How Spiritualism Is A Form Of Worship - 1352 Words

Spiritualism is a form of worship that believes in both a world of matter and material things, such as people, animals, etc., and a world of spirits or metaphysical beings and happenings. The religion of Hawaii was partially spiritualism and also polytheistic. Polytheism is the belief in many gods. (Imagine) Their gods ruled over the natural occurrences of the world such as the seas, volcanoes, earth, and sky. (Got Religion) One major volcano that was particularly precious to them was Mauna Kea. Mauna Kea was believed to be the place where the sky god met the god of earth; also it was where the other deities met. Basically, Mauna Kea was the Hawaiian Mount Olympus. James Kimo Kealii Pihana, a Mauna Kea Ranger mentions that Hawaiians go†¦show more content†¦Many were driven from their homes to reservations, or forced to bend a knee to the white man s ways. One tribe, the Cherokee, was compelled to leave their lands in Oklahoma by the United States Government. Compelled to mar ch with the provisions and belongings they could carry upon their back or horse, many died of exposure, starvation, or disease. (Trail) This event came to be known as â€Å"The Trail of Tears†. These people were forced from their lands, homes, worship sites, and ancestral burial grounds in the name of progress. Foreign progress, to them, if I may add. They, at their core, did not care that Continental America was flourishing. They only wanted to be left alone in their ancestral homeland. Now, in their eyes, they were being persecuted for their faith and culture. One group of Sioux stood up against the tide of imperialism. They were victorious at the Battle of Little Bighorn, but were defeated at the massacre of Wounded Knee. Wounded Knee was the final major conflict that put the majority of the Native Americans in their â€Å"place†. The Sioux under Big Foot were ordered to give up their fire arms. They responded with a reply, saying they had none. The medicine man beg an to dance the â€Å"Ghost Dance† frantically, while wearing paint. The soldiers, fearing an outbreak of violence was about to occur, opened fire. When the haze of smoke had cleared, the bodies of men,