can it be that you, too, think only of the princess of kadiri? a blacksmith transforms and purifies the material world. from fragments of meteorite and iron ore sky and earth together he forges the keris-- sacred sword. the indonesians: brilliant metal woers since the dawn of history, created ages of an enigmatic blacksmith hero whose craft mirrors that of the gods. in his holy fire base metal is refined and the soul after death made perfect and immortal. beyond the power of sword and fire, beyond the power of water and wind, the spirit is everlasting. in the 15th century, as the new faith of islam spreads from the northern coast the old believers retreat to the highlands. at the mountain temple of sukuh, the goddess durga, thunderbolts in hand, presides. and the turtlewho bear the weight of the ninefold world and comic demons whose origins go back to the archaic culture of the islands. the stones are carved with fables of resurrection anlord garuda stl guards the elixir ofif sacred bird, brighter than the splendor of the sun, proudly you bear am