Aboriginal groups share similar belief systems which are called the Dreaming. People outside their culture think of the Dreaming as a sort of religion,which is accurate in a sense as they receive an enlightenment through dreams and visions. The name for the Dreaming varies between the different Aboriginal groups. They share many of the same beliefs, although the messages and characters in the stories differ.
The Adnyamathanha (meaning rock people) see more than just the land and plants,they see the stories of how they have survived. The land is their bible,encyclopedia and supermarket and has sustained them forty thousand years. There is one story of the Rainbow Serpent becoming sick in a valley so the Adnyamathanha avoided that valley,years later geologists discovered uranium in that valley. The Dreaming stories come under three main headings: rules for living,the natural environment,and the spiritual world.
I came across a reference to their belief in a book and having visited Australia in the past I became interested in learning more,I wasn't told why the rock formations and land were sacred to the Aborigines,only that they were and now it makes sense to me.
The Adnyamathanha (meaning rock people) see more than just the land and plants,they see the stories of how they have survived. The land is their bible,encyclopedia and supermarket and has sustained them forty thousand years. There is one story of the Rainbow Serpent becoming sick in a valley so the Adnyamathanha avoided that valley,years later geologists discovered uranium in that valley. The Dreaming stories come under three main headings: rules for living,the natural environment,and the spiritual world.
I came across a reference to their belief in a book and having visited Australia in the past I became interested in learning more,I wasn't told why the rock formations and land were sacred to the Aborigines,only that they were and now it makes sense to me.
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| Flinders Ranges where the group in the Blog is located |
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