C.G. Jung and the Hopi Elder

In 1925 Jung had an extended conversation with the Hopi Elder of the Taos Pueblo in northern New Mexico. Ochwiay Biano tells Jung of the tribe’s reaction to the strange Europeans who have come from the East into their world. The Elder says:

See how cruel the whites look. Their lips are thin, their noses sharp, their faces are furrowed and distorted with folds. Their eyes have a staring expression; they are always shifting and seeking something. What are they looking for? The whites always want something; they are always uneasy and restless. We do not know what they want. We do not understand them. We think that they are mad.

Jung continues:

I asked him why they thought the whites were all mad. “They say that they think with their heads,” he replied. “Why of course. What do you think with? I asked him in surprise. “We think here,” he said, pointing to his heart.