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Stories of the Land

Hawaiian myth, magic, and healing

     Hawaii Island Retreat lands include the windswept cliffs and streamside meadows of Honopueo and Hana’ula, ancient land divisions in historic North Kohala. Here, weathered stones, or pohaku, keep council with native mangoes beneath a forested hula platform. Paths lead back into waterfalls, and maikai, or seaward, to a cobbled beach and cove.

     The land holds stories, and the hint of magic, veiled in legends and misty mornings. We’ve captured some of the mystique and healing quality of the land in articles, poems, and vignettes of it hidden splendor. Joins us in celebrating Ahu Pohaku Ho’omaluhia, this land of peace-giving stones as you sample the images and writings.

  • A Dream of Two Lifetimes

    “You must give birth to your images.

    They are the future waiting to be born.”

  • Childhood Magic

    Teachings of a stone named Tutu
    “One of the major sources of our spiritual consciousness is found in our earliest life-
    the benevolent oneness of existence in our mother’s womb. Then, as an infant,