The Nature of the Dreaming
The Nature of the
Dreaming
Outline the Nature of the Dreaming in relation to:
- Origins of the Universe
- Sacred Sites
- Stories of the Dreaming
- Symbolism and Art
Discussion:
Nature of the Dreaming
• Outline your understanding of the Dreaming:
Wordbank for discussion
- Dreaming
- Ancestors
- Rituals
- Stories
- Land
- Identity
Nature of the Dreaming
• The Dreaming is the centre of Aboriginal
Religion and life
• It is the past, present and future
DID YOU KNOW...
The past lives on in ceremonies and rituals that have been passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation
• Holds the Aboriginal view of creation (the beginning, the creation of life, birth of humanity) Origins of the Universe
• The Dreaming details the origins of the universe – world order comes from all those events in which the Ancestral Beings travel and transformed themselves into sites
• Stories, songs, art and ceremonies recall these journeys THE FOUNDATION OF ABORIGINAL RELIGION IS
IN THE DREAMING STORIES OF CREATION
Before time began there was only a formless mass of dark and featureless matter
DID YOU KNOW...
The Dreaming is not regarded as myth by
Then came the Dreaming, when the spirit ancestors arose the Aboriginal people. from their eternal sleep and formed the landscape
The spirit ancestors created the natural world and living creatures including people
After completing their creative tasks, the totem ancestors were once again overcome by weariness and they returned to their original slumber
Sacred Sites
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DID YOU KNOW...
Knowledge of Sacred sites is limited. This knowledge is rarely available to the wider
The land is a physical medium community unless sites are through which the Dreaming is lived and communicated threatened with destruction • Sacred sites are those of great significance as they are connected with the events of the Dreaming
• Other Sacred sites are significant because of their various uses e.g. Burial grounds and ceremonial meeting places.
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Dreaming
Outline the Nature of the Dreaming in relation to:
- Origins of the Universe
- Sacred Sites
- Stories of the Dreaming
- Symbolism and Art
Discussion:
Nature of the Dreaming
• Outline your understanding of the Dreaming:
Wordbank for discussion
- Dreaming
- Ancestors
- Rituals
- Stories
- Land
- Identity
Nature of the Dreaming
• The Dreaming is the centre of Aboriginal
Religion and life
• It is the past, present and future
DID YOU KNOW...
The past lives on in ceremonies and rituals that have been passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation
• Holds the Aboriginal view of creation (the beginning, the creation of life, birth of humanity) Origins of the Universe
• The Dreaming details the origins of the universe – world order comes from all those events in which the Ancestral Beings travel and transformed themselves into sites
• Stories, songs, art and ceremonies recall these journeys THE FOUNDATION OF ABORIGINAL RELIGION IS
IN THE DREAMING STORIES OF CREATION
Before time began there was only a formless mass of dark and featureless matter
DID YOU KNOW...
The Dreaming is not regarded as myth by
Then came the Dreaming, when the spirit ancestors arose the Aboriginal people. from their eternal sleep and formed the landscape
The spirit ancestors created the natural world and living creatures including people
After completing their creative tasks, the totem ancestors were once again overcome by weariness and they returned to their original slumber
Sacred Sites
•
DID YOU KNOW...
Knowledge of Sacred sites is limited. This knowledge is rarely available to the wider
The land is a physical medium community unless sites are through which the Dreaming is lived and communicated threatened with destruction • Sacred sites are those of great significance as they are connected with the events of the Dreaming
• Other Sacred sites are significant because of their various uses e.g. Burial grounds and ceremonial meeting places.
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