04-23-2008, 02:58 PM
wow, this is on page 3!
anyhow, they closed the park and Volcano House again today.
Press release:
http://www.nps.gov/havo/parknews/upload/...osure2.pdf
by the way, I was reading a post by a Native Hawaiian who does not at all care for the "give gin to Pele" custom and considers it disrespectful. As she points out, for 1500 years Pele did fine without gin until someone like a Greek immigrant thought he could trick her into putting on a show for gin, and now Pele's sacred places are littered with gin bottles.
She went on to say that it's not enough to mean well, that people who are not of the spiritual beliefs by heritage really shouldn't adopt them unless they take the time to be initiated by a true teacher. In other words, you may mean well, but it's essentially disrespectful as it would be to go into some other faith's church as a non member and a non initiate and try to conduct the most sacred rituals on your own.
I could see her point. So I will not be offering any gin to Pele.
anyhow, they closed the park and Volcano House again today.
Press release:
http://www.nps.gov/havo/parknews/upload/...osure2.pdf
by the way, I was reading a post by a Native Hawaiian who does not at all care for the "give gin to Pele" custom and considers it disrespectful. As she points out, for 1500 years Pele did fine without gin until someone like a Greek immigrant thought he could trick her into putting on a show for gin, and now Pele's sacred places are littered with gin bottles.
She went on to say that it's not enough to mean well, that people who are not of the spiritual beliefs by heritage really shouldn't adopt them unless they take the time to be initiated by a true teacher. In other words, you may mean well, but it's essentially disrespectful as it would be to go into some other faith's church as a non member and a non initiate and try to conduct the most sacred rituals on your own.
I could see her point. So I will not be offering any gin to Pele.