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Australian religionReligion of Australia's Aborigines, based in the Dreaming. Religion involved living in agreement with the way of life ordained in the Dreaming, through the performance of rituals and obedience to the law. Through dreams and other states of altered consciousness, the living could come into contact with the spiritual realm and gain strength from it; myths, dances, and other rituals bound the human, spiritual, and physical worlds together in a single cosmic order. A child's spirit was held to come from the dreaming to animate a fetus, and a person's spiritual heritage was more important than the bond between a physical parent and child. Sacred art included tjurunga, sand and cave paintings, and paintings on bark. |
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| Women in the History of Australian Religion and Religion in the History of Australian Women: a Reply to Roger Thompson', Australian Historical Studies, no. It will be both ironic and appropriate if the great city gains new life from leisure, from sport, which sometimes seems to be an alternative Australian religion. |
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