The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Tuesday, June 16, 1959 - Clarice B. Taylor's "Tales about Hawaii"
Kepelino, one of the first Hawaiian historians, tried to explain the "Nature of God" in his book Traditions of Hawaii. He said,
"Ua kapu aku no Hawai'i nei i ke akua ma na inoa lehulehu, i'ole ai paha e nalowale ke akua 'i'o." Translated it says:
"Those of Hawaii called God with many names, in order not to forget by chance the true god."
This statement might help the reader to understand an old Hawaiian saying - "No matter how much he knows, the Kahuna must be able to recognize the rathole in order to protect himself and his patient."
In other words, "The Kahuna who does not recognize the rathole is shallow in his knowledge."
TREACHEROUS
Daddy (David K.) Bray explains that the rat in Hawaiian literature is symbol of a treacherous animal. He enters the house unseen and eats up all uncovered food. He brings sickness and disease.
In other words, he is a sly destroyer.
The rathole is the entrance through which treachery, evil, hate and jealousy enter a persons' life.
The Kahuna may know all the correct prayers to call the gods. He may know how to purify himself and how to find favor with the gods - but id he can not see the "rathole" through which hate, jealousy and some other evil force has entered his patient, he is helpless to correct the situation.
"Recognize the rathole" became a well known saying because they recognized the teaching - that evil must be corrected before there can be a cure.
IMPORTANT
To find the "rathole" was so important a part of the Hawaiian religion that the Hawaiians developed a ceremony called ho'oponopono, to correct or to make right.
Today, many modern physicians, psychiatrists and other scientists recognize the ho'oponopono as a true basis of healing the mentally disturbed and the sick.
Forgiveness is the basis of ho'oponopono.
NEXT: Cutting the umbilical cord
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Saturday, March 23, 2013
► The Kahuna: Importance of Prayer
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Monday,June 15, 1959 - Clarice B. Taylor's "Tales about Hawaii"
"Daddy Bray, how many of these haole "seekers of the truth" ask you about prayer?"
"To date there have boon only four," he replied. I asked:
"Isn't it prayer that unlocks the secrets of the ancient Kahuna?"
"Yes," he said. "I try to tell them - but a man has to have a certain spiritual development before he is willing to ask. Each of these seekers for truth has to learn that they do not know all and that they must learn from a higher power.
OPEN BIBLE
"I try to tell them that they d not need to pray to Kane, Ku or Lono. They have only to open their Bibles and truth will be unfolded.
"I give them certain chapters to read. If they are sick or in trouble, I tell them I will assume their burdens for a certain length of time... after that, it is up to them.
"To help them focus their minds, I give them simple little rituals to carry out at the time they read the Bible.
"I teach them about the four elements of the Hawaiian - earth, air, fire and water. These four elements account for all life. Then there are the upper and the lower forces.
"Upper forces come from the heaven. They bring enlightenment and harmony. Lower forces are of the earth - they bring greed envy and hate.
HUMBLENESS
"The Kahuna approaches God in humbleness. He prays to know his own sins then asks forgiveness for them. He them seeks harmony between himself and the people amongst whom he lives. It is only them the Kahuna achieves harmony with God.
"It is only then that the Kahuna can ask for blessings or the knowledge of how to treat the sick or those in trouble.
"Most people do not know how to pray. They pray aloud to be heard. They make demands upon God.
"As a result, they make a god of themselves and they arose hate in themselves and in others.
"Instead of receiving an answer to their prayer, they become confused - for hatred breeds confusion."
NEXT: The rathole
► The Kahuna and the Scientific Hypnotist
The Saturday Star-Bulletin, Honolulu,T.H, June 13, 1959 - Clarice B. Taylor's "Tales about Hawaii"
"the trouble with the hypnotist is that he is an egotist that depends upon himself alone. He calls hypnotism a science and recognizes no higher power."
That is what Daddy (David K. ) Bray says of many hypnotists who consult him hoping to learn the secrets of the Hawaiian Kahuna.
"The hypnotist does good as long as he uses his own power to heal. But he must learn that there is a greater power and he must learn that he cannot use hi power for self glory - else it will strike him back."
TELLS EXPERIENCE
Daddy Bray then told of his own experience on the coast with one of the best know hypnotists. This man refused to acknowledge a higher power. He too believed his powers to be the result of science.
When he wanted to hypnotize Daddy Bray, Daddy Bray said to him: "All right my mind is yours, my body is yours. I will relax - but, I will call my aumakua to stand as a curtain between us."
The hypnotist worked for 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. trying to put Daddy Bray to sleep. Finally he gave up and Daddy Bray said:
"My aumakua is too powerful for you.
"You are making a god of yourself. You do not know how to pray - when you pray, you do not demand. Who are you to make demands?
ASK FORGIVENESS
"You must learn to be humble. Thank god for his protection and then ask for forgiveness.
"Sit down and ask yourself, "What have I done for mankind? Where have I made mistakes?'
"Remember that he who makes demands of God is making a god of himself."
NEXT: Prayer
"the trouble with the hypnotist is that he is an egotist that depends upon himself alone. He calls hypnotism a science and recognizes no higher power."
That is what Daddy (David K. ) Bray says of many hypnotists who consult him hoping to learn the secrets of the Hawaiian Kahuna.
"The hypnotist does good as long as he uses his own power to heal. But he must learn that there is a greater power and he must learn that he cannot use hi power for self glory - else it will strike him back."
TELLS EXPERIENCE
Daddy Bray then told of his own experience on the coast with one of the best know hypnotists. This man refused to acknowledge a higher power. He too believed his powers to be the result of science.
When he wanted to hypnotize Daddy Bray, Daddy Bray said to him: "All right my mind is yours, my body is yours. I will relax - but, I will call my aumakua to stand as a curtain between us."
The hypnotist worked for 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. trying to put Daddy Bray to sleep. Finally he gave up and Daddy Bray said:
"My aumakua is too powerful for you.
"You are making a god of yourself. You do not know how to pray - when you pray, you do not demand. Who are you to make demands?
ASK FORGIVENESS
"You must learn to be humble. Thank god for his protection and then ask for forgiveness.
"Sit down and ask yourself, "What have I done for mankind? Where have I made mistakes?'
"Remember that he who makes demands of God is making a god of himself."
NEXT: Prayer
Friday, March 22, 2013
► The Kahuna and Spiritual Mediums
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Friday,June 12, 1959 - Clarice B. Taylor's "Tales about Hawaii"
"Did the Hawaiian know the secret of the medium - could he serve as an instrument for the manifestation of a supernatural agency? Could he materialize the dead?"
This is one of the many questions asked of Daddy (David K.) Bray by haole "seekers of the truth" who want to know how the Hawaiian Kahuna unlocked the powers of the spiritual world.
"Oh, yes," says Daddy Bray, they knew the powers of the medium and they knew the dangers of such powers.
"Those who knew how to materialize the spirit were too often the Kahuna anaana, the sorceror. Too often he called upon the lower forces to bring back the material. Too often his actions camouflaged the God of Light."
SELECTED PERSON
Daddy Bray then explains to the "seeker of the truth" that the gods of old Hawaii often selected particular persons to "possess" and speak through them.
But, he says, it was often difficult to decide whether the "possessed" person was a rel medium of a true god or a charlaton.
There are cases on record of good women honestly "possessed by one of the Hiiakas." These women were famous healers. They were told how to cure a patient during one of the seizures.
There are other cases of a male Kahuna sitting beside his wife or sister who became possessed at a specific time each day.
The possessed one would speak in a language not understood by other listeners. Only the Kahuna knew how to interpret the language.
TESTED
"You can see," says Daddy Bray, "how easy it was to be a fraudulent medium. So the old Hawaiians devised many schemes to test the truth of such persons."
"That is the chief trouble in dealing with mediums today. The good medium must be careful not to bring back some evil force. He must strive to manifest only the higher powers."
NEXT: The Hypnotist
"Did the Hawaiian know the secret of the medium - could he serve as an instrument for the manifestation of a supernatural agency? Could he materialize the dead?"
This is one of the many questions asked of Daddy (David K.) Bray by haole "seekers of the truth" who want to know how the Hawaiian Kahuna unlocked the powers of the spiritual world.
"Oh, yes," says Daddy Bray, they knew the powers of the medium and they knew the dangers of such powers.
"Those who knew how to materialize the spirit were too often the Kahuna anaana, the sorceror. Too often he called upon the lower forces to bring back the material. Too often his actions camouflaged the God of Light."
SELECTED PERSON
Daddy Bray then explains to the "seeker of the truth" that the gods of old Hawaii often selected particular persons to "possess" and speak through them.
But, he says, it was often difficult to decide whether the "possessed" person was a rel medium of a true god or a charlaton.
There are cases on record of good women honestly "possessed by one of the Hiiakas." These women were famous healers. They were told how to cure a patient during one of the seizures.
There are other cases of a male Kahuna sitting beside his wife or sister who became possessed at a specific time each day.
The possessed one would speak in a language not understood by other listeners. Only the Kahuna knew how to interpret the language.
TESTED
"You can see," says Daddy Bray, "how easy it was to be a fraudulent medium. So the old Hawaiians devised many schemes to test the truth of such persons."
"That is the chief trouble in dealing with mediums today. The good medium must be careful not to bring back some evil force. He must strive to manifest only the higher powers."
NEXT: The Hypnotist
Thursday, March 21, 2013
► The Kahuna and Use of Offerings
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, June 9, 1959 - Clarice B. Taylor's "Tales about Hawaii"
Daddy (David K.) Bray has found that haole "seekers of the truth" are very anxious to know about the offerings made to Hawaii's old gods and the meanings of the offerings.
The haole thinks there might be a clue to the secret which "unlocks" the powers of heaven in an offerings.
The human offering is the best known of all the mohai. Daddy Bray explains that the human being was offered to atone for sins just as it was in the Old Testament of the Bible.
The most common human offering was the enemy captured in battle. Enemy offerings were made the war god Ku-ka-ili-moku in the belief that the prowess and bravery of the enemy would become the property of the victor.
ABUSED POWERS
Daddy Bray says the priests of old Hawaii abused their powers just as some moderns abuse their authority. If a priest wanted to curry favor with his chief, he saw to it that the chief's enemy was sacrificed.
If the chief has a retainer who was a nuisance, the chief would get rid of the man by asking the priests to take him as a sacrifice. It was a splendid way of keeping down freedom of speech.
Awa, a narcotic drink, was the special offering to the gods. In modern times, brandy, and gin have been substituted because the Hawaiian word for brandy is palani and in Hawaiian, palani is the name of a certain kind of human sacrifice.
The Hawaiian for gin is gini, pronounced kini. The meaning of kini is "a multitude." so the Hawaiian offers gin and in doing so, asks for a multitude of blessings.
The list of food and plants used as offerings numbers about 20. Pig was the most important animal offering and taro the most important vegetable.
SPECIAL PIG
Just any pig would not do. The pig had to be a special breed and color fro the type of offering required and the god to whom it was to be offered.
Taro represented all life - the running water, the productive earth, fire and air.
Other offerings included fish from the sea, fish from the fresh water, eggs, chickens, bananas, seaweed, sugar cane, and certain material.
Each god had its particular list of offerings and the offerings varied according to sin to be forgiven or the purpose of the ceremony.
NEXT: The Gods
Daddy (David K.) Bray has found that haole "seekers of the truth" are very anxious to know about the offerings made to Hawaii's old gods and the meanings of the offerings.
The haole thinks there might be a clue to the secret which "unlocks" the powers of heaven in an offerings.
The human offering is the best known of all the mohai. Daddy Bray explains that the human being was offered to atone for sins just as it was in the Old Testament of the Bible.
The most common human offering was the enemy captured in battle. Enemy offerings were made the war god Ku-ka-ili-moku in the belief that the prowess and bravery of the enemy would become the property of the victor.
ABUSED POWERS
Daddy Bray says the priests of old Hawaii abused their powers just as some moderns abuse their authority. If a priest wanted to curry favor with his chief, he saw to it that the chief's enemy was sacrificed.
If the chief has a retainer who was a nuisance, the chief would get rid of the man by asking the priests to take him as a sacrifice. It was a splendid way of keeping down freedom of speech.
Awa, a narcotic drink, was the special offering to the gods. In modern times, brandy, and gin have been substituted because the Hawaiian word for brandy is palani and in Hawaiian, palani is the name of a certain kind of human sacrifice.
The Hawaiian for gin is gini, pronounced kini. The meaning of kini is "a multitude." so the Hawaiian offers gin and in doing so, asks for a multitude of blessings.
The list of food and plants used as offerings numbers about 20. Pig was the most important animal offering and taro the most important vegetable.
SPECIAL PIG
Just any pig would not do. The pig had to be a special breed and color fro the type of offering required and the god to whom it was to be offered.
Taro represented all life - the running water, the productive earth, fire and air.
Other offerings included fish from the sea, fish from the fresh water, eggs, chickens, bananas, seaweed, sugar cane, and certain material.
Each god had its particular list of offerings and the offerings varied according to sin to be forgiven or the purpose of the ceremony.
NEXT: The Gods
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
► The Kahuna: His Education / Types of Kahuna
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Friday, June 5, 1959 - Clarice B. Taylor's "Tales about Hawaii"
"The kahuna of old Hawaii was a specialist because he was an educated man. He began learning his specialty as a child under the direct supervision of a mater artisan."
This is the beginning of the explanation which Daddy (David K.) Bray gives haole "seekers of the truth" who come to him to learn of the old Hawaiian religion.
"Old Hawaii did not have a public school system which tried to educate everyone. But it had small schools conducted by skilled men or women who wished to pass their particular knowledge on to the young.
ORAL TEACHING
"Selected students were taken into these schools. All teaching was by example or oral - The Hawaiian had not yet learned to write.
"The schools of old Hawaii can be likened to our grammar schools, high schools and Universities.
"The Kahuna anaana, the *sorceror of whom you have heard so much, was like a grammar schools student. He had learned a little about the power of suggestion and he probably knew how to compound poisons.
"He used his powers to his own advantage and for evil." He stopped learning and did not advance to high school."
"Had the sorceror gone on to high school, he could have become a specialist who used his skill for good, such as a kahuna lomilomi, one who massaged the muscles and nerves - a kahuna ho'ohanau, an obstetrician or a kahuna po'iuhane who was much like the spiritualist of today."
The kahuna who finishes high school and continues his education in a University, Daddy Bray explains, is on the road to becoming a high priest, a kahuna nui.
PHYSICIAN
He may become a kahuna lapaau laau, a physician who heals with herbs. He may become a kahuna haha, a
*diognastician; or a kahuna ha'aha'iiwa, a bonesetter.
"The kahuna maukaula is the skilled one who has learned to interpret the weather omens and the kahuna kilo is the one who has learned to forecast events.
"Having graduated from the University, the kahuna can become a master kahuna by traveling about and learning from the skilled teachers. He becomes a specialist in psychotherapy and so earns his master's degree."
NEXT: Kahuna School
"The kahuna of old Hawaii was a specialist because he was an educated man. He began learning his specialty as a child under the direct supervision of a mater artisan."
This is the beginning of the explanation which Daddy (David K.) Bray gives haole "seekers of the truth" who come to him to learn of the old Hawaiian religion.
"Old Hawaii did not have a public school system which tried to educate everyone. But it had small schools conducted by skilled men or women who wished to pass their particular knowledge on to the young.
ORAL TEACHING
"Selected students were taken into these schools. All teaching was by example or oral - The Hawaiian had not yet learned to write.
"The schools of old Hawaii can be likened to our grammar schools, high schools and Universities.
"The Kahuna anaana, the *sorceror of whom you have heard so much, was like a grammar schools student. He had learned a little about the power of suggestion and he probably knew how to compound poisons.
"He used his powers to his own advantage and for evil." He stopped learning and did not advance to high school."
"Had the sorceror gone on to high school, he could have become a specialist who used his skill for good, such as a kahuna lomilomi, one who massaged the muscles and nerves - a kahuna ho'ohanau, an obstetrician or a kahuna po'iuhane who was much like the spiritualist of today."
The kahuna who finishes high school and continues his education in a University, Daddy Bray explains, is on the road to becoming a high priest, a kahuna nui.
PHYSICIAN
He may become a kahuna lapaau laau, a physician who heals with herbs. He may become a kahuna haha, a
*diognastician; or a kahuna ha'aha'iiwa, a bonesetter.
"The kahuna maukaula is the skilled one who has learned to interpret the weather omens and the kahuna kilo is the one who has learned to forecast events.
"Having graduated from the University, the kahuna can become a master kahuna by traveling about and learning from the skilled teachers. He becomes a specialist in psychotherapy and so earns his master's degree."
NEXT: Kahuna School
► The Kahuna: Who and What Is He?
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Thursday, June 4, 1959 - Clarice B. Taylor's "Tales about Hawaii"
In his years of attempting to explain the old Hawaiian religion, Daddy (David K.) Bray has found that both haoles and Hawaiians need to clearly understand the meaning of the word kahuna.
Too many people have the idea that a Kahuna is one who practices sorcery of black magic. Daddy Bray has developed a simple method of explaining the kahuna to haole "seekers of the truth."
"A kahuna," he says, "is the Hawaiian name for a man whom you may call a minister, a priest, a doctor or a judge."
AN EXPERT
"The kahuna is an expert in some one field. Kahunas in ancient Hawaii were the educated, trained specialists.
"The man you may call a minister or a priest would have been called a Kahuna Pule (prayer kahuna) in old Hawaii.
"The man you call a doctor would have been called a Kahuna Lapa'auau' (healing kahuna) in old Hawaii.
"The Hawaiian thought of his kahuna as the human bridge between the spiritual world with its laws and the material world with its trials, sadness and problems.
"Perhaps an explanation of the meaning of the word Kahuna will help. The word may be broken into two parts 'Kahu' and 'Na.'
"Kahu is the word for an honored servant who cares for certain persons or property. He is a trusted man.
"Na is a word which means 'the calm person, one who has quieted his passions.'
MEANING
"Another meaning of the word can be found by breaking Kahuna into two other parts, ka and huna.
"In this case 'ka' means 'the' and the word 'huna' means a 'hidden' thought, knowledge or wisdom.' Again it may mean to protect or defend the secret or mystery which is key to something hidden.'
"There were many types of kahunas, all named according to their particular expert knowledge."
NEXT: Types of Kahunas
In his years of attempting to explain the old Hawaiian religion, Daddy (David K.) Bray has found that both haoles and Hawaiians need to clearly understand the meaning of the word kahuna.
Too many people have the idea that a Kahuna is one who practices sorcery of black magic. Daddy Bray has developed a simple method of explaining the kahuna to haole "seekers of the truth."
"A kahuna," he says, "is the Hawaiian name for a man whom you may call a minister, a priest, a doctor or a judge."
AN EXPERT
"The kahuna is an expert in some one field. Kahunas in ancient Hawaii were the educated, trained specialists.
"The man you may call a minister or a priest would have been called a Kahuna Pule (prayer kahuna) in old Hawaii.
"The man you call a doctor would have been called a Kahuna Lapa'auau' (healing kahuna) in old Hawaii.
"The Hawaiian thought of his kahuna as the human bridge between the spiritual world with its laws and the material world with its trials, sadness and problems.
"Perhaps an explanation of the meaning of the word Kahuna will help. The word may be broken into two parts 'Kahu' and 'Na.'
"Kahu is the word for an honored servant who cares for certain persons or property. He is a trusted man.
"Na is a word which means 'the calm person, one who has quieted his passions.'
MEANING
"Another meaning of the word can be found by breaking Kahuna into two other parts, ka and huna.
"In this case 'ka' means 'the' and the word 'huna' means a 'hidden' thought, knowledge or wisdom.' Again it may mean to protect or defend the secret or mystery which is key to something hidden.'
"There were many types of kahunas, all named according to their particular expert knowledge."
NEXT: Types of Kahunas
► Kahunaism: Its Place in Modern Life
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Wednesday, June 3, 1959 - Clarice B. Taylor's "Tales about Hawaii"
Since his retirement from government service in 1958, Daddy (David K.) Bray has devoted his time the teaching the old Hawaiian religion as he knows it.
He has made two trips to California and has appeared before interested groups in Seattle, San Fransisco, Los Angeles and in Nevada. At one time he made a trip to speak before a group of Hopi Indians.
At home in Hawaii,his time is almost entirely devoted to meeting with individuals and small groups.
Who are these people?
They are almost entirely haoles.
VISIT HIM
Californians telephone and ask him to fly there to enlighten them. Other become tourists and travel to Hawaii that they might meet "a real kahuna."
What sort of people are these haoles?
Daddy Bray calls them "seekers of truth." He does not attempt to catalogue them, to home they are all "seekers of truth."
They are people who have become dissatisfied with formal religions such as Christianity, Buddhism and Mohammedanism.
By some mysterious means, these people have heard that the kahuna of ancient Hawaii knew the "secret" to spiritual power. They want to know the secret of the kahuna - and so they come to Hawaii to meet Daddy Bray.
SEEK KAHUNA
These seekers for truth have heard that the kahuna knew the secret which unlocked spiritual power and enabled them to heal.
The majority approached Daddy Bray in a humble frame of mind. They too would like to know the secret that unlocks spiritual force. They believe Daddy Bray knows the secret - they want to learn.
The first question they ask is "What is a kahuna?"
SEEK KAHUNA
These seekers for truth have heard that the kahuna knew the secret which unlocked spiritual power and enabled them to heal.
The majority approached Daddy Bray in a humble frame of mind. They too would like to know the secret that unlocks spiritual force. They believe Daddy Bray knows the secret - they want to learn.
The first question they ask is "What is a kahuna?"
Kahuna Religion of Hawaii
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