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In response to snork's thread, this is what I found just from a very brief search. Starting off with some links that point to some pretty strong parallels, but then go into some possible frauds where I openly say I don't know enough to be certain. Wish Lesleyann was around.

Book review
http://www.natcom.org/ROC/one-two/Vol2Num2/ConefreyWood.htm
"Haoles in Hawaii
Theresa Conefrey
Houston Wood. Displacing Natives: The Rhetorical Production of Hawaii. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1999. 240 pages. $63.00 (cloth); $26.95 (paper).
Houston Wood's rigorous and original work challenges the typical guidebook depiction of America's only island state as an idyllic paradise where happy Hawaiians are ever eager to share their aloha spirit with tourists and other outsiders. Wood aligns himself with postcolonialist scholar Edward Said in writing with the aim of participating in the "struggle over geography," and with Native Hawaiian activists in "commit[ting] to a project that actively opposes the dominant culture's continuing attacks upon Natives" (3)....Equally problematic is the appropriation of so-called Hawaiian spiritualism by practitioners of new-age religions. By way of example, Wood offers a brochure from a Canadian company that appears to contain little concrete evidence of the actual Native culture. He quotes Naone, a distraught Native Hawaiian, as responding with the plaintive cry that "people need to be told they can't just make up stuff and say it is Hawaiian" (75). Wood notes wryly that it is unlikely his plea will be heard. "Metropolitan appropriations are disseminated worldwide, but the voices of Naone and others like him are barely heard"

http://www.moolelo.com/statehood-50years.html
"If anyone can feel Hawaiian, or be "Hawaiian at heart," where does this leave us as true Hawaiians, as Kanaka Maoli?
Our ancient hula is learned and performed in Japan, with taiko drums, no less. People teach hula today and call themselves kumu hula regardless whether they read it in a book or watched a videotape. Those who contribute to behaviors like these have cheapened the sanctity of hula, a rich cultural practice.
We have haoles who love our beaches who chastised me for trying to stop them from running around in the buff. They insist that our ancestors ran around naked, and the missionaries made us put clothes on. The ignorance of these people is shocking.
We have haole people here on Maui who profess to be a kahuna (high priest) and do house blessings, telling people their homes are haunted and there are bones under their homes. They then charge a hefty fee to "bless" the homes. This particular "kahuna" preys on the bones of our ancestors, and that is the most disgusting thing to take place.
There are groups of crystal worshippers who leave their offerings in archaeological sites around Maui and after their rituals dance naked on the beaches, beating drums and dancing around a bonfire. And the powers that be take no action against this type of idiocy."

http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2005/07/04/focus5.html
"Law ends government oversight of Native Hawaiian healing practices
Pacific Business News (Honolulu) - July 1, 2005 by Clynton Namuo
A new state law bars government oversight of Native Hawaiian healers, leaving it up to so-called "kupuna councils" comprising experts in the field.
While kupuna councils had been used to oversee Native Hawaiian healers in the past, they were regulated as state agencies because they were commissioned through Papa Ola Lokahi, a Native Hawaiian health agency. Papa Ola Lokahi institutes Native Hawaiian health programs with federal funding from the Native Hawaiian Healthcare Act of 1988.
The new law, Act 153, removes anyone on a kupuna council from liability and gives the councils total independence from state government oversight.
"This finally cut the last tie to state regulation," said Terry Shintani, a physician and lawyer who helped draft the legislation. "It makes the kupuna councils as independent as possible."
Previous attempts to regulate Native Hawaiian healing, such as licensing, failed, Shintani said.
Native Hawaiian healing is a closely guarded practice, handed down through families. Because of that, regulation traditionally has come from elders, not government. The law codifies that practice.
Kupuna councils can consist of any number of members, as long as at least three are proficient in Native Hawaiian healing methods. The councils will continue to be chosen by Papa Ola Lokahi and will regulate practices such as lomi lomi (massage), laau lapaau (herbal healing), laau kahea (spiritual healing), hooponopono (conflict resolution) and pule (prayer healing).
The councils also were created to keep inexperienced "New Age" people from claiming they were Native Hawaiian healers, Shintani said.
As kupuna council members grow older, some have promised to teach their practices to people other than family members. One kupuna council, created at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, has seen three of its eight members die since 2000, said Helen O'Connor assistant to the director of the Traditional Native Hawaiian Healing Center.
The Waianae health center is constructing a building solely for Native Hawaiian healing, which will be completed in one year, O'Connor said. The center's kupuna council goes beyond simply choosing who can practice Native Hawaiian healing as it also regulates the protocols there, she said."

Found what looked to be a pretty good warning, that turned out to be on a site run by what looks to be obvious frauds.

http://www.masterworksinternational.com/huna/hunarchive/hunaoct.htm
"HUNA TODAY by Kihonua
Much of what is taught as Hawaiian Huna can hardly be considered as a genuine reflection of the true teachings. Even a cursory reading of the current books available on Huna will show the extent to which other spiritual teachings from different cultures have influenced the present day understanding of what Huna is exactly. The influence of the Theosophical version of the ancient Indian spiritual teachings is very clearly evident. It is interesting to note that the Theosophists had a large teaching centre located at what is now Kauai's Hindu temple ( The Temple of San Marga, 107 Kaholalele Road, Wailua Homesteads ). Even the western magical traditions based to a great degree on the Kabbalistic mystical teachings have had their effect on Huna teaching today. It is understandable that any teacher of Huna in this day and age will draw upon their full experience of spiritual and mystical teachings to hopefully clarify some of the Huna teachings but the danger is that these other teachings become identifiable as Huna. This is an insult to the real Huna teaching and to the origins of these other teachings. Huna is unique and distinct from any other spiritual teaching. Sadly, I notice that even some native Hawaiian teachers are also teaching a westernized version of Huna.
Any oral tradition, as Huna was, is incredibly vulnerable to distortion and loss over years of teaching. However, much of the original teaching can be rediscovered through a detailed study of such chants as the Kumilipo and others that were transcribed during the last century. Even here though there is a problem as once again your own background of spiritual teaching is going to make you find the specific version of Huna that you want to. The degree to which our pre-existing attitudes and beliefs influence any such investigation of the ancient chants must be born carefully in mind. One of the other difficulties of translation is the same problem that faces translators of western alchemical treatises written in the middle ages and that is one of understanding accurately the specific intent of the word symbols used to cloak the real truth from the spiritually unprepared. The Hawaiian language is incredibly rich in words that have two or more meanings and the Hawaiians loved plays on words, puns and the use of poetic metaphor and allegory.
In our own teaching of Huna these are issues that we constantly bear in mind and we seek to avoid undue contamination of the original teachings. So the message is "student beware!" The Huna teaching you are getting may simply be NLP, Polarity, New Thought, The Seth teachings, general New Age philosophy, Theosophical and Western Magical teachings disguised as Hawaiian Huna. The real Huna teaching has a bitter, piquant flavour that some find hard to swallow let alone digest. PAU!"

http://www.masterworksinternational.com/index.htm "MasterWorks International  The total training provider for Polarity Therapy and Hawaiian Huna We are now based in Southern Ireland NEW! Working with the Chakras eCourse Special Introductory Offer"

http://www.masterworksinternational.com/team.htm
"MasterWorks team currently consists of Morag Campbell and Philip Young.
Phil and Morag both travel extensively sharing their expertise in the art of Polarity Therapy and Hawaiian Huna throughout the world. Honourary memembers of the United Kingdom Polarity Therapy Association (UKPTA). They have both presented seminars at recent American Polarity Therapy Association (APTA) conferences held in the USA and Canada and continue to run trainings in England, Norway and the USA and Canada. Phil is currently (2004) the President of the American Polarity Therapy Association.
Polarity Therapy Phil underwent his initial training in Polarity in 1984 with Alan Siegel at the Polarity Therapy Centre of San Francisco...he absorbed the writings of Randolph Stone, the founder of the system, with a voracious appetite. Morag trained with Phil and then later...Alan.... Phil was also working at the Bournemouth Centre for Complementary Medicine...In 1986 they founded the International School of Polarity Therapy and ran professional training courses in the South West of England and London. At about this time Phil was collaborating with Alan to publish a training manual on Polarity..." Polarity Therapy - The Power That Heals". Phil followed this up three years later with the publication of his own book " The Art of Polarity Therapy"...
In 1990 they promoted and organised the first International Conference on Polarity. The event was a great success. It was held at Gaunt's House near Wimborne, Dorset, England and attracted the best exponents of Polarity in the world. Also at this time Morag was busy running a training in the Highlands of Scotland and Phil was instrumental in setting up the British Polarity Council, an umbrella body, established to set standards for the training and practise of Polarity in the United Kingdom.
From 1989 until 1994 Morag was Director of Studies for the International School of Polarity Therapy. She is co-founder of the Norwegian Polarity Institute and now works as a consultant and Polarity trainer in mainland Europe. An inspiring teacher and contemplative with a love of the natural world she has just written a book on the various manifestations of the five elements in our lives entitled 'Quinta - Essentia'.
In 1994 they handed over the International School and now concentrate working as freelance Consultants and trainers, travelling and teaching wherever the need arises under the name of of
Over the years Morag and Phil have shared their experience and expertise at the American Polarity Conferences in Boston, California and Colorado and with polarity groups in Washington DC. They have run trainings in new areas of Europe such as Austria, the birth place of Dr. Stone, and established the Norwegian Polarity Institute, opening up the world of Polarity to hundreds of people.
In 2000 they created the worlds first integrated online and distance learning programme in Polarity Therapy.
In 2002 Phil was elected to the board of Directors of the American Polarity Therapy Association (APTA) and become President of the Association in 2003 and is continuing in this role until mid 2005.
Hawaiian Huna
Alongside Phil and Morag's work with Polarity Therapy perhaps the major influence in their personal and spiritual lives has been the experience and study of Hawaiian Huna, the ancient spiritual and philisophical teaching that form underpinnings of the Polynesian culture. Phil and Morg have authored 'The Power of Love' a book on the Hawaiian Huna teaching. Phil has also created a unique audio cassette training programme on the Huna work.
Tai Chi Chuan
Phil has been practising and teaching Tai Chi Chuan in the South West for the last 16 years. His teachers have included Paul Zabwodski, Kumar Frantzis and Benjamin Lo. He is currently working on a book on Tai Chi Chuan. Morag has also trained in Tai Chi Chuan with Phil Young, Paul Zabwodski and Kumar Frantzis. She is particularly interested in Chi Kung movement forms."

Two more that need to be looked at.

http://www.huna.com/lineage.html

http://www.soulwork.net/huna_articles/h_spirituality.htm

Mabel Katz:

http://www.mabelkatz.com/

This lady, an Argentinian of Jewish descent, claims that her teachings are based on Ho'oponopono:

Ho'oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian art of problem solving.

The original Hawaiians used to practice this. Dr. Ihaleakalá Hew Len, my Ho'oponopono teacher, says that these Hawaiians came from other galaxies.

Many religions are practiced in Hawaii as everywhere else, so not everyone in Hawaii practices Ho'oponopono. Some people in Hawaii have never heard of it.

http://www.mabelkatz.com/what-is-hoponopono.html

Here she says explicitly: HO'OPONOPONO = BUSINESS SUCCESS

http://www.mabelkatz.com/hooponopono-seminars.html

She offers courses ranging from Corporate Training to Spiritual Journeys.

These are some of her other websites:

Discover the Easiest Way to Love, Wealth and Happiness:
http://www.hooponoponoway.net/

Your Key to Financial Fulfillment and Personal Happiness:
http://www.thezerofrequencymethod.com/

Are you Peace Thirsty and Happiness Hungry? Peace Mini Workshop!
http://www.peacewithinisworldpeace.com/

Some info from Wikipedia about Ho'oponopono, mentioning also the above mentioned Ihaleakalá Hew Len:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho%CA%BBoponopono

There is such a thing as an ancient Hawaiian practice called ho'oponopono that has nothing to do with wealth and success, unless you count the wealth of love and success of family harmony. Hew Len teaches what we call faux'oponopono. This is the first I heard that he was teaching that Hawaiians are ancient aliens but I'm not surprised.

Thank you Pono Aloha, for sharing your knowledge and insight. I am sorry that the traditions of your people are being stolen for profit by exploiters. Ho'oponopono became quite popular in my country after the publication of Joe Vitale's book who I notice you mention in another thread http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=773.msg29090#msg29090
Both Hew Len and Mabel Katz have taught their seminars here.

That Vitale book is a travesty.

Quote from: Pono Aloha on July 03, 2012, 07:01:31 AM
But that Vitale book is a travesty. There is no evidence that Hew Len cured a ward of criminally insane people at the state hospital.

I guess anyone can claim pretty much anything these days. If you happen to come across a statement by the Hawaiians trying to preserve their culture regarding this faux'oponopono as you aptly call it, I would be very interested. Thank you!

If you are on Facebook, go to the page https://www.facebook.com/AboutHuna. There is a lively community there of Hawaiians and friends fighting Huna and faux'oponopono.

Wonderful. Thank you.