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A 3 page research paper that examines Hawaiian newspaper articles that were published between October 20, 1866 and February 2, 1871, in which Samuel Kamakau recorded information on Hawaiian culture at a time when native Hawaiians still recalled much of their heritage. However, today references that were perfectly clear to his Hawaiian readership are intriguingly enigmatic to readers totally unfamiliar with Hawaiian culture. Nevertheless, it is possible to differentiate between the various forms of Hawaiian sorcery. No additional sources cited.
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recalled much of their heritage. However, today references that were perfectly clear to his Hawaiian readership are intriguingly enigmatic to readers totally unfamiliar with Hawaiian culture. Nevertheless, it is possible
to differentiate between the various forms of Hawaiian sorcery. Whether or not a form of sorcery is evil or beneficial depends on the practitioner. Kamakau indicates, for example, that
anaana magic is very old and, while it can be the "most evil of evil deeds," as it can summon "evil spirits of darkness" and make them "friends of men,"
to a "humble man who is pure in thought, anaana is a virtuous profession" (Kamakau 119). In order to learn the way of the pule anaana, which appears to be
the full extent of this brand of magic, not just to learn anaana, that is, "how to pray to death," it seems that the novice practitioner had to embrace a
difficult life of asceticism. He must live in isolation, so that he will not "covet the big fishes of others, or their clumps of sugar cane, or bunches of bananas,"
etc. (Kamakau 120). If someone hits him, he has to learn to control his temper and not retaliate. Most of all, if someone brings him a payment and lays it
at his door, he must not "send forth his death-dealing prayers" (Kamakau 120). Wealth that he can accept is when he uses his magic to determine the murderer of
another. Kamakau describes how the practitioner of anaana goes about this and that, when he has determined a name, he says it aloud, "before the whole assembly," regardless of whether
the person is a chief or commoner, and then predicts when the person will die and the affliction, which will kill him (Kamakau 120). This description of anaana sorcery
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