In this strange and wonderful book, thirty elders of the ancient Hopi tribe of Northern Arizona -- people who regard themselves as the first inhabitants of America -- freely reveal the Hopi worldview for the first time in written form. The Hopi kept this view a secret for countless centuries, and anthropologists have long struggled to understand it. Now they record their myths and legends, and the meaning of their religious rituals and ceremonies, as a gift to future generations. Here is a reassertion of a rhythm of life we hove disastrously tried to ignore and instincts we hove tragically repressed; and a reminder that we must attune ourselves to the need for inner change if we are to avert a cataclysmic rupture between our minds and hearts. Deeply steeped in Hopi mysticism... Combine(s) Hopi art, history, tradition, myth, folklore, and ceremonialism with dignity and authority... Deserves to be part of the library of any student of the American Southwest." -- American Anthropologist