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January 21, 2007
Hali`alaulani
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Nana ho`oipoipo ke aloha |
Hanohano Pihanakalani
Glorious Pihanakalani (where heaven touches earth), by Kalala
Glorious is the upland of Pihanakalani
And the voice of the flute Kanikawi
It wooed with love
And won Princess Ka`ililauokekoa
She is the queen of the home of the birds
Amid the cool fragrance of the mokihana
The water of Kawaikini sparkles and sends
Lightning messages to the heights of Wai`ale`ale
Tell the refrain
Hali`alaulani is your name
The Name of Hali`alaulani
"In praise of the island of Kaua`i, this chant relates the romance in the uplands amid the mountain shells, the birds and the mokihana trees (pelea anisata) found only on this island. Pihanakalani is the mountainous region above Wailua River near the Wailua Falls. It was the home of the ruling class of the island of Kaua`i. Wi is the mountain shell, a native fresh and brackish water snail (neritina granosa). Ka`ililauokekoa was the grandaughter of Chief Mo`ikeha and Ho`oipokamalani. Her mother was the daughter of La`amaikahiki and the wife of Kauakahiali`i, high chief of Kauai.
Hali`alaulani was the goddess of Pihanakalani."
from Na Mele Hula by Nona Beamer
(image from Google Maps)
Posted by Neal at 8:16 PM | Comments (0) | Category: Mother Earth
January 19, 2007
The Creation of Adam
Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Michelangelo Buonarroti
"Cyberspace electronically compresses the events in the Universe into the singularity of the electronic cathedral. Man is situated in this singularity, while a finger of his hand extends to almost touch the finger of God opposite him."
- Mordechai Omer
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January 4, 2007
As above, so below
M77 galaxy
"M77 is a large galaxy and together with its faint outer spiral arms may extend up to 170,000 light years across. As a Seyfert Type II galaxy, it is highly luminous. . . .
Seyfert galaxies are a subclass of galaxies known as active galaxies. Active galaxies are distinguished from normal galaxies by virtue of their "active galactic nucleus" or AGN. . . .
The Seyfert type nucleus releases prodigious amounts of energy at a wide range of wavelengths, but is especially strong at infrared and radio wavelengths. In contrast to a normal galactic nucleus the energy released from the Seyfert nucleus arises from a nonstellar source. The central engine of the Seyfert nucleus (and all AGN) is believed to be an accretion disk that continuously drops matter into a supermassive black hole. . . .
Surrounding the accretion disk-black hole complex is a torus shaped (donut shaped) ring of opaque gas. When matter from the rotating accretion disk falls into the black hole, energy is released in the form of super heated gas jets which exit the nucleus at relativistic speeds through the hole in the torus which confines or collimates the jet into a cone shaped structure. . . ."
Double Rainbow at Lake Powell
(text and images by Robert Gendler)
"The most important property of the Aura seems to be the fact that it contains INFORMATION about the object. . . .
The Aura around humans is partly composed from EM (electromagnetic) radiation, spanning from microwave, infrared (IR) to UV light. The low frequency microwave and infrared part of the spectrum (body heat) seems to be related to . . . the functioning of our body (DNA structure, metabolism, circulation etc.) whereas high frequency (UV part) is more related to our conscious activity such as thinking, creativity, intentions, sense of humor and emotions. . . .
We cannot fake the Aura. It shows our True Nature and intentions for everyone to see."
(from notes on aura reading by Dr Tom Chalko)
- Figure of Christ, by Heinrich Hofmann
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