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of both places. They were so sacred, little was spoken of the ritual and care of these ‘ina la‘a, (sacred lands). These were placed especially -. HOUSEL: I’m sorry. Could you please summarize? M. ROY: Surely. I might ask if anyone in the population might want to forfeit their three minutes to me. HOUSEL: I’m sorry we can’t do that. So if -. M. ROY: No? HOUSEL: You could please summarize, so we can get the next testimony. M. ROY: You know, for the record, three minutes is highly inadequate, and is considered the epitome expression of disrespect to a culture that is 2,000 and more years old. I will summarize. Would you give me about 60 seconds? HOUSEL: Yes. M. ROY: Mu was the name by which ancient Hawaiians knew their remote ancestors of Ka Lua. Ka Lani refers to the heavens, or heavenly. Ka Lua – ancient Hawaiian name for the lost continent the vast body of which once thrust above the surface of the South Pacific. Ka Lua was known to the inhabitants of pre-Christian Hawai‘i as “The Empire of the Sun.” It has been referred to as the Lost Continent of Mu, or Lemuria by European scholars, but the old Hawaiians knew it by several different names: Lu‘a – throwing of fire, sometimes this word was pronounced lua, meaning a pit; Ka Lu a – the pit of fire that radiates light, the spring from which water flows, the pit that sprang from the flame of the sun; Ka Lua O Lani – the pit of Heaven, the spring of Heaven. In the late -. Innumerable legends color ancient and modern literature about the Tree of Life and the Serpent. In the Biblical legend it states that angels wielded swords of fire around the Garden of Eden, Mu, to prevent the reentry of Adam and Eve. Mu sank into a fiery abyss. The flames of the fires of the underneath rose and enveloped her body as she went down. Her sinking and submergence made it impossible for man to return to the land. In the late nineties, I named a child in relation to a dream I had. The child lives today. This dream was, it showed glowing tree suspended above what looked like an island. The island was surrounded by dark water. There was light streaming into this otherwise old, dark scene. The feeling I had was this was a look upon a very hallowed place. The name given the child was Kaulana-ke-kupono-o-ke-kai-uli-o-ke-kumula‘au-ola. Translated it means “Famed is the righteousness in the mysterious waters surrounding the tree of life.” 18 EXHIBIT C