Ten Speed Press Fundamentals of Hawaiian Mysticism

On page 14-15 of her book, after the introduction, Charlotte Berney writes that Max Freedom Long interpreted what he understood of the Hawaiian traditions from his own knowledge as a psychologist and projected it onto his limited knowledge of the Hawaiian traditions. A so-called "universal interpretation". Unfortunately, Max Freedom Long was quite wrong. She also writes that the Hawaiians never called their traditions Huna.But fortunately Max Freedom Long knew better than the Hawaiians what their traditions contained. Charlotte Berney then mentions others, such as Serge King, who would know Huna better than the people from Hawaii. This book is therefore cultural appropriation; cultural colonialism at its best. What arrogance!!!

I had read several books by Serge Kahili King on the subject of Huna and found a review by W. Lambdin explaining that this book was one of the best. So i decided to go for it and bought it a week ago. I am glad i did.It is easy to read and her writing style is easy to get on with, she puts everything across very clearly. One of the issues i have with King's books is that they are quite difficult to read and the style is quite 'old' (bearing in mind that most of them were written a fair few years ago). I love the Hawaiian language use in King's books but it does make reading very difficult at times. Berney's book uses the Hawaiian language but in a much easier to understand way. The format of her book is a bit odd to start with as chapters roll on from each other and it is all broken down into only a few large sections but i am flying through this book much faster than any others i have.The first section details the grounding of ideas while the second looks at exercises to put it all into practice. The exercises are simple but easy to implement and work through. I would say that Berney's book is more fundamental and practical whilst King's has a more 'spiritual' edge but it depends on your background (i have read a lot of wiccan and energy healing books).If you are thinking of getting this book because you really want to know more, don't hesitate you can't go wrong.

Great book with brief description of main huna points.

I have read a lot of Huna books over the years. She makes the basics or foundation of Huna easy, comfortable, straight forward, uncomplicated. She gives the basics clearly with no BS. I would have to put this on the top of my list for someone who really just wants to know the straight facts about "huna" or Hawaiian spirituality and how to use it.

Reading this book has shown me a way to be at peace with myself and the world. Our Ho'Oponopono Group is using it to guide us and keep us on track on being 100% responsible for our own reality and living a live of love and inner peace.