… 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 [...]

Most important among Huna’s principles is its understanding of the human mind and human consciousness:
It assumes a three-part partition of the mind/self into a Conscious Mind, an Unconscious Mind, and – crucially – a Higher Self.
Alongside these 3 selves, the ancient Hawai’ians were specifically concerned with the flows of unseen (electrical, etc.) energies (“mana”) in [...]

Besides the outer order of the Hawai’ian Royalty (Ali’i), there had existed an inner order since at least 1200 C.E. (and likely even earlier than that), that of the "Kahuna". And while the outer order was known for its manifestations such as the Kapu ("forbidden / taboo") System, politically motivated warfare between the Hawai’ian Islands, [...]

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 [...]

The term "Huna" refers to and Ancient Hawai’ian spiritual philosophy that goes back at least as far as 1500 C.E. While the word itself simply means "secret" or "hidden", its use to describe the ancient teachings originated with a Western researcher by the name of Max Freedom Long.

He was among the first Westerners to study [...]