<P> The kapu system remained in place until 1819 (see below). </P> <P> Prayer was an essential part of Hawaiian life, employed when building a house, making a canoe, and giving lomilomi massage . Hawaiians addressed prayers to various gods depending on the situation . When healers picked herbs for medicine, they usually prayed to Kū and Hina, male and female, right and left, upright and supine . The people worshiped Lono during Makahiki season and Kū during times of war . </P> <P> Histories from the 19th century describe prayer throughout the day, with specific prayers associated with mundane activities such as sleeping, eating, drinking, and traveling . However, it has been suggested that the activity of prayer differed from the subservient styles of prayer often seen in the Western world: </P> <P>... the usual posture for prayer--sitting upright, head high and eyes open--suggests a relationship marked by respect and self - respect . The gods might be awesome, but the ʻaumākua bridged the gap between gods and man . The gods possessed great mana; but man, too, has some mana . None of this may have been true in the time of Pā ʻao, but otherwise, the Hawaiian did not seem prostrate before his gods . </P>

According to hawaiian religious beliefs how many spiritual realms were acknowledged