Contrastes e continuidades em uma tradição Amazonica
March 30, 2004 DOI: 10.47749/t/unicamp.2004.306823 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Comparative study |
|---|---|
| Population | Practitioners of Santo Daime, Barquinha, and União do Vegetal |
| Topics | Ayahuasca |
| Keywords | Perspective graphical Ethnology Anthropology Visual arts |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key points | The ayahuasqueiro tradition is built and transformed through a constant play of oppositions, accusations, and alliances among its three main divisions. |
Abstract
This dissertation focuses on a comparative study among distinct Brazilian religions from the same tradition, identified here as ayahuasqueiros cults, being characterized by the ritualistic use of a psychoactive substance ayahuasca, called Daime or Vegetal in the cases researched.This tradition has its unique and shared components in which there are divisions, centers, núcleos and churches.There are three main divisions (Santo Daime, Barquinha and União do Vegetal), with their several internal fragments.The comparative perspective has the objective of capturing the contrasts and similarities among the different groups from the mentioned tradition, aiming to clarify , simultaneously, how this tradition is built and transformed through a constant play of oppositions, accusations and alliances among these groups.For that reason, we have elected in this dissertation, the analysis of internal conflicts and crisis which have involved the practitioners of these three religions divisions focused.