Re: The Dreaming

[bbs-bdoherty@jwt.oau.org (Benjamin Doherty)]

Andrea@hivnet.ubc.ca writes:

> "The Dreaming" by Barbara Wood.  The book is about AUSTRALIA!!!  So I 
> thought "hmmm..." but after checking the many acknowledgements found no 
> reference to Kate.  So I checked the publishing date - 1991!  So... Is this

Kate, unfortunatly, has nothing to do with the term "The Dreaming."
"The Dreaming" is a reference to the aborigines' (sp) belief that
before humans were in existence, they were animals that could change
shape.  Here is her quote, direct from a list of Kate Quotes that was
posted several months ago.

        "The Dreaming" - "The song was originally going to be called
"Dreamtime," which is the name the Aborigines gave to a magic time
before man was man as he is today - when man was an animal and could
change shape.  This magical time was also known as the Dreaming to
the Aborigines, so I thought it would be an ideal title for the
song."

Therefore, Kate had no part in coining the term, but it could be that
she made it well known.

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