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The Dreamings as being fundamental to Aboriginal cultures & societies
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... Chau Phan Studies of Religion I Foundation Study 1 Aboriginal Belief Systems and Spirituality THE NATURE OF ABORIGNAL SPIRITUALITY The Dreamings as being fundamental to Aboriginal cultures & societies DREAMINGS: past, present & future ( involves all aspects of life ( ancestral beings leave world left w/ their signs of goodwill. If their descendants can interpret these signs, they will live under the assurance of good fortune. ( main purpose of religious ritual: to renew and conserve life. ( human person made up of material & spiritual elements ( material element req. individuals to understand the sacred tradn of their grp & conform to the patterns determined by that tradn ( world order comes fr. all the events in wh. ancestor beings travel & transform themselves into sites. ( there is no sense of a 1st creator. DREAMINGS COMPRISES: ( inextricable r/ship with nature. ( awareness of greater power that makes living things possible. ( a spirit world beyond death ( ritual - way of communicating













