The Kahuna Po (the elder Kahuna) spoke, explaining the initiation, and ended with "these are Uli's symbols, and as an initiator of them, remember that since these symbols invoke very high level energies, they should be used for the highest good of all concerned. To use them or to allow them to be used for anything other than good works is monitored by the presiding deity of the symbols --- the goddess herself -- Uliuli. She will enforce their use. Take care to caution your initiates.

"Remember also, you are a caretaker of these symbols. Honor them. Treat them with love and respect and they will treat you the same way. Do you understand?" The Alaka'i, nodded "yes." He did. Then the Kahuna chanted:

"Noho ana Uli ka ulu wehiwehi
Ku ana i Maohelaia...e,ie,ie...
He mohai he makana na'u ia oe.
- Maikai"

Then the five Kahuna began to energize the symbols and install them into the chakras of the Alaka'i, saying the name of each one as they did, and as they did, he felt each one coming into his field of being. That was the only way he could describe it. On and on they went, and all he could hear was the "Haaaaaaa" of the breathing of the Kahuna as they proceeded in the initiation process. Each part of the process felt different -- it had a different quality. Some felt hot, some felt cool, and some felt cold. Sometimes the vibration of the symbol was fast and sometimes slow. Sometimes it felt like light, sometimes like the wind, sometimes like the rain, sometimes like the sun, sometimes like the starlight in the sky -- each one felt different.

When it was done, just as they were finishing the Kahuna Po installed one last symbol, different from all the rest, in a certain place, as the last symbol -- and the Alaka'i became the Kumu -- the teacher.

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