Library's review
'The Cry of the Huna is a journal of hidden things coming to light-an engaging collection of ancestral imagery, narratives, insights, and documented material that becomes Kupihea's own inner journey from violence to wholeness. In sharing his journey with the world. Kupihea adds new light to the
Hawaiian spirituality teaches that individuals can be truly fulfilled only if they are conscious participants in the long ancestral chain of witnessing and transmission that connects the present to the time of origins. The Cry of the Huna invokes the author's personal history as he recounts the decline of his people's spiritual traiditon as a result of colonization. The breakdown of the Hawaiians' ties with their sacred land led them to forget not only the teachings of their ancestors, but also the chain of na aumakua they form, which connects this people to both the earth and the realm of the gods. While the na aumakua can be viewed with reverence, it is not seen or worshipped as a god. Rather it is seen as a part of the chain of life that arose from one god's vision of creation. Aumakua is a compound of makua (parents) and au, the endless ancestral chain that stretches through time. Each individual on Earth repersents a temporary end to that link. As we age and our vision of life slowly looks toward death, our descendents come forth to provide the next eyes in the chain of witnessing and transmission.
The Cry of the Huna shows how the rupture of this chain has led to widespread alienation. The loss of the Hawaiians' spiritual birthright fuels an endless cycle of resentment toward the invading culture and a preoccupation with thoughts of revenge. The connection to the aumakua, however, can be reforged, but only by untying the circular chords of revenge, allowing forgiveness to occur in the present so that healing can take place in the future.
Moke Kupihea is also author of The Seven dawns of the Aumakua. He has lived his entire life in Kauai's sacred Waimea Valley.
Contents
Prologue
Part One Haule No Akua: Fallen from gods
1 Na Kumulipo: Genesis
2 Puka Ana: Exodus
Part Two The Book of the Aumakua
3 Na Pohaku O Manuau: The stone of two Manu
4 Na Kaioloa: The Malo of light and darkness
5 Na Ke Ala Kekua O Ka Kalani: On the back of gods
Epilogue: Na Hoi O Holowai: Running water returns
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universal search for meaning and hope that is based on the spiritual nature and foundation of life. In these days of global insecurity, the timely subject of his book is the search for true identity, ancestral reconnection, and spiritual harmony-a search important not only to native Hawaiians but all people of Earth.'-Kahu Kaleo Patterson, Ph.D. Div., United Church of Christ, and former member of thd American Board of Missions and The Church of KaahumanuHawaiian spirituality teaches that individuals can be truly fulfilled only if they are conscious participants in the long ancestral chain of witnessing and transmission that connects the present to the time of origins. The Cry of the Huna invokes the author's personal history as he recounts the decline of his people's spiritual traiditon as a result of colonization. The breakdown of the Hawaiians' ties with their sacred land led them to forget not only the teachings of their ancestors, but also the chain of na aumakua they form, which connects this people to both the earth and the realm of the gods. While the na aumakua can be viewed with reverence, it is not seen or worshipped as a god. Rather it is seen as a part of the chain of life that arose from one god's vision of creation. Aumakua is a compound of makua (parents) and au, the endless ancestral chain that stretches through time. Each individual on Earth repersents a temporary end to that link. As we age and our vision of life slowly looks toward death, our descendents come forth to provide the next eyes in the chain of witnessing and transmission.
The Cry of the Huna shows how the rupture of this chain has led to widespread alienation. The loss of the Hawaiians' spiritual birthright fuels an endless cycle of resentment toward the invading culture and a preoccupation with thoughts of revenge. The connection to the aumakua, however, can be reforged, but only by untying the circular chords of revenge, allowing forgiveness to occur in the present so that healing can take place in the future.
Moke Kupihea is also author of The Seven dawns of the Aumakua. He has lived his entire life in Kauai's sacred Waimea Valley.
Contents
Prologue
Part One Haule No Akua: Fallen from gods
1 Na Kumulipo: Genesis
2 Puka Ana: Exodus
Part Two The Book of the Aumakua
3 Na Pohaku O Manuau: The stone of two Manu
4 Na Kaioloa: The Malo of light and darkness
5 Na Ke Ala Kekua O Ka Kalani: On the back of gods
Epilogue: Na Hoi O Holowai: Running water returns
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ISBN
892811277
Publication
Inner Traditions Rochester, Vermont