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Kahuna - The witches of Normanby island
Identifier
007092
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Normanby island is in the South PacificA description of the experience
Hans Peter Duerr - Dreamtime
Before flying to numu, the lower world, a witch of the Normanby Archipelago bathes and then anoints her body with ‘leaves and magic’….. It makes her glisten like a gorgeous bird of paradise, and from then on she will be called ‘bird of paradise’. After this preparation, she climbs the kayaru, a conifer, and flies off to the faraway lower world to fetch seeds, especially huyowana – huyowana means ‘good fortune’.