The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Monday, January 5, 1959 - Clarice B. Taylor's "Tales about Hawaii"
"And the stone walked to my house."
Daddy Bray paused dramatically in the telling of the source of his kahuna powers.
The silence was intense. I couldn't find the words to break it. I was only too grateful that this man, David K. Bray, Sr., was willing to tell me, a haole, the story of how he had become a practising kahuna in a modern world.
"When the stone walked to my house, it was an evil thing. It had been used for evil purposes and was filled with anger and hatred," Daddy Bray resumed.
LEFT ON LANAI
"I did not take it into my house. I left it on the lanai. Even so my house was disturbed. My family quarreled constantly. Angry words brought discord and bad luck.
"I bathed the stone each day in purifying water. I dipped my hand in olena water and rubbed it over the stone. Each day the fiery disposition of the stone was calmed and each day the quarreling lessened in my house.
"At the end of five days I took the stone to the beach and dipped it five times in sea water just as a sick person takes a sea bath after illness.
"Only then did I take the stone into the house. I laid it into a basket lined with red silk, placed a yellow lei about it and put the basket high on a shelf in a clean place.
"From that day to this, the stone has been a blessing to me and my family. I take good care of it and treasure it as though it were a diamond.
"The fortunes of my family have been good for I never use the stone for anything except good. I have never abused it by sending it on an errand of evil."
So that was the secret of Daddy Bray's kahuna power - always work for good and you will receive blessings - never consciously for evil and evil will not overtake you.
How the stone "walked" to his house is a fasinating bit of lore as told by Dddy bray in the style and manner of the ancient Hawaiian story-teller.
NEXT: Ancient history
"And the stone walked to my house."
Daddy Bray paused dramatically in the telling of the source of his kahuna powers.
The silence was intense. I couldn't find the words to break it. I was only too grateful that this man, David K. Bray, Sr., was willing to tell me, a haole, the story of how he had become a practising kahuna in a modern world.
"When the stone walked to my house, it was an evil thing. It had been used for evil purposes and was filled with anger and hatred," Daddy Bray resumed.
LEFT ON LANAI
"I did not take it into my house. I left it on the lanai. Even so my house was disturbed. My family quarreled constantly. Angry words brought discord and bad luck.
"I bathed the stone each day in purifying water. I dipped my hand in olena water and rubbed it over the stone. Each day the fiery disposition of the stone was calmed and each day the quarreling lessened in my house.
"At the end of five days I took the stone to the beach and dipped it five times in sea water just as a sick person takes a sea bath after illness.
"Only then did I take the stone into the house. I laid it into a basket lined with red silk, placed a yellow lei about it and put the basket high on a shelf in a clean place.
"From that day to this, the stone has been a blessing to me and my family. I take good care of it and treasure it as though it were a diamond.
"The fortunes of my family have been good for I never use the stone for anything except good. I have never abused it by sending it on an errand of evil."
So that was the secret of Daddy Bray's kahuna power - always work for good and you will receive blessings - never consciously for evil and evil will not overtake you.
How the stone "walked" to his house is a fasinating bit of lore as told by Dddy bray in the style and manner of the ancient Hawaiian story-teller.
NEXT: Ancient history
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