Feet — most profane mana boundary

Lower limit · contact with the ground

The feet are drawn as the most profane boundary of the mana gradient, where the body meets the ground. This is a symbolic sacred/profane ordering rather than a statement that the feet lack life force or that every Hawaiian setting assigns identical restrictions to them.

Piko poʻo / laumeki — crown fontanelle gatePiko pupu o Hina-kui-a-Lono — navel centerGenital piko — generative gateMana at the head — highest tapu concentrationMana through the upper torso — descending fieldMana at the navel — life-centre fieldMana through the lower pelvis — generative fieldFeet — most profane mana boundaryFeet — most profane mana boundary

Point 8 of 8 in Hawaiian Piko and Mana — Three Gates and the Sacred Gradient

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Samuel M. Kamakau, The Ruling Chiefs of Hawaiʻi (secondary_translation)

Hawaiian sacred/profane distinctions and kapu practice support the feet as the lowest boundary in this rendering.

David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities (secondary_translation)

Translated Hawaiian belief material supports the feet/ground boundary as the least sacred end of the selected vertical scale.

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