Huna Bulletin 94

Voodoo & The “Elementals”

January 15, 1953

 

ABOUT VOODOO

More about Voodoo has been written in the year just past by Marcus Bach who won his doctorate in creative writing and dramatic art, and who teaches in the School of Religion at the University of Iowa. Dr. Bach specializes in investigating and reporting the “little-known religious groups of America,” and has now added the Voodoo of Haiti to his list. Part of his research was aided by a grant or fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation, so he has been able to cover his chosen field rather well.

About two years ago Dr. Bach dropped in to call on me and to find out whether or not Huna and the HRA represented a “faith” and a cult organization worth writing up and including in his book, then in the writing THEY HAVE FOUND A FAITH. I explained that we were a research and experimental group and not at all in the class with Jehovah’s Witnesses, Father-Divine’s “kingdoms,” Psychiana, Unity and others of the same stripe. Some time later I was much pleased when HRA Mrs. Walter Grimm sent me a copy of the book. It was very interesting and the clay feet were not stressed greatly when the several founders were discussed. Dr. Bach feels that whenever there is found a faith by which people can live, and which fills their needs, that faith is worthwhile regardless of what it is or who invented or assembled it. Read more

Huna Bulletin 93

A Variety of “Bodies”

January 1, 1953

 

MANY THANKS for your greetings by letter and by Christmas cards this year. I was warmed by your friendship and made very happy because of you all. May I take this opportunity to express my wish that each and every one of you will find much growth, inner progress and happiness in the New Year which we are now entering.

CHANGES FOR HRA LIE AHEAD, I am sure, and I am certain that most of you who have been with HRA for some time agree with me that the time is coming rapidly when we will have enough information to enable us to lay it in orderly fashion before the world. The time is also arriving when we will be as ready as we may ever be to begin putting to full use the Huna and other findings which have accumulated since SSBM was published. Let us pray that the Service we perform together of increasing world knowledge will be expanded instead of remaining confined to our own numbers. Read more