Mana at the head — highest tapu concentration

Upper mana field · most sacred region

This point represents mana accumulation in the head as the most sacred and tapu region of the body. It is a mana field rather than a second piko gate, so it overlaps the crown zone conceptually while remaining distinct from piko poʻo as an anatomical connection point.

Piko poʻo / laumeki — crown fontanelle gatePiko pupu o Hina-kui-a-Lono — navel centerGenital piko — generative gateMana at the head — highest tapu concentrationMana 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 boundary

Point 4 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)

Accounts of Hawaiian sacred rank, mana, and kapu support the head as the most sacred end of the vertical ordering.

David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities (secondary_translation)

Translated Hawaiian belief material supports the head's heightened sacred status in the mana/tapu gradient.

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