This conch shell is purported to be the legendary magical thunderous Kihapu shell which was guarded at Hokuwelowelo Heiau in Waipi'o Valley on Hawai'i Island until the dog Puapualenalena absconded with it. It could be blown during times of war and battles and thunder for miles. I have my own Kihapu. And I will be unleashing her spirit today. And she does shake the ground. And rumble your na'au. And it is a spiritual war going on. So she summons the legions of ancestors in force. Not through sheer power and will. But through humility, love and Aloha for all...
A kupu ka ʻāina, sprout of the land, of Molokai once told me that when they went to war, they lit all their imu and stoked the raging fires in preparation. I shared with him that when we go to war against the dark spiritual forces, we ask Ke Akua to light and stoke the fires of Heaven...
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