Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The time of the creation of the world in Australian Aboriginal mythology.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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And they are full of humor and mystery — myths that parallel our own (the origin of day and night, the flood); myths that account for the origins of art and customs (often by theft or trickery); myths which reveal by implication the social lives of people — all coming out of a "dreamtime" in which humans, otters, jaguars, fish, and vultures are intimately related by intermarriage and transformation.
Short Reviews Editors, The 1974
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Often coming in the form of dreams or "dreamtime" eXperiences that - perchance - may awaken the latent Christs, Krishnas and Sleeping Buddhas in all of us - thunderbolts and lightning - very, very frightening - at first ... on the other side of a turbulent ocean - a calmer sea ... a new man - a new dogstar - a new heaven and earth ...
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Often coming in the form of dreams or "dreamtime" eXperiences that - perchance - may awaken the latent Christs, Krishnas and Sleeping Buddhas in all of us - thunderbolts and lightning - very, very frightening - at first ... on the other side of a turbulent ocean - a calmer sea ... a new man - a new dogstar - a new heaven and earth ...
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Aboriginal "dreamtime" stories for example, spoke of fascinating mythical creatures known as bunyips.
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A woman participant, a traditional holder of ancient Cheyenne medicine from Lame Deer, Montana, enters the dreamtime.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Their muse delivers a trip through pure maternal dreamtime, the lost world deep in every person's memory.
S.X. Rosenstock: CocoRosie Turns It On: Passion Is the Pull of Your Past S.X. Rosenstock 2010
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How might a motivated listener bypass any internalized resistance and savor a hit of their own dreamtime?
S.X. Rosenstock: CocoRosie Turns It On: Passion Is the Pull of Your Past S.X. Rosenstock 2010
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Their muse delivers a trip through pure maternal dreamtime, the lost world deep in every person's memory.
S.X. Rosenstock: CocoRosie Turns It On: Passion Is the Pull of Your Past S.X. Rosenstock 2010
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How might a motivated listener bypass any internalized resistance and savor a hit of their own dreamtime?
S.X. Rosenstock: CocoRosie Turns It On: Passion Is the Pull of Your Past S.X. Rosenstock 2010
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Their muse delivers a trip through pure maternal dreamtime, the lost world deep in every person's memory.
S.X. Rosenstock: CocoRosie Turns It On: Passion Is the Pull of Your Past S.X. Rosenstock 2010
chained_bear commented on the word dreamtime
Indigenous Australian term, "most often refers to the 'time before time,' or 'the time of the creation of all things.'" (from Australian Museum Online website: http://www.dreamtime.net.au/)
February 7, 2007
kewpid commented on the word dreamtime
Apparently this should now be referred to as "The Dreaming" »
May 11, 2008