Ancestral power : the dreaming, consciousness and Aboriginal Australians / Lynne Hume.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hume, Lynne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Religion.

Aboriginal Australians.

Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology).

Ancestor worship--Australia.

Ancestor worship.

Altered states of consciousness--Religious aspects.

Altered states of consciousness.

Australia.

Physical Description:

ix, 210 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This text examines anew the concept known as "the dreaming" using research on consciousness studies. This examination tackles the thorny subject of Aborigines and religion and offers an alternative explanation of "dreamtime." No previous study has focused on Aboriginal spirituality using a multidisciplinary approach to consciousness. This study details a vast amount of existing documentation, carefully considers what Aborigines have to say about the meaning of "dreaming, " and offers a new interpretation in light of what we now know about consciousness. The author's research also suggests that Aborigines had ways of accessing what many regard as different levels of consciousness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index.

ISBN:

052285012X

OCLC:

49549676