DREAMING, THE. If one asks: Why do you call out before approaching a sacred site? Why do you sweep the paths clean the first time you visit the camping site of a deceased relative? Why do you click your fingers to move rain clouds? Why does the hunter...

The traditions and lore of Australia's indigenous peoples belongs to what may be the oldest continuous culture on Earth (circa 50,000 years). Indigenous Australian peoples conceive of all things beginning with The Dreaming or Altjeringa (also called the...

Mandy Sayer, Dreamtime Alice: A Memoir (Random The protagonist of each of these books is a female performing artist. From very different angles, the three authors--the autobiographer and the two male fiction writers--explore the nature of a woman's ambition, and the sacrifices...

THERE was nowhere else for the beau monde to be on Thursday evening other than the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in Windmill Street, Fitzrovia, where, of course, I joined them for the private view of "Songlines XVII" - Aboriginal art by eight artists from Fitzroy...

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Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled on Thursday a new service that allows mobile handset customers to buy and compare a wide range of products over their phone.Called Mobile Shopper, the free service essentially replicates the experience of shopping online but on a mobile handset. The service...

In Australian Aboriginal culture, "The Dreaming" is a dynamic religion because it is characterized by energy, ambition, new ideas and practical achievements. The Aborigines relationship with the land, and their art and music, reveals that "The Dreaming" is a dynamic religion.

The concept of "the dreaming" is a central feature in aboriginal religions. It explains the creation of the world and its creatures. Many of these traditions were incorporated into early forms of Christianity.