I am a shamanic practitioner, living in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. I am the editor of Sacred Hoop Magazine (www.sacredhoop.org) a leading international magazine about shamanism and shamanic spirituality. I am the author of books on shamanism, a shamanic craftsman and teacher of shamanic traditions and crafts. I also run www.3worlds.co.uk - an online gallery of original antique shamanic and Tibetan Buddhist ritual objects.

Outside of shamanism, I am a passionate collector and player of medieval, Arabic and Central Asian musical instruments (mostly plucked stringed), with a special intrest in the music of the Troubadours and the Cantigas de Santa Maria of medieval Southwest France and Spain.

I'm also a painter with an intrest in Tibetan thangkas and other Tibetan arts, medieval art and icons and Persian miniture painting of the 16th century. Visit my own website at www.nicholaswood.net