Seekers of the Healing Energy: Reich, Cayce, the Kahunas, and Other Masters of the Vital Force Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been around the world of alternative healing for years, and a book like this is very disappointing to me personally.
I bought this book to see what the author would have to say about the four alternative healing methods that I am most involved with (HUNA, Qigong, Reiki, and Seichim).
Chapter 2 is dedicated to to HUNA, and based on what I read; she used two sources for HUNA information "The Secret Science Behind Miracles" Max Freedom Long, and "Huna: A Beginners Guide" Enid Hoffman.
Max Freedom Long (MFL) was a tireless researcher, and he spent the last 52 years of his life trying to reclaim the wisdom of the kahunas. Unfortunately Max had several problems.
1. MFL was a ha'ole, and the Hawaiians would not talk to him for fear of persecution. This was only 97 years after the "christian" missionaries did their good deed of civilizing the "savages", and castigating the beliefs of the hawaiians as Satan worship.
2. MFL was raised "christian", and he allowed his beliefs to influence his perceptions of HUNA. In some of MFL's volumes; he goes so far to say that Jesus was an initiated Kahuna.
3. MFL completely overlooked the role of the Akua(gods and goddesses acknowledged by the Hawaiians. The Hawaiians knew of a single creator; but worked through their Aimakua, Po'e Aumakua, and the Akua. They believed the levels above the Akua was beyond human comprehension. MFL did not acknowledge any levels above the Po'e Aumakua.
Ms. Hoffman took the writings of MFL, and expanded on it to the best of her ability; but unfortunately she was using faulty material as a base.
Ms. Coddington constantly refers to the spiritual beliefs of the Kahunas as "the Huna". HUNA is only a name that was given to this by MFL.
I am unaware of the real name the Hawaiians gave their spiritual beliefs. The Hawaiian word for religion was Ho'omana. If I had done the research that MFL did; I would have called the Hawaiian form of spirituality as Pulemana (which means to pray with mana).
If you are interested in HUNA; please see my two HUNA listmania lists, or my "So you would like to" area about HUNA.
I was very distressed to see her list "Accupuncture" in the "New Age" area on page 143. Accupuncture has been studied for almost 5,000 years (hardly new age in my opinion).
I was surprised to see her list Tai Chi on pages 147-150 but not mention Qigong (ch'i gong or ch'i kung), Reiki, or Seichim at all.
I did find the comments about Mesmer, Wilhelm Reich, Eggar Cayce, Hippocrates, etc interesting.
I only wish she had spent a little more time in research so she could have presented a cogent debate for alternative healing.
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The search for a mysterious healing energy that has always fascinated the human mind and spirit leads inevitably to an exploration of the true nature of consciousness, and to the awareness that our power to heal is an essential ingredient of the evolution of consciousness.