Ayahuasca and Sumak Kawsay: Challenges to the Implementation of the Principle of “Buen Vivir,” Religious Freedom, and Cultural Heritage Protection
Carlos Teodoro José Hugueney Irigaray, Pierre Girard, Maíra Irigaray, Carolina Joana Da Silva
Anthropology of Consciousness September 1, 2016 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.12057 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Ayahuasca |
| Keywords | Context archaeology Civilization Environmental ethics Transcendence philosophy State computer science Multiculturalism Law Epistemology Anthropology |
| Citations | 6 |
| Key points | Argues that the use of Hoasca (Ayahuasca) in the UDV religious context can contribute to reconstructing the principle of 'buen vivir' as an alternative to the current civilizational crisis. |
Abstract
Abstract The current environmental crisis can be approached, through many perspectives, as a civilizational crisis. Alternatives of human transcendence are identified in the Inca civilization to compensate for the malaise that characterizes the actual crisis. There is a multicultural dimension to the manifestations of Hoasca (or Ayahuasca ) occurring in Amazonian countries. As employed by the Beneficent Spiritist Center União do Vegetal ( UDV ) in a religious context, it can contribute to the reconstruction of buen vivir (or in Quechua, sumak kawsay , meaning complete wellness ), which served as the principle of the civilizations that preceded the colonization of the Americas by Europeans. Today, the State openly confronts the manifestation of the constitutional principles of buen vivir , religious freedom, and the protection of this cultural heritage. Here, the implications of the civilizational crisis and ways of overcoming it are approached from the standpoint of deep ecology, but the implications also reflect the doctrinal vision of the UDV to which the authors are affiliated.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on ayahuasca, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The globalization of ayahuasca: Harm reduction or benefit maximization? | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond | 2014 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience | 2003 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Towards psychedelic apprenticeship: Developing a gentle touch for the mediation and validation of psychedelic-induced insights and revelations. | 2022 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Ayahuasca healing beyond the Amazon: the globalization of a traditional indigenous entheogenic practice | 2008 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |