Here is magnificent photographs, many in rich colors, is the sumptuous diversity of this multiple, yet one and essential and unique Mexico--Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl--the twin volcanoes that guard the Anahuac; beautiful Pátzcuaro Lake, Palenque, metropolis of the ancient Mayan Empire, hidden from the Spanish, and hence from destruction, by the inexorable undergrowth which still threatens to overrun it, lovely pastel Churrigueresque churches, such as the one at San Cristobal de las Pasas; holidays and celebrations, half-pagan, half-christian, all Mexican, with their pulsating dances, their miracle flowers, their piñatas that shower gifts; the vigil of Janitzio on All Saints' Night, ending at dawn in a meal shared with the dead; the floating cafés and mariachi bands and marimba players that make Mexico City.