![In the early days of the Borderland Sciences Research Associates, Meade Layne worked closely with a scholar of Polynesian mysticism (and BSRA co-founder) Max Freedom Long, dedicating extensive coverage to Long’s pamphlets and articles on Huna in the Round Robin. One of the first featured pamphlets, reproduced in an abridged format across four or five issues in 1946, was called “Huna – The Workable Psycho-Religious System of the Polynesians”, and it offers a simple introduction to the studies of Max Long and his colleagues, “explain[ing] in fairly general terms a part of the basic theory [of Huna] and its methods of application.” In the pamphlet (and in later books), Long claimed to have uncovered the ancient knowledge of the na kahuna, clues to which had “come largely through a study of the meanings of the roots of the Hawaiian words”, and proposed that by using the knowledge, he could now link the kahuna’s powers of fire-walking, healing by touch, and other sacred wisdoms to the psycho-spiritual model of the day — “Huna worked for na kahuna. It should work for us.”
“Huna – The Workable Psycho-Religious System of the Polynesians” (1946)
The Secret Science Behind Miracles (1948)
Self-Suggestion and the New Huna Theory of Mesmerism and Hypnosis (1958)
(Anyone interested in a more reading on Huna and Max Freedom Long will definitely want to browse MaxFreedomLong.com. Alternately, if you’re just looking for old Polynesian beats and tiki jams, we’ll gladly recommend you explore Mia Huna Moku.)
Image: T.J. Takahashi (US Geological Survey HVO), “Glow of lava is reflected in steam plume at water’s edge east of Kupapa‘u Point” (Feb. 10, 1988)](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lod2asA4xt1qa5pifo1_500.jpg)
In the early days of the Borderland Sciences Research Associates, Meade Layne worked closely with a scholar of Polynesian mysticism (and BSRA co-founder) Max Freedom Long, dedicating extensive coverage to Long’s pamphlets and articles on Huna in the Round Robin. One of the first featured pamphlets, reproduced in an abridged format across four or five issues in 1946, was called “Huna – The Workable Psycho-Religious System of the Polynesians”, and it offers a simple introduction to the studies of Max Long and his colleagues, “explain[ing] in fairly general terms a part of the basic theory [of Huna] and its methods of application.” In the pamphlet (and in later books), Long claimed to have uncovered the ancient knowledge of the na kahuna, clues to which had “come largely through a study of the meanings of the roots of the Hawaiian words”, and proposed that by using the knowledge, he could now link the kahuna’s powers of fire-walking, healing by touch, and other sacred wisdoms to the psycho-spiritual model of the day — “Huna worked for na kahuna. It should work for us.”
- “Huna – The Workable Psycho-Religious System of the Polynesians” (1946)
- The Secret Science Behind Miracles (1948)
- Self-Suggestion and the New Huna Theory of Mesmerism and Hypnosis (1958)
(Anyone interested in a more reading on Huna and Max Freedom Long will definitely want to browse MaxFreedomLong.com. Alternately, if you’re just looking for old Polynesian beats and tiki jams, we’ll gladly recommend you explore Mia Huna Moku.)
Image: T.J. Takahashi (US Geological Survey HVO), “Glow of lava is reflected in steam plume at water’s edge east of Kupapa‘u Point” (Feb. 10, 1988)
