Follow the story of Kun-Man-Gur, the Rainbow Serpent as he helped his children the flying foxes when the world was new. How he chased away silly Kinbul the bat and the toadfish Ngar-in-gara because they were so rude to the flying foxes.To this day Kun-Man-Gur the Rainbow Serpent puts the hollow bamboo to his mouth and blows flying foxes all over the earth.
The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice
When 15th-century Venetian cartographer and monk Fra Mauro sets out to create the definitive map of the world from his cell, he finds a yearning for truth, and the project becomes the adventure of a lifetime.
In the vast silence of their isolation, the Australian Aborigines have learned the ways of living in harmony with the earth. From their origins in a distant antiquity, they have kept a sacred perspective on the natural world. This book explains: . The world of Sky Heroes, and how the land was formed by mythic creatures from the Dreaming. . Their secret rites and rituals, and ideas of reincarnation. . How the stories, fables and myths sustain the belief in metaphysical basis of the human spirit. . How they represent the conscience of all mankind, offering us today a parable for survival.