Spirituality for Aboriginal people is more than the Christian concept of religion or the word “Dreaming” as applied by non-Aboriginal anthropologists. For Aboriginal people, “Dreaming” is not a dream, but a reality embodying Aboriginal “thought” or state of mind where people were one with the land and all that moved upon it. In this worldview humans and the natural species were all part of the same ongoing life force.

This sense of spiritual reality still exits for the descendants of Cadigal/Wangal people today.

The more traditional expressions of Aboriginal spirituality (ceremonies, songs, dances and art) may not be as evident in contemporary Aboriginal life but the essence of traditional religious beliefs are very much a part of spirituality for modern day Cadigal/Wangal people.