A reflection on Aboriginal cosmology and the eternal now There’s a particular kind of stillness in the Australian continent, a weight to the air that feels like a vibrating presence. For over 65,000 years, the Aboriginal People of Australia have called this presence the Dreaming , or Altyerre . To a Western mind raised on linear time logic, the Dreaming is difficult to grasp because we want to push it into the past and call it history. But the Aboriginal elders are clear: it