<table border="0" cellspacing="12" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <p>The Huna tradition of Hawaii is a shamanic tradition with roots far deeper than the Pacific Islands. It is a window into a much more ancient wisdom - one that flows beneath all shamanic and spiritual traditions. Like flowers blooming on the same vine, spiritual traditions draw from a similar source. Just as each flower is unique, each culture is unique in the way that it expresses and preserves specific aspects of this underlying body of knowledge. The Huna tradition offers a rare perspective of this source and a glimpse into the ancient oral traditions that have existed from the beginning of humankind.</p> <p>Huna is a Hawaiian term meaning <i>secret.</i> It was coined by Max Freedom Long who was a teacher living and working closely with the Hawaiians throughout the 1920’s. He became fascinated with the secret practices of the islanders who seemed uninterested in western medicine, preferring their own healing methods, which were never openly talked about or written down. At first, Long thought it was some sort of trickery, but soon developed a great respect for this ancient tradition, and went on to write eight important books on the subject. It is not known what the Hawaiians called this body of knowledge. Long appears to have derived the term <i>Huna </i>from the word for the shamans of the tribe, <i>Kahuna</i>, meaning <i>the</i> <i>keepers of the secret</i>.</p> <blockquote> <div align="right"> <p><a href="about.html" target="_top"><img src="images/readmore.gif" alt="" height="17" width="87" border="0"></a></p> </div> </blockquote> </td> </tr> </table>
