She was kahuna, creating more life around her than was actually there, heightening the momentousness of each living thing by simply gazing upon it.

Kiana Davenport
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Kahuna is a Hawaiian word that means the “master of a skill.” The word is usually used in reference to a practitioner of magic or sorcery. In Hawaii, the kahuna were often priests or shamans who served the community by performing rituals and healing ceremonies. The kahuna were able to draw from both their spiritual power and from natural elements. This quote from the novel “In the Heart of the Sea” by Nathaniel Philbrick illustrates how a kahuna can make a person feel more alive by simply looking at them. The kahuna didn’t use their spiritual powers to harm anyone, but rather to help people live freely and experience more freely in this world.

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