Huna: Ancient Hawaiian Secrets for Modern Living

Record summary

Serge Kahili King’s modern Huna literature presents a New Age synthesis attributed to Hawaiian spirituality, including ideas about energy, healing, dreamwork, and personal transformation. The lead matters because it allows comparison between indigenous Hawaiian concepts and twentieth-century Western occult reconstruction. Its status is disputed: scholars and Native Hawaiian commentators have often argued that Huna is largely a modern invention or selective reinterpretation rather than a securely transmitted precontact Hawaiian system. The book is therefore evidence for contemporary esoteric culture, not proof of ancient Hawaiian occult teachings.