Quite right. when the kahuna 'ana'ana wanted someone dead; the victim did not have to know anything about the curse. They simply died in days.

Well according to the anthropology and psychology I've studied, "curses" can have no effect whatsoever unless the intended victim

(1) knows of the curse (or at least knows the sorcerers to be capable of working such a thing), and

(2) believes such curses "work" - and (more importantly) FEARS them.

It's said there's only two ways a human being can be breached - through either fear or desire. It's highly unlikely anyone in their right mind would desire to be "cursed". So it must have been through regular and massive doses of fear - helped along by making sure the people remained ignorant of the truth by "keeping the secrets" to themselves - that the kahunas held the common people of Hawaii "captive" - virtual slaves of their own fears and superstitions.

In other words, if a person is harmed by a "curse" - that harm is caused by the person themselves - ie any "symptoms" - up to and including death - are psychosomatic in origin.

Daylia: ahem. The Hawai'ians did not call this spiritual technology huna. They did not have an official name for this technology; but ho'omana (to make mana) comes close.

Yes - it would have been better to say that the spiritual energetic techniques of ancient Hawaii are called "Huna" today. Thanks for clearing that up.

daylia