HUNA

On the other side of the planet we find Huna
the traditional psycho spiritual system of Hawaii.
We owe much of our knowledge of this nearly lost tradition
to Max Freedom Long who arrived in Hawaii
as a young teacher in 1917.
A student of world religions Long became fascinated
by the mysteries of huna and eventually discovered many
of the keys to its effectiveness.
According to Long's research there is reason to believe
that Huna is extremely ancient with roots that go back
to the ancestral cultures of the berbers in North Africa.
At some point in prehistory the ancestors of the Hawaiians
apparently migrated eastword first to India and then to Pacific.
Along the way the pure magick and spiritual teachings
of huna were subordinated to the trappings
of institutionalized religion.
When the chief priest learned through his psychic abilities
that Christian missionaries were coming to Hawaii
he assumed they were representatives of a faith
more pure and powerful than the existing native religion.
Figuring that this was a great opportunity
(with the aid and example of new teachers)
to recreate the original magick and spirituality
of the Hawaiian people he led a movement to cast down
the temples and dismantle the religious bureaucracy.
When the missionaries arrived they found the native religion
in disarray and lost no time exploiting the situation.
By the time the remaining Hawaiian
spiritual leaders realized that the missionaries
knew nothing of magick and had no interest
in the mysteries of the human spirit or psyche
Huna as an organized religion had almost ceased to exist.
When Long came on the scene nearly a century later he could
find no kahuna priests or priestesses who were willing
to tell him about their ancient traditions.
By using the Hawaiian language as a key he nonetheless was able
to recreate the basic knowledge at the heart of Huna magick.
Without going into great detail we can say that the kahunas
understood three major aspects of the human spirit
in a way which was not even approximated
by modern Western philosophers
until Freud and Freud's theories are crude compared
to the elegant and practical model on which Huna is based.
This understanding allows the kahuna to among other skills
use spiritual energies to heal (or harm unfortunately)
at a distance view distant events telepathically
project messages or firewalk on burning lava.
Today it appears that Huna may be beginning a renaissance
in the islands similar to that of Wicca and various
Native American religions on the mainland.
Whether it is being energetically perpetuated by surviving
lineal descendants of traditional kahunas fully trained
in the ancient arts or whether it is being recreated
by young Hawaiians
with a keen interest in their culture is not entirely clear.
But at the very least some part of this magickal system
of great insight and power is still available
to serious students of magick.


SOURCES
-Amber K-
'True Magick: A Beginner's Guide'

Huna Teachings


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