Huna Powers Part I

Material gleaned from,

The Secret Science Behind Miracle
by Max Freedom Long
(DeVorss & Co; 1948)
ISBN: 0-87516-047-6
Hunic Concept Of God
The kahunas taught that the human mind is not capable of understanding a form of consciousness unlike
and superior to its own; therefore, all human efforts to imagine the characteristics of a final, ultimate
supreme God were a waste of time.the invisible world of spirits and spiritual beings I sto us much as our
world is to a fish in the sea. The fish is hardly aware of a world above his watery realm.
The Kahunas while supposing that there were levels of consciousness above man, as there are levels
below him, paid scant heed to any level other than the one directly above our own. On this level existed the
thing we would call the superconscious part of the mind. They called it by various names, one of which ,
the favorite, was Amakua. This translates, "Older, parental, utterly trustworthy spirit." As it was considered
to be a "parent", the Amakua was considered to be a spirit composed of a male and female pair.
All prayers and rites were addressed to this dual spirit, but because it was considered as much a part of
ourselves as the conscious or subconscious is to the modern way of thinking, the Parental Spirit was
worshipped not at all -- it was LOVED. No sacrifices were made to it. No bribes were offered. It laid no
commands on the lower selves. The relation was one of mutual loveand trust -- the parent and child
relation.
Very logically, the Kahunas taught that if any prayers to still Higher Beings were necessary, the Parental
Spirit would know when they were needed and how to make them, doing for us such things as we are
unable to do for ourselves because we have minds of a lower level of ability.
Because of this common sense attitude the Kahunas remained simple and free from man-made dogmas to a
surprising degree. They were direct and to the point. They could afford to be because they possessed a
stystem that actually WORKED. A workable system leaves little room for vagueness and dogmatic
speculation.
This practical system by which magic was performed left no unfilled needs of a philosophical nature for the
Kahunas. Thye had, therefore, no saviors, no salvation, no heaven or hell, and no revelaed religion with
books in which were written, 'Thus said God"
Hunic View of the Dual Selves
Each of our two spirits has its own mental abilities. The subconscious (unihipili) can remember but has
only elementary reasoning power such as a dog or horse may have. On the other hand, the conscious
(uhane) cannot remember a thought once it has let go out of its center of attention. It has to depend on the
subconscious to gie back any thought needed as a memory. Sometimes the subconscious cannot find the
right memory when it is desired, and often it must be given time to make a search The conscious mind
has two powers which are its very own, however. One is the power to use will of the hypnotic kind (more
potent than the elementary will of the subconscious self). The second power is that of using the highest
known form of reason, the inductive, which sets man apart as a superior animal in the animal kingdom.
The subconscious accepts and reacts to hypnotic suggestion (or mesmeric treatment). The conscious cannot
be hypnotized. Under the influence of suggestion, the subconscious, being illogical to a large degree, will
accept and react to even absurd suggestions.

Hunic Concept Of Magical Force

The force is called mana by the Kahunas, and it is known to us as vital force. It is electrical in nature and
shows strong magnetic qualities. The invisible substance through which the vital force acts is called aka or
"shadowy body stuff".
The Kahunas recognized the magnetic and opposite, repulsive, nature of vital force or motricity but,
unfortunately, they left no detailed exposition of the subject. They knew the force as a thing which had to
do with all thought processes and bodily activity. It was the essence of life itself. The Kahuna symbol for
this force was "water". Water flows, so does the vital force. Water fills things. So does the vital force. Water
may leak away -- so may the vital force.
Dr. Brigham spent a considerable time sutdying the ancient Kahuna practice of holding heavy wooden
sticks in the hands, by an effort of mind, causing bodily electricity to enter a stick and charge it heavily.
These sticks were formerly used in battle, the Kahunas standing in the rear lines, charging their large sticks,
and then throwing them at one of the enemy. Upon contact with the sticks, even the strongest of warriors
were often made unconscious.
Hunic Concept Of The Vital Force
The vital force or mana of the Kahunas has three strengths. If it is electrical in nature, as modern
experiments have demonstrated, we may safely say that the three strengths of mana know to the Kahunas
equal three voltages.
The Kahuna words for the three voltages were mana, for the low voltage used by the subconscious spirit,
and mana-mana for the higher voltage used by the conscious spirit as "will" or hypnotic force. There was
still a higher voltage known as mana-loa or "strongest force," and this was thought to be used only by a
superconscious spirit associated with the two lesser spirits to complete the triune of man.
The Kahunas associated all thinking processes with mana. The word mana-o means "to think," the "o"
added to show that the process is one of using mana to produce thought.
From the foregoing it will be seen that the ancient Kahunas were good psychologists. They knew the
subconscious and conscious as two spirits, and they knew the two strengths of vital electrical force which
we call "body waves" and "brain waves". The Kahunas also knew a superconscious spirit and a voltage
force used by it, this voltage being the highest.
Either the vital force or the magnetic force generated by the presence of vital force in bodily tissues, has
been found to exert other strange effects on various things.
Experiments carried on in France with a famous medium showed that meat and fish could be prevented
from decaying by being held in the hands and treated to a "magnetizing" process. Oranges and other fruits,
as well as vegetables, so treated, did not decay but slowly dried up.
Other experiments showed that the vital force could be stored for a time in various substances such as
wood, paper and cloth. Water took and held charges. Glass did not.
Vital force is made from the food we consume, and it is thought that after the roberry of vital force by a
lowe self or ven subhuman spirit, the blood sugar is gradually oxidized to create more vital force.

Hunic Concept Of Vital Force Infusing Spirits

W. R. Stewart, during his preliminary training under the Berber Kahuna, was told that the vital force could
be stored in wood, stone, water and the human body, also in the invisible body of a "ghost." This force
could be expended suddenly and thus move very heavy objects.
A demonstration of the magnetic nature of the force and of an intelligence or spirit of a sub-human or off
human level was made by Lucchi for Stewart's benefit at night and on a hillside where a large stone was
covered by wood doors resembling cellar doors. These doors were pulled up, and they descended steps cut
into the soil. The rock projected from the end of the cellar-like cave at the bottom. By torchilight a hen was
killed and its blood allowed to fall on the face of the stone. An invocation was spoken addressed to the
spirit supposed to reside in the stone at times. The hen was then dropped on the ground before the stone. A
moment later Stewart, who had approached closer and held his torch down to have a better look, felt a
powerful magnetic pull which almost jerked him forward against the rock. He was caught and pulled back
with some effort by Lucchi, who immediately insisted that they leave.
Stewart never learned what intelligence had been invoked or for what such invocations were used in the
course of daily magical practice. His guess was the the spirit which had made its presence known in the
rock was a "nature spirit" and that it had something to do with the soil or the pasturage or weather -- all
very important to the Berbers and their herds. It was his private opinion that this spirit and its powers were
inimical to man and probably dangerous to any but a skilled Kahuna. Lucchi had made the statement that
all dealings with such spirits must follow a carefully observed ritual, and that any change in the ritual might
cause trouble. Stewart had changed the usual course of the rite by stepping close to the rock at the wrong
time. He was told that he should have stood back until all the life force in the hen had been absorbed by the
spirit -- the latter needing it to use in complying with the requests made in the invocation, after which the
body of the fowl would have been dropped. Stewart was reminded of the many tales of jinn or nature
demons current in Arabic folklore.

Hunic Concept of the Death Prayer And How It Works

As I have explained, the Kahunas believed that man had two spirits, the lower or subconscious one being
illogical and subject ot the influence of hypnotic suggestion.
To become able to use the "death prayer" a Kahuna had to inherit from another Kahuna one or more ghostly
subconscious spirits. (Or he might, if sufficiently psychic, locate subconscious spirits or ghosts, and use
hypnotic suggestion to capture and enslave.)
In very early Hawaii, prisoners of war or other unfortunates were sometimes given what apparently was
hypnotic suggestion in a potent form, to cause their subconscious spirit, after death, to separate itself from
its conscious mind spirit and remain as a ghost to serve as guard at sacred stone enclosures or native
temples of the degraded form of Kahunaism. It is probable that some of these unfortunates were given
orders to serve kahunas in the "death prayer" magic after they were executed.
In any event, the Kahunas in question had one or more -- usually about three -- of these enslaved ghostly
subconscious spirits. When a person was to be prayed to death for any one of many reasons, the Kahuna
called to him his enslaved spirits and gave them mesmeric orders to absorb mana from food and drink and
placed on a mat on the ground and surrounded with ceremonial objects such as small white stones and
certain pieces of wood.
This mana was vital force such as we have been discussing. It was undboubtedly transferred from the body
of the Kahuna into the food, drink and ceremonial objects which were called the papa or "forbidden". It
was thought that when the mana was taken from the food and drink, some of the substances were also
taken, especially alcohol from gin set as the papa in later days.
The spirits were also given very definite instructions as to what they were to do with the force. They were
to catch the scent from a bit of hair or soiled garment belonging to the intended victim, and follow it much
as a dog does a track. Upon reaching the victim they were to await their chance to enter his or her body.
This they were able to do because of the power to use as a paralyzing shock the surcharge of vital force
given them by their master. The order which the spirits were trained to obey was recorded in one case. It
was:
"O Lono,
Listen to my voice.
This is the plan:
Rush upon _____ and enter;
Enter and curl up;
Curl up and straighten out."
The "curl up" and "straighten out" had other meanings than we give the words in English. The process was
one of entering the body of the intended victim or attaching themselves to it. That done, the vital force of
the victim was taken by the intruding spirits and stored in their ghostly bodies (of which we have much to
say in due time). As the vital forces for the victim were withdrawn from the feet a numbness came to them
which rose gradually over a period of three days to knees, hips, and finally to the solar plexus or heart, at
which time the victim died.
When the death had been accomplished, the spirits left the body, taking with them their great charges of
vital force, and returned to their masters. If the victim had been rescued by another Kahuna, and the spirits
sent back to by him to their owner with hypnotic orders to attack their master, they might make such and
attack with fatal results. In order to avoid such a danger, a magic ritual of cleansing was usually performed
by the Kahuna sending out the spirits (kala). Or, as was most often the case, the person who had hired the
Kahuna to send the "death prayer" to another, and who had vouched for the fact that the intended victim
observed such drastic punishment, would be named as the one responsible and to be attacked should
another Kahuna send the spirits back before their task was accomplished.

In the event of a return fro ma successful mission, the Kahuna ordered his spirit slaves to play until they
used up the vital force they had taken in the process of the guilty one. Their play usually took the form of
what we would call "poltergeist activities." They would move or throw objects, make loud noises and
create bedlam in some proportion.
There is another Kahuna method of causing death by magic, know as kuni or the burning. It seems to be
one seldom used in the old days, but was said to consist of the rite of burning a hair or other part of the
victim's body and casting the ash into the sea.
The killing of a person by magic was thought by the Kahunas to depend upon whether or not the victim had
a deep sense of guil which was caused by the wrongs done others. Such a guilt sense (complex) made the
attack of the unihipili or subconscious spirits successful. Without this sense of guilt, the subconscious of the
victim would successfully ward off the attacking spirits.
Hunic Concept Of Premonitory Information Thru Spirits Of The Dead
According to the Kahunas, all contact with the spirits of the dead -- as with the High Self -- is made by the
low self. This is applies in particular to the spirits in their invisible state in which they must be seen or
sensed by what we may call "psychic" ability, which is nothing more nor less the ability to relax and let the
low self see and report anything from ordinary dreams, to 'seeings' of the past, the present or the future.
It is reasonable to believe that when we die and beocme "spirits" we have only the mental powers we had
during life. The act of dying does not make the lower selves into a Superconscious with the ability to look
into the future. However, we have the same ability to contact the High Self and ask for vision of the future,
and if we are able to make our presence known to the low self of a living perosn, we may be able to pass on
through it, information we have obtained on the other side.
There is an alternate method by which one relaxes and lets the spirit of the dead person enter the body and
speak through its lips. This is not an uncommon method. It is used by "mediums," and is highly approved
by Spiritualism. It is studied by Psychical Research, and condemned by the Church and by reactionary
Science.