Versatile Masters of Old Hawaii 
In ancient Hawaii the kahuna were far more than the priests of a religious order. They were experts, trained in a variety of skills and occupations, the learned and professional men and women of their time. On them rested the responsibility of preserving and advancing knowledge within their specific discipline. They arrived at their positions only after more than two decades of training. 
L. R. Mcbride collected information about the kahuna for many years through extensive research in 19th century writings and interviews with Hawaiian people. In this fascinating account he gives an accurate and unsensational account of what the kahuna really meant in the Hawaiian culture of long ago. McBride includes fascinating legends and stories concerning individual kahuna. Illusrated with reproductions of historic prints, photographs and drawings by the author and others, The Kahuna presents a readable introduction to a fasinating aspect of ancient Hawaiian culture.

The Kahuna

History

McBride, Likeke R.

Americas

Petroglyph Pr Ltd

Natural remedies have existed among cultures world-wide from the beginning of time. Folk medicine in Hawai'i today consists of fragments of the knowledge of the Hawaiian medical professionals, including kahuna laau lapaau, along with treatments and plants that have come with immigrants from around the world. Likeke R. McBride combined his talents as a thorough researcher and botanical illustrator with a life-long interest in folk medicine to produce this book of extraordinary value for students of natural medicines and Hawaiiana. After many years out-of-print, a thorough update and the inclusion of color photos have made this new edition a timely contribution to a subject of growing interest. Instructions are given for finding, identifying and using plants and other medicinal substances, including the tools needed to do the job. The fully illustrated text features alphabetical listings of plants by both Hawaiian and scientific names, common ailments and the natural products of the islands used to treat them.

Practical Folk Medicine of Hawaii

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

The ancient legends of Hawaii tell how Pele came to the islands from far across the sea. After traveling from north to south, testing each of the islands for a home suitable for herself and her family she took up her abode inHalemaumau Crater at the summit of Kïlauea on the island of Hawaii. To the Hawaiians of old she was a livingdeity. Today Pele personifies the volcano to visitors and residents, showing her capriciousness and power while both destroying and creating new land. Perhaps it is she who weaves the spell that brings people back again and again to the island of Hawaii, sometimes to spend the rest of their days in this vibrant land. That can be said of both Likeke R. McBride, the author, and Dietrich Varez, the illustrator. Often crossing paths, they each found homes for themselves and their families, and lived for decades in Volcano, deep in the land of Pele. Join them in exploring stories of the fire goddess that clearly paint the history of this dynamic land as seen through the eyes of inhabitants over generations, passed down through the ages. Originally published over fifty years ago, Pele, Volcano Goddess of Hawaii will now, with new illustrations, give these tales renewed life.

Pele: Volcano Goddess of Hawaii

Literature & Fiction

Mythology & Folk Tales

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