UF Journal of Undergraduate Research

Balancing Discretion and Expansion in the União do Vegetal

UF Journal of Undergraduate Research November 4, 2020 Jake H Ference 1 citation

The União do Vegetal (UDV) is an ayahuasca-based religion that operates with an unusual amount of discretion. Preliminary research into the group created a desire to develop a better understanding of how the UDV balances its own ideas of acceptance and expansion while remaining discreet and closed to outsiders. This context has been shaped by the group’s history of legal prosecution and...