Sacred Hoop Magazine Sacred Hoop Issue 87 Retour à l'édition précédente

When We Focus on the Simple Things
An interview with Sandra Ingerman about the
core qualities of shamanism and how we need to
deepen our practice in order to get good results.

Shamanism and Psychosis
Shamans have long been considered to exhibit a form of mental illness. Alanna Kaivalya looks at the parallels
between diagnosable medical conditions and the medicine people of North America and other cultures.

My Mysterious Son
When his son Franklin was diagnosed with schizophrenia, Dick Russell began a quest for understanding which eventually led to shamanism and the ancestors.

Path to the Deep Place
It has often been said that shamans and psychotherapists have much in common. Michelle Corrigan looks at the interface between Gestalt psychotherapy and shamanism

The Broken Soul
Statistically someone kills themselves every 40 seconds. Adele Ryan McDowell looks at suicide from the point-of-view of shamanism, and asks how shamanic practioners can help.

Siberian Shaman’s Dudig Apron
Dudigs are ritual aprons, worn by shamans from many cultures in Siberia. We look at an example in the
British Museum in London

Sitting Beneath the Amulet Tree
Munkhbat Sodnom is a traditional shaman in Mongolia. He shares his long life story of joys and trials and times past with BlueSky Shaman

The Empty Chair
One of the main methods of Gestalt psychotherapy is
‘Chair Work’ in which the sub personalities or ancestors of a client are called to take part in a conversation. Nicholas Breeze Wood describes the process.

Spirit of Rocket
Most of us will talk to our cars from time to time, but
Shân Rose took it one stage further than that in the
shamanic relationship she fostered with her old car.