Sacred Hoop Magazine Issue 82 Back Issue

JOURNEY TO THE BLACK SKY
While on tour as a musician in Siberia, Ken Hyder found himself on the shamanic path, undertaking a traditional apprenticeship with shamans in Tuva in Southern Siberia.

SOUL SUCKERS
In Kamchatka, in Eastern Siberia, the Koryak people have a tradition of vampire shamans who steal the life force from both the living and dead. Dr Alexander King has spent three years with these people and shares his
encounters with the soul sucking shamans of the tundra.

IN THE DEATH LODGE
Life is a process of dying, we die little deaths each day and need to release that which is dead. Ron Pevny shares the ‘Death Lodge’ tradition, a ceremony with its roots in the ways of the Native American Cheyenne people.

WHEN THE DOVE TAKES FLIGHT
Those close to death often report encounters with the spirit worlds and with spirits. Scott Janssen looks at the role shamanism has to play in end of life care and how we need to listen to those who are dying in order to not
dismiss their important experiences.

THE LOST SOULS OF STALINGRAD
In Russia, during World War Two, many German and Russian soldiers died dreadful deaths in the cold and the blood of battle. Klaus Paasche travels to Stalingrad - one of the worst battles - to do work for the spirits of the dead.

WITH THE LOVE OF STONES
In Peru the the shamans of the Q’ero, the descendants of the Inca, have a tradition of collecting altars of sacred stones, which they use for healing. Deborah Bryon shares a little about the tradition and her own work within it.

DANCE OF THE THIRTEENTH FAIRY
Sometimes the best laid plans of mice and women..... Anna Keiller introduces us to the Thirteenth Fairy, the bringer of chaos and misrule and invites us to join the dance of life with her.