Songlines author-stephen--turnbull but seldom fully understood

but seldom fully understood

running through history

tombs and burial mounds

but who remains a potent influence on artists and filmmakers today

Shamans communicated with the spirits

Songlines author-stephen--turnbull but seldom fully understoodSonglines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australias many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic sense, these vast and robust stores of information are encoded through song, story, dance, art and ceremony, rather than simply recorded in writing. Weaving deeply personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics, Songlines: The Power and Promise offers