Juremahuasca, a Sacrament to Challenge All Doctrines
Copernicus books January 1, 2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-22705-8_5 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractThis chapter traces the varied uses of DMT extracted from Mimosa tenuiflora (black jurema) across traditional, scientific, and neo-shamanic contexts. Chemist Jonathan Ott popularized a recipe for anahuasca (also called juremahuasca or pharmahuasca) that combines root bark powder from the tree, which grows in semi-arid regions of tropical America, with Syrian rue as a source of beta-carbolines (MAO inhibitors). Brazilian healer Wanda Maria da Silveira Barbosa (Yatra) used this recipe in the Netherlands to treat substance abusers after she was prevented from using ayahuasca there.
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| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Government linguistics Action physics Subject documents Perspective graphical Philosophy |
| Key finding | Argues that the recipe for anahuasca developed by Jonathan Ott was adopted by Brazilian healer Yatra to treat substance abusers in the Netherlands after ayahuasca was unavailable to her there. |
Abstract
AbstractThis chapter delves into the meandrous trajectory of DMT extracted from Mimosa tenuifora (black jurema) along traditional, scientific, and neo-shamanic uses. Chemist Jonathan Ott popularized a recipe of anahuasca (sometimes called juremahuasca or pharmahuasca) mixing the root bark powder from the tree that grows in semi-arid regions of tropical America with Syrian rue as a source of beta-carbolines (MAO inhibitors). His recipe was used by Brazilian healer Wanda Maria da Silveira Barbosa (Yatra) in the Netherlands to treat substance abusers after she had found herself prevented from using ayahuasca there.