Post #132664 by MaiTaiMafia-Old on Fri, Dec 24, 2004 12:57 PM

The Kahuna who blessed our house alluded to the "crossing over" thing too. He mentioned the Night Marchers - In traditional Hawaiian folklore, the NM's are spirits of departed ancient Hawaiian warriors who died in battle. There are many areas in O'ahu that were once the sites of fierce battles. They Supposedly gather and march down familiar battle path. Legend has it that if you see them or are intheir path, you are to lie down and pretend to be dead. Do not look in their eyes or they will take your soul. This Kahuna told me that these warriors are trying to go "home". To them, home is where they used to live, but since they are dead they must travel to the "jumping-off" point between this world and the next (over here that's Ka'ena Point). From time to time, he goes to meet with NM's to help direct them to Kaena Point so that they may move on. Case in point: he told me of an older gentlemen who contacted him about NM's walking through his house. It seemed his house lay directly in the path they normally took. Every night at the same time, his doors would all open buy themselves and in would walk these warrior spirits - in the front and out the back. He wasn't scared but just tired of it. He couldn't get people to come visit because THEY were so scared after witnessing it. So the Kahuna went to his house and sure enough, just like expected, in they came. The Kahuna followed them out back and spoke to them and directed them to Ka'ena Point. Over time the number of NM's became less and less until eventually they stopped coming altogether...