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We can learn from Aboriginal tradition that our lives may follow dreaming tracks. A well-known word for this is songline. We know the word from what we have been told of Aboriginal tradition by travelers like Bruce Chatwin. The word is used to describe the dreamways of the land, as sensed by those who are fully attuned to the land and its Dreamings. It is said that those who can hear the inner songs of the land can cross a thousand miles of desert without maps.

Following songlines they acquired through tuning in to the inner voices of the land, Aborigines crossed the Australian continent, walking from waterhole to waterhole, from ghost gum to ghost gum, from a place of the sand goanna a kind of lizard, to the place of the honey ant.

When they follow those trails, they’re aware that everywhere they stop is the place of a Dreaming with a great big capital D. A place of spirit, a place of engagement with the speaking land.

PODCAST: The Living Power of Your Dreams

Robert talks to Katherine Bell on Dream Journal

PODCAST: A Vast Journey into the Underworld of Dreams

with Andrew Holocek on Edge of Mind

PODCAST: Growing Big Dreams

with Jim Lefter on Big Universe

DREAM DRAWINGS

Dream-inspired art by Robert Moss

Dreams require action, to bring their creative, guiding and healing energies into the everyday world. My journals are filled with drawings I make from dreams and shamanic journeys, very often shared experiences in my playshops and trainings, where a whole flight of 30 or more dreamers may travel together through an agreed portal on an agreed assignment. Here is a selection of drawings inspired in this way, from my journals and sketchbooks. All pictures are (c) Robert Moss and may not be reproduced in any form without written permission. In this age of AI or data generated images, I will note that nothing here is produced that way. Very occasionally I may use some digital help with adding color and effects to an original piece. That will be noted.