Ngahuia Murphy

Te Awa Atua is a ceremony of purification and renewal that regenerates life. The blood that flows from the inner temple of the cosmos - the womb - is a living prayer of continuation. When we recover the ceremony of te awa atua we ritualise the womb as an altar of communion with the Atua Wāhine. Te Awa Atua has...

Intuitive Ritual is a sumptuous work of art full of ancestral Maori feminine wisdom, original artworks, and lavish photography by acclaimed wahine Maori artists. QR codes embedded in the work link to audiovisual recordings of ritual chants (karakia). A pull-out gatefold highlights rituals for each night of the lunar calendar (maramataka). Poetry and creative writing sit alongside robust scholarship to...