Hailona - Casting Stones

These casting stones are inspired from Serge Kahili King`s book “The urban Shaman”

I loved working on this project as I did involved all my children in it during a school holiday !

We started collecting pebbles at the beach and then drawing & glazing them, it was a fun activities that took a few day to complete.

They are dazzled and filled with an esponential dose of Aloha :)

I ended up making 10 sets and gifting these last year to my teachers and facilitators at High Spirits, Off course kept a set for me and one for my oldest daughter Ruby to practice on.

So how do they work ? And do they work ?

Well, they do work for me and I love using them any time I can.

Here is a summarised explanation of their use from Serge Kahili King`s book “The urban Shaman”

Hailona

Creative Intuition

Hailona refers to the art of casting for divination, which is an old word for tuning in to intuition. Casting itself is a technique for making intuitive information available to the conscious mind. The basic process is one of consciously focusing on a question and then letting the inner self (the ku/kane combo) give you the answer through some kind of arrangement of signs and symbols. In most cases the meanings of the signs, symbols, and arrangement pattern have been worked out beforehand.

Some commonly used casting methods are the tossing of coins for the I Ching and the dealing out of tarot cards. The concept taught in the shaman system is that the inner self gathers the information desired through the web, broadcast, or field and manipulates the signs and symbols in such a way that the arrangement pattern gives you the closest answer possible for the method chosen.

In an I Ching reading, you could say that the ku gathers the information desired through intuition and then, taking into account gravity,air resistance, muscle strength, and surface friction, releases the coins in a way that gives a meaningful pattern.

Shaman Stones

This method, which is in three parts, is what I teach in my courses. It uses a total of seven “stones,’ which don’t have to be stones at all. I generally give out seven plastic beads, colored white, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Students who like the method often buy or make a more personal set afterward. If you like crystals a nice set can be made from clear quartz, rhodochrosite or rose quartz, carnelian, citrine, malachite or aventurine, turquoise or sodalite, and amethyst or purple fluorite. The best size is not more than a half inch in diameter.

The yes/no technique

Use only the white stone, the red stone, and the green stone for this one. The white stone is called kumu, the “foundation” stone, and the others are eo, “answering” stones.

This means that the answer comes from the stone that falls nearest the white, on either side of it. In this technique the red stones means no and the green stone means yes. You relax and ask any question you like that can be answered yes or no. Be careful of “should” questions, though (“Should I do this or that?”), because should relates to standards or rules and your ku often has memories of more than one set, which makes the question ambiguous. Regardless of the reason, such questions tend to be less effective. When you are ready, hold the stones in your hand and toss them out in front of you.

If you ask “test” questions, you may get static from the implied doubt. The only difference between professional psychics and the rest of the population is that the psychics tend to trust their answers. Stress factors aside, the more you trust, the more accurate your responses. Remember, too, that your answers are only telling you about your ku and your patterns, and they may not have anything to do with the situation as others perceive it or as it may actually turn out. You may ask about anything you like, but this technique is particularly good for discovering attitudes and beliefs at the ku level and for getting information on your subconscious perceptions of other people and situations.

In asking questions about matters that really concern you, you may find a desire to immediately toss again when you don’t like the answer. I suggest that you don’t, because that tends to stimulate fear and suppression. Instead, I recommend the following process:

The Secret Shaman Process
for Getting the Answer You Want

1. Get an answer from the stones that you don’t like.

2. Acknowledge the answer as representing a current pattern.

3. Forcefully grab the two answering stones and reverse their position,

shouting as you do, “This is the new pattern, ku! Remember it!” The

forcefulness, the shout, and the physical movement will make a strong

sensory impression on the ku and help to establish a new pattern with

better results.

The advice technique

Use all seven stones for this.

The white is still the kumu, although it is

presented in the list of meanings below with the eo stones.

White = First principle, key word awareness

Red = Second principle, key word freedom

Orange = Third principle, key word focus

Yellow = Fourth principle, key word persistence

Green = Fifth principle, key word love

Blue = Sixth principle, key word confidence

Violet = Seventh principle, key word flexibility

When you are ready, relax and focus on a request for advice, like

“What’s the best way for me to get what I want?” Or “What’s the best thing for me to do in this situation?” Remember that this technique does not answer yes or no. Then toss the stones and read the one closest to the white. Use a combination of the principle and the key word to derive an answer to your question. It is in the nature of divination for the answers to require as much intuition as the questions. In a variation, instead of advice on a particular matter, ask for a plan of action, deciding beforehand the number of stones you wish to be part of your answer. For instance, if you asked, “Give me a three-step plan of action for increasing my income” and you got the orange, red, and green stones in that order nearest the white, the answer could be read as, “Clarify your goals, get rid of guilt, and do what you love.” That’s simplified, of course, because in actuality you would probably get a lot more ideas around each one. Or instead of asking for advice or a plan, ask, “What’s in the way of achieving my goal?” Toss the stones and read the answer from the one nearest the white, only this time read it in its opposite sense:

The advice technique - opposite sense

Red = mental or physical stress

Orange = lack of focus

Yellow = procrastination

Green = anger

Blue = fear or doubt

Violet = rigid thinking

And here is a stone chart I made to practice and record…..

Source: Serge Kahili King`s book “The urban Shaman”