Post #131538 by MaiTaiMafia-Old on Fri, Dec 17, 2004 3:02 AM

The Kahuna talked with us for a few minutes and then proceeded with his ceremony. He instructed my wife to stay on his right side and carry a large monkeypod bowl filled with some "blessed" water... he had two "ti" leaves in his right hand. We first stood at my front door, out on the porch. He began by dipping the ti leaves in the water and then sprinkling us with the water. Some of the water splashed off of me and a couple drops hit him. His eyes got huge and he stopped and looked at his arms which had gone "chicken skin" ... he said "That's on you, boo... someting's wrong wid you..." What a great way to start out. We went all around the outside of our house and to the edges of our property. While on the ground looking at the foundation of the home, he said that there had been "many arguements and disagreements among the builders about the way they were building our home and especially the foundation itself. I told him that was probably true, as they had many design-related issues that took a while for them to fix. He looked out at the land behind us into the small canyon, closed his eyes and told us that long ago their was a village there. Asked us if we knew who the "night marchers" were. We said that we did and he said not to be afraid of them, they are just "spirits on their way home". Said if we see them to just think good thoughts about them and to wish them well. Quite contrary to the traditional legends I've heard of the night marchers. After blessing the exterior of the house, we moved inside and he repeated the process in every room. In different places he told us of things (conversations, arguements, etc.) that had transpired there and WHEN. He was dead-on on every one of them. He gave us advice about living, our relationship and our place in the grand scheme of things. He noticed a very special tiki standing inside the front door a local friend of mine had carved me. He said "Do you know what that tiki means?" .. I told him it represents Wisdom. He said it did, and that the snarling visage means that it is yelling at everyone, telling them that it is for wisdom. "You must listen to this tiki and seek wisdom, for he demands it" ... I wasn't about to argue. So now we are safe from evil. We talked-story for about an hour after he finished and I learned a great deal about his family history, the way they view the current inhabitants of Hawai'i and heard some other pretty hair-raising ghost stories...