SOR1 – Notes On Aboriginal Spirituality

Resource Description

ABORIGINAL SPIRITUAL

• Physical
• Spiritual 
• Ceremonial 

DREAMING 

• Aboriginal belief system that encompasses a holistic approach to their spiritual and social worlds
• Involves all knowledge and understanding in Aboriginal societies
• Inextricably connected to the land, as the land is the physical medium through which the Dreaming is communicated
• It is a metatemporal concept ? incorporating past, present and future as reality 
• The influence of the Dreaming is embedded in all aspects of Aboriginal life
• The Dreaming is communicated through 
  • Art
  • Song lines
  • Dance
  • Story
  • Ritual 
  • Kinship systems 
• Impacts of three areas of Aboriginal life 
  • Kinship 
  • Obligations to the land and people
  • Ceremonial life