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| Ilse |
Posted - September 01 2002 : 5:42:51 PM
The 'Aboriginal Dreamtime' is that part of aboriginal culture which explains the origins and culture of the land and its people.
Aborigines have the longest continuous cultural history of any group of people on Earth - dating back - by some estimates - 65,000 years. Dreamtime is Aboriginal Religion and Culture.
The Dreamtime contains many parts: It is the story of things that have happened, how the universe came to be, how human beings were created and how the Creator intended for humans to function within the cosmos.
As with all other cultures - it speaks of Earth's Creation by Gods and Goddesses - some of whom were kind hearted - while others were cruel.
The Australian Aborigines speak of jiva or guruwari, a seed power deposited in the earth. In the Aboriginal world view, every meaningful activity, event, or life process that occurs at a particular place leaves behind a vibrational residue in the earth, as plants leave an image of themselves as seeds. The shape of the land - its mountains, rocks, riverbeds, and waterholes - and its unseen vibrations echo the events that brought that place into creation. Everything in the natural world is a symbolic footprint of the metaphysical beings whose actions created our world. As with a seed, the potency of an earthly location is wedded to the memory of its origin. The Aborigines called this potency the "Dreaming" of a place, and this Dreaming constitutes the sacredness of the earth. Only in extraordinary states of consciousness can one be aware of, or attuned to, the inner dreaming of the earth.
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Just one thing I learned in Australia.
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| Ilse |
Posted - September 13 2002 : 5:22:23 PM
Hi Elaine!
Well, you'd knew I'd have to check up on your signature, didn't you?  Looks like I'll be busy reading this weekend.
Ilse
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| Lainey |
Posted - September 13 2002 : 03:49:48 AM
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As with all other cultures - it speaks of Earth's Creation by Gods and Goddesses - some of whom were kind hearted - while others were cruel.
Fascinating, Ilse ... and it's true that you find the same creation concepts in all cultures, from the Americas to Asia to Australia. It changes, in time, when religion of revelation is present.
It illustrates, I think, that man was/is a spiritual being with a natural, inner desire to seek his creator.
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| Ilse |
Posted - September 02 2002 : 5:34:18 PM
Hi Theresa,
Likewise, I didn't get anything but quick glances at the original Aboriginal culture. I saw some great art there, and bought some too. I had an enlightening conversation with activists in Canberra, who are trying to achieve a formal treaty with the Australian government. No such treaty has ever been made before.
I found the Aboriginal communities quite desolate and desperate, with the same problems occurring there as in the American reservations; maybe even worse. No doubt, Australia has a big social issue to deal with.
The concept of Dreamtime, though, is fascinating.
Ilse
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| Theresa |
Posted - September 01 2002 : 10:33:44 PM
Ilse,
We didn't get to spend as much time with the Aborigines as I would have liked while we were there. We did go to Rainforest Station in Kuranda and got the opportunity to see the Pamagirri Dance Troupe perform several interperative dances of the aboriginal culture. It was one of my favorite parts of the trip. These dances were from different tribal areas of Far North Queensland. We did the boomerang and didgeridoo thang, too.
Theresa |
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