Juremahuasca, a Sacrament to Challenge All Doctrines
Marcelo Leite
Copernicus books 2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-22705-8_5 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Government linguistics Action physics Subject documents Perspective graphical Law |
| Key points | 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.