The Dreamtime, also called The Dreaming, is the central, unifying theme in Aboriginal culture. Australian Aborigines are thought to have the oldest continuously maintained cultural history on Earth (50,000 years or more); the Dreamtime explains the origins and culture of the land and of its people.
A time and place that is closely linked to this World, in which Aboriginal Australians believe their ancestors live.
This term is commonly used by the aboriginal peoples of Australia to describe non-linear reality.
The Dreaming is a sacred time outside living memory when ancestors (in the form of humans or animals) wandered the earth, gave it shape and created all the living things out of their own essence. Once this act of creation had taken place the ancestors merged into the sites they had created. The life spirit of human beings derives from these connections with ancestors and the land, and, therefore, each human being is a form of incarnation in human form during pregnancy of the original ancestors and their spirit.
Dreamtime is a studio album by The Cult. Out of the shadows of gothic rock, Dreamtime was a bold attempt to fuse the mysticism of The Doors with the passion of The Sex Pistols and giving the first steps to their future hard rock direction. Conjuring up Native American imagery, the album was a curious and romantic creature on the evolutionary path to alternative rock.
Dreamtime is an album released by The Stranglers in 1986. The title track was inspired by the beliefs of the aboriginal peoples of Australia. This album appears to be a natural evolution from "Aural Sculpture"; it contains a mixture of upbeat and thoughtful tracks and includes the addition of pedal steel guitar to compliment the horns.
Dreamtime is Tom Verlaine's second solo album. Originally released in 1981, it was reissued in 1994 by Henry Rollins' Infinite Zero label, with two bonus tracks. It is now out of print in the United States.
