Aboriginal beliefs and spiritualities- The dreaming

Nature of the dreaming

The metatemporal concept that teaches lessons , tells stories of creation origins, warnings, laws, Ancestors, spirituality, land, art, symbols, ceremonies/rituals, beliefs, realationships, skin groups.

Metatemporal

Describes the dreaming as a reality that merges the past, present and future.

Inextricable link

The profound and inseparable connection between the dreaming, the land and identity.

Land rights

Fundamental, inseperable connection to country.

The Dreamtime

The foundational stories of creation of the land, and laws to abide by.

Obligations to land

References the maintnence of ecological balance, performing ceremonies and preserving sacred sites, ensuring the land is healthy.

Disposession

Breaking the sacred link between persons, land and the dreaming