The Seven Dawns of the Aumakua: The Ancestral Spirit Tradition of Hawaii

An extensive examination of Hawaiian spiritual tradition and its emphasis on ancestral spirits by a descendant of an ancient lineage of Hawaiian priests

* Describes the time-honored intergenerational bond between a people and a land that embodies the heart of indigenous spirituality

* A powerful and authentic portrait of a culture on the cusp of extinction

In Hawaiian spiritual tradition, the sacred bond formed between the land and its people is perpetuated in every new generation by the voice...