O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar a religiosidade entre usuários experientes (com mais de 20 anos de uso ritual de Ayahuasca), iniciantes (com menos de 3 anos), adeptos de um centro daimista, município de Piedade - SP, e não usuários de Ayahuasca. Foi realizado um estudo observacional, descritivo e transversal, do qual participaram 48 pessoas, distribuídas em dois grupos: (a) grupo estudo:...
Although several studies have been conducted to elucidate the relationship between psychedelic consumption and cognition, few have focused on understanding the long-term use influence of these substances on these variables, especially in ritualistic contexts. To verify the influence of ritualistic ayahuasca consumption on the cognition of experienced ayahuasca religious users (> 20 years) and...
Objectives: The objectives of this study were (a) to describe the history of the formation of the Centro Luz Divina (CLD), Piedade, São Paulo, (b) to describe the plants and recipes involved in making ayahuasca, and (c) to provide information for future chemical and pharmacological studies of ayahuasca. Methods: During the 578 hours of fieldwork between 2017 and 2019, 10 interviewees were...