Casting Spells:

Most people are unaware that casting spells is something that goes on all the time. People
cast spells on a regular basis. When you imagine something with a great amount of desire,
when you visualize it over and over again, when you dwell on it, think about it and
ruminate on it, you're actually doing a similar process to that of casting spells. Of course
the ancient Hawaiians cast spells.

The process in Huna for casting spells involves more than just producing certain results in
the immediate universe; it involves a process of personal growth and evolution with each
spell you cast.

One of the major unspoken presuppositions when a person is casting a spell is that there is
something that stops you from getting what you want. Otherwise you wouldn't need a
spell. What is it then?
Considering your Universe as being your creation (which is another major assumption in
Huna), your future is influenced by your past. The only point where you can change
something about both the past and the future, is now. When you cast a spell, you need to
make sure you understand the difference between the spell (which acts in the future) and
the present Ð the now.
There are people who cannot conceive that REAL is anything more than the physical plane
- the matter which they can touch and feel. To believe what you do in your mind isn't real,
you limit yourself. Dreams, thoughts, feelings are REAL to you; however they have no
substance. That doesn't make them less real.
In Huna, spell casting always works on the presupposition that the call to the higher level
demands an answer. Even the DESIRE for casting a spell has already put in motion some
forces. This is in fact one of the many assumptions of Huna Magic.
Knowing this, in the process of casting a spell, you have to ask yourself always several
questions:

1. Is this REALLY what I want?

2. What are the long term effects of my casting this spell?
3. What would REALLY happen in short and long term if I get what I want through
casting this spell?

In Huna there is another major assumption: if the spell is not win-win, you may have to
pay. Every action implies a reaction. This is why is important to check carefully the
consequences of your actions for yourself and all others around you.
We know all so well, that one of the laws of the universe is, "any cause produces an effect";
we also know that any cause, after going out into the world, will return to its source. So out
of these two laws, the third one appeared: the cause will produce that effect, good or bad,
for which it was provoked. This implies how careful we should be with every action, word,
or thought, for each of them unleashes the cause producing effects about which we are not
sure. Following this short analysis, we can also say that any "bad" or "good" thing form
wherever it comes, is our own making.

Let's take the example of the mythological serpent with the tail in his mouth. The symbolic
serpent has emitted a cause. Let us say that it has eaten it. After going through his body,
the cause has come out under the form of waste. The serpent looks and cannot believe that
waste is its doing. 'I ate only good and tasty things, how is it possible this transformation
in this unbearable product?' The point is not to get angry and curse the tail for producing
something you do not like. This is the effect of your behavior. Do not look around for

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something or someone to blame when the effects are in discordance with your liking.
Sometimes the re-action may come under a form, which you cannot recognize, but it is
always your action that started the process. This may not be always pleasant, but how
empowering to know that we are at cause of everything happening in our universe.
Knowing this, what kind of spells can we cast? A few examples of spells with the most
benefic effect over us are those related to health, of the physical or emotional or mental or
even spiritual body, releasing past issues, finding the life purpose and living It, time
constriction and expanding, increasing the energy level in the body and opening Chakras.
So, how do you actually cast a spell?

1. Decide what you want

2. Make a written statement of it (for those who know NLP you can use here all the
Keys to an achievable outcome)

3. Make sure you state the spell the way you want it not the way you don't want it
(e.g: I want my body to be totally healthy rather than I don't want pain in my
body).

4. Cast the spell.

WARNING: You can improve your relationship if there are things you're not happy
with, but here's a warning: love and hate spells have a particular nasty effect to
backlash upon you. Use not fear, for fear binds you to the darkness. Be careful with
what you wish for. It will come true.

Remember you get what you focus on, so focus on what you want. If you want light, focus
on the light. Declare yourself to be the conscious cause of all that happens in this universe
and thereby take responsibility for all that happens.This is the step that raises you to the
stature of magnificence and makes you the Kahuna. To gain maximum control in the
universe, assume cause for every effect.

BALANCE: With regard to balance, it is important to remain balanced, grounded -- "...it is

not enough for our mental and spiritual development that we draw down the Divine Light,
we must also draw up the earth forces. Only too often mental health is sacrificed to
spiritual development through ignorance of, or denial of, this fact. Nature is God made
manifest, and we blaspheme her at our peril... The adept never speaks of hell, but of the
kingdoms of unbalanced force. [Fortune, 1922]

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THE BASIC TEACHING OF THE 3 SELVES:

One of the most important parts of the ancient teaching is that we are not just one mind,
but that we are made up of three minds. The Kahuna knew this thousands of years ago.
In the "infinite wisdom" of the missionaries who arrived in Hawaii in 1819, it was decided
that the Hawaiians were "heathens," that they couldn't have thought as deeply, or as
logically as the newcomers from Boston. That is unfortunate, because the missionaries did
not realize mental illness was virtually unknown before the arrival of the white man.
Mental illness was rare because the Hawaiian Kahuna had a more highly developed system
of psychology, and mental health than is present even today.

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In 1970, Milton Erickson, M.D., had nearly brought the Western perception to the level of
understanding of the ancient Hawaiians. He had a nearly complete understanding of the
Conscious Mind and the Unconscious Mind and their functions.

THE CONSCIOUS MIND: Long before Dr. Erickson, the ancient Hawaiians called the
Conscious Mind, Uhane.

'Uhane: 1. Soul, a spirit.

First, appreciate that you aren't just a Conscious Mind. The Conscious Mind is the logical,
reasonable, rational part of you -- the part of you, you know, and call "I" when you say, "I
think... I am... I do... I have..."
The teachings of ancient Hawaii, said that as there was a Conscious Mind (which most of
us know), there was also an Unconscious Mind (which most of us do not know). And just
as there was a Conscious Mind and an Unconscious Mind, there was also a Higher
Conscious Mind. Each of these minds were separate, distinct from the other; so, that your
Conscious Mind had hidden from its consciousness an Unconscious Mind, which had
certain functions and which was separate, distinct from the Conscious Mind. Further, there
was, also hidden from the Conscious Mind, a Higher Conscious Mind which also had very
specific functions and which were also separate and distinct from the Conscious Mind. And
that the Conscious Mind could not perceive either of these minds directly, except in certain
states of consciousness. Since we are already relatively aware of our Conscious Mind, the
next mind to get to know, then, is our Unconscious Mind.

THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND: What we call the Unconscious Mind, the ancient Kahuna
called, Unihipili. Taken as a whole Unihipili means grasshopper...Hmmmm. If we look at
the meaning of the root words that make up the word:

u: The seat of our emotions from which come feeling or grief; to stem from the heart; the
mother element; the milk of life.
ni: To pour out a liquid;
hi: To blow out with force any liquid from the mouth.
pili: To cling, stick adhere, touch, join, adjoin, cleave to, associate with, be with, be close or
adjacent; close relationship, relative; to belong to.

The Unconscious Mind is a very important part of you. Think about it for just a moment.
Here's a part of you that runs your body; it makes your heart beat, causes the lymph
system to circulate, your breathing to continue, your eyes to blink, your stomach to digest
your food, and many other tasks that you never even considered. Consider this too. How
aware are you of all the various things that your Unconscious Mind does? Maybe more
importantly, how well do you know your Unconscious Mind? Do you consider your
Unconscious Mind as a close and trusted friend, or are you at odds with your unconscious?
The ancient ones taught that really trusting and getting to know your Unconscious Mind
was a very important task -- the first step. Whatever your relationship with your
Unconscious Mind, you will probably find that you are much closer to it than ever before
as you read on.
The ancient ones, the La'au Kahea (the Kahuna who were psychologists), postulated that
the Unconscious Mind had certain functions, which we could call the Prime Directives of
the Unconscious Mind.
Next, we'll look at the Higher Self.
THE HIGHER SELF: The great Kahuna, Daddy Bray, who lived in Kona (he died in 1968)
said that mankind is made up of material and spiritual parts -- mankind is made up equally
of matter and spirit, like a magnet with one pole in matter and one pole in spirit. If that is
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The Kahuna say we are also a Higher Conscious Mind. The term used in ancient times was
Aumakua, meaning:

Au: A flame of fire whirling through the air, as a spirit; or spirit; yours, mine, spirit of
another person.
Makua: Parent, older, senior, mature; or to sustain.
(The word aumakua was also used as a "grab-bag" term meaning any parental spirit, and
included many ancestors and gods who were worshiped under this term. To avoid
confusion, we will refer to this case as aumakua, and the Higher Conscious Mind as
Aumakua.)
Next, what is the relationship between the three minds of mankind, and how are they
connected?

THE BASIC TEACHING OF THE 3 SELVES

(Continued)
THE THREE SELVES OR THREE MINDS OF MANKIND
CONNECTEDNESS: Each of the minds is connected to the other by means of life force
energy, called, in the Hawaiian system, Mana. The fourth element in this equation:
THE THREE MINDS OF MANKIND

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As you look at the chart above, notice the connections:
There is a connection between the Conscious Mind and the Unconscious Mind, and the
flow of energy and information goes both ways.
There is also a connection between the Unconscious Mind and the Higher Conscious Mind,
and information and energy flows both ways.
But there is no direct communication between the Conscious Mind and the Higher
Conscious Mind. Even so, the Higher Conscious Mind may communicate with us by way of
energy enveloping us "falling down" from above.
An ancient chant says:

"Li ta I'o o ka'auhelemoa la"

"I tremble; I have goose flesh; the I'o comes inside me because of the continuously falling
fine rain."
The Ka'auhelemoa is well known in Hawaii -- it's that fine rain with small drops that blows
off the mountains, and when it reaches you, you feel it, but when you touch your skin, it is
not wet.

AKA CONNECTIONS: So, Mana is the means by which the three minds of mankind
communicate with each other, but the Mana needs to flow through something. Imagine a
piece of surgical tubing -- a little tube, about the size of piece of rope. The tubes are made
of a non-material, etheric substance called Aka.

Aka: Shadow. Of spiritual essence.

So, Aka is the etheric substance, and it acts as a medium for transmission of the Mana. It's
sticky, and so connects and stays connected to what ever we touch. The Aka cords look like
small cords or ropes which are hollow in the middle, through which the Mana passes.

THE OUTER EXPRESSIONS: In our diagram above there are also three names that were
used to signify the Outer Expression of the minds. When given external expression, the
minds were given other names -- Ku, Lono, and Kane. In their external form, these three
would be represented by a Tiki (wooden carving) since the ancient Hawaiians did not have
paper as such to write on. The Tikis carved on the Island of Hawaii, District of Kona (Kona
Temple Images) have the following characteristics:

KU: Represents the Unconscious Mind. Has a short headdress (meaning that the
Unconscious Mind does not have a lot of imagination), with streamers reaching all the way
down to the ground (meaning the Unconscious Mind has full contact with the physical, and
the eyes are partially open (meaning the Unconscious Mind has some contact with the
outer world).

LONO: Represents the Conscious Mind. Has a tall headdress (meaning the Conscious Mind
has a lofty creative imagination) but there are no eyes (meaning that the Conscious Mind
no contact with outside world).

KANE: Represents the Higher Conscious Mind. The Higher Self would be represented by
an uncarved upright stone, since mankind cannot put form to the formless one.
What's interesting is that Ku, Lono, and Kane are also the names of three of the four major
gods in the Hawaiian system. (More about the fourth in just a moment.) Why is this so?
Why are the names of these major Hawaiian gods the same as the name of the three
selves? The reason is one of the most important assumptions of the Huna magic system --
the Law of Correspondence, (as stated by the Kahuna Kapihe in Kona in 1850) which is "E
iho ana o luna. E pii ana o lalo," which implies, "That which is above is like that which is

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below, and that which is below is like that which is above." Ultimately what this means is
that, taken in total, you are no different from the universe. So if you are the same as the
universe then the Higher Self, Kane, is the same as the creator, Kane. Lono, as the
representation of the Conscious Mind is also the God of knowledge, intellect, and
celebration (among other things). Ku, as the representation of the Unconscious Mind is
also the god of the physical, the emotions, and interestingly enough, war and conflict.

KANALOA: Now, how about the fourth major god in the ancient Hawaiian system? Well as
we already know the fourth major element in the equation of the make up of the human
mind, is Mana, and the highest kind of Mana was called Mana-loa, so the fourth major god
was called Kanaloa. He was the god of the Oceans (code word for Mana), and of healing,
and he is called upon in the ancient chant, Pule Hee:

"E Kanaloa, ke akua o ka hee ... E ka hee o kai uli."

"Please listen oh Kanaloa, god of the healing light, god of change and healing ... By means of
flowing from the source ... let the Mana flow."

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THE BODIES OF MANKIND

We have seen that we have three minds. Next, we need to know that each mind resides in a
different body. First we have a physical body, which provides the physical support for the
three other bodies that house the three minds. The Emotional Body (in the Western

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system also called the Astral Body) houses the Unconscious Mind. The Mental Body houses
the Conscious Mind. The Spiritual Body houses the Higher Conscious Mind. Each of the
minds controls the body in which it resides.

The three minds & four bodies:

This completes the picture of the minds and bodies of mankind. Next, how do we as an
individual evolve according to the ancient Hawaiian system.

THE EVOLUTION OF MANKIND: The great Kahuna, Daddy Bray said that moving from
Unconscious Mind to Conscious Mind to Higher Conscious Mind is the lesson of life, and
moving from Higher Conscious Mind to Conscious Mind to Unconscious Mind is the lesson
of Kahuna Mastery. What did he mean by this? What are the implications of this kind of
thinking?
Let's see from our own experience how this is true. We all know people who only
experience or pay attention to the physical body. We expect that this type of person is not
very evolved, since his concerns are very often just about physical or material issues.
Some people only experience the physical and the emotional body together. This person
will be more in touch with their emotions, yet not very intellectually developed.
Some people experience just the Physical and the Mental Body, but not the Emotional. This
person will likely be dissociated from their feelings.

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And if someone was without the development of one or more of the bodies, then they
would be unable to perform a function relating to that body. So for example, someone not
having the emotional body fully developed would be unable to feel or express tender
affections, being incapable of feeling them personally or understanding them in other
people.
Worldwide, in the average man, the physical body is the only body that has fully evolved.
In some people in the developed parts of the world, we find that the emotional body has
matured, and the mental body has grown up to be capable of functioning subjectively.
Often in this person, the mental body is not mature enough to carry the ability of abstract
thought. It is even more rare to find the progression of thought including true spiritual
nature and not just emotional ideals. The great thinkers and healers of our time would, of
course, have all four bodies functioning.
Of course we could go on and on with examples of different combinations, but we would
ultimately have to say that spiritual evolution in the Huna system involves the maturing
the bodies (and the functions of each body). In Huna, the means of an individual's spiritual
growth is to create the development of full integrated functioning in each of the bodies, as
they develop and mature. Since each body matures fully at a different age, all are not
available for development at the same time. But as a person matures, then each body
becomes available to be developed and integrated:

THE PHYSICAL BODY: Is made up of flesh and blood. It is of the material world, and is
ready to be developed (although it is not fully developed) at birth.

THE EMOTIONAL BODY: This body resides on the Astral or Psychic Plane, and is
sometimes in Eastern esoteric schools called the Desire Body. As the Emotional Body
comes into maturity, the instincts, passions, and the desire to attract or possess also begin
to mature. The development of this body begins when the person is born. It is half-way
mature at puberty, and as that happens we begin to notice an increase in emotions,
response to attraction, the beginnings of picture consciousness, and the desire for union.
Now, it becomes possible for the individual to express tender affections -- his or her
emotional side. Maturity of this body can be complete in the teenage years.

THE MENTAL BODY: The Mental Body (located on the Mental Plane) comes into play, and
concrete thought begins to be possible. The individual begins to experience finiteness,
boundaries & limits. The Mental Body can be roughly half-way mature by the mid- to late-
twenties. As the maturing process continues the mind now begins to develop the ability to
appreciate abstract qualities. Both deductive and inductive thinking processes can now
begin to be developed. The Mental Body can be fully mature in the mid-thirties.
Half way through the maturity of the Mental Body, the spiritual nature of the individual
quickens -- the individual may now feel an urgency to get on with "something," usually
spiritual. This development of increasing maturity can bring about a spiritual awakening
where the individual reevaluates his entire life's path, and direction. In Western society,
this awakening, which can come between the ages of 28 and 32, is often viewed as a crisis
instead of a natural development of the Mental Body. In Western astrology this
corresponds to the Saturn return.
THE SPIRITUAL BODY: To complete the evolutionary cycle, the being must return to
spirit. Although maturity of the Spiritual Body is possible to develop beginning after the
development of the Mental Body in the mid-thirties, an individual may not ever be aware
of their Spiritual Body in a single lifetime. The Spiritual Body can be half-way matured in
the late forties, and complete in the fifties. If it does, spiritual pursuits may become all-
important, all-consuming.
Half-way through the maturity of the Spiritual Body or sometimes even later, the spiritual
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was attended to in the late 20's, then this quickening will likely not be disruptive. If the
spiritual awakening was not fully attended to in the late twenties, there can be another
reevaluation at this time, and this may also be mistakenly viewed as a crisis. In Western
astrology, this time corresponds to the Uranus opposition, and may bring a mid-life crisis.
It is important to remember that, while the various bodies are available to mature at these
ages, individuals develop at different speeds, so someone may develop spiritually very
early on, while another may develop late in life, or may not develop spiritually at all. The
Kahuna of ancient Hawaii were adept at discovering which children would develop quickly
and which ones would not. Uncle George (our mentor in the ancient Hawaiian chants,
George Naope) was selected at a very young age to learn the ancient chants by his
grandmother.

BALANCE DURING GROWTH: Balancing of the functions of each of the bodies is

especially important when it comes to processes which speed up our evolution, such as
bringing down spirit. Each of the bodies needs to be balanced so that the person remains
balanced. The ancient saying is, "Noa first then Noho"

Noa: Freed from taboo, constantly burning, of fire, or the cleansing through the fire of
spirit.

Noho: Bringing spirit down inside the physical body

One process by which we do this, then, is breathing. Since Mana, the life force energy, is
the fourth element in our transformational equation, and since the word for four is "Ha,"
also meaning breath, the way is through the breathing. (See Meditation "Ha" Breathing)

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THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION

Spiritual evolution is the fundamental work of mankind. As we begin our climb up out of
the lowest depths of the evolutionary path, we begin to realize that there is something
more to life. At some point in our climb we begin to ask, "What can I do spiritually to
evolve myself more quickly?"

First consider that we are evolving not as one self, or one mind, but as three. Continuing
evolution for all forms of life moving from the lowest form to the highest form is a basic
concept in Huna, well documented in the Kumulipo (the ancient Hawaiian chant of
creation). [Beckwith, 1951] It is easiest to think of all three of the selves of a man
incarnating in a single human being, and then each one evolving so that the Unconscious
Mind evolves to become a Conscious Mind, and the Conscious Mind evolves to become a
Higher Conscious Mind. Think of the three as a team -- when one of the team steps up, the
others step up also.

OUR OWN EVOLUTION: The description of the Higher Self lights the evolutionary path for
us. Our evolution as a Conscious Mind requires that we first establish rapport with the
Unconscious Mind. It is a mistake to believe that the Unconscious Mind can be beaten into
submission. It must be loved and nurtured by the Conscious Mind, as a parent would love a
child.
Then with the rapport established, the Unconscious Mind must be cleared of all negative
emotions, fixations, complexes and false identifications. This is what is required for the
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must assist the Unconscious Mind to do this process. As is shown in the work of Milton
Erickson, clearing out all the negative emotions, fixations, complexes and false
identifications must be accomplished by the cooperation of both the Conscious Mind and
the Unconscious Mind.
When this has been accomplished, we must then balance the energy in the Physical Body
so that the neurology can handle the balanced energy of the Higher Self. This means we
must balance the male and female, the fire and water, the Yin and Yang.
This balance will culture the nervous system so that it can handle the higher Vibrational
energies -- the higher vibration or frequency of the Higher Self. We the need to continue to
raise the ability of the nervous system to handle higher an higher vibrations and
frequencies of the energy. Some specific ways for doing this are outlined in Meditation,
Chanting and Symbols
Next read about Ho'oponopono

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Throughout the world, all the ancient teachings agree - any Kahuna, Shamanistic, or
magical discipline requires that the Kahuna be able to enter an altered state rapidly and at
will. But what kind of an altered state? The word Kahu-na will give us a clue. Na means
"quiet, calm, centered." So some kind of ability to enter a calm centered state is what is
necessary. But that in itself is not really quite enough in Huna.

You see, in actual practice, a calm, centered state is just the first step. Ultimately, we must
reveal the finer planes of creation or levels of the creation, unseen to the normal eye must
be revealed directly to the Kahuna. To achieve this, many cultures used drugs. Native
Americans in dry southern climates used peyote. Rituals, such as rattling or drumming,
were also used to induce an altered state.
But, to be honest, Hawaii didn't really have an effective substance for achieving altered
states. Awa (kavakava) is only mildly hallucinogenic. (Personally, we find this rather
refreshing to find that in Huna we do not need to take massive amounts of mind altering
drugs as did some of our counterparts in other cultures because excessive drug use can
lock you into the lower planes, and thus de-evolve the user.) So in Hawaii, other means
were found to evolve the consciousness.
In every system, one of the first things a Kahuna learns is the ability to access altered
states rapidly, and it is having this ability that will often determine success. The first step
in cultivating the ability to rapidly access altered states rapidly, is to learn a form of active
meditation -- Hakalau! Learning how to breathe in preparation for meditation is also
important -- Ha breathing.

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WHY WE CHANT: Once a Kahuna who had been a student of Daddy Bray's, asked, "Why
do you chant those old chants, why don't you let them die?" "Because they won't die," we
replied. Even today they still call to us to be chanted. We know that Daddy Bray himself
didn't feel that way about chanting. He chanted nearly every time he taught Huna, and he
did think it was important. So why do we chant?

We chant because chanting opens up the heart, and makes it swell and expand. We chant
because at the deepest level of the meaning of the chant there is a vibration that
corresponds to the meaning, and chanting opens up the neurology to that vibration.

Once, someone asked Swami Muktananda (an Indian swami, and master teacher of
meditation) why he chanted and taught chanting, and he said, "We chant because without
the chant, the heart of a yogi becomes as dry as a leaf in the fall, and as brittle, too."

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The theory of chanting in both the Hawaiian system and the Sanskrit system (in India)
says that the sounds being chanted, the tonal patterns and the frequency of the vibration
of the sounds, invoke in the neurology of the listener and also the chanter, the deepest
spiritual essence of what is being spoken of in the chant. Remember listening to a song,
and notice that each word has a certain vibration in addition to the tune. In a Hawaiian
chant, the vibration of the word has the same frequency as what is being spoken of at the
deepest level of the chant. The ancient languages including Hawaiian, Greek, Latin, Hebrew
have this effect. English does not.

If you are Catholic, what was the difference between the Mass in Latin and the Mass in
English? Do you remember the difference? Even if you do not remember, statistics show
that attendance of the Sunday Mass dropped significantly when the Latin was eliminated.
English, on the other hand, is a modern language, and so does not carry the same
vibrations at its deeper level of sound as do the ancient languages.
We have 10 to 10 to the 11th possible neurological connections inside our body, according
to Dr. Paul Goodwin, Neurophysicist, at Alaska Pacific University. We only use 10-15% of
them, he says. But what do you think the rest of the neurology is for? To be developed, we
believe.

Chanting does that, making new neurological connections which allow the experience of
subtler levels of creation and vibration.
That's why the tradition of Huna includes chanting. For example, we include chanting
because by hearing the chants, every single pattern of sounds connects a certain set of
neurology inside. So, simply hearing the sounds of the chants establishes certain
neurological connections that you may have had before but do not currently have. If you
have them already, then it strengthens those neurological connections.
Simply put, we chant to expand our neurology and attune it to spirit, and to expand our
consciousness.

THE DEEPER MEANING: Now, what do we mean by "deeper meaning?" The English
language has 22 consonants and 7 vowels. The Hawaiian Language has 7 consonants (plus
the glottal stop which is counted as a consonant by some linguists) -- h, k(t), l, m, n, p, w,
plus the 5 vowels -- a, e, i, o, u. When you look at the structure of the Hawaiian language,
from what you have seen here, you begin to notice that there are very few consonants. In
fact seven or eight consonants and all the vowels makes the language extremely simple.
But the other thing about the language being that simple is that it's necessary for each
single word to have a number of different meanings. Each word will need to have more
meanings than English, some up to seven or eight meanings.

Each word in Hawaiian has to do 3 or more times the work to produce the same meanings
in Hawaiian that it does in English. This may have made Hawaiian the first phonologically
ambiguous language!
Let's look at a part of one of the chants:

E Iho ana o Luna

E Pii ana o lalo
E Hui ana na moku
E Ku ana ka paia

This was originally translated as:

This: was originally translated as

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"That which is above shall come down,
that which is below shall be raised up.
The islands shall be united,
and the walls shall stand up right."

It was taken to be a prediction of King Kamehameha's uniting of all the islands around the
late 1800's, as predicted by the Kahuna Kapihe of Kona, in 1850.
But if you look at it with a different Kaona (a key to the context for translation of the
chant), and you notice that "E Hui ana na moku" if taken as being inside the self could also
mean to "make one of all the islands inside the self," then you get a substantially different
translation:
"Bring down that which is above by means of the light.

To ascend take from darkness into light that which is below by means of light."
This will transform the spiritual energy as it flows from the source and integrates all the
islands (inside you), giving peace.
This will affect you profoundly, and change your life bringing illumination, and you will
feel the delightful supreme fire."

What a difference! It is not surprising, however, that when the missionaries arrived, the
Kahuna, who were MUCH more spiritually evolved than the missionaries were, hid the
truth (about the ancient teachings) in the simple legends the missionaries wrote down for
posterity. We believe that every single Hawaiian legend that predates 1850, probably has
hidden inside it, the ancient teachings. (Further research needs to be done on the
Fornander Collection, for example.)

Discovering this is one of our great passions, and we are still in the process of going back
and rediscovering the ancient hidden teachings. The reason why we like Huna is because it
was relatively untouched by Western hands until the first missionaries arrived in Hawaii
in 1820, and when the original teachings were hidden, they were well hidden. So, much of
the teaching of Huna is relatively well preserved. Unlike other disciplines in North
America and the world, the Hawaiians were only subjected to persecution of the
knowledge for a short period of time.
When the missionary arrived in Hawaii, he looked at the Hawaiians who were dressed in
fewer clothes, and decided that he (the missionary) was superior. They came from Boston,
wearing tall hats, dark coats, long woolen trousers and long underwear because that is the
way one dressed. They looked at the Hawaiians and said, "Look at how they dress. What
could they know?" So, the newcomers outlawed the practice of Huna, and that, in a country
that prides itself in the freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

It may also be that the Kahuna did not just hide the truth; it may just be that the
missionaries were not capable of understanding the truth. There are, however, numerous
stories of the missionaries' inability to comprehend. Leinani Melville [Melville, 1969] says
that the Kahuna refused to share any more information with the missionaries when the
later refused to acknowledge that the ancestors of the Hawaiians could have come from Na
Lani (the heavens). If they could not even get that right, how could they be trusted with
more sacred things which were beyond their comprehension?
It is fortunate that the ancient teachings of Hawaii were only suppressed for seven
generations, instead of twenty or thirty generations as in the other parts of the world. So,
one job that still needs to be done is to retranslate more of the ancient chants, to bring
back the ancient meanings.
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THE USE OF SYMBOLS IN CHANNELING

ENERGY
Na'ao Opua Kilokilo - Ka Haiki a Na Lani

Kahekili Naue Ika Honua Archeologists studying the Hawaiians have concluded that the
ancient Hawaiians had no written language. This, of course, is plausible. However, just
because no written language has been discovered, does not mean that a written language
did not exist in Hawaii before the coming of the white man. The absence of proof for the
missionaries does not mean that there was no written language. In fact, the great chanter
and hula master, John Kaimikaua tells the story of Kawahine Kawahele Ka Po Kane.

The ancient Hawaiian symbols that are on this page are Copyright © 1997, Tad James and
Advanced Neuro Dynamics and are reprinted with permission from the book The Lost
Secrets of Ancient Hawaiian Huna. All rights reserved. Find info about NLP here.

Kahikili Naue Ika Honua

At age 14, he met one of his teachers, Kawahine Kawahele Ka Po Kane. He spent three
years with her learning from her all about the ancient teachings. She was 92, still stood
erect, was still very intelligent, and she still danced like a young woman. She was an
incredible chanter -- she could make her voice sound like what she was chanting about -
the crashing waves, or the wind, or what ever she was chanting about.
John studied with her three years, and the last day, she gave him a genealogy of her lineage
going back to roughly 900 A.D. to La'ila'i. She told John he could add to the genealogy, and
she made many predictions. She said all the chants, ceremonies were all Kapu, but @ death
she would make them all free, and take the Kapu with her. The time of the Kapu has been
fulfilled, and this generation is, for the first time free, for the ancient ways to come back.

Kaoi and John Kaimikaua

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One of the legacies she left to John was a written language. It is not possible to verify that
this language predated the coming of the white man, but we believe that it did. It is very
possible that, in spite of what the archeologists have told us, the ancient Hawaiian had
ways to symbolize his thoughts.
What follows is another description of a complex system of symbolizing someone's
thoughts that we also believe predated the advent of the westerners to Hawaii. At very
least it provided this function, or... it may have been more than that!

THE SYMBOLS: Na Ao Opua - Kilokilo, Ka Haiki A Na Lani are a series of 36 symbols which
were discovered in a series of manuscripts of a Kahuna, Kuauhaoali'i. The manuscripts are
estimated to be from approximately 1860. The manuscripts came into the hands of
Kiaina'auaomaikalani (Tad James) in September of 1990. When asked, Uncle George
(Lanakilakeikiahiali'i) said, "I'm not sure who Kuauhaoali'i was, but I remember Auntie Io
(Iolani Luahine) telling me that he was heavy!!" The manuscripts were copied for
preservation.

FOR PREDICTION: As we looked at the manuscripts, at first glance the symbols look as
though they are for Kilokilo or prediction. Kahuna of Hawaii in earlier times were expert in
prediction, and one of the ways was through the process of reading the Opua or clouds. In
fact, the surface level meaning of Opua hides the real meaning. So let's look at the deeper
level meaning of Opua and of the symbols:

Na: Plural, calmness, centeredness.

Ao: To teach, to become light, to enlighten.
Opua: Clouds, a class of gods among the Poe Akua Noho.
Kilokilo: Divination or prediction - knowledge of the most subtle realm - at the deepest
level, possibly "enlightenment."

Ka: The, light.

Haiki: Supreme Mana riding on the breath.
A Na Lani: From the heavens

DEEPER LEVEL: So, "Na Ao Opua Kilokilo -- Ka Haiki A Na Lani" could be a process by
which one experiences enlightened states as a result of gods or energies of the Noho
category -- The means of Noho is by bringing down the light from the heavens through the
supreme Mana riding on the breath.

Our research into the nature of the symbols allowed us to realize that the symbols were
intended for more than just divination -- they were for personal transformation and
evolution.

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Ho'oponopono means to make right. Essentially, it means to make it right with the
ancestors, or to make right with the people with whom you have relationships. We believe
that the original purpose of Ho'oponopono was to correct the wrongs that had occurred in
someone's life including Hala (to miss the thing aimed for, or to err, to disobey) and Hewa

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(to go overboard or to do something to excess) which were illusions, and even 'Ino (to do
harm, implying to do harm to someone with hate in mind), even if accidental.

This description is by no means a complete training in how to do Ho'oponopono. While

appropriate to do for yourself, for yours and others safety, it should not be done with
someone else without training.
For example, let's say your five-year-old grandson punched another five-year-old
intentionally with hate in mind. If asked, then the one who was punched would forgive the
other immediately, because it is inappropriate for anyone to carry guilt any longer than
they had to, if it were not necessary.

We call this the Hawaiian Code of Forgiveness, and it's an important thought, because
when we forgive others, who are we forgiving? Ourselves, of course.
If you are familiar with Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), there is a saying, "People are
only doing the best they can with the resources they have available." If you've heard that
before, it has to do with forgiveness. Think about it. As you do consider that you are
included in "people."

In the Eastern traditions, too, there is a real tradition of being aligned with and cleaning up
relations with the ancestors. In Japan, China, as well as the Hawaiian tradition, it is thought
to be important to align and clean up any past problems that you've had in relationships,
especially with relatives.
At the same time, perhaps there are family patterns you do not want. Certainly you have
heard the saying, "We just don't do that in our family," or "That's the way it is in our
family." What happens then, is that certain generational themes get passed along in
families, like sadness or any number of different traits. Ho'oponopono will allow you to
clean this up.

THEORY: We carry inside us as parts of the Unconscious Mind, all the significant people in
our lives. (These parts of us often look very much like Carl Jung's archetypes.)
Ho'oponopono makes it "all right" with them. The process of Ho'oponopono is to align
with and clean up our genealogy as well as to clean up our relationships with other people
in our lives.

The Process of Ho'oponopono:

1. Bring to mind anyone with whom you do not feel total alignment or support, etc.
2. In your mind's eye, construct a small stage below you
3. Imagine an infinite source of love and healing flowing from a source above the top
of your head (from your Higher Self), and open up the top of your head, and let the
source of love and healing flow down inside your body, fill up the body, and
overflow out your heart to heal up the person on the stage. Be sure it is all right for
you to heal the person and that they accept the healing.
4. When the healing is complete, have a discussion with the person and forgive them,
and have them forgive you.
5. Next, let go of the person, and see them floating away. As they do, cut the aka cord
that connects the two of you (if appropriate). If you are healing in a current
primary relationship, then assimilate the person inside you.
6. Do this with every person in your life with whom you are incomplete, or not
aligned.
The final test is, can you see the person or think of them without feeling any
negative emotions. If you do feel negative emotions when you do, then do the
process again.

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The meaning of ALOHA

A = AO
L = LOKAHI
O = OIAIO
As a code of conduct, a way of acting.
H = HA'A HA'A
A = ALOHA

As our power grows to a higher level, our capabilities will grow, too. The paradox is that as
our own power increases, we use less and less of it. The more powerful we become, the more
powerful our words are, the more attention we need to pay to what we do with our actions,
thoughts and words. When we become totally powerful, we don't use it at all.

A = AO

Appears as AO, NA AO, NA AU AO

1. Light - In our behavior, one of the things that we need to do is to look to see that
all of our behavior moves us toward the light. Therefore always ask: does my
behavior lead me toward earth-ing my energy or toward enlightenment? So we
should be acting in a way that leads others and ourselves toward the light, in the
direction of the light with watchful alertness.

2. To look -HO'O AO to look for right time and right place. To pay attention to what's
happening around you, look outside self, being circumscribed (meaning
appropriate in all occasions). Someone not circumscribed will act silly and talk,
talk, talk... And when we talk we're not listening. Interesting people like to
overwhelm us. Interested people listen to us. So, look around and take everything
in. Pay attention!! You have to choose whether it is the right timing to say what you
have to say out loud or not.

L = LOKAHI

Oneness. Oneness among us. All is one. We need to support the people that are with us on
the path. Anything less that 100% support is sabotage. Oneness requires being PONO and
ONE with everybody. PONO means, if you've got something with me, come and tell me. The
process can be done inside self and outside in person. Get together and talk it out. (KUKA
KUKA) If you are "inside" you can't look to the other person to see if you're PONO. This is
why it is very important to know how to listen and look across rather than talk and look
inside.
"Every breath of air coming out your mouth, sucks your eyes out."
O = OIAIO

I'O = truth. Tell the truth. Most of us are too polite to tell each other the truth and by this
action we actually don't participate totally in the process of constructing our Universe.
Apart of the fact that we put this message out as being all right, we hold back a part of us
and we don't have total truth. Therefore we can't have Oneness. Withholding something
back is just not allowing us to be one with anyone.

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We can't have LOKAHI without full OIAIO. If we don't trust people with the same goals &
aspirations as ourselves, that are on the same path, then who can we trust????

H = HA'A HA'A

Means to be humble. HA'A HA'A is a very important concept in being aware. Ego is a big
trap in the spiritual evolution. The minute you think you know something, you're ruined in
spiritual matters. The only reason you're not saying the truth is ego. "He doesn't deserve
the truth". If you play the game of power you'll always have to know more than others. If
you're playing the game of showing off, you'll always have to have more than others to
show.

On the other hand, the more you're putting out there in terms of sharing with others, the
more is coming back to you, and accordingly you get more and more energy coming to you.

Remember to remain humble. If you think you know more than others, then you have to
prove it, and the minute you have to prove it, it becomes power and the minute it's power
it's not the last A...which is:

A = ALOHA
Absolute, true love. The minute you think you're better than somebody else, the minute
you make comparisons, judgments and spiritual judgments, you separate yourself from
the true Love. In that moment you give up the spark of divine essence that comes from
pure spirit, the love that we are, all of us. The minute we make comparisons, we're not
HA'A HA'A. According to the research, Elizabeth Kubler Ross, wrote in a book: "before you
go you're going to be asked: Did you love enough? Did you learn enough?"
Many of the Advanced Huna Techniques are involved with the process of working with
gods & goddesses, and with casting spells. As one advances in Huna it is also important to
be protected: Read about Protecting Yourself
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THE ACTIVE MEDITATION OF THE KAHUNA

One meaning of Hakalau is, "To stare at as in meditation and to allow to spread out." If
you've never tried it before, right now, this technique can be a real eye opener. Try it.

1. Ho'ohaka: Just pick a spot on the wall to look at, preferably above eye level, so
that your field of vision seems to bump up against your eyebrows, but the eyes are
not so high so as to cut off the field of vision.
2.
3. Kuu: "To let go." As you stare at this spot, just let your mind go loose, and focus all
of your attention on the spot.
4. Lau: "To spread out." Notice that within a matter of moments, your vision begins
to spread out, and you see more in the peripheral than you do in the central part of
your vision.
5. Hakalau: Now, pay attention to the peripheral. In fact, pay more attention to the
peripheral than to the central part of your vision.
6. Ho'okohi: Stay in this state for as long as you can. Notice how it feels. Notice the
ecstatic feelings that begin to come to you as you continue the state.

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 (Notice that this description is almost the same as Patanjali's description in the
Yoga Sutras of Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi leading to Samyama.)

Hakalau is the means, then, in the Hawaiian system for entering a rapid trance
state at will. In our Huna Intensives given in Hawaii, we suggest to the Haumana
(students) that they use this technique inside and outside of class -- all the time --
until it becomes automatic. This is the state we are in as we go from place to place,
walking, cycling, riding in a car, etc. And as you do it more and more, you will also
find that it is impossible to hold a negative state in consciousness when you are in
peripheral vision. Hakalau is also why some Shamans won't actually make eye
contact with you, because it could interfere with the state. (Truthfully, if eye
contact can interfere with your state then you need more practice with a qualified
guide.)

The ability to enter a trance state rapidly, and at will is deepened by sitting in
meditation and deepening the experience. The technique is practiced with the eyes
closed, and adds some additional techniques to Hakalau.
To experience Hi'olani -- the sitting meditation of the Kahuna click here Hi'olani
Learning how to breathe in preparation for meditation is also important -- Ha
breathing.

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Ancient Hawaiian Tiki Gods!

Hawaiian Mythology &
Tiki God History
In ancient mythic Hawaii, from fire spewing volcanos too powerful crashing surf, ancient
Hawaiians filled their amazing land and history with tiki gods. Ancient oracles of Hawaiian
kahunas perched on volcanic cliffs, carved wooden tikis peering through the rainforest,
mystic caves along the cost and great tiki god temples of sacrifice were located amongst
the Hawaiian tiki villages and islands. They were worshipped through human sacrifice,
chants (for wealth, death or love), prayers, surfing and lava sledding. (see the bottom of
the page for this amazing sign of devotion in which the hawaiians sled down a volcano at
speeds up to 50mph!)

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Ancient Hawaii was a mythic land with freighting tiki masked warriors appearing from
steaming jungles and many unique and interesting gods and legends. To cover all of the
Hawaiians legends and gods would take volumes so I have selected what I feel to be the
most amazing and wondrous gods and myths. Such as the major Hawaiian tiki gods, shark
gods, dogmen, fantastic weapons and nightmarchers. (Hawaiian legends are full of dog
men, shark men, rat men, bird men, and hog men, even hawaiians born as inanimate
objects, like a rope!)

The Four Major Tiki Gods

Hawaiian Forces of Nature Personified

Ku – Ancient Tiki God of War

In Hawaiian mythology Ku is one of the four great gods along with the ancient tiki gods,
Kanaloa, Kane, and Lono. He was the husband of the goddess Hina (Beckwith 1970:12),
suggesting a complementary dualism as the word ku in the Hawaiian language means
"standing up" while one meaning of 'hina' is 'fallen down.'

Ku is worshipped under many names, including Ku-ka-ili-moku, the "Seizer of Land" (a

feather-god, the guardian of Kamehameha). Rituals included human sacrifice, which was
not part of the worship of the other gods. Ku, Kane, and Lono caused light to shine in upon
the world. They are uncreated gods who have existed from eternity (Tregear 1891:540).

Lono – Ancient Tiki God of Fertility and Peace

In Hawaiian mythology, Lono is a fertility and music god who descended to Earth on a
rainbow to marry Laka. In agricultural and planting traditions, Lono was identified with
rain and food plants. He was one of the four gods (with Ku, Kane, and his twin brother
Kanaloa) who existed before the world was created. Lono was also the god of peace. In his
honor, the great annual festival of the Makahiki was held. During this period (from
October through February), all unnecessary work and war was kapu (taboo). This is also

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the season of taxes, olympic like games and when chiefs regrouped their forces (and
organized campaigns ironically).

Lono and the death of Captain Cook

Some Hawaiians believed that Captain James Cook was Lono returned and indeed this fact
may have ultimately contributed to Capt. Cook's death (see James Cook - Third voyage
(1776-1779)). However, it is uncertain whether Captian Cook was taken for the god Lono
or one of several historical or legendary figures who were also referred to as Lono-i-ka-
Makahiki. According to Beckwith, there was indeed a tradition that such a human
manifestation of the god [Lono] had actually appeared, established games and perhaps the
annual taxing, and then departed to "Kahiki," promising to return "by sea on the canoes
‘Auwa’alalua" according to the prose note. "A Spanish man of war" translates the queen,
remembering a tradition of arrival of a Spanish galleon beaten out of its course in the early
days of exploration of the Pacific; "a very large double canoe" is Mrs. Pukui's more literal
rendering, from ‘Au[hau]-wa’a-l[o]a-lua. The blue-sailed jellyfish we call "Portuguese man-
of-war" Hawaiians speak of, perhaps half in derision, as ‘Auwa’alalua. The mother honored
Keawe's son, perhaps born propitiously during the period of the Makahiki, by giving him
the name of Lono-i-ka-Makahiki, seeing perhaps in the child a symbol of the tiki god's
promised return.” (Beckwith 1951).

Kane– Ancient Tiki God of Light and Life

In Hawaiian mythology, Kane Milohai is the father of the tiki gods Ka-moho-ali'i, Pele
(whom he exiled to Hawaii), Kapo, Namaka and Hi'iaka by Haumea. He created the sky,
earth and upper heaven and gave Kumu-Honua the garden. He owned a tiny seashell that,
when placed on the ocean's waves, turned into a huge sailboat. The user of the boat had
merely to state his destination and the boat took him there. In agricultural and planting
traditions, Kane was identified with the sun.

The word Kane alone means "man". As a creative force, Kane was the heavenly father of all
men. As he was the father of all living things, he was a symbol of life in nature.

In many chants and legends of Ancient Hawaii, Kane is paired with the god Kanaloa, and is
considered one of the four great Hawaiian divinities along with Kanaloa, Ku, and Lono.
Alternatively known as Kane, Kane-Hekili ("thunderer" or "lightning breaking through the
sky"), Kane Hoalani.

Kanaloa – Ancient Tiki God the Sea

Kanaloa is one of the four great gods of Hawaiian mythology, along with Kane, Ku, and
Lono. He is the local form of a Polynesian deity generally connected with the sea. Roughly
equivalent deities are known as Tangaroa in New Zealand, Tagaloa in Samoa, and Ta'aroa
in Tahiti.

In the traditions of Ancient Hawaii, Kanaloa is symbolized by the squid, and is typically
associated with Kane in legends and chants where they are portrayed as complementary
powers (Beckwith 1970:62-65). For example: Kane was called upon during the building of
a canoe, Kanaloa during the sailing of it; Kane governed the northern edge of the ecliptic,
Kanaloa the southern; Kanaloa points to hidden springs, and Kane then taps them out. In
this way, they represent a divine duality of wild and taming forces like those observed (by
Georges Dumezil, et al.) in Indo-European chief god-pairs like Odin-Tyr and Mitra-Varuna,
and like the popular yin-yang of Chinese Taoism.
Interpretations of Kanaloa as a god of evil opposing the good Kane (a reading that defies
their paired invocations and shared devotees in Ancient Hawaii) is likely the result of
European missionary efforts to recast the four major divinities of Hawaii in the image of
the Christian Trinity plus Satan.

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Minor Tiki Gods and Legends

Kauhuhu - The Shark God of Molokai

Kauhuhu lives in a cave on the side of a high ocean cliff that is protected by two ancient
Hawaiian dragons. He arrives to his cave by riding the eighth wave in a set of giant waves.
He devoured any man the saw him and his dragons killed anyone who entered his cave.
Once however he found a man in his cave and quickly pounced on him and had him
halfway in his mouth when he took pity on him. The man, Kamalo, was able to explain
quickly enough that his sons had been murdered for playing a powerful chiefs tiki drums.
The chief, Kapu, was very powerful and everyone feared him so Kamalo had to seek
Kauhuhu, the shark god.
The shark god instructed Kamalo to return to his village in the Mapulehu Valley and to
prepare a sanctuary with many sacred animals and surrounded by sacred white tapa kapu
staffs. Then he would wait the arrival of the shark god. A giant cloud would float against
the wind over from the Lanai island. It would grow in size and cover the mountains above
Mapulehu Valley. From it a rainbow would appear and Kamalo would know the shark god
had arriaved.

Kamalo returned to his home and took care of the shark gods old priest (kahuna) who he
carried up a cliff, he then placed the kapu staffs in a large ring on the cliff, fencing in the
sacred animals. Kamalo called all those close to him together to live within the enclosure.
Then he waited with his eyes toward Lanai.
Months past until the cloud appeared, it traveled against the wind and came to rest above
the mountains that loomed over the Mapulehu Valley. A rainbow appeared and the winds
began to pick up force. Towering dark Storm clouds soon blew in and a great storm began
to rage. Lightning broke the sky and torrential rains poured forth in quantities the island
had never known. The water rushed down the mountains into the valley in a flash flood.
The torrent rushed from the mountain with such force everything before it was swept up
into it. The only area that was not devastated was the sanctuary with in the kapu staffs
where Kamalo and his followers watched in awe. The storm ravaged the land and the
waters flooded the valley, washing everything before it away. Kupa, his home, all of his
followers and possessions were washed into the sea where the people of Kauhuhu's
sharks awaited to deliver Kamalo's final revenge. The bay waters were soon stained red
with the blood of Kupa and his followers.
After this day the bay was known as Aikanaka, meaning 'man-eater', and everyone learned
a great respect for the power of clouds in the peaks above their village. Everyone that
heard the story also learned great respect for the power of the Shark God, Kauhuhu.
 
Kaupe - The Cannibal Dog Man
In ancient Hawaii, there was a class of people called Olohe who were hairless and often
specialized in wrestling and bone breaking. Unfortunately, they were also known to be
cannibals and robbers. Their leader was Kaupe and he had the power to turn into a giant
dog. He used these powers to stalk and kill men until his death. Now he hunts hawaiians as
a ghost dog.

Nightmarchers
In Hawaiian legend, Nightmarchers (huaka'i po or "Spirit Ranks," 'oi'o) are the ghosts of
ancient Hawaiian warriors. On certain nights, they are said come forth from their burial
sites to march out, weapons in hand, to past battles or to other sacred places. Anyone
living near their path may hear chanting and marching, and must go inside to avoid notice.
They might appear during the day if coming to escort a dying relative to the spirit world.
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marcher's ranks- some people maintain that if you lie face down on the ground they will
not see you. Others say that this only works if you are naked. Still others say that you
should be naked, lie face up and feign sleep. Placing leaves of the ti (Cordyline sp.) around
one's home is said to keep away all evil spirits, and will cause the huaka'i po to avoid the
area. Another be

Nanaue - The Shark Man

Once a shark king noticed a beautiful princess on a Hawaiian beach. He approached her in
the form of a great human chief and they fell in love. They were married and she became
pregnant. However, on the night before she gave birth to her son, Nanaue, the Shark King
departed. He warned her to never let the boy eat meat and returned to the sea.
When the boy was born the princess noticed a slit on his back, she kept it covered and hid
it from the village. As he grew this slit became a large shark mouth upon his back that he
kept covered from all. When the boy grew to be a man she could not eat with him because
of a strict taboo against women and men eating together. One day the boy ate meat and
developed a ravenous taste for it. From then on he would follow people to the beach when
they went swimming, he would then turn to the form of a giant shark and eat them as they
returned to the shore. However, after many died the village became suspicious and tore
Nanaue's shirt off revealing the large shark mouth on his back.
After much struggle and vicious bites from the mouth on Shark Man's back the villagers
tied him up. The high chief then ordered that a great oven be built and everyone dug a pit
and placed stones in it. They then attempted to heave the Shark Man into the oven, but he
then turned himself into shark form, snapping the ropes that bound him. Nanaue flopped,
snapped at people and eventually tumbled down a hill into a river that flowed from the
Waipio falls. The warriors of the valley ran along the side of the river, throwing spears and
stones at the giant shark, but none dared enter and before they could get their nets
Nanaue swam into the sea.
Nanaue swam far from Waipio valley and was not sighted again until he resurfaced in
Maui were they had not yet heard about the Shark Man. He resided near Hana and married
their chief, a beautiful women. There, he secretly fed on the people of Maui until he
became careless and was seen changing shape and attacking a victim. The villagers then
launched canoes and hunted Nanaue out of their waters.
Nanaue later surfaced in Maui where he settled near Hana. Unfortunately though, he
hadn't lost his taste for human flesh and he began feeding on innocent villagers. One day
he became careless though and was spotted changing into shark form to pursue a
swimmer. The warriors of Maui then lunched their canoes and pursued him instead! Using
spears and nets they attempted to capture and kill the Shark Man, but he slipped away into
the wide ocean.
Once again the Shark Man remerged onto a Hawaiian island. This time it was Molokai
where he began a new life. Swimmers began disappearing again though and suspicion was
raised. The network of Hawaiian Kahunas had by this time spread the word about the
dangerous Shark Man and kahunas of Molokai placed everyone on alert.
The fishermen, who were a crucial part of the effort to find the Shark Man, noticed a man
slip into the water and then a giant shark in the sea. They cautiously angled their boats
toward him then threw out their nets. The Shark Man was entangled, but he would soon
escape; however the warriors of Molokai were ready and launched their canoe and joined
the struggle. The great shark form of Nanaue was stabbed with spears and repeatedly
netted. Kahunas chanted and used all of their magic to sap the shark of his great strength.
The terrible struggle stained the sea red but the might of the Molokai fishermen, warriors
and kahunas proved to be too much for Nanaue. He was eventually dragged to the shore
where he was beaten with war clubs, slashed with sharktoothed weapons and stabbed
with spears. Finally the form of the great shark reverted back to that of a man with a shark
mouth on his back, bleeding from dozens of wounds in the shallow red stained surf.

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The high chief of Molokai then ordered Nanaue's body to be chopped up and the pieces
thrown into an oven. The villagers were happy to oblige and such was the end of the
Nanaue. Soon the word about his death spread like smoke from the oven, and all
Hawaiians breathed easier knowing the Shark Man had been vanquished. (for a longer
version see Hawaiian-Mythology)
Lua-o-Milu – Land of the Dead
In Hawaiian mythology, Lua-o-Milu is the land of the dead, ruled by Milu. Dead souls enter
Lua-o-Milu through a trail called Mahiki. The spirits of the dead can watch what the living
do and turn them to stone by staring at them.
(see see Hawaiian-Mythology for more information)

Other Ancient Hawaiian Tiki Gods

In a famous creation story, the demigod Maui fished the islands of Hawaii from the sea
after a little mistake he made on a fishing trip. From Haleakala, Maui ensnared the sun in
another story, forcing him to slow down so there was equal periods of darkness and light
each day. Pele is another famous deity, the fiery (in more then one way) daughter of Kane
who brought the sea to Hawaii and causes lava flows.
Ancient Hawaiian Lava Sledding
Hawaiian lava sledding (Hawaiian: he‘e holua, "mountain surfing") is a traditional sport of
Native Hawaiians. Similar to wave surfing, he‘e holua involves the use of a narrow 12 foot
long, 6 inch wide wooden sled (papaholua) made from native wood like Kau‘ila or Ohia.
The sled is used standing up, lying down, or kneeling, to ride down man-made courses of
lava rock, often reaching speeds of 50 mph or greater. In the past, Hawaiian lava sledding
was considered both a sport and a religious ritual for honoring the gods.

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