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• 1. Deanne  |  December 8th, 2008 at 7:07 am

  What about coral? I have tried many links to research taking coral from the island and find nothing bad; this would be coral washed up on the beach, not live coral.

  Can you advise?

• 2. Luana  |  December 27th, 2008 at 7:01 am

  I am in deeper trouble than others have mentioned. I feel like my fate was sealed because instead of sending them back, my family just wanted to get rid of them so I ended up throwing them in the local river. You see, I lived on Oahu for a short time as a youth and later as an adult, and my son was born in Kapi’ olani Hospital in Honolulu, so I guess I felt like the rule did not apply to me.

  I took them (3 small ones) off of Haleakala volcano in May 1985 while on vacation with a friend. Various bad things happened, lost my job, lost money, and then in August met a man that was a knight in shining armor. The day my ten-year-old son and me married him, December 15th 1985, I found out I married a classic abuser, the type that suddenly become a different person, but it is too late because they have spent an intensive time period convincing you he is a knight not a villain. Many other things kept going wrong and somehow I did not want to believe a superstition (so I thought). Life got worse and my son and I ended up isolated, living in Spain, since he was in the Navy. (What was I was wrong with me?) After being badly hurt, I able to get us away to a secret location in a new state. I found out I was unable to return to my previous occupation that I loved dearly due to severe back injuries. So, I had to seek public assistance for a few months while I figured out what I would be able to do, and to pay for medical treatments and bills. Then I found out I had somehow missed a registered letter from the Readers Digest Sweepstake, but it was too late and they gave my winnings to someone else.

  Shortly, thereafter I came down with a devastatingly and life altering illness which they do not know what causes it, it is rare and incurable. After that is when I threw them in the river. I cannot express how it has continued to get worse since then. I can never win for all the losing in every aspect of my life. I have been raped, mistreated, and after my illness for a long period have been in wheelchair for 6 years. I have had a close brush with cancer and have been the hospital for long stays four times this past year. I also now have a tumor on my right ovary we hope is benign but will need to be dealt with soon as they told me things a now growing.

  Is there anything, anything at all, to do at this point? I am now nearer death than far from it, and need any assistance that anyone in the islands can offer. Please, help me.

• 3. Jim Nichols  |  January 7th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

  I took a lava rock from Maui near the top by the visitor area. I only see info on rocks taken from the big island. Is this part of the curse? Please advise.

• 4. Bruce Fisher  |  January 7th, 2009 at 2:12 pm

  According to my sources, and I checked with several locals, taking lava rock from any island leaves you with a “curse”

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• 6. Chad Warren  |  February 24th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

  My wife and purchased a hawaiian Ku God statue made from the black sand while in Hawaii on our honeymoon (Maui). Since we purchased it from a store, is this considered “bad”, or should no one ever take sand from Hawaii, regardless of whether we paid a store for it? The “god” was supposed to bring us good luck, but we have struggled through every difficulty immaginable. Is it bringing us good luck, and keeping us all alive, despite our problems, or is it the thing cursing us and keeping us from prospering?

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• 8. Apex Professionals LLC  |  March 20th, 2009 at 5:26 pm

  This entry is fantastic. I love a good bit of folk lore. Thanks for the read!

• 9. Carolyn Dipietro  |  April 2nd, 2009 at 3:00 am

  this curse is scary,some unusual events have transpired since i have been home. how do i know the rocks make it there?thanks for your service offered.
  Carolyn

• 10. Trang  |  April 23rd, 2009 at 9:31 am

  Hi,

  I really did not know this. I took one rock from the Black Sea on Highway to Hana in Maui.. I brought it to Big Island and I read the article.. I was so afraid so I left the rock in my hotel room in Big Island.. I did not bring it back to Canada. Please let me know if this is ok that the rock still belongs in Hawaii.. I am having a lot of bad luck at the moment..I really don’t know if it is coincidence. I am so sorry to Madam Pele. Please forgive me

• 11. Scared fool  |  May 2nd, 2009 at 6:49 pm

  What have I done? I just returned from Hawaii with 5 volcanic rocks and a vial of black sand. I had heard rumors, but I wanted to study the rocks and the sand so that I could see if there was anything special about these things from Hawaii versus other places. I took 3 stones from Waikiki beach, 2 stones from the blowhole on Oahu, and the sand from there as well. Now, I have already left very important and expensive equipment is Hawaii, my glasses snapped, and I broke every glass bottle is my refrigerator. Is this Pele’s curse?

• 12. friend  |  June 1st, 2009 at 7:16 pm

  My friend took three lava rocks in 04, in 08 she found out she had stage 3 lung cancer, had been growing unknown for some time. She passed away recently, i feel she has more than paid any debt to anyone, goddess, or god, she suffered very much. Her family keeps the rocks in sight, I worry for them, it all seems to creepy, please let me know they will be okay they had nothing to do with taking the rocks, they just found out about the curse after her death (as i did). I don’t think they will send them back, even if some wanted too they wouldn’t be able too because the one who owns them now won’t part with them. Will the current owner bare the curse, will their children suffer also or has the debt been paid.

• 13. Mark  |  June 3rd, 2009 at 9:08 am

  In 2004 I visited and took some black sand. My wife left me in 2005 for another person she was training at work. I have since re married but it has been a hard struggle. I have lost both of my sons over my 2nd marriage. They don’t speak to me. I want to send the black sand back but i don’t know where or how.
  I could list more of my bad luck but i think you get the point. I want to rid my self of it. Please e mail me at girardpaguy@yahoo.com is anyone reads this and has information on how i can send it back with out traviling there
  Thank you. Mark

• 14. no name  |  June 3rd, 2009 at 4:19 pm

  if someone mails me something, does the curse still apply?

• 15. m  |  June 4th, 2009 at 11:34 am

  In 1981 I visited Hawaii. I did not know there was a curse. When I heard about it I through them away immediately. I did not now yoy could send them back. How can I make amends.

• 16. m  |  June 13th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

  Hi I wrote the above question on 6/4 about making amends to madam Pele. I have not received an answer. I think my address was incorrect. I am waiting a reply. Thank you in advance

• 17. GNS  |  June 19th, 2009 at 7:50 pm

  We had taken a rock from Haleakala Crater, Maui in 2007 and had no idea of this.. Can you please let us know which address we should send it back to in Maui ? this page refers the address of Big Island only.

  we would appreciate if someone can help us find this information.

  Thank you

• 18. RN  |  July 12th, 2009 at 7:45 pm

  My husband and I recently went to Maui. For souvenir, we took some black rocks and sand from the black beach. Before we left the island, I saw some sites about the curse. We went to the black beach and returned the rocks and sand and I put coins under the rocks. the only thing is that the black rocks were taken from another black beach (but still in maui). We never left the island before we returned the rocks and sand. but I have been experiencing some unusual bad luck since. What did I do wrong???

• 19. Wayne NICHOLS  |  August 9th, 2009 at 3:38 am

  Lets just say I believe. Pele is a powerful goddes.
  Wayne N.

• 20. Laura  |  August 16th, 2009 at 8:06 am

  Does anyone know the name of the book that is a compilation of letters written about the lava rock curse?

• 21. Bruce Fisher  |  August 16th, 2009 at 8:42 am

  I am not aware of a book of letters, where did you hear about that?

• 22. Susan  |  September 23rd, 2009 at 6:08 pm

  We purchased a hibiscus plant growing on a lava rock at the airport in Kauai two years ago. Does the curse still apply? We’ve had a very bad year but so has everyone else is today’s economy.

• 23. Joshua Pike  |  November 6th, 2009 at 2:16 am

  And Nostradamus said, “bad things will happen,” so the world held its breath in suspenseful fear, and choked in the wait.

  You are cursed because you believe you are cursed. If you think I am wrong, think of this. It is only the cursed that get sick or die. Those that are born free, and stay that way are all loved and fed, are never with out a home. Abuse is saved for those who deserve it and children never go to bed hungry. The world is perfect, save for the cursed.

  Faith is a powerful thing. It is the focal point of its object. The closer you look at a tree the harder it is to see the forest. If you are always focused on the bad you will always be blind to the good.

  I took three rocks from the big island and I am blessed.

• 24. Seth  |  November 6th, 2009 at 5:15 am

  I took a rock from Sunset beach on Oahu which I intended to put in my stone wall in my garden (i’m an amateur mason). The day we left we got food poisoning. While on the plane, I was throwing up in the bathroom and my wife passed out into the isle. We lost our camera on the way back. I seem to be having hives for no reason……..

  So what am I going to do? I’m going to put that damn rock into my wall I’m building, that’s what. Pele can go to hell for all I care. If she wants the rock back she can tear down my wall and take it.

• 25. JJG  |  December 7th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

  My son’s classmate gave him a lava rock this morning as a gift from visiting the Big Island but I am sending it back. I am from the Big Island though now living on the Eastern part of the U.S. The stories and folk lore that have been told to me still believes in them.
  If you visit Kilauea or the Volcano Visitor Center in Volcano Big Island you will see the letters of the people returning lava rocks from big to small and their fate from accidents to deaths and such. Either you believe in the things that has been told to you or read it’s up to you. Coincidence or not I am not sure, but, you have nothing to lose if you return it. My whole family still live there 30 mins from the Volcano and they were alarmed when I called them and told them someone gave my son a lava rock as a gift and urged me right away to return it. I am not taking any chances, though God will always be my only saviour. To those people that wanted the address where you can return the rocks I have found this in the internet, I would send it to my family and send it back to the Halemau’mau crater (Volcano) but if you send it to this address the people will do the proper “offering” as they say:
  Rainbow MOON
  Attn: Lava Rock Return
  PO BOx 699
  Volcano, HI
  96785
  ps…I was searching about lava rock curse stories and this site came up and thought I’d read it..It’s up to you guys to decide but do be careful when visiting the Islands. Enjoy the Island just don’t take anything that belongs to the Goddesses that protects it.
  GOD BLESS,
  JJG

• 26. Seth  |  December 7th, 2009 at 7:20 pm

  Here is the stone in the wall. Notice the white stone at about 10:30 in the arch. If Pele doesn’t like the position the stone was put in, she isn’t a reasonable God and I refuse to abide by her edict.

• 27. Seth  |  December 7th, 2009 at 7:21 pm

  Link didn’t work.

  http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu3/srsbusiness/wall.jpg

• 28. Ashley  |  December 11th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

  my friend sent me a care package from one of the islands (not sure which one) and there was a seashell in there.. do I need to return it? I have tried googling it but all I am finding is about lava rocks. help please! I have a baby girl and I dont want to put her in danger bc of a shell..

• 29. w  |  December 20th, 2009 at 7:30 pm

  does it matter if someone sends you the lava rock, if you forgot it and left it behind while on vacation? i took the rock, but left it behind at someone’s home. a few weeks later they mailed the rocks to me 3k miles away. i forgot about them, and their existence all these years. what is the general rule? the person who takes them or the person who gives them? is giving a lava rock gift actually (malicious) and inappropriate? please let me know, if you can. thank you.

• 30. Seth  |  December 21st, 2009 at 5:29 am

  You guys have got to get a grip. There is no angry volcano god out to get you. It’s just your irrational desire to pin the blame for bad luck on some higher power.

• 31. Jeff  |  January 7th, 2010 at 8:54 am

  I have heard about the curse from my Father-In-Law who was born and raised in Maui. He claims that if your are of Hawaiian decent that the curse doesn’t apply. Beware everyone else.

• 32. Irene  |  February 18th, 2010 at 10:55 am

  I was given a lava rock by a friend that went to Hawaii. All I can say is since I received that rock I have had one thing after another happen to me that would be considered bad luck. I’m not taking anymore chances —- the rock goes back!

• 33. Bruce Fisher  |  February 18th, 2010 at 11:01 am

  You can send it here:
  Attn: Lava Rock Return
  PO BOx 699
  Volcano, HI
  96785

• 34. O  |  March 18th, 2010 at 5:32 am

  now i have been hearing a lot about the lava stones now i was wondering does that apply to sand? I made a Zen Garden with it so it is out in the open next to my fish bowl.

• 35. Abdel  |  March 19th, 2010 at 8:13 pm

  Last week my friend went to Hawaii for vacation with his girlfriend. I told him to bring me a cool volcanic rock. That same week I got a cold, I lost my job and I was in a car accident. Today I spoke to him over the phone and he tells me about the lava rock curse which a native told him about. My friend has already returned the rock. This past week I have felt very weak, disorganized and disoriented. Although I never received the rocks I think I got a taste of Pele’s wrath. I hope my luck improves.

• 36. ktmsad  |  April 3rd, 2010 at 12:26 am

  after i took 17 rocks from inside the volcano i suffered from 3rd degree burns. these are the steps of what happened when i got home: 1.) my lawn mower exploded 2. i lost the lottery =( 3.FURLOUGH FRIDAYS! 4. my soda was flat when i went to mc donalds 5. there was a hair in my salad at dennys 6.my shoes were untied 7. my computer died when i was writing a paper 8. my bologna sandwitch went bad 9. i burnt my hand while lighting a candle 10. and lastly my pizza didnt get delievered in 30 minutes or less =(

• 37. farmerkid  |  April 8th, 2010 at 4:10 am

  We just bought a condo in Fl and found a jar of HI black sand and a volcanic rock -do we need to mail it back? Does the curse affect us since we found it in the attic?

• 38. Seth  |  April 9th, 2010 at 3:43 am

  Ktmsad has hit the nail on the head. I wonder how many Christians are on this site worrying about the “curse.” If you’re christian and you believe this shit, you are believing in pagan Gods. So by your own ethos, you are in the wrong.

  If you’re an atheist and complaining about the “curse” I don’t even know where to start. I can’t believe in this day and age people STILL jump to the most illogical conclusions when they have bad luck.

• 39. Rick Cain  |  April 15th, 2010 at 4:45 am

  If you are feeling guilty, just return the rock to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and give them a small donation to the National Parks Service for their trouble.

• 40. Flo Gores  |  April 18th, 2010 at 6:48 pm

  I am mailing you a rock I received several years ago from someone who visited the Big Island. Ever since that time we have had a lot of bad luck. My husband was diagnosed with cancer and had surgery then had a subdural hematoma and is still recovering. I had surgery developed bilateral pulmonary embolism and almost died and now I need shoulder replacement surgery.
  Even though I did not take the rock I hope in returning it this bad luck will go away.

• 41. Jeff  |  June 15th, 2010 at 7:12 am

  I still have my rock for the past ten years and I’ve only had good luck. In fact, shortly returning from Hawai’i I went to a casino and won a large sum of money. I have two wonderful healthy children and a strong marriage of over 8 years. So I would just like to thank Madame Pele.

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• 43. Terri  |  June 30th, 2010 at 5:54 am

  I’d like to know if anyone that had their luck change for the better after returning rocks to Hawaii

• 44. Joan  |  July 13th, 2010 at 6:39 am

  I returned my rocks. My luck hasn’t changed but I feel better about it. Will let you know if anything really good happens.

• 45. Ann  |  August 16th, 2010 at 9:50 am

  I believe it’s the guilty conscience that is the real curse. But perhaps it does have to do with descent. I took three pieces of coral when I was in the islands, and left an offering. I felt it was okay because I am of Hawaiian descent, and I have honored the coral and kept it in a special place ever since. I have not had any bad consequences from it, and that was 15 years ago.

• 46. Joan  |  August 29th, 2010 at 1:16 am

  I took 3 small lava rocks from the Big Island after being told by a local about the curse. I developed shingles the day before we left the island, I was sick to my stomach and couldn’t hold anything down. it took me two weeks to recover. Missed 3 days of work.
  (i never miss work). About a week later, my son went to jail. Two weeks after that, he lost his job.
  I am now in excruciating pain form my wisdom tooth and cannot sleep.(this has never happened to me) Thought I’d look up where
  to send the rocks back. Mailing them on Monday

• 47. b  |  August 30th, 2010 at 3:09 pm

  on occasion i check in with lava rock curse stories. many years ago in the mid-eighties i visited hawaii with a relative. they urged me to take lava rock and then mailed it to me when i left it behind. i feel this was a malicious act on their part (i have my reasons) but i had them in a drawer all that time although i was never near them for many years. i have had my share of both good and bad luck… over the years. probably mostly bad luck. however, after returning these lava rocks when i was again “reunited” with them, i always felt a sense of guilt and discomfort, since we were warned by the hawaiian tour guides of “Madame Pelas’ curse.” my point being at this time… is that i had returned the lava rocks via mail back to hawaii, and i had felt relieved about it. but since that time (dec. 08), i can honestly say that my luck has not changed for the better. i think it probably made no difference whether or not i returned them. i have seen where others make victory claims. i do not know what to believe about the lava rock curse.

• 48. b  |  August 30th, 2010 at 3:20 pm

  correction: It was Dec/09 that i had returned the lava rocks to the Big Island. but i still do not know what to believe about the lava rock curse.

• 49. Seth  |  August 30th, 2010 at 4:27 pm

  @b

  There are so many people that claim their luck was terrible after getting the stones, but can any of them seriously say that they haven’t had bad things happen to them or those around them even after they sent back the stones? In my opinion, it’s just a personal guilt that some people feel when they take the stones, and if something bad happens, they blame it on their “sin” against Pela. I think our brains come pre-wired with a purpose of finding the cause of whatever bad “luck” befalls us in life. When bad things happen, we make a note of everything we could have done wrong, and we blame it on a God. Or at least some do.

  I tend to think that the urge to explain bad luck or personal disaster with a belief system sponsored by some omniscient and omnipotent deity, is one that is used by the weaker willed or unconcerned among us, who don’t want to accept that there might be neither rhyme nor reason to the human plot.

  tl; dr? Don’t blame your failures or bad luck on a volcano.

• 50. D'Anna  |  September 13th, 2010 at 8:40 am

  When I was about 5yrs old I visited HI for he first and only time so far, my brother and I took lova rocks. I haven't really had bad luck but haven't had the bes of luck  for at least 35yrs now… my stepfather threw them away about 25yrs ago, is there anything I can do to remove the curse, My brother has been lucky and had Good luck his whole life…..
  Please advise…

• 51. b  |  September 14th, 2010 at 8:25 pm

  i think that the review with Seth kind of discouraged everyone from believing in bad luck from these rocks.    i feel my luck did not change, much, since returning the stones however i am very willing to give Madame Pela the benefit of the doubt.     since the logical answer, to me, is that you cannot dis-prove the "curse"… i am more comfortable having returned the lava rocks and i will never again take them again on my future visits.      i was reluctant to take them…. but my relative with me, insisted, and when i left them behind they later sent the rocks to me across the country…. apparently, in retrospect, to cause me harm????……       i was pleased in a way, but i also was not comfortable since the tour guides said NO do not do it and why….       if someone sends you lava rocks… do not take or keep them and get them back to Big Island,  i was never comfortable keeping those rocks, in general, therefore it just isn't worth the stress and anxiety in wondering if you have been cursed everytime something bad happens.     needless to say, bad things will sometimes happen with or without madame pelas lava rocks' curse.     don't chance it anyhow…. just don't bother taking them and you will have that much less stress, worry and confusion.          

• 52. Joan  |  September 22nd, 2010 at 4:44 pm

  UPDATE- After returning the rocks, My remaining rash went away from the shingles and my son got his job back a week later. I know I did the right thing

• 53. Seth  |  September 23rd, 2010 at 4:36 am

  Sometimes I see a comment that manages to make me lose even more faith in mankind's capacity for reason.  Congratulations Joan.  I now think even less of the species.  

• 54. jim  |  October 20th, 2010 at 4:12 am

  I was staioned in Oahu and had to travel to the big island twice a year.  We took our battery vehicles with us on these trips.  One of my fellow soldiers took a lava rock, while on the big island, and through it in the back of his truck.  When we returned to Oahu he had to stop to help another soldier whose vehicle broke down.  While hooking up a tow chain a drunk driver went off the road hitting the rear vehicle and killing the soldier.  We drove his truck up to the base and opened the rear gate.  The lava rock rolled out the back!!!

• 55. b  |  October 22nd, 2010 at 1:51 pm

  i am surprised not more have written in lately about their views or experiences on lava rock curse.     there are probably a whole lots of visitors to Big Island that are never aware of this website and/or don't care about any curse, if any.       most people thrive on souvenirs especially 'free' ones, such as lava rock.     after all, it is not often that most of us get close to any volcano of any kind and when you do you would like to take a part of it home with you.       i took the time to read the 'legend of Madame Pele' and it very much is possible that there is a real probability that all that did in fact happen and that a curse has been put in place.       again, although i am somewhat skeptical, i do not rule out the very real possibility of Madame Peles' curse.       i need proof.   i do not have nor get that proof and probably never will so i give the believers of the Big Island the benefit of the doubt and refuse to ever remove volcanic property.               also, i find the soldier story above to be very interesting to consider.             and i also am happy for everyone who is aware and takes the time to return the "stolen" goods.

• 56. Scott Kaalele  |  April 3rd, 2011 at 12:05 am

  Why would anyone come here and take a lava rock home. It doesn't belong to you. I would never think of taking a piece of the Alamo or Mt. Rushmore back to Hawaii. Just seems like common sense.

• 57. Seth  |  April 6th, 2011 at 3:42 am

  Before I picked the rock out of the ocean it didn't belong to me, but it didn't belong to anyone else either.  Now it definitely belongs to me.

• 58. Richard R.  |  May 15th, 2011 at 6:45 am

  A supervisor gave me a little "gift" that just keeps on giving………it was a little black "hand", you know the hang loose symbol type hand? This piece of radioactive rock totally destroyed my marriage, my family life, my career my sanity, most importantly and made me hallucinate out of this world strange visions. For all that little black lava Hawaiian hang loose symbol has done to destroy my life, I have to say that I'm one tough sunnofagun and I'm still kicking! I'm actually thinking of starting a mainland based Hawaiian Black Lava Cursed Rock Reclamation Project, where I grind the rocks into salt and sprinkle the grains on some good old Texas BBQ and Steak! I'm still not afraid of the "curse", the Island or the person who gave it to me. Maybe he didn't know any better. According to the Bible, volcanoes are the actual source of Hellfire and Brimstone. I gotta a fire for your ass, Mr. Black Magic rock, and when I'm done mixing you with some Zatarains(OMG they make the best seasoning…..so good I bet I could put some on the back of my hand, lick it off the back of my hand and swear I was licking Kobe Beef!), Be brave, kind and faithful ONES, black lava is only jealous we brought him/her al the way from Hawaii and didn't feed or water it.  

• 59. Richard R.  |  May 15th, 2011 at 1:37 pm

  From what I have experienced and read Hawaiian Black Lava affects the friends, families and loved ones of whomever "IT" possesses….yes, I said whomever "IT" POSSESSES. The craziness that ensues is some mind bending stuff not for the timid once you even touch it. I have talked to people from vulcan places, including Hawaii, and according to them, you cannot touch it or speak about it…..however knowing how much my family, friends, career, life and other loved ones mean and meant to me, and especially how much we have all been so hurt by this, I will be ever defiant and ever hopeful of recovering from this malevolence. I refuse to call my ex friends "fairweather" friends either because there are times when I have felt as if even GOD has kept his distance from me and been more afraid than I have in facing this eternal menace. People have the wrong idea about the Hawaiian Black Lava Curse: You don't possess it, Black Lava possesses you! We as a people are stronger than even this, the very BLACKEST POSSESSION……..IF THERE IS ONLY ONE THING TO READ AND REMEMBER,  READ AND REMEMBER THE 23RD PSALM AND FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU. LET US ALL PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE OUR PRAYERS WILL BE INTENSIFIED AND MAGNIFIED AS ONE. MY BATTLE HAS RAGED ON SINCE THE LATE 1980'S SO I AM LIVING PROOF THAT LIFE, NO MATTER HOW UNPLEASANT, GOES ON EVEN UNDER THE SPECTRE OF PURE EVIL AND DARKNESS. 

• 60. Richard R.  |  May 15th, 2011 at 1:38 pm

  REVERSE THE CURSE!!!!!!! REVERSE THE CURSE!!!!!!!! REVERSE THE CURSE!!!!!!!!!!

• 61. b  |  May 21st, 2011 at 9:01 am

  Hi all you Lava people.     lol Seth, 4/6.       To Scott, 4/3,  you have a point… to a point.   Perhaps no one should ever take a piece of a designated historical site, but with the volcano area, it is so large and so wide that no one I assume, perceives it as taking a piece of something?     When it comes to open land and "collecting", well, I myself am a life long collector of rocks and stones anything of earthly value or interest.      To this day, I will stoop down to pick up a rock or stone or whatever earth piece that may catch my eye.  Beach-goers are forever collecting seashells, etc.    Why, I do not know, but I enjoy my (mostly) spontaneous and forever collection of earthly artifact, regardless of where I might be.    Just like for years and years people have collected indian arrowheads, etc.    However, prior to landing on the Big Island and on Madame Peles' territory, we were enthusiastically warned and instructed by the Tour plane pilots,…not to take any Lava rock or anything from the volcano area.        I personally was encouraged to take a lava rock by my travel relative, who I believe never had my best interests at heart, anyway.    I forgetfully left the lava behind with that person, in the state of California, and 3 weeks later it showed up at my mailbox.     The person was determined that I have the Lava rock, apparently, when I really could have cared less.     I was never comfortable about taking the Lava rocks, because we were so 'seriously' warned by the Tour Guides of possible consequences.      My Lava rock or should I say Madame Pele's Lava rock, was put in a dresser drawer and forgotten about for the oh say next 20 some years or so?     About 5-6 years prior to returning the rock to Hawaii Big Island, I had come across those rocks and knew of the curse and was never comfortable retaining it.     I put it back in the drawer and tried to believe that there was no 'curse' and just forget about it.    However, it always haunted me now and then, and intuitively I kept thinking that it should be returned.    I took it upon myself to do some research, finally, and Thankfully had discovered this website.      I do feel that very possibly, but not definite, that much of my bad luck had been contributed by the "stolen" lava rocks.    I still have my share of bad luck however things have slowly progressed on the upside.   Coincidence or just normal life taking it's course, I do not know.     But one thing for sure, I have far more peace of mind that I returned those rocks and have vowed that I will never again take or receive any piece whatsoever of Madame Pele's private property while visiting the beautiful state of Hawaii.      Honor Madame Pele's wish and the wish of the native land dwellers who know….  Madame Pele and her legend is to be forever and always respected.

• 62. Richard R.  |  May 26th, 2011 at 12:15 pm

  I had a meeting with a faithful young man yesterday named Jeremy. He informed me that GOD HIMSELF IS LIKENED TO AN ETERNAL FIRE WITHOUT KNOWING MY EXPERIENCE. PELE, THE GODDESS WHO CURSED THE VOLCANO'S REMAINS MAY VERY WELL BE THE VOLCANO AND THE PERSONAGE OF GOD/GODDESS ITSELF. IN THIS MOMENT OF ZEN I STAND CORRECTED AND IN AWE OF THE POWER OF THE GODLINESS. THE SUPERVISOR WHO DROPPED THE LAVA INTO MY HAND MAY HAVE BLESSED ME FAR BEYOND WHAT COULD EVER BE IMAGINED. THE HAWAIIAN BLACK LAVA CURSE THAT WAS NOT CONTINUES TO PERPLEX ME, HOWEVER GOD CERTANLY HAS MY ATTENTION NOW. I REMEMBER A BIBLICAL VERSE THAT STARTS…….JESUS CHRIST, EYES AS OF A FLAME OF FIRE. MY FIRST MEDITATIVE VISION WITHIN THE SINGH BROTHERS TRADITION MANY YEARS AGO WAS OF AN UNTENDED, GLOWING FIRE ON AN ALTAR. WOW!

• 63. Seth  |  May 31st, 2011 at 5:42 am

  Most of the commenters on this article are dumber than Harold Camping! 

• 64. b  |  June 16th, 2011 at 4:24 pm

  This is an open forum, everyone is entitled to their opinion and/or experience.     There is no need to unnecessarily offend or insult other writers who visit here, Seth.     Your opinion is your own and so is ours.   Even the writers who are outrageous in their viewpoints are entitled and as long as nobody is hurting anybody else. 

• 65. Mae  |  July 13th, 2011 at 8:54 pm

  My husband and I took a lava rock from Maui several years ago and never knew of the superstition until our recent visit to Maui this year, July 2011.  My kids took 2 more lava rocks from the park at the end of the Wailea strip of hotels past the old Maui Prince (at the end of the road there) and brought it back to our hotel during our most recent visit.  When the bellman saw that we had lava rocks in our hotel, he told us immediately that it was bad luck and that we should not leave the island with them.  I am superstitious and do not want to take any chances so we walked along the beach at our hotel and placed them on the sand in a good place where the moon shined over it.  I'm not sure if I had to return it back to its original place (we didn't as we were leaving the very next day).  Nonetheless, we still had the lava rock we took several years ago at our home.  Upon returning home, I asked my husband to mail the lava rock immediately back to the hotel in Maui to return.  I hope this rids our family of any bad luck.  We have had a stream of bad luck for the past several years, deaths among close friends of ours, divorces amongst close friends of ours, demotion in a position, and marital strife. 
  We give homage to you Madam Pele. Please forgive us for disrespecting and taking what is rightfully yours.  Please release any bad luck to our family, we kindly ask of you!

• 66. Avory  |  October 18th, 2011 at 3:22 pm

  Does this website still work? I have a lot to tell

• 67. dog  |  October 25th, 2011 at 2:33 pm

  I don’t believe in ghosts or superstition.
  My girlfriend went to Hawaii and brought back a bunch of rocks and shells. A few of them were small volcanic rocks known as Pele’s tears.
  She spread them out on a table on the porch.
  They were beautiful.
  She left them there and went home.
  At about 2am a terrible fire started on the porch and the house burned down.
  I barely made it out alive.
  My dog died.
  Propane tank near my grill exploded.
  The house and everything in it was completely destroyed by fire and soot.
  All the items we had from Hawaii were completely incinerated in the intense fire.
  I’m not making this up.
  I really wish I was.

• 68. Bruce Fisher  |  October 25th, 2011 at 3:24 pm

  WOW that’s an amazing story!! So sorry to hear this happened, sending lots of Aloha and good vibes your way

• 69. Seth  |  October 25th, 2011 at 3:40 pm

  Hey dog, do you blame the rocks? There is no plausible reason to blame the rocks for the fire.

• 70. b  |  October 31st, 2011 at 4:24 pm

  Hi dog… Sorry to hear about your misfortune, presumably caused by Madame Peles’ curse. I will never again remove rocks and stones from Madame Pele’s land no matter how beautiful or tempting. You just never know what may happen. By the way, you did not mention, were those rocks on the porch burned, retrieved or returned back to the Big Island? You never said what happened with them. Thanks for writing.,,

• 71. A Person  |  December 7th, 2011 at 10:52 am

  I took some lava rocks and then was cursed by having to read Seth’s posts. Can anyone help me?

• 72. ksra  |  December 28th, 2011 at 4:46 pm

  Lmao! But seriously…I don’t believe in on all this crap but oddly enough, ever since my wife and I took some rocks, everything has gone wrong. So bad she wants to fly back to Hawaii and return them…even though we are all of a sudden broke.

• 73. b  |  December 29th, 2011 at 8:16 am

  I am glad that non-believers are willing to do the right thing and return Madame Pele’s property back to her.

• 74. Seth  |  December 29th, 2011 at 8:48 am

  Every time I see someone display evidence of belief in this crap, I throw up just a little in my mouth.

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