Sacred Hoop Magazine
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Sacred Hoop Magazine is a UK based, international magazine on the subject of Shamanism
. Founded in 1993, the magazine is published four times a year in both paper and electronic formats, and is currently based in Abercych
, Pembrokeshire
, West Wales in the UK.
The magazine was founded by Jan Morgan Wood (now called Faith Nolton) and Nicholas Breeze Wood, both of whom have been involved in teaching and promoting shamanism in the UK since the mid 1980's. The magazine was initially created as a way to network those in the UK interested in shamanism and the medicine traditions of the Native Americans
, but now Sacred Hoop is much broader in both the material it covers and those it seeks to provide the material too.
Originally the magazine was devoted almost entirely to Native American spirituality, but over the years it has grown into a respected source of articles covering a wide range of earth-based shamanic and animistic cultural traditions from around the world. Sacred Hoop is regarded by many to be the foremost magazine on the subject in the world.
The magazine draws its readership from those who are attracted to 'green spirituality,' people often feeling out-of-sorts with Western mainstream consumerist society. Although generally regarded as a new-age magazine, the articles in Sacred Hoop however cover many aspects of traditional shamanism and Central Asian Buddhism
, including accounts of traditional healings, teachings on aspects of shamanism and the history and use of ritual objects, and draws upon many areas of anthropological research. The style of the magazine however is pragmatic rather than academic.
The magazine also includes articles written by those in the West such as artists and psychotherapists who are trying to bridge the ancient shamanic traditions with more orthodox Western understandings of reality and the human condition.
Shamanism
Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. To quote Eliade: "A first definition of this complex phenomenon, and perhaps the least hazardous, will be: shamanism = technique of ecstasy." Shamanism encompasses the...
. Founded in 1993, the magazine is published four times a year in both paper and electronic formats, and is currently based in Abercych
Abercych
Abercych is a small village of less than 100 houses, scattered mostly along the sides of a small lane that runs along the slopes of a valley in the north of the county of Pembrokeshire in South West Wales, in the parish of Manordeifi. It is an ancient village, the Welsh placename of which means...
, Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....
, West Wales in the UK.
The magazine was founded by Jan Morgan Wood (now called Faith Nolton) and Nicholas Breeze Wood, both of whom have been involved in teaching and promoting shamanism in the UK since the mid 1980's. The magazine was initially created as a way to network those in the UK interested in shamanism and the medicine traditions of the Native Americans
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
, but now Sacred Hoop is much broader in both the material it covers and those it seeks to provide the material too.
Originally the magazine was devoted almost entirely to Native American spirituality, but over the years it has grown into a respected source of articles covering a wide range of earth-based shamanic and animistic cultural traditions from around the world. Sacred Hoop is regarded by many to be the foremost magazine on the subject in the world.
The magazine draws its readership from those who are attracted to 'green spirituality,' people often feeling out-of-sorts with Western mainstream consumerist society. Although generally regarded as a new-age magazine, the articles in Sacred Hoop however cover many aspects of traditional shamanism and Central Asian Buddhism
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
, including accounts of traditional healings, teachings on aspects of shamanism and the history and use of ritual objects, and draws upon many areas of anthropological research. The style of the magazine however is pragmatic rather than academic.
The magazine also includes articles written by those in the West such as artists and psychotherapists who are trying to bridge the ancient shamanic traditions with more orthodox Western understandings of reality and the human condition.