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Summary: Don't be put off.
Review: Dont be put off by the other reviews, they disuade you from reading an extreemly important message just because the style of writing isn't to their taste. Read it yourself and make your own judgement, i found the book very inspiring and enjoyed reading it. As for Mails being regarded as an outsider and not speaking for the hopi, the reader should have read the book more closely as this issue is addressed in the book. No one Hopi could ever speak for all of them, as their views are so divided. Thomas Mails and Dan Evehema are traditionalists who are trying to pass on an ancient message. The progressives may not like this, or the book, but they can have their opinion, and you can have yours. This book will help you make up your own mind. I agree that the style of writing was difficult, but i feel the content is far more important. If only more people in the world listened to the message the book conveys, i believe it would be a better place. Read the book, don't be put off by those who try to dissuade you.
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Summary: Not an easy read - but we have much to learn from the Hopi
Review: This book seems fundamentally wholesome in content, as does the Hopi way of life it describes. The author clearly has great conviction and you can't help but be touched by the history of decline and interference experienced by these peaceful people. The style however can be deeply irritating in places. Construction of arguments / ideas is usually not cohesive and Mails often doesn't seem to have a point. He does acknowledge his limitations in this respect. You could argue all day about much of Thomas Mails' personal opinions, but if you have patience, you see a man who wants the reader to look at their life and do something better with it, for the benefit of all people. If you are not monotheistically inclined the best way to read this book is to take much of it metaphorically and apply that to whatever spiritual path you happen to be on.
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Summary: Very weak, to say the least.
Review: Thomas Mails is one of the best authors about Native Americans alive today. His Mystic Warriors of The Plains, Dancing in The Paths of The Ancestors and both Fools Crow books were all masterful. But this book is by far his worst. I really had to force myself to read this book to the end. If I had to use one word to describe it: vague. All information about the Hopi and their prophecy's take up the space of about 30 pages. The remaining space is filled with the author's vague ramblings.
I was amazed that a man of Mails' intelligence could believe that the end of times is near and that only the Hopi and like-minded individuals will "board the ark". A good book about the Hopi and their prophecies would be more than welcome, but instead of treating the subject critically he lets the Hopi prophecies cloud his common sense. This book is a waste of time and money. I hope it never gets printed again. http://www.julio-online.net
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