human intellect. It is so harsh that it makes logic a hostage to the way we think. Even when we think, we think by counting. But reflection is not involved in this process at all. For this reason, a peaceful, harmonious, beautiful world is turned into idiotic romanticism. Our entire civilisation, as it exists today, is a design project of the same counting logic.

“I find it astonishing that the intellectual elite considers our civilisation an outstanding achievement of the human mind. Idiocy has reached the point where we are prepared to justify the enormous expenses on energy, intellectual and financial resources thrown at exploring the neighbouring planet. And this happens at a time when we are on the verge of a nuclear war! For example, it would be more dignified of Elon Musk if he were to apply his intellect to amazing the inhabitants of the Earth by finding a way to protect our native planet from the barbarism of the logic that has currently become a measure of success.”

Interviewed by Natella Speranskaya