Genital piko — generative gate

Lower piko · reproductive continuity

The genital piko is the lower member of the three piko and is rendered as a reproductive or generative gate. Its placement marks continuity of life and descent, not a claim that the historical sources use a single anatomical point identical to this normalized projection.

Piko poʻo / laumeki — crown fontanelle gatePiko pupu o Hina-kui-a-Lono — navel centerGenital piko — generative gateGenital 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 boundary

Point 3 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

David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities (secondary_translation)

Hawaiian accounts of bodily generation and continuity are used for the lower piko's reproductive role.

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

Modern Hawaiian practice transmission used for the piko triad and generative/family continuity.

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