"This book foretells in a disturbing, straightforward fashion your fate and that of the entire world, and the way in which you in some part determine it. Since it is actual history and not fiction or fantasy, its omens and recommendations may at first seem unacceptable - even preposterous. Above all, this is a book about making the most important choices of your life. Its center, actually, is found on a certain small stone whose flat sides are covered...

Hopi Indians maintain what is very likely the most vital native oral tradition in North America. This gathering of recollections, traditions, and narratives assembled by the distinguished folklorist, Harold Courlander, represents Hopi traditions with authority and authenticity, while at the same time presenting them in a readable form for an English-speaking audience. The subjects range from stories of the emergence from the underworlds, through accounts...

"Hopi : songs of the fourth world is a compelling study of the Hopi that captures their deep spirituality and reveals their integration of art and daily life. Amidst beautiful images of Hopi land and life, a variety of Hopi--a farmer, a religious elder, grandmother, painter, potter and weaver--speak about the preservation of the Hopi way. Their philosophy of living in balance and harmony with nature is a model to the Western world of an environmental...