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Nature as Numen71  \n6.The Metaphysics of Space87  \n7.The World of Totems105  \n8.Solitude and Community117  \n9.Towards a New Dreaming129Select Bibliography139Index141  \nFor  \nRichard Dickinsonfrater  \n# Photographs\n\n1.A view from one of the caves in Obiri Rock,ArnhemlandEscarpment area.Many of these caves have been overpainted bysuccessive generations since the first inhabitants arrived over the landbridge from Asia,50,000 years ago.Obiri Rock,like Nourlangie andUluru(Ayers Rock),is an ‘Open-air Cathedral'recording the sacredimages of the Aboriginal culture.  \n2.Lightning Man,Nourlangie Rock.Note the tiny axeheadsprotruding from his body and limbs.These,clashing against theheavens,create lightning during the rainy season,a pontificalstatement nevertheless from the Dreaming.  \n3.Lightning Man,Namargin,painted in the X-ray style unique to thisregion of Australia.His ‘inner'body is revealed in its physiologicalexactitude as well as a patterned work of art.  \n4.Barramundie fish and Spirit Figures,Nourlangie Rock.Withoutfacial expression,these Spirit Figures are iconic representations ofspirit types rather than individual people.  \n5.Male tribesman painted in the‘stick'style,an earlier style to that ofX-ray.He is carrying hunting equipment such as spears and a stoneaxe,as well as dilly bags  \n6.Part of the main freize,Nourlangie Rock,depicting a confrontationbetween Lightning Man and his wife (top figure)and Namanjolk,amalign Spirit Figure.This frieze was retouched by BarramundieCharlie some 20 years ago.Since then he has died.It is unlikely thatany ofhis friends have the technical expertise to renew this remarkablepainting.Unfortunately,ritual renewal by surviving members of thetribe has so far failed to re-occur.If this situation should continue,then the djang of this important hot place will eventually diminish.  \n7.Barramundie fish and female Spirit Figure painted in the X-raystyle,Nourlangie Rock.  \n8.Sea turtle painted in the X-ray style.Turtles are speared in the oceanoff the coast o Arnhemland.  \nPhotographs by Colin Beard  \n# Introduction\n\nIn the past,the spirituality of the Australian Aborigineshas often been characterized as a collection of superstitions andprimitive myths that were deemed incapable of supporting agenuine religious life.For two centuries observers have beenlooking at Aboriginal beliefs anthropologically in order todetach them from their roots in the culture itself.This has led toa subsequent diminution of the flame among Aboriginesthemselves.Messianic Christianity in the form of well-intentioned missionaries sought to undermine Aboriginalspirituality even further in the belief that Aborigines had been'living in darkness'prior to the advent of Jesus Christ in theirlives.  \nAs a result,the ","cbCaithh6XwN2lwO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaithh6XwN2lwO","pdf",62243494,153,"English","# Introduction\n## 1. 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