Alakai Application

Before applying to become an Alakai Candidate, the potential Candidate should re-read the "What Is An Alakai?" page to be sure of what being an Alakai of Huna International is all about.

After becoming familiar with that information, the potential Candidate needs to read the following books about Huna by Dr. Serge Kahili King in order to better understand Huna, if this has not been done already:
Kahuna Healing
Mastering Your Hidden Self
Urban Shaman
Changing Reality

Before applying, the potential Candidate needs to join the Aloha Fellowship and choose one or more of the following areas of Huna work, as also described on the "What Is An Alakai?" page:

Teaching (speaking, instructing, training, counseling, coaching, writing, publishing, distributing information about or related to Huna).

Any type of physical, emotional and/or mental therapy healing based on Huna and Hawaiian shamanism, including lomilomi (Hawaiian-style massage)

Eco-therapy (any form of healing the environment or human relationships with the environment)

Kokua Groups (the formation and/or direction of Healing Circles, Blessing Clubs and similar mutual and community support groups).

NOTE: The above does not exclude any other type of activity the Candidate engages in.

Participation in the Hunatics Group on Facebook is encouraged, but not required.

Applicants for Alakai Candidate status with the Order of Huna International must be sponsored by a current Alakai who will serve as his or her mentor during the Candidacy. Sponsorship means that an Alakai will submit a person for Candidacy who is known to the Alakai, or to agree to sponsor a Candidate proposed by another Alakai.

The Application for Candidacy will be sent or given to the Alakai Sponsor, who will forward it to the Director of Education of the Order: When the Director of Education has approved the application, the Sponsor will be notified to inform the Candidate. The application needs to include:

Educational history related to health and healing, Huna, shamanism or metaphysics. Current or previous associations with Aloha/Huna International.

Upon approval of the application the applicant will be designated an Alakai Candidate, and the Alakai Sponsor will become the Alakai Mentor. The duties of the Mentor will be to monitor and assist the progress of the Candidate toward ordination.

The Candidate will begin a period of demonstration of intent lasting not less than one year, and not more than two. During this period the Candidate will submit monthly reports on his or her related activities to the Mentor, and may ask for information or advice from the Mentor at any time. The Mentor in turn will forward copies of the reports to the Director of Education and may ask for help from the Director of Education as well.

Candidates will be expected to tithe an amount of choice to the Order on a monthly basis during their candidacy. The amount expected will be between $US10.00 and US$100.00, depending on what is feasible for the Candidate. Tithing is preferably done by PayPal to Huna International, but other forms may be accepted on request. For PayPal purposes, tithing may be considered as a donation.
Candidates shall provide to the Mentor a report on the most important thing learned from each chapter related to each of the four books by Dr. King mentioned above, and a monthly report on the area or areas of activity chosen.

The following sources of information are not required, but may prove very useful in the area or areas of activity undertaken.

Some knowledge of Hawaiian culture, especially in the form of words used in Huna practice, is encouraged, but not required.

Upon fulfillment of all the Candidate requirements, ordination as an Alakai will be arranged on the island of Hawaii or by virtual connection, and will be performed by the Director of Education.

Ordination consists of a ceremony that includes the following vows: The Three Vows of the Alakai.

I vow to carry out the healing ministry of an Alakai and to do my best to make the world a better place.*
I vow to work with my fellow Alakai in a spirit of aloha and to support their ministries in every way I can.**
I vow to promote and support the work of the Order.***

*In order to keep the Director of Education informed of the progress of Alakai ministries around the world, Alakai are requested to provide a quarterly summary of their work for the Order to the Director of Education. These summaries are the responsibility of the Alakai and there will be no reminders.

**Working with fellow Alakai as stated includes helping to promote each others' Alakai activities and services in a reasonable way when requested, providing hospitality to visiting Alakai when feasible, and giving reasonable discounts to fellow Alakai for one's own Alakai-related activities and services.

***Promoting the work of the Order includes giving out free publications and information provided by the Order, directing people to the Order's websites and to Order-sponsored activities, and representing the Order when requested and as feasible. Supporting the Order includes tithing and participating in Order-sponsored activities whenever possible. Alakai are expected to tithe as much as they can as frequently as they can, but at least some amount each year according to circumstances. In cases where tithing directly to the Order is not feasible because of currency problems, a local tithing account may be established which will be used for special projects by agreement with the Director of Education. Tithing in kind may also be done with the agreement of the Director of Education when such tithing provides a tangible benefit to the Order that helps it carry out its purpose.

****The vows of the Alakai and of the Order are considered permanent and do not need to be renewed.