Journey into Dreamtime
Andrews, Munya2019
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"This book invites you to step into the magical world of Aboriginal Dreamtime and to share in the world's oldest living culture - its ancient knowledge and spiritual wisdom. Inside are Dreamtime concepts that everyone can understand."
Main title:
Journey into Dreamtime / Munya Andrews.
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Imprint:
Diamond Creek, Victoria : Ultimate World Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
114 pages : illustrations (maps, portraits) ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Chapter 1: What is the Dreamtime? -- Dreamtime 'software' -- Aboriginal diversity -- Is ordinary Dreaming the same? -- What does it mean to have Dreaming? --What is the difference between 'Dreaming' and 'Totem'? -- How to you get your Dreaming? -- What does my Dreaming teach me? -- Who or what is Dreaming? -- How does Dreamtime relate to time? -- Dreamtime reflections -- Chapter 2: Laying down the Law -- Lore versus Law -- Tree law -- Other law trees -- Burial trees -- Pukumani Burial Poles -- The significance of trees -- 'Inside' versus 'outside' knowledge -- Scar trees -- Scar clan and sacred scars -- Dreamtime reflections -- Chapter 3: Songlines -- Virtual star maps and other guides -- A vast network of songlines -- Yorro Yorro - singing the land -- Dadirri (deep listening) -- Dreaming ears and dreaming eyes -- Dreamtime reflections -- Chapter 4: Sacred sites -- Cultural protocols for sacred sites Love magic and conception sites -- What is the "Dreaming of place? -- Sacred sites are places of spiritual insight -- Sacred pilgrimage -- Walking on sacred land -- Popular walking tracks -- Sorry rocks -- Dreamtime reflections -- Chapter 5: Rainbow Snake -- Healing powers of the snake -- The Wawalag Sisters (Wagalak Sisters) -- Why is it call the Rainbow Snake? -- Organ Pipes National Park -- Rainbow Snake symbolism -- The feathered Rainbow Serpent -- Here be dragons -- Dreamtime reflections -- Chapter 6: Bush Doctors/Bush Medicine -- The path to becoming a healer -- Traditional healing tools and practices -- Sickness dreaming -- Sacred objects and being 'sung' -- Sickness dreaming immunity -- Dreamtime reflections -- Chapter 7: Kindredness -- How does 'skin' relate to kinship? -- Moieties -- Skin groups -- Everyone is family -- Many mothers and fathers -- Marrying wrong way -- Taboo relationships -- The living mandala -- The relevance of skin today -- What can we learn from Aboriginal skin and Dreamtime? -- Dreamtime reflections.
ISBN:
9781925884050
Dewey class:
398.20899915
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
358121
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous | 398.20899915 AND | Available |