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During the Dreamtime, the Ancestral Spirits travelled across the formless land, and gave it form by creating the rivers, the mountains, the sand hills, the billabongs, the trees, the humans, the animals, the birds, the insects, the marine life, and all other creatures. They also made the sky, the sun, the moon, the planets, and the stars.
They laid down the
laws the Aboriginals must obey and the Dreaming Tracks which connect all
creatures of the sacred world and define the belonging territory of the tribe
within the landscape. Afterwards, the Ancestral Spirits changed into aspects of
the landscape, empowering it with their numinous presence.
For the Aboriginal Australians the Dreamtime is their understanding of the how the Ancestral Spirits created the landscape and every living thing. It is also the beginning of knowledge and the stories of the laws of existence that ensure survival. Dreaming is the continuation of the Dreamtime. Along the Dreaming Tracks there are Sacred Sites, areas of land or sea, where significant events took place during the Dreamtime. These are increase centers where special ceremonies are performed for "Taking Care" of a particular species. The original ancestor spirits taught others many songs for healing; for controlling the weather, and for telling tribal history. The propagating powers they left behind in the country to ensure plenty were best accessed during corroborees through their Dreaming symbols and songlines. Aboriginal Australia music included traditional ceremonial songs handed down through the generations which replicated the songs sung by the ancestors during the Dreamtime. When these songs were sung, living men felt they were in the Dreamtime. The story of the Aboriginals is in the Dreaming Tracks or Songlines of the Land; the law is imprinted upon their sacred spaces. The Dreaming Tracks distinguish all features of the land created by their Spirit Ancestors as they travelled across it. These songlines are the footprints of their Spirit Ancestors as they sang Beingness into the landscape, setting the law... Continue on
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Aboriginal Australia Totemic Dreamtime 
