How do Aboriginal people conjure up dreamtime stories?

Stories are important to Aboriginal people because they are their library. Traditionally, Aboriginal people passed on lore and history in stories. These had 'baked in' a lot of education, for example who to marry, which animals or places to avoid etc. read more

Generally, Dreaming stories are not conjured up, they are passed on. Aboriginal people "used to learn from their old grandfathers, grandmothers and grandparents" [1] the stories about the Dreaming. Each nation has their specific stories. Because Aboriginal people passed on Dreaming stories only orally they had to tell them very accurately. read more

Aboriginal people understood the Dreamtime as a beginning that never ended. They held the belief that the Dreamtime is a period on a continuum of past, present and future. read more

The Dreamtime is the Aboriginal understanding of the world, of it's creation, and it's great stories. The Dreamtime is the beginning of knowledge, from which came the laws of existence. For survival these laws must be observed. read more