Indigenous Australian

Reading the Land

The skill of understanding what the land is communicating.

An experienced person can read the land like a book - knowing where water is, what animals are present, what events have occurred, and what the country needs. This reading integrates physical observation with spiritual perception.

The land speaks to those who know how to listen.

Tracker's Teaching, Oral Tradition

Reading country demonstrates integration of empirical and spiritual knowledge.

Oral Tradition