mysterious pic of uncle pila unearthed at ancient site!!(ata heiau in Poipu in 1976. is that realy uncle PILA!!...OMG!
uncle p;ila and auntie dolly
as i remember uncle pila
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dr burney worked closely witgh uncle pila when the sinkhole caqve was discovered. kaulana was looking foreward to protecting the cave herself after she would become an arachnologist and work with the endangered cave spider. sadly that was not to be.
“The Fireball In Hawaiian Folklore”
By William K. Kikuchi
University of Arizona, Tucson
Thus began my formal and intense inquiry into the subject of this article. A gift from the gods of synchronicity. And it happened exactly as I have described it. Dr. Kikuchi´s article became the centrepiece of the first issue of my newsletter, “Full Moon.” I received permission directly from Dr. Kikuchi to reprint his article. The response to the first issue was wonderful, particularly since some of it came from those in the anthropological and transpersonal psychology fields. I also received a great response from Bob Rickard (Fortean Times) and other British readers.
The next phase of my research began when I was introduced to, and was befriended by, the late June Gutmanis, herself an author of several books on kahuna healing and ancient Hawaiian prayers. She was aware that I worked at two jobs: one as an editor for several Hawaii magazines, and the second as an on-air technician and video editor at Hawaii´s Oceanic Cablevision. She noticed that I needed to get out of the city to write and collect my thoughts so she offered me her Waianae home (located in the country area of Oahu) for weekend stayovers. I seized the opportunity and accepted her offer.
June Gutmanis was 72 when she died in the late 1990s. She was a noted historian who lectured to university students. She authored 4 books on Hawaiian themes. She had also authored several articles for National Geographic and Readers Digest. She was also a consultant on the movie “Hawaii.”
June Gutmanis was born in Pawnee County, Nebraska. She was a pilot during WWII and worked alongside military meteorologists.
June had no formal college degree. Just a passion for things Hawaiian. She was a caucasion woman who had found her way home to Hawaii.
June Gutmanis was a treasure trove of information about Hawaii. And if she did not know something, she knew who did.
June was the caretaker to the late Mr. Theodore Kelsey. He was also a non-Hawaiian who had a lot of knowledge of the old Hawaiian ways.
And he spoke the Hawaiian language fluently.
June would provide care to the very aged Theodore Kelsey, and in return, Mr. Kelsey would translate Hawaiian documents or newspaper articles that would come into her possession.
In 1981, June introduced me to a remarkably interesting man by the name of Arthur Cathcart. In a series of meetings held on the lawn of the Iolani Palace in Honolulu, and at June´s residence in Waianae, Arthur talked about the Hawaii of yesteryear, of ghosts, and of his personal knowledge of the akualele.
As I have written in a past issue of Full Moon, such personal testimony regarding a persons direct experience with Hawaiian sorcery rarely surfaces. Arthur´s testimony of witnessing the actual processes of akualele arousal is a rare gem, almost impossible to find in popular literature.
Arthur Cathcart´s testimony was turned into a lengthy article for the April 1982 issue of Full Moon. The title of that article was: “Flying Lights: Concerning the ritual generation of a luminous phenomenon.”
What are akualele The research of Dr. William K. Kikuchi
Dr. Kikuchi´s ground-breaking research on akualele, “The Fireball In Hawaiian Folklore”, was published in 1976 in the book “Directions In Pacific Traditional Literature.” (Bishop Museum Press).
Dr. Kikuchi´s paper was aided and encouraged by the late Dr. James E. McDonald, University of Arizona. Most ufo researchers know who Dr. McDonald was and are acutely aware of his many contributions to the ufo field.
If memory serves, Dr. Kikuchi was also a student of the late anthropologist Dr. Katherine Luomala, who taught at the University of Hawaii. She was widely known for her work on Hawaiian folklore, so Dr. Kikuchi´s paper uses analysis that derives from that discipline.
In his study, Dr. Kikuchi acknowledges that the fireball motif is present throughout the Pacific region: from New Zealand to Hawaii. He notes that the stories of the akualele and other tales of the supernatural were used to “instruct the listener” and to “educate in a subtle manner and instill a respect for right and wrong in selected areas of behaviour.”
Social control, if you will.
Pre-european Hawaii was “stratified, integrated and cohesive.” In other words, rigid and under control. The ancient Hawaiian Kapu system (a system of laws that forbade the people from doing certain things under penalty of death) was overthrown by King Liholiho in 1819. This was done in order to undermine the supernatural foundations of Hawaiian society.
Asiatics streamed into the islands beginning in the 1800s, and the Japanese brought with them their own tales of the supernatural, including stories about the tama-shii (ball wind) and the hinotama fireball.
Dr. Kikuchi acknowledges that the akualele is derived from sorcery and quotes author Martha Beckwith:
“Sorcery had become one of the strongest forces in shaping the life and character of the Hawaiian people and in determining the careers of their leaders.”
Dr. Kikuchi mentions two kinds of akualele sorcery:
The first occurred sometime during Hawaii´s ancient past and the incident remains undated (although it has been discussed by Hawaii historians). According to Hawaiian tradition, on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, three “gods” and here Kikuchi lists their names entered into a grove of previously harmless trees on the slope of Moanalua. A place with the specific name of Puuahaukina. Tradition states that their entry into this grove of trees occurred “with a horrendous flash of lighting.”
The trees comprising this grove were the nioi, ´ohe, a´e and possibly the kauila.
These trees become infected with a strange power. Contact with the wood resulted in death. Being hit by a chipf of wood from these trees while attempting to cut them down resulted in death.
A way was finally found to shape this poisonous wood into an image. This image was called Kalai-pahoa. Wood from the nioi tree, or images carved from the nioi tree were brought into contact with the Kalai-pahoa image and energy was transmitted from that image to the nioi wood.
This was the beginning of Kalai-pahoa fireball sorcery and it was apparently very prevalent during the reign of King Kamehameha I, around 1812.
Dr. Kikuch gives us a good description of Kalai-pahoa fireball generation, which was probably provided by Hawaiian historian Samuel M. Kamakau:
“Akualele were described as resembling ´fire rockets,´ travelling great distances. When it was within the wood, the god-spirit was content. However, when (the wood was) scratched by its keeper, it would fly out, pulsating as though throbbing in anger at being hurt.”
Another variation on akualele utilized Kalai-pahoa mana (probably chips of that wood) kept in a bundle. This was referred to as akua-kumu-haka sorcery.
Dr. Kikuchi posits five identifiable beliefs about the akualele:
1. Fireballs are sent by someone human.
2. Fireballs can be stopped by swearing.
3. Fireballs fly leaving sparks.
4. Fireballs vary in color from red, orange and white to blue.
5. Fireballs are omens.
Indeed they are omens. They are omens of someone´s impending death.
Dr. Kikuchi summarizes his research on akualele as follows:
The akualele “is generally described as an elongated ball which in flight resembles a tadpole with a long tail leaving sparks as it flies. This is called the pu-ali shape. Its flight seems to be directional at above tree level, but at times haphazard at lower levels. Because of their color range, these akualele can be identified as to the sex of the captured spirit. Red was said to signify male, whereas all lighter shades, from yellow to blue, signified the female . . . The spirit manifests itself as a blazing, pulsating fireball, and, as it pulsates, it reaches some optimum size in its flight. The fireball can be stopped in flight and destroyed simply by searing at it. Its destruction always starts with a brilliant explosion which does not harm people standing nearby; neither does it cause secondary fires. Upon explosion, each piece moves about on the ground; and these according to one informant, are the ´e´epa people, who scamper about to do their missions of mischief.”
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