Aboriginal Spirituality Research Paper
-RITUAL IN INDIGENOUS SPIRITUALITY-
Aboriginal Australians have been living in Australia for over 50,000 years. Aboriginal Australians have many important parts of their culture that have been passed on and lost during thousands of years of history. From the dream time and ancestral spirits, conservation of sacred lands, initiation, birthing, smoking and burial ceremonies.
Practical and Ritual, Experiential and Emotional, Narrative, Doctrinal and Philosophical, Ethical and Legal, Social and Institutional and Material are the seven dimensions that where created by Ninian Smart. Ninian Smart was a Scottish writer and university educator that believed all religions have these 7 dimensions. In different religions some of these dimensions may …show more content…
The land provides the aboriginals their dreaming element so the Experiential and Emotional dimension is represented through the incredible strong connection and dependency to the land, their emotions with each other and with what they are doing and how it makes them feel.
The Narrative dimension are the stories and what is learnt from them, these include creation stories and stories that teach life lessons and show great importance to a culture. Indigenous spirituality does have evidence of the Narrative dimension, Aboriginal people tell stories about how to do things, what do not do, what should be done and what happens in the dreaming and with the great spirits. These are told through songs, poems, chants, paintings, dances, and rituals. These stories are told about the dreaming, life, ancestors and nature of the land.
The Doctrinal and Philosophical dimension in relation to indigenous spirituality refers and represents their beliefs, the beginning of creation, nature, the patterns and cycles of life and death in the environment and how the great spirits walked the earth before people and animals …show more content…
The body those who have died are then left for several months to let nature take its course so the flesh is eaten away and the bones are all that remains. During this time, the tribe smoke themselves to release the spirit of the deceased, sing, dance and chant.
The secondary burial consists of the bones being collected and sometimes painted with red ochre paint, wrapped in paperback and put away in a rock cave or in a hollowed out log in designated bush land to disintegrate over time. After being put away, the tribe wash themselves in a nearby lake or river and dance until sunrise. At sunrise, the spirit of those who have dies is released into the dreaming. Some social groups prefer to carry the bones with the relatives of those who have died for month’s even
Aboriginal Australians have been living in Australia for over 50,000 years. Aboriginal Australians have many important parts of their culture that have been passed on and lost during thousands of years of history. From the dream time and ancestral spirits, conservation of sacred lands, initiation, birthing, smoking and burial ceremonies.
Practical and Ritual, Experiential and Emotional, Narrative, Doctrinal and Philosophical, Ethical and Legal, Social and Institutional and Material are the seven dimensions that where created by Ninian Smart. Ninian Smart was a Scottish writer and university educator that believed all religions have these 7 dimensions. In different religions some of these dimensions may …show more content…
The land provides the aboriginals their dreaming element so the Experiential and Emotional dimension is represented through the incredible strong connection and dependency to the land, their emotions with each other and with what they are doing and how it makes them feel.
The Narrative dimension are the stories and what is learnt from them, these include creation stories and stories that teach life lessons and show great importance to a culture. Indigenous spirituality does have evidence of the Narrative dimension, Aboriginal people tell stories about how to do things, what do not do, what should be done and what happens in the dreaming and with the great spirits. These are told through songs, poems, chants, paintings, dances, and rituals. These stories are told about the dreaming, life, ancestors and nature of the land.
The Doctrinal and Philosophical dimension in relation to indigenous spirituality refers and represents their beliefs, the beginning of creation, nature, the patterns and cycles of life and death in the environment and how the great spirits walked the earth before people and animals …show more content…
The body those who have died are then left for several months to let nature take its course so the flesh is eaten away and the bones are all that remains. During this time, the tribe smoke themselves to release the spirit of the deceased, sing, dance and chant.
The secondary burial consists of the bones being collected and sometimes painted with red ochre paint, wrapped in paperback and put away in a rock cave or in a hollowed out log in designated bush land to disintegrate over time. After being put away, the tribe wash themselves in a nearby lake or river and dance until sunrise. At sunrise, the spirit of those who have dies is released into the dreaming. Some social groups prefer to carry the bones with the relatives of those who have died for month’s even