Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Friday, January 9, 1959 - "Clarice B. Taylor's Tales about Hawaii"
"My Uncle Kaniho inherited the stone-god Ku-ka-pihe from his father Kuamoo. With it, he inherited the kahuna powers of his father.
"He could heal the sick, see into the future and find lost articles. He was one of the prominent kahuna of the early 1900s."
It was David K. Bray Sr. continuing the story of how the stone-god "walked" to his house and became the source of his spiritual power as a practising kahuna in the modern world.
"Uncle Kaniho was my great teacher. He selected me as his favorite pupil when I was a boy. He taught me the prayers and the proper sacrifices to make to the god.
WATCHED HIM
"He watched me carefully when I cam under the influence of other religious teachers and it was he who said that the ancient gods had protected me when I returned to the religion of my ancestors.
"Uncle Kaniho promised to pass on his spiritual powers to me. He had no children of his own.
"I was of great help to him when he became so well known and popular that he had many haole patients as well as Hawaiian. Uncle Kaniho could not speak English so he would get me to translate for him.
"He was well known among the haoles as "the kahuna who could find things." He often made haoles angry with his power to see into their private lives.
NOT SEEN BY HAOLES
"They, the haoles, never saw the stone god and they never they that Kaniho's ability to see came from that god. He called it "Our Alii."
"When Kaniho lay dying he called me to his bedside and, holding the stone in his hands, made me its caretaker saying,
"Take good care of Our Alii when I am gone. Use it for good. Never send it on an errand of evil and it will always take care of you and your family."
NEXT: The stone walks
"My Uncle Kaniho inherited the stone-god Ku-ka-pihe from his father Kuamoo. With it, he inherited the kahuna powers of his father.
"He could heal the sick, see into the future and find lost articles. He was one of the prominent kahuna of the early 1900s."
It was David K. Bray Sr. continuing the story of how the stone-god "walked" to his house and became the source of his spiritual power as a practising kahuna in the modern world.
"Uncle Kaniho was my great teacher. He selected me as his favorite pupil when I was a boy. He taught me the prayers and the proper sacrifices to make to the god.
WATCHED HIM
"He watched me carefully when I cam under the influence of other religious teachers and it was he who said that the ancient gods had protected me when I returned to the religion of my ancestors.
"Uncle Kaniho promised to pass on his spiritual powers to me. He had no children of his own.
"I was of great help to him when he became so well known and popular that he had many haole patients as well as Hawaiian. Uncle Kaniho could not speak English so he would get me to translate for him.
"He was well known among the haoles as "the kahuna who could find things." He often made haoles angry with his power to see into their private lives.
NOT SEEN BY HAOLES
"They, the haoles, never saw the stone god and they never they that Kaniho's ability to see came from that god. He called it "Our Alii."
"When Kaniho lay dying he called me to his bedside and, holding the stone in his hands, made me its caretaker saying,
"Take good care of Our Alii when I am gone. Use it for good. Never send it on an errand of evil and it will always take care of you and your family."
NEXT: The stone walks
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