Sobre inciensos, trances y (algunas) diosas. Una perspectiva etnobotánica
Carlos G. Wagner
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) October 7, 2010 DOI: 10.5209/rev_ilur.2010.v15.26758 (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 the incense used in some ancient cults and oracles may have possessed the power to induce visions and prophecies, and that an ethnobotanical analysis of its components reveals psychoactive potential. |
Abstract
Los inciensos usados en algunos cultos y oráculos de la antigüedad parecen haber poseido la facultad de provocar visiones y vaticicios.Un estudio de sus componentes nos revela, desde la perspectiva de la etnobotánica, su potencial psicoactivo.Palabras clave: Inciensos, estados de trance, visiones, oráculos.about incenses, trance states and (some) goddesses.a perspective from ethnobotany AbStRActThe incense used in some cults and oracles in antiquity seems to have possessed the power to induce visions and prophecies.a study of its components, from an ethnobotanical perspective, reveals us their psychoactive power.