THE IO TRADITION - WHERE FROM?

THE IO TRADITION - WHERE FROM?

Io, Io-matua-kore, Io-taketake, Io the parentless, Io the root
foundation of all things.

The Reverend Maori Marsden tells of a discussion he held with
some of his elders on his return from the Second World War. He
was talking about the war and in particular about the atom bomb.
One elder asked him to explain the difference between the atom
bomb and an ordinary bomb. Maori Marsden took the word hihiri,
which means pure energy, and to quote Maori:
"Here I recalled Einstein's concept of the real
world behind the natural world as being comprised of
'rythmical patterns of pure energy', and said to him
that this was essentially the same concept. He then
exclaimed "Do you mean to tell me that the Pakeha
scientists (tohunga Pakeha) have managed to rend the
fabric (kahu) of the universe?" I said "Yes." "I
suppose they shared their knowledge with the tutuaa
(politicians)?" "Yes." "But do they know how to sew
(tuitui) it back together again?" "No!" "That's the
trouble with sharing such 'tapu' knowledge. Tutuaa
will always abuse it".

THE IO TRADITION - WHERE FROM? Maori Theology by Michael Shirres.