huna religions movement

  • the beginning

    Max freedom long went to Hawaii to work as an elementary school teacher
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  • leaving hawaii

    max lost hope and left Hawaii thinking he would never learn the secrets.
  • signs of hope

    Max had an idea that the secrets were encoded into the Hawaiian language itself. He made a religious system and called it 'Huna' which means secret in Hawaii.
  • book of beliefs

    wrote his first book in 1936 to chronicle his beliefs
  • huna creation

    The word 'Huna' is a part of the Hawaiian language meaning secret. The word 'Kahuna' means "an expert in any field".
  • founded research

    max founded the "Huna " research. It's an organization in Missouri that is about practicing, teaching, and researching Huna
  • the secret science at work

    in 1953, he published "the secret science at work" as an Huna textbook.
  • examining parallels

    in 1965 " The huna codes in religions, examining parallels between his invented system and religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity.
  • huna now

    Huna now has more rules and regulations but also has more traditions and rituals and is also more organized.