The Kachinas and the return to balance
The Kachinas — or Katsinam in Hopi language — are sacred spirit beings within the cosmology of the Hopi and other Puebloan cultures. These spirits serve as intermediaries between the human world and the spiritual realms, embodying natural forces, ancestral wisdom, and moral instruction. Far from abstract archetypes, the Kachinas manifest in ceremony, story, and landscape — guiding everything from the planting of corn to the resolution of conflict. To the Hopi, the Kachinas are not worshipped, but honoured. They are partners in maintaining harmony between the Earth and the heavens, and between individuals and the collective. In times of imbalance — ecological, social, spiritual — the Kachinas return as reminders of a path forward. ...