"Refers to the spiritual land in the mythological systems of the Australian Aboriginal tribes. The shaman will go into a dreaming to reach dreamtime. While in dreamtime he is in a separate time and space in which he has access to powers and information normally unavailable to him. Tribes also believe that everyone is eternal in dreamtime, so a shaman could in turn talk to the dead. Stories from
. dreamtime can vary from tribe to tribe, but stories will normally be of similar themes. Such as the tribes of New South Wales and those of Western Australia both have their own stories of how the birds got their colors. The theme is the same but the stories vary. The knowledge gained in the dreaming will govern a tribes belief in all systems. This could be comparative to visions given to the prophets of the bible. Perhaps Moses had a dreaming on the mountain when he brought back the ten commandments."
