114 Poniandcr Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



the efficacy of its ])()\vcr would imt properly settle u]Jon liini. Soinetinies, however, 

 ai^'ti was not the only inducement for the spirit power "to settle;" it sini])ly happened. 

 Such oi)erations were called a "sitting of the deity."'' 



47. THE WORK OF MYSTICISM POSSESSING A PRIEST. 



During- a priest's possession of the spirit power, the malady in a person, and the 

 CtUise of it would be known. The spirit "sitting" on the priest would then say: "Vou 

 are sick because of your vow." Tf the comi)laint was not caused by a vow, then the 

 priest would say: "\'ou are sick because some one is jealous of you." If these causes 

 failed to substantiate the priest's declaration, then he would remark: "\'our iiiaiinu'" 

 has been taken away," and so forth, ^^arious and many were the s])irits which sat 

 speaking through the mystic ])riest. 



If the summoning of the iiiakaiii jiriest was not for sickness, but for some other 

 cause perhaps, thus : Su])pose a person had some ])ro]jerty stolen and there was not the 

 least trace of the thief, then the mystic priest would be called in to investigate, pro- 

 vided the ]X)wer was "sitting" on the priest. When tlie mystic power ]jossessed the 

 priest then he would sav: "So and so stole vour money, which is hidden in the ground," 

 or such like — there were man\- ways of mentioning it. 



48. OF A LOVE-INUUCING PRIEST. 



This is a calling of the order of priesthood relating to prophecy, because a love- 

 inducing priest operated in auguries. The love-inducing priest was either a man or a 

 woman who understood the power of love to infatuate one, and who could also break 

 the spell of infatuation if the influence was meant for a man or a woman. He was, 

 therefore, also called a "love-releasing priest." The calling of this priest did not apply 

 to the love of the father or the mother or the famih', but referred to those who mar- 

 ried, or lived in adultery. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE CALLING OF THE LOVE-INDUCINC; PRIEST. 



A deity dominated over the calling of the love-inducing priest, and there were 

 love potions to be prepared. Sometimes it was practiced with an evil intent, and some- 

 times worthilv. The deity dominating this calling would not comply if its ordinances 

 were not observed. 



METHOD OF THE LOVE-INDUCI XG PRIEST TO MAKE INFATL'ATION EFFECTIVE. 



Suppose that a man and his wife were living in harmon\-, Ijut after a while their 

 living together became disagreeable, so that the wife moved to some other place and 

 lived there a long time, a willful desertion perhaps on the part of the wife for some 



■■■'An invesligaloi- (Rev. Jas. Bicknell) of the practice WlaiDiii (bait) was any article, however small, be- 



of sorcery aniong Hawaiians, as revived about 1880. longing to, or that had been worn by one, the possession 



termed the hooiwhoiioho priests, according to the views of which by another gave him great power for evil, 



of their dupes "dispensatories of spirits of deceased per- This notion was the "stock in trade ' of "praying to 



sons." The work of the sending or messenger priest he death." 

 classed "witchcraft." 



