“Shamanism and sacred living is not about blissing out on nature, romping with your power animals and hugging trees – it’s about empowering yourself and opening your eyes to the world and the illusions the consumer society has spun you.  It’s about de-culturing yourself – shamans and medicine people are not social animals.  For by de-culturing yourself you get to know what is truly real in life; the Buddha didn’t become the Buddha by deeply believing he really had to have a nice holiday or a new car.” –Nicholas Breeze Wood, Editor of Sacred Hoop Magazine“