The Kahuna Sorcerers of Hawaii, Past and Present
Author: Julius Rodman
Publisher: Exposition Pressof Florida
Published: 1979-01-01
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780682491969
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Julius Rodman
Publisher: Exposition Pressof Florida
Published: 1979-01-01
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780682491969
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Serge Kahili King
Publisher: Quest Books
Published: 2014-05-27
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 0835631079
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The author sets forth the ancient Hawaiian tradition which includes a complete program for the prevention and cure of illness---a holistic health program involving the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of human beings.
Author: William Richards Castle
Publisher:
Published: 1917
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard Lightner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2004-08-30
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0313072981
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Hawaii has been referred to as the crossroads of the Pacific. This book illustrates how many world cultures and customs meet in the Hawaiian Islands, providing a chronological overview highlighted by extracts from important works that express Hawaii's unique history. This work starts with chronological chapters on general and ancient Hawaiian history and continues through early Western contact, the 19th century, and Hawaii's annexation to the United States. Topics include politics, religion, social issues, business, ethnic groups, and race relations.
Author: Moke Kupihea
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2004-03-03
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1594775761
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An extensive examination of Hawaiian spiritual tradition and its emphasis on ancestral spirits by a descendant of an ancient lineage of Hawaiian priests • Describes the time-honored intergenerational bond between a people and a land that embodies the heart of indigenous spirituality • A powerful and authentic portrait of a culture on the cusp of extinction In Hawaiian spiritual tradition, the sacred bond formed between the land and its people is perpetuated in every new generation by the voices of the ancestors who pass on this inheritance. Just as elders are the intermediaries between these voices and the younger generations, the na aumakua, or ancestral spirits, are the intermediaries between the living and the sacred land they inhabit. In The Seven Dawns of the Aumakua Moke Kupihea takes the reader on his journey from childhood to young manhood as he experiences what remains of the spirit of his ancestors and learns the importance of remembering. The descent of the aumakua and its spiritual link through the eyes, sound, voice, touch, people, and breath constitute its seven dawns--the means by which the author is reawakened to his native tradition. The author’s desire to know this tradition leads him as a young boy to seek out his kupuna--his elders, the old men of the mountains--and learn from them the stories to be found in each feature of the landscape. These men and the people he meets as he grows older became his kahu--his ancestral guardians--who teach him to understand that the world of ancestral voices still speaks, if only in a whisper. Learning how to hear these voices is the key for returning Hawaii to its proud spiritual path and learning to live mindfully and soulfully with the land and with all who have come before us.
Author: Charlotte Berney
Publisher: Crossing Press
Published: 2012-09-05
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 0307815390
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Huna is ancient and at the same time magnificently modern.The mystical practice of Kahuna evolved in isolation on the island paradise of Hawaii. The ancient Hawaiians valued words, prayer, their gods, the sacred, the breath, a loving spirit, family ties, the elements of nature, and mana-the vital life force-ideas profound yet elegantly simple. Discovering the concepts of Huna is like finding gemstones in a mountain-a joyous journey!
Author: Seth Archer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-04-26
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 1316800644
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Historian Seth Archer traces the cultural impact of disease and health problems in the Hawaiian Islands from the arrival of Europeans to 1855. Colonialism in Hawaiʻi began with epidemiological incursions, and Archer argues that health remained the national crisis of the islands for more than a century. Introduced diseases resulted in reduced life spans, rising infertility and infant mortality, and persistent poor health for generations of Islanders, leaving a deep imprint on Hawaiian culture and national consciousness. Scholars have noted the role of epidemics in the depopulation of Hawaiʻi and broader Oceania, yet few have considered the interplay between colonialism, health, and culture - including Native religion, medicine, and gender. This study emphasizes Islanders' own ideas about, and responses to, health challenges on the local level. Ultimately, Hawaiʻi provides a case study for health and culture change among Indigenous populations across the Americas and the Pacific.
Author: A. Grove Day
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2021-05-25
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0824885007
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over the past two centuries, a considerable number of Hawaiian legends have been translated into English. Although this material has been the subject of studies in anthropology, ethnology, and comparative mythology, no study has been made made of the translations and the translators themselves. Nor has a definitive bibliography of published translations been compiled. The purpose of this volume is to provide an extensive, annotated bibliography of both primary translations and secondary retellings in English, together with a historical and critical study of the more important translations.
Author: Daniel Punzak
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2017-04-06
Total Pages: 884
ISBN-13: 1524652369
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Traditional Western religion explains that each human has a spiritual aspect called a soul. However, several passages in the Bible allude to humans having a soul and a spirit. Dan has explored this idea and found numerous modern psychological findings that support this notion. Shamanism and some Eastern religious concepts also support this idea. Diverse concepts such as creativity and mental illness can be explained by the idea that two spiritual forms are in each human.