Both the chants (Oli), and the traditional dance performances (Hula), have a direct correlation to the Huna system in that they focus each dancer as well as the audience on the essential unity underlying all existence.
Even though Hula nowadays also encompasses a number of modern renditions that are sometimes held more in the spirit of [...]

… in this old video from the 1930’s

The Hawai’ian Goddess of Fire, Pele, is thought to reside at the Halema’uma’u pit crater, inside the larger Kilauea summit caldera (learn more here).
The Big Island of Hawai’i is itself composed of 5 different volcanoes, the two largest of which, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, reach just under [...]

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The Hawai’ian Island Chain – notice the connection between the islands. When you zoom out far enough to see the entire Pacific Rim, you can tell that Hawai’i is located more or less right at the center of the so-called “Ring of Fire”, the volcanic and seismic activity that [...]

Having only 7 consonants in addition to the 5 vowels, the Hawai’ian language has most words and root words convey a multitude of different meanings based on context alone. Therefore, most of the Hawai’ian writings and chants contain up to several layers of hidden meanings beyond the surface level.
To give an idea of this, a [...]