Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More

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"This riveting book can awaken humanity. It reveals the simple power of four phrases to transform your life. It's all based in love by an author spreading love. You should get ten copies of it——one for you and nine to give away. It's that good."
—— Debbie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers

"I love this book! I feel it will be the definitive personal-change/self-help book for at least a generation and viewed as a watershed event by historians. There is real potential for this book to start a movement that will end war, poverty, and the environmental devastation of our beloved planet."
—— Marc Gitterle, MD, www.CardioSecret.com

"This book is like a stick of dynamite, and the moment you start reading, the fuse is lit.

It blows away all the complex and confusing success paradigms of the past and reveals a refreshing and clear path to transform your life with just one simple step. As you explore Zero Limits with Vitale, be prepared for a journey that is both challenging and inspiring beyond anything you've imagined."
—— Craig Perrine, www.MaverickMarketer.com

"There are more than 6 billion different manifestations of human existence on the planet?and only one of us here. In Zero Limits, Vitale has captured the truth that all great spiritual, scientific, and psychological principles teach at the most fundamental level. Boil it all down to the basics and the keys are quite simple—— the answer to all life's challenges is profound love and gratitude. Read this book; it's a reminder of the truth and ability you already possess."
—— James Arthur Ray, philosopher and bestselling author of Practical Spirituality and The Science of Success

"Wow! This is the best and most important book Vitale has ever written!"
—— Cindy Cashman, www.FirstSpaceWedding.com

"I couldn't put it down. This book elegantly sketches what I've learned and learned about in twenty-one years of personal study, and then it takes it to the next level. If you're looking for true peace along with 'the good stuff,' then this book is for you."
—— David Garfinkel, author of Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich

"Zero Limits is Vitale's adventure into the most mind-altering reading experience of your life."
—— Joseph Sugarman, President, BluBlocker Sunglasses, Inc.

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In Memory of Morrnah.......2007-10-19

Aloha,
For about 22 years I am a practitioner of the updated Ho'oponopono-process from Morrnah Simeona, who brings balance and joy in my daily life. So I feel free, to comment this book called Zero Limits.

I do not care that it is a promotion book for activities of the authors. But I care for the legacy of Morrnah. In that view the book does not reflect her genuine teachings, it is mixed up with other ideas, therefore creating a different system - but is referring to Morrnah.

Doing her Ho'oponopono is primarily not what is promised on the cover. Wealth can be a comfortable side-effect. The process is for releasing negative energies out of your mind and the mind of others involved at a given problem. The result is a blessing from the Divine Creator for all involved parties - but which kind is His choice. And Yes, the Way of Morrnah leads step by step to Peace and FREEDOM for you and your family and relatives, for your neighbors and your circle of acquaintances. May be even the landscape around you will have less traffic, more flowers and so on. You and those you are associated with will be on the track of evolution again. But one thing will not happen: It will not lead to Zero. The Divine is not Zero, the Divine is LIFE itself.

To say e.g. to the Unihipili "I love you, I am sorry, please forgive me, thank you" are not key phrases of the Ho'oponopono - even they are written on many pages of the book. They work for sure, as you profit from the huge thought forms of LOVE, FORGIVENESS or THANKS. Unihipili - your subconsciousness - is then in a well-feeling vibration, pretending your problems are erased. But not so. Your mind is simply manipulated. These words are a kind of murmuring a mantra, of singing a catchy record. With temporarily effect. Morrnah never taught this sequence. Her way was writing down the problems ... and doing the Ho'oponopono-process. There the words of Love, Forgiveness and so on are used in the context of the whole process - the deciding difference, beside the final erasing.

The proposal that the Divine is a Zero state (page 31) is neither the ancient way of Ho'oponopono nor the modern way of Morrnah. It seems to be the new way of Dr. Stanley Hew Len, based on a misunderstanding of the Void. Void exists as an emptiness of any matter, as an Ultraconsciousness beyond all consciousness as Man can be aware of - but it is anything else than Zero. It is - as Morrnah would say - the undefinable Pure. When doing her Ho'oponopono, Divinity will simply cleanse your Unihipili from all (emotional) rubbish what is not you, but it will let untouched this part of your Self-Identity, your ability of having feelings.

It is no surprise for me that the two authors attracted each other: One calls himself "Mr.Fire", the other one is otherwise known as "Haleakala" (House of the Sun). Since some years he changed to "Ihaleakala" (Divine House of the Sun). He is not a master teacher. A master teacher is not working with material labels, business cards and the like (page119). They surely will bring results, but magically, manmade. They will become binding fetishes, created out of fear. If s.o. feels free of doing a Mahiki, these labels will be worthless within the twinkle of an eye - all of them.

"I've been told to kill the Divine to be home" (page 172). Did I hear the falling down of a mask from Stan? Will all come out as a Judas-story? In an interview in April 1985 (The Movement Newspaper, L.A., CA), Morrnah said: "By loving ourselves, we are loving the Divine". Consequently if killing the Divine, we kill ourselves. This message helps nobody. Morrnah opened the door for a new partnership between Divinity and Man, Stan seems intending to close this door.

Stan claimed having healed criminals in the Hawaii State Hospital only by looking through the files while murmuring the above sequence "I love you, etc." (page 41). THAT WAS NOT SO. He did the Way of Morrnah: Ho'oponopono-processes, the long form. And yes, for more than three years it was him who started humbly the process of expressing repentance to the criminals and their doctors, asking them for forgiveness, forgiving them and asking Divinity for healing all who are involved. Divinity accepted this altruistic plea and transformed step by step all negative memories and karmic bondages inside him AND inside the others into Light - as it was no accident, that Stan worked in this special hospital from 1983-1987. He was not responsable for these folks, he was the cause.

It might be attractive to get an honorable name from a kind of Guru (page 57/58), but it will not only lead to a longlasting bondage, it will also split your personality. Everybody's choice.

Every moment there are new problems under the sky as you are creating karma, which means: What you do to others (by living up your free will), you will experience on yourself. If you create problems, you will experience problems. You are the cause. Surely from that moment on you KNOW that you are the creator of your life, you are responsable for your future thoughts, words and deeds. You are responsable for the welfare of your Unihipili. But Morrnah never said, that you are "100% responsable" of what you did in the past (page 41), because this is both binding and not true. Often others, unknown to you, are also involved. Furthermore it is giving you a feeling of guilt in the neighborhood of the original sin.

If a dog is barking to you, let it bark. It is its way to talk with you. It is its way of feeling LIFE. If it disturbs you, do not stop it by having magic ideas in your mind (page 153). Again Morrnah would say just cleanse, that and why you are not comfortable with its barking.

You should not try to cleanse the 50 millions, who voted in your mind for the "wrong" president (page 168). May be you take over their Karma. Ask for cleansing why you are angry about their vote; Divinity will decide - that is it, what Morrnah would tell you. You are the cause if you are angry.

O ka Maluhia no me oe - Peace be with you, the Peace of I. AND IT IS DONE.

says nothing about Ho'o Ponopono - it's a RIPOFF!.......2007-10-18

This book says nothing about real Ho'o Ponopono. It says you have to pay for a seminar to find out what Joe Vitale thinks it is. The come-on shows Vitale is totally ignorant of what Ho'o Ponopono is. The rest of the book is nothing but sales pitches for Joe Vitale books and the stuff his business partners are selling. a TOTAL RIPOFF!

Finally.......2007-10-18

I have been reading self help books for years and finding this book has been a true magical gift. I always knew it had to be SIMPLE!

Ho'oponopono- A New Way of Living.......2007-10-17

I call this " a new way of Living", and what I mean by that is it is a way to heal myself , and all those I perceive as needing healing, which is really me!! What a concept!! At times I really get it, and other times it is a little harder. Surely "that person over there" has nothing to do with me. Even so, it is an awesome practice, and one I will continue to do.
Thanks, Joe and Dr.Len.
Ramona Font

ZERO LIMITS.......2007-10-17

The book was in perfect shape. It makes so much sense. We have to forgive and love. That's the only way our world can be whole again.

The Hawaiian Honeycreepers: Drepanidinae (Bird Families of the World)

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The Hawaiian Honeycreepers: Drepanidinae (Bird Families of the World)
H. Douglas Pratt
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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The Hawaiian Honeycreepers are typified by nectar feeding, their bright colouration, and canary-like songs. They are considered one of the finest examples of adaptive radiation, even more diverse than Darwin's Galapagos finches, as a wide array of different species has evolved in all the different niches provided by the Hawaiian archipelago. The book will therefore be of interest to evolutionary biologists and ecologists, as well as professional ornithologists and amateur bird watchers. As with the other books in the Bird Family of the World series, the work is divided into two main sections. Part I is an overview of the Hawaiian Honeycreeper evolution and natural history and Part II comprises accounts of each species. The author has produced his own outstanding illustrations of these birds to accompany his text.

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Outstanding Photo Album for the Hawaiian Voice
Easy reader
Great start about the Hawaiian people and what happened to them
Noyes' tragic narrative is full of contradications

Then There Were None
Martha H. Noyes
Manufacturer: Bess Press
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ASIN: 1573061557

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Then There Were None, by award-winning Honolulu writer and artist Martha H. Noyes, is a personal and emotional account, in words and pictures, of the effect of Western contact on the Hawaiian population. Drawing from a variety of sources, Noyes chronicles the effects, from the arrival of Capt. Cook to the present, of disease, written language, the missionaries, landownership, the overthrow of the monarchy, and the suppression of hula and Hawaiian language, concluding with a look at present-day activism. Photographs vividly contrast tourist images with scenes from the real Hawai`i and highlight the contrast between a culture rooted in cosmology and the material culture of those who made Hawai`i their own.

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Outstanding Photo Album for the Hawaiian Voice.......2007-08-01

*****
This small book is a beautiful gift book for those readers who have an interest in Hawaiian history and the Hawaiian people. On the left side of each page is a beautiful black-and-white photo, and on the right side a narrative, a quote, or poem that attempts to tell the story of the wounds of the people of Hawaii---a people who were robbed of their land and their culture---tragically.

The book does not attempt to be unbiased, but purports to put forth a point of view that has not typically been heard in the past---that of a people that were disenfranchised of so much, and the effect it had upon them.

This book is unofficially a companion to the DVD by Dr. Elizabeth Kapuuwailani Lindsey, by the same title, which tells a similar story via video rather than photographs and writing. Both the book and the DVD can stand alone, however, and each are different. The similarily is that both tell the story of the Hawaiians. The author of this book, Martha K. Noyes, was the producer and writer of the DVD as well.

The choice of photographs for this book is wonderful. I highly recommend it to all those who love Hawaii.
*****

Easy reader.......2007-05-23

Very nice little book. Tells the truth regarding the overthrow. Would be very easy for children to read and understand. Beautiful old pictures

Great start about the Hawaiian people and what happened to them.......2006-04-17

I appreciate Martha H. Noyes efforts in retelling the story of what happened to the indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. She has depicted much of what happened to my ancestors and their people. Mahalo nui loa! I do, however, agree with Mr. Llora that there is indeed blame being held, and as usual it is all about "Europeans, Americans and Whites". The Hawaiian people, like many indigenous peoples around the world, especially many of the Pacific Islanders, were isolated from the diseases, illnesses and sickness that people of Europe and Asia had. Certainly because of the exploration primarily and firstly by Europeans, whether British, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian or French, the first contacts were with Europeans and therefore the first diseases, venereal (from Tahiti), smallpox and influenza, that decimated Pacific Islanders, like the Hawaiians, were of European origin. However, as time went by and the Hawaiian people established a constitutional monarchy, guiding their way into the modern world as an independent, soveriegn nation and Euro-Polynesian country, a few "White Americans" illegally stole the country of Hawai'i. These elite non-Hawaiians then imported massive waves of foreigners, unabated and without a care in the world to the impact upon the Hawaiian people, primarly from Asia, especially Japan and China, but also from Portugal, with a few from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Austria and Prussia, who also carried with them their illnesses, diseases and sicknesses of which the already decimated Hawaiian people had no immunity to. The Hawaiians were further killed off by tuberculosis, influenza, Hansens Disease (from China), colds, fevers, smallpox (from San Francisco's Chinatown) and measles. Today, the descendants of the imported foreigners have outpopulated and supplanted the Hawaiian people and their descendants. In this world of warped political correctness, the facts, truth and authenticity of history and people are in danger of disappearing. As a hapa (of mixed blood), a hapa Hawai'i (part Hawaiian), as well as Chinese, Native American, European, English and British ancestry, I am tired of the same "facts of blame" being leveled at only one type of people as if "skincolor" or "race" is synonymous with "disease carrier" as in reference to the Hawaiian people, my people, my ancestors, my kupuna in my 'aina hanau of the Hawaiian Islands. It doesn't matter where the foreigners to Hawai'i's shores were from, they were human beings who brought disease that impacted the Hawaiian people, regardless of "race", "skincolor", ethnicity, nationality or origins. The fact remains that the Hawaiian people were devastated and decimated, and never had the chance nor opportunity to bring their country into the modern world.

Noyes' tragic narrative is full of contradications.......2005-07-18

Martha Noyes' 'Then There Were None' is a tragic tale of genocide -- a narrative full of contradication. On the one hand she says 'There is no blame, no guilt' (vii). Yet, on the other hand, she identifies reasons for the genocide of the 'pure' Hawaiians from an estimated 1,000,000 in 1778 (11) to 24,000 Hawaiians in 1922 (79).

She begins with the Cook and Vancouver visits in 1778 and their legacy of disease (9). Then, Noyes' continues with a series of moves by white foreigners whose clear agenda is domination and takeover. My point is simply that Noyes places the blame squarely on foreign elements. As a post-colonial thinker, I would be inclined to, in most cases, agree with her. However, to claim that the book does not lay blame is, in my humble opinion, a contradication.

Lastly, despite all the wonderful references to the 'pure' Hawaiians as well as the dominant white incursion, the book is missing one key element -- the impact of immigration of East and Southeast Asians on the local population. My sense is that Noyes does not want to shift the 'blame' or water down the story by references to immigrants and settlers. Noyes is an unapologetic romantic and that is all good. In a world full of that almost unmeasureable 'thing' out there called 'power' one cannot help but be sucked in to the discourse of master/slave even if through the destabilizing force of subversion. However, in this same reality one needs to measure the efficacy of such attempts and weigh the possible beneficial results of such actions -- as did George Helm (95) and see where that got him (97).

Kudos to Noyes for keeping the faith of King Kamehameha and Queen Lili'uokalani. Moreover, thumbs way up for Noyes' de-ornamentalism of the Hawaiian construction by the West. If for these two reasons alone, the book is well worth the read.

Miguel Llora

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A Hawaiian Life: A Most Captivating Biography
More story George, please!
A Book For Anyone Who Loves Hawai'i

A Hawaiian Life
George Kahumoku Jr. , and Paul Konwiser
Manufacturer: Kealia Press
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Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads

ASIN: 0970443404

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George Kahumoku, Jr., the Hawaiian slack key guitar player, is a superb story teller. He has always wanted to write some of these stories down, and finally has. If you've had the opportunity to see George in concert, you may have heard some of them, or parts of them. They are highly personal, and distinctly Hawaiian. George was raised mostly by grandparents, and in some respects he is like a Hawaiian of a generation or two earlier. But he is also a thoroughly modern fellow who's traveled the world, played music for the Queen of England, and gotten a mainland college degree. He has even been known to carry around a notebook computer from time to time. These are tales of poverty and tough times that illustrate the difficulties of growing up Hawaiian in a modern western setting. But more than anything, these stories will make you laugh. This is principally because of George's sense of humor and his ability to overcome life's obstacles with an upbeat attitude and good grace and above all, a very traditional spirit of Aloha.

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A Hawaiian Life: A Most Captivating Biography.......2002-03-27

I have always been an avid reader and credit that as the source of my strength in communicating ideas and concepts when I teach. "A Hawaiian Life" proved to be a most enjoyable reading experience for me - and not because of the inclusion of pidgin english which I am so familiar with - but more so because of the stories told. George Kahumoku Jr. has lived, as is living, an incredibly full life and Paul Konwiser has been able to capture, through first person narrative, some of the exceptional and wonderful experiences of George. The stories are a window into a lifestyle and are sprinkled with insights into the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic diversity that is unique to Hawaii. That alone, though, is not the allure or appeal of this biography. George has had EXTRAORDINARY experiences few, if any, of us will have. Each chapter is subtitled and "Almost Dead at Six Weeks Old" and "A Shark Attacks" may give you an idea of what I mean. Often humurous, at times touching and wonderfully illustrated by George, this book did what I want books to do - entertain and captivate me. Buy it today and ENJOY! I'll be waiting for more stories from Paul and George!!

More story George, please!.......2001-04-26

The only bad thing about "A Hawaiian Life" is that it's over so quick. I could have read another 1000 pages of Mr. Hakumoku's story. For any Hawaiian at heart who longs for sitting down with a true Hawaiian and talking story, this is as good as it gets. A picture window into a lifestyle so far from what some of us are living today. Sit back with inu, kick off da kine slippas and escape brah. Feel Hawaiian for a while. Mahalo nui loa George!!

A Book For Anyone Who Loves Hawai'i.......2001-01-17

"A Hawaiian Life" is a collection of stories from the daily experiences of a contemporary Hawaiian man, George Kahumoku Jr., a master slack key guitar player who has entertained all over the world. The stories are funny and unpretentious, such as an ahi (tuna) fishing disaster; teaching his son to be an entertainer; and adjusting (or not) to life in an elegant resort hotel. The book gives a generous view of a Hawai'i most people never get to see. Illustrated by the author, these allegorical tales are layered with meanings, often spiritual, and they resonate for a long time after being read.

Pele's Wish: Secrets of the Hawaiian Masters and Eternal Life

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Pele's Wish
The wisdom and spirituality of the Hawaiian ancients

Pele's Wish: Secrets of the Hawaiian Masters and Eternal Life
Sondra Ray
Manufacturer: New World Library
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ASIN: 1930722443

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The wisdom and spirituality of Hawaiian elders is a facet of Hawaiian culture that outsiders rarely see or truly understand. New Age veteran Sondra Ray and her personal guide, Auntie Pua, act as messengers of the Aloha spirit, sharing the sacred teachings of the Kahunas — the “transmitters of secrets” — through kitchen-table style storytelling and first-hand adventures. The ancient rituals and basic tenets of the Huna way — loving oneself, nurturing other beings and the land, and living in harmony with all of life — provide a powerful code of transformation, leading to a deeper spiritual life more in tune with the rhythms of the natural world. By identifying the three core selves present in everyone, and in coordinating the way the three selves interact, readers learn to control their own reality — this is the Huna Way.

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Pele's Wish.......2007-02-02

Being a Pele devotee and a student of Hawaiian religion and philosophy, I couldn't wait to read this book and was sadly, very disappointed. I felt this was more of an examination of Ray's life; an edited version of what she experienced. I did not feel at all like she shared her lessons or taught me anything about Pele's Wish. The book felt rushed and incomplete to me. Her mission statement remained frustratingly remote and opaque. There are better, more useful books on the subject of Hawaiian religion and healing such as Connie Rios' "Ka Hana Pono" book and cards which are actual tools to connect you with Spirit. Still, I am glad Madame Pele is finding new audiences (hopefully). Aloha oe.

The wisdom and spirituality of the Hawaiian ancients.......2005-06-13

Pele's Wish: Secrets Of The Hawaiian Masters And Eternal Life by rebirthing movement pioneer Sondra Ray will instruct the reader into the mysteries and mastery of the "Aloha Spirit", the unique principles of Huna philosophy, the ancient Hawaiian counseling and prayer technique called "ho-oponopono", as well as Kahuna magic. Sondra Ray (with the assistance of her personal guide, Maui-based kahuna Puanani Mahoe) acts as a messenger of the Aloha spirit to reveal as an aspect of Hawaiian metaphysics rarely observed or understood by outsiders. With its revelations of the wisdom and spirituality of the Hawaiian ancients, Pele's Wish is a welcome and unique contribution to Metaphysical Studies reference collections and reading lists.

Paradise Remade: The Politics of Culture and History in Hawaii

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Paradise Remade: The Politics of Culture and History in Hawaii
Elizabeth Bentzel Buck
Manufacturer: Temple University Press
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ASIN: 0877229783

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This is a book about the politics of competing cultures and myths in a colonized nation. Elizabeth Buck considers the transformation of Hawaiian culture focusing on the indigenous population rather than on the colonizers. She describes how Hawaii's established religious, social, political, and economic relationships have changed in the past 200 years as a result of Western imperialism. Her account is particularly timely in light of the current Hawaiian demands for sovereignty 100 years after the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893.

Buck examines the social transformation Hawaii from a complex hierarchical, oral society to an American state dominated by corporate tourism and its myths of paradise. She pays particular attention to the ways contemporary Hawaiians are challenging the use of their traditions as the basis for exoticized entertainment.

Buck demonstrates that sacred chants and hula were an integral part of Hawaiian social life; as the repository of the people's historical memory, chants and hula practices played a vital role in maintaining the links between religious, political, and economic relationships. Tracing the ways in which Hawaiian culture has been variously suppressed and constructed by Western explorers, New England missionaries, the tourist industry, ethnomusicologists, and contemporary Hawaiians, Buck offers a fascinating "rereading" of Hawaiian history.

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A very thorough research for a fairly small volume.

recommended to people interested in the subject

Well documented, beautifully illustrated, easy reading.

The Hawaiian Tattoo
P. F. Kwiatkowski
Manufacturer: Halona, Incorporated
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Tattoos from Paradise: Traditional Polynesian Patterns

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A very thorough research for a fairly small volume........2002-09-10

I read my copy of this book I special ordered from my local library prior to ordering it here to buy. Having lived in Hawaii 23 years I found it surprisingly thorough for so short a book. I especially liked the depth the author went to to express the deep religious or other significance certain designs held. I did a search under the author's name and discovered he has many of the designs of which he speaks on his own body, he can speak with first hand authority as to their history or design. He also makes clear the undifinitive nature of Hawaiian tattoos, not all were "sacred" or "royal" and makes clear the transition, or perhaps contamination which occured post white-man contact with missionaries and others. Good, simple illustrations offer the reader easily copied designs to work with in customizing their own design or duplicating one shown. I highly reccommend this to anyone researching Hawaiian tattoo's, the book is very difficult to find outside the state.

recommended to people interested in the subject.......2000-07-05

this book i'd say is mainly aimed at people who are interested in hawaiian tattoos. it has "only" 60 pages, and it took me maybe four hours to read through it.

it covers hawaiian tattoo history, techniques and terminology, designs and their origins, evolution, and also has a bibliography.

all the information given is very interesting and educating. i'd recommend it as a good volume of reference for anyone interested in hawaiian and/or tribal tattooing.

Well documented, beautifully illustrated, easy reading........1998-06-15

The Hawaiian Tattoo is the result of exhaustive research detailing the history of the ancient Polynesian art of tattooing. Significance of the designs is explained in a format easy to read and understand. Until the publication of this book, there was no other book published on this one particular subject. Big Island artist Tom O`o Mehau lends his artictic brilliance and talent in the illustrations. Highly recommended.

Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia: An Essay in Historical Anthropology

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Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia: An Essay in Historical Anthropology
Patrick Vinton Kirch
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 052178879X

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In this innovative book, Kirch and Green develop the theory and method of an anthropological approach to long-term history. Combining archaeology, comparative ethnography, and historical linguistics, they advance a phylogenetic model for cultural diversification, and apply a triangulation method for historical reconstruction. Through an analysis of the history of Polynesian cultures they present a first-time detailed reconstruction of Hawaiki, the Ancestral Polynesian culture that flourished some 2,500 years ago. This book will be essential reading for any anthropologist, prehistorian, linguist, or cultural historian concerned with the study of long-term history.

Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom (Asao Special Publications ; No. 1)

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Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom (Asao Special Publications ; No. 1)
Marshall D. Sahlins
Manufacturer: University of Michigan Press
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Hawaiian culture as it met foreign traders and settlers is the context for Sahlins's structuralist methodology of historical interpretation

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Na Kua'aina: Living Hawaiian Culture
Davianna Pomaika'i Mcgregor
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The word kua`âina translates literally as "back land" or "back country." Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor grew up hearing it as a reference to an awkward or unsophisticated person from the country. However, in the context of the Native Hawaiian cultural renaissance of the late twentieth century, kua`âina came to refer to those who actively lived Hawaiian culture and kept the spirit of the land alive. Kua`âina are Native Hawaiians who remained in rural areas; took care of kûpuna (elders); continued to speak Hawaiian; toiled in taro patches and sweet potato fields; and took that which is precious and sacred in Native Hawaiian culture into their care. The mo`olelo (oral traditions) recounted in this book reveal how kua`âina have enabled Native Hawaiians to endure as a unique and dignified people after more than a century of American subjugation and control. The stories are set in rural communities or cultural kîpuka—oases! from which traditional Native Hawaiian culture can be regenerated and revitalized.

By focusing in turn on an island (Moloka`i), moku (the districts of Hana, Maui, and Puna, Hawai`i), and an ahupua`a (Waipi`io, Hawai`i), McGregor examines kua`âina life ways within distinct traditional land use regimes. Kaho`olawe is also included as a primary site where the regenerative force of the kua`aina from these cultural kîpuka have revived Hawaiian cultural practices. Each case study begins by examining the cultural significance of the area. The `ôlelo no`eau (descriptive proverbs and poetical sayings) for which it is famous are interpreted, offering valuable insights into the place and its overall role in the cultural practices of Native Hawaiians. Discussion of the landscape and its settlement, the deities who dwelt there, and its rulers is followed by a review of the effects of westernization on kua`âina in the nineteenth century.! McGregor then provides an overview of the social and economic changes in each area through the end of the twentieth century and of the elements of continuity still evident in the lives of kua`âina. The final chapter on Kaho`olawe demonstrates how kua`âina from the cultural kîpuka under study have been instrumental in restoring the natural and cultural resources of the island.

Unlike many works of Hawaiian history, which focus on the history of change in Hawaiian society, particularly in O`ahu and among the ruling elite, Na Kua`âina tells a broader and more inclusive story of the Hawaiian Islands by documenting the continuity of Native Hawaiian culture as well as the changes.

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