Nā Maria Rautangata, B.A., TMM Acquisitions/Circulation Librarian ‘Te Pātaka Māramatanga’, Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
AOI
‘Mārie
‘Suspended Mind’
Āwe
‘Super Consciousness’
Ohonga
‘Inner Revelation’
Rerenga Hou
‘Rebirth into a New Humanity’
Ihi’ ‘Transforming Power of Light’
IAO
AO OI
IO
Kereti with 4 of his Sculptures... (to give a sense of scale),
at ‘Te Pataka Maramatanga’ Library, Hamilton...
...Using Maori Carving to exemplify
Knowledge and understanding of Māori Spiritual Symbologies Prof. Kereti G. Rautangata ©
Collectively, these four ‘pou’ represent a synthesis of the wisdoms of Te Ao Māori as well as the Universal ‘human-centric’ wisdoms of the ages. They are infinitely imbued with symbolism – Māori, Indigenous, and Universal symbology. They are intended to symbolise certain spiritual dimensions of the human being in relation to the world of nature, the Universe, Divinity and their inter-relationships.
“The ethos of self-determination
permeates Te Wānanga o Aotearoa,
and its promotion of Māori
ownership and management of
taonga Māori (Maori treasures) is
peremptory”. (Ohia, 2004)
Kali’s 1st time
ever modelling
(for Rāranga
Programme)
Libraries, museums & archives as repositories of
knowledge are important for the sanctity, well being and
survival of Māori knowledge.
Te ‘Micro’ Whānau - Ngā Aorangi me
Te Tangata - The Planetary and Human link WHIRO (Mercury)
MARAMA (Moon)
KŌPŪ (Venus)
RĀ (Sun)
KŌPŪNUI
(Jupiter)
MATAWHERO
(Mars)
PAREĀRAU
(Saturn)
Base of Spine
Sex Centre
Solar Plexus
Heart
Throat
Brow
Crown
CHAKRAS (‘Waharoa’) Vortex of
Cosmic Energies
PAPATUANUKU (Physical
Body)
As
above,
So below
Celebrating Matariki, the Maori New Year,
Maori Language Week, Library Week –
to share knowledge and understanding
It is through this very vibration, like sonics (e.g. in a karanga) that Māori epistomology is conveyed to those who seek, practice and experience, not just Māori pedagogies (Hemara, 2000), but universal cosmic pedagogies (Rautangata, 2010).
In early times, Whare Wānanga were institutions of higher learning, established especially for the advancement and retention of mātauranga Māori - a “vibrational energy”
October 2008 Professor Kereti Rautangata
LIGHT – Wisdom Principle
IRO WHEAKO
knowledge
Experience
PŪ
(Tāpokotea)
WISDOM
Nā Professor Kereti Rautangata © December 2008
WISDOM (Truth) is based on Inner Direct Experience of Reality
(Superconsciousness).
Only Super Conscious States can Transcend & FREE you.
The “ancient language of divine illumination” in the Art of Whakairo
The first primordial language ever was sign language, the language of symbols or sacred geometrical building blocks of creation, e.g:
VOWEL /PŪ ORO NGĀ AINGA PŪ ORO
A
Aether
Impacts on the Head Area Gives Persuasiveness
E
Air Stimulates throat region
Gives Movement
I
Fire
Stimulates Heart-Chest Area Gives Inspiration
O
Water
Activates Abdominal area Gives Mellowness
U
Earth
Activates Base Chakra area
Gives Solidarity
1
2
3
1
2
1 3
2
1
2
3 4
Māori knowledge was traditionally
transmitted orally or through our unique
art forms which began like these ancient
rock drawings.
‘Ainga Aorangi’ – are patterns or formations for mahi mau rākau applications that impact and influence one’s life, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually
Ainga Aorangi are symbols of the
“ancient language of Divine
Illumination”, and are tools of
Transformation.
The “ancient language of divine illumination” in the Art of Whakairo
KŌPU
RĀ
MATAWHERO
AROHA (Love) TOI (Art)
MAURI (Life-Force)
WAIRUA (Spirit)
Whakawhitiwhiti WHAKAARO (Communication)
HIRINGA (Energy)
...so beyond the Secular reo, was this Sacred Language - a language of transformational energies as used by the Tohunga in ancient times.
He ‘Reo-Hiringa-Tawhito’ “ancient language of divine illumination”
Ngā tohu ‘Muna’ (the mystery symbols) o te Tiriti o Waitangi
Miria Simpson’s book, 1990:...
My Ngāti Mahanga tupuna Wiremu Neera Te Awaitaia (c.1796 – 27 April 1866) , who later converted to Christianity and changed his
name to William Naylor, was the eighteenth signatory to the Tiriti on the 11th of April, 1840 at Te Puaha o Waikato.
The Chiefs signed Te Tiriti with either:
a) Their name in Māori
b) Parts or all of their tā moko; or
c) A tohu, as in the case of my tūpuna
Wiremu Neera Te Awaitaia (c.1796 – 27 April 1866)
Te Awaitaia’s signature is a X, a representation of the Astral Plane which could have meant that he operated from that higher level and was reputedly an expert at mau rākau.
The art of matataki represents movement of (interior Transformational) LIGHT Patterns. It’s purpose is as a challenge; and to welcome visitors. It is simultaneously, to celebrate and to ‘transcend’ culture.
Te Tuaio Rautangata
performing a matataki at
an event in our library at
Te Pātaka Māramatanga,
2010
Kereti G. Rautangata
performing a matataki to
Prince Edward at 1990
Commonwealth Games,
Auckland
Some of that sacred and secret reo from our ancient wānanga is contained within the carvings
presented here today
This is information literacy from
a whakairo perspective
“Carving is a language in its own right, a very accessible language too” “If the language dies, then so might the culture and the carving as well” – Fred Graham, Ngāti Koroki, Raukawa Nicholas, Darcy & Kaa, Keri, Seven Māori Artists, VR Ward Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand, 1986
Te Haerenga Mai o Te Waka o Tainui
“It is not even the finished carving that matters as much as the impact it has on one’s consciousness, that engenders a degree of Māramatanga in the viewer or engager. In the end, we must transcend all symbols, form, and audible sound”. Kereti Rautangata, 2010
The higher voltages that symbology expresses in carvings can literally transform all who observe and are receptive to those voltages.
‘A Waka (Canoe) & Human Metaphor of Knowledge & Cultural Transformation’
“In the World, but not of It”
Represents Limited Cultural KNOWLEDGE & Unlimited Universal KNOWLEDGE
…‘Knowledge & Experience, inevitably yields Wisdom’…
WHAKATEIHUMANEA ‘A Knowledge Creation’
This waka abounds with symbology
including (just to name a few), chakras,
colours and carvers’ symbols for the Ariki –
Ngā Tama āriki (70) a Rangi rāua ko Papa
Prof. Kereti G. Rautangata ©
Although we have myriads
of Cultures
Through which passes
World-wide, with their
unique verities…
… there is only ONE eye
of the needle
Every conceivable shade
of cotton
Prof. Kereti G. Rautangata ©
Prof. Kereti G. Rautangata ©
This Sculpture derives its form, from the combining of the
Sun – Light (Spirit), the Solar Logos & Moon – Life (Soul)
Prof. Kereti G. Rautangata ©
Whāomoomo - a visual symbolic narrative of the ‘Journey of Life’, Celebrating our ‘Cultural Specificities’, ... - from Te Kore, its
(Intelligent) potential, - to realise its designated
and purposeful fruition in this world, through
- ‘Cultural Transcendence’ Prof. Kereti G. Rautangata ©
...to optimise our potential and the mere roles we play
In contributing to the evolution
of our human whānau
To guide inspired seekers of knowledge to expand through Māramatanga, to realise their own optimum potential
Prof. Kereti G. Rautangata ©
Manaakitanga & Atawhai - Support, Nurturing;
Mentoring & Re-Searching
– to Re-discover one’s Divine Legacy
‘WAIHO TĀTOU KIA OHO AKE I TO TĀTOU MOE... HE TĀTAI TAPU, HE WHAKAHEKE ATUA’... …‘So, Let us awaken to the full Knowledge of our Divine Heritage’
Prof. Kereti G. Rautangata ©
‘Whakatangatanga Nui’ (The Great
Liberator), represents a very
advanced person...
who has achieved Cosmic
Consciousness and Beyond;
& experiences union with the Inner
Spiritual Hierarchy.
Such ‘liberators’ unveils Higher
Spiritual dimensions of Profound
Prophetic Knowledge ‘A Knowledge Creation’
The Spiritual Warrior
…learns to re-awaken & use
these dynamic Powers Selflessly,
daily, to live Life with …
Power, Plan, Purpose & Control.
The symbology for this poupou
will teach you how to express
Divine Power.
‘A Knowledge Creation’
The Star of Initiation
(into the Inner dimensions)
Represents the ability to
work with Light,
Hence, Profound Wisdom
Prof. Kereti G. Rautangata ©
Te Whakatūmahu Whēteitei
‘DIVINE HEALER - PROPHET’
This Pou represents someone who has gone
through the whole cycle in their Spiritual
journey.
They are Cosmically Conscious & Experiences
Union with Io – Te Matua Kore.
Is guided by Super-Natural Wisdom &
Knowledge; and knows what needs to be
done.
Is the embodiment of active compassion &
supernatural wisdom.
Double Flute (unique to Maori-dom)
Represents Puoru – the Sounds &
Light Experiences In the Heart.
Within the Inner Core of the Spiritual
Heart,
Abides an Intensely Bright Light,
Undestroyable, Unchanging -
Yearning for that person
to fully awaken it…
Through Knowledge & Practise. Prof. Kereti G. Rautangata ©
To the ancient Māori, the quintessence of RUA (knowledge and understanding) was:
…the discovery and acknowledgement of SUPER-NATURE through their profound understanding of Nature
…profound understanding of NATURE
Such ‘spiritual symbology’ is amongst that knowledge
which aided our tūpuna to traverse the high seas in
their waka on the long journey, so long ago, to
Aotearoa (land of the emblazoned white cloud).
Pirongia Maunga
Photo: Te Awamutu Courier, 2004
“Hoki ki ōu Maunga kia purea koe e ngā hau a Tawhirimatea”
“Return to your mountains that you may be spiritually rejuvenated
by the winds of Tawhirimatea” Tōku
Kāinga
CONCLUSION / KŌRERO WHAKAMUTUNGA
Know our role(s), our Selfless contribution to the Whole.
Librarians are a Pātaka Māramatanga... we are a Living
embodiment of our own Divine Legacy.
So as daily practitioners of information management and
dissemination, lets Lead our ‘Waka’, be it iwi, hapū,
whānau or the organisation we work for… through the
‘Challenges’ and Celebrations of Life…
Kia ora...Ngā mihi nui ...
Nāku iti noa nei, nā
Maria Rautangata, B.A., Tāhūhū Mātauranga Māori (M.A.)
Acquisitions/Circulation Librarian
Nō Te Pātaka Māramatanga, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
510 Te Rapa Road, Te Rapa, Hamilton / Kirikiriroa
EMAIL: [email protected]
PHONE: 0800115533 extn: 7918
DIRECT DIAL: 07-8503268
KIA TAU NGA MANAAKITANGA
♫♫ Kia tau ngā Manaakitanga a te Atua ki runga i a koutou
Kia noho tōnā Rangimarie ki roto i a koutou
Mā tōnā ataahua, e whakamārama tōu ngākau
Inaianei ake tonu atu…
May the blessings of God rest upon you/all/us
May Divine peace abide with you/all/us
May Divine beauty illuminate our hearts
Now and Forever More… ♫♫
© Copyright: Nā Kereti G. Rautangata; & Inspired by Imre Vallyon