Invoking the Numinous: Ritual, Medicine, and Magic in Psychedelic Psychotherapy
Integral Psychedelic Therapy the Non Ordinary Art of Psychospiritual Healing 2023 DOI: 10.4324/9781003167976-10 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that psychedelic-assisted therapy can be enhanced by client-centered, culturally sensitive ritual that addresses the impacts of colonization and cultural appropriation. Proposes that ritual, psychedelic medicines, and magic can facilitate personal, cultural, and ancestral healing, and offers recommendations for therapists to implement this approach. |
Abstract
In this chapter, Shanna Butler and Camara Rajabari offer recommendations for cultivating client-centered, culturally sensitive ritual in psychedelic-assisted therapy. The authors thoughtfully describe the impact of colonization, white supremacy, and cultural appropriation on psychedelic-assisted therapy. Speaking from within their own experiences of ritual as a practice of social justice, they bring forward a vision for “invoking the numinous”—using ritual, psychedelic medicines, and magic to facilitate personal, cultural, and ancestral healing.