Mana through the upper torso — descending field

Downward dispersal from the head

This point marks mana dispersing from the highly tapu head into the upper torso. The location is an editorial transition point for the gradient, not a separately named piko or a claim of a discrete Hawaiian organ of mana.

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 through the upper torso — descending fieldMana at the navel — life-centre fieldMana through the lower pelvis — generative fieldFeet — most profane mana boundary

Point 5 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 ordering and mana language support the depicted downward movement away from the highest head locus.

Mary Kawena Pukui and E.W. Haertig, Nana I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source), Vol. I (primary)

Modern practice transmission informs this distinction between a high mana field and lower bodily regions.

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