Introduction
Understanding Australian Aboriginal Spiritualities and Dreaming
"The Dream Time" is an imperfect translation if it suggests an imaginary past finished. Dreaming refers to both creation, law, ancestral presences, itineraries, identity and order always active.
There are many Dreamings unique to people, clans, animals and places.
To be retained
Four essential principles
- "The Dream Time" is an imperfect translation if it suggests an imaginary past finished.
- The ancestral beings shaped reliefs, waters, languages, relationships and rules of life by travelling through the Country.
- dreaming is a current relationship of responsibility to Country, ancestors and law.
- This tradition is rooted in Australia's history and cultures.
Small timeline
A tradition shaped by history
Origins and training
The ancestral beings shaped reliefs, waters, languages, relationships and rules of life by travelling through the Country.
Historical developments
Humans inherit duties to these routes and places.
Ritual life and teachings
The ancestral beings shaped reliefs, waters, languages, relationships and rules of life by travelling through the Country.
A living and plural tradition
Country is a living reality including earth, water, sky, beings, memory and right.
History and development
The ancestral beings have shaped reliefs, waters, languages, relationships and rules of life by travelling through the Country. Humans inherit duties towards these routes and places.
Country is a living reality including earth, water, sky, beings, memory and right.
Worldview, beliefs and practices
The ancestral beings have shaped reliefs, waters, languages, relationships and rules of life by travelling through the Country. Humans inherit duties towards these routes and places.
Country is a living reality including earth, water, sky, beings, memory and right.
Texts, symbols and transmission
The transmission is oral, performing and visual. Contemporary works can make certain stories public while protecting the limited levels.
Circles, tracks and punctual motifs do not have a unique meaning outside the context of the artist and his people.
What research can and cannot say
Aboriginal peoples have been massacred, abducted and prohibited from cultural activities. Archaeology confirms a very old human presence, but seniority is not enough to explain a living law. Communities must retain authority over their knowledge.
References