Observatorio de la Economía Latinoamericana
February 20, 2025
Arielen Barreto de Carvalho, Anderson Ortiz Alves, Diana Lizeth Vicente Flores et al.
Banisteriopsis caapi, da família Malpighiaceae, utilizada em rituais religiosos, unida com Psychotria viridis na preparação do chá Ayahuasca. A pesquisa do mariri na floresta amazônica frequentemente realizada para mapear a ocorrência do cipó, a logística de acesso e avaliação do potencial de aproveitamento dos indivíduos encontrados para fazer a coleta. Estas ações exigem conhecimentos...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
February 20, 2025
Broc A. Pagni, Andreas Halman, Jerome Sarris et al.
7 citations
The durability of ayahuasca's effects on mental health and the influence of clinical diagnoses on therapeutic response is unclear. Adults with no prior exposure to ayahuasca (n = 66) participating in neo-shamanic ayahuasca ceremonies completed questionnaires at baseline, 7 days, and 1, 6, and 12 months. Mixed models were used to characterize temporal trajectories in mental health, alcohol and...
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
February 13, 2025
Fernando Alexander Bravo Calderón
1 citation
El uso de Ayahuasca para tratar la salud mental ha cobrado importancia en las últimas décadas, con base en las nuevas necesidades que se presentan en este ámbito, demostrando que tendría efectividad dentro del área de la psicología clínica. Es por ello, que se presenta esta investigación con el objetivo de describir las nuevas representaciones de la salud mental en consumidores de Ayahuasca. El...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
February 13, 2025
Yitong Xin, Roland R. Griffiths, Alan K. Davis
1 citation
An interesting aspect of entity encounters during psychedelic experiences is their ability to transform one's religious beliefs. However, little is known about sex differences in these transformations. This study investigates sex differences in changes in religious beliefs before and after an entity encounter among ayahuasca users. Data were collected via an anonymous Internet-based survey (N =...
Revista fisio&terapia
February 6, 2025
Lavynia Ferreira Nunes, A. S. Medeiros, Alana Almeida Lobão Lopes et al.
Objective: To explore the therapeutic use of Ayahuasca in patients diagnosed with mental disorders. Methods: This literature review sought to answer the following question: “What is the scientific evidence involved in the therapeutic use of ayahuasca in the treatment of mental disorders?”. The descriptors “Mental Disorders”, “Ayahuasca” and “Banisteriopsis” were used to search the...
Journal de la Société des Américanistes
February 5, 2025
David Dupuis
Le terme « ayahuasca » – qui signifie « liane des esprits » ou « liane des morts » en quechua – désigne à la fois une plante précise (Banisteriopsis caapi) et la préparation aqueuse dont elle est toujours l’ingrédient, unique ou principal. Cette boisson, aux puissants effets psychoactifs et émétiques, utilisée le plus souvent à des fins initiatiques, thérapeutiques ou divinatoires, constitue un...
February 5, 2025
Lucas Villar Magalhães da Cruz
[pt] A ayahuasca é uma infusão psicoativa utilizada como enteógeno há séculos, com pesquisas recentes indicando seu potencial como um tratamento promissor para certos transtornos clínicos. Apesar do crescente corpo de literatura científica sobre seus efeitos, ainda há uma escassez de estudos que investiguem as experiências subjetivas de usuários ingênuos de ayahuasca. O primeiro estudo desta...
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
January 30, 2025
Santhiago C Graça, Isabella B Bustelli, Érica V Dos Santos et al.
2 citations
Ayahuasca is a beverage obtained from the decoctions of Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb.) Morton and Psychotria viridis Ruiz & Pav., used throughout the Amazon as a medicinal beverage for healing and spiritual exploration. The Banisteriopsis caapi extract consists of harmine, harmaline, and tetrahydroharmine (THH); which inhibit the isoforms of monoamine oxidase A and B. In the central...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
January 24, 2025
Cecile Giovannetti, Anja Loizaga-Velder, Ricardo Campoy Gomez et al.
5 citations
Abstract Background The Yaqui Intercultural Medicine Clinic was established in 2020 to provide accessible, culturally-attuned treatment for substance use and mental health disorders among an Indigenous Yaqui community in Mexico. The treatment program integrates ayahuasca ceremonies and psychotherapeutic support within a community-based outpatient treatment service. This observational pilot...
América sin Nombre
January 20, 2025
Julio Penenrey Navarro
Este artículo tiene como propósito rastrear el papel que como tema y recurso narrativo cumple la ayahuasca en dos novelas peruanas con vínculos estrechos en los saberes ancestrales, el vegetalismo indígena y el pensamiento vegetal amazónico. Las tres mitades de Ino Moxo y otros brujos de la Amazonía, de César Calvo (1981), y Puka Allpa. Viaje hacia la selva invisible (2015), de Pedro Favaron,...
Psychopharmacology
January 18, 2025
Sharon R. Sznitman, Yoel A. Behar, Sheila Daniela Dicker-Oren et al.
3 citations
Abstract Rationale To examine the acute effects of ayahuasca use and their relationship to sub-acute changes in affect and mindfulness in a non-clinical sample, addressing the need for a better understanding of ayahuasca’s immediate and short-term impacts as interest in its use grows. Objectives Using prospective ecological assessment, this study investigates how ayahuasca used at a 4-day...
Ankara Universitesi Eczacilik Fakultesi Dergisi
January 13, 2025
Merve Akdoğan, Enes Tekman, Hafize Yuca et al.
1 citation
Objective: Peganum harmala L., commonly known as "harmala," is extensively used as an herbal incense product today and is renowned for its reported calming effects on humans. This study aims to perform a structural characterization of incense, with a particular focus on its fruit and seed components, by analyzing both the combustion process and dissolving the resulting smoke in an appropriate...
January 13, 2025
Tarryl Janik
Soul Quest Ayahuasca Church of Mother Earth Inc. (Soul Quest) is a domestic non-profit corporation based in Orlando, Florida. Its members practiced a Christian syncretic religion whose central sacrament was an Amazonian plant medicine called ayahuasca, an illegal Schedule I substance in the United States. Church members consumed ayahuasca to commune with the divine and heal a variety of...
Open Access Journal of Science
2025
Alexandre Azenha Alves de Rezende, Luis Felipe Dos Santos Silva, Luciana Karen Calábria
Ayahuasca is a psychoactive drink used mainly by indigenous peoples. Its preparation involves the decoction of the Banisteriopsis caapi (Spruce ex Griseb.) C.V. Morton vine with Psychotria viridis Ruiz & Pav. leaves. The psychoactive effect is derived from the combination of the dimethyltryptamine from the shrub with the alkaloids from the vine. Given the promising therapeutic potential and the...
2025
Richard G. Alexander
AbstractThis chapter provides a critical overview of the ayahuasca phenomenon within the context of global psychedelic tourism. It begins by exploring the terminological and psychopharmacological details of ayahuasca, then surveys key interdisciplinary literature on its use in both indigenous and Western contexts. The chapter critiques the problematic application of the term ‘shamanism’,...
2025
Richard G. Alexander
AbstractThis chapter explores the city of Iquitos, Peru, as a dramaturgical setting for ayahuasca ‘shamanism’ tourism. It examines how foreign tourists and local actors co-construct narrative meanings around ayahuasca experiences through cultural, economic, and symbolic exchange. The chapter critiques motivational typologies in previous studies, arguing for a more nuanced, narrative-based...
2025
Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir
West in the 1950s shared the view that psychedelic experiences culminate in “mystical experiences” of union. However, the recent “psychedelic renaissance” emphasizes biomedical, neurological, and psychotherapeutic explanations. These clinical, instrumental approaches overlook both new research on mysticism and many cultural realities and practices behind it. Analyzing key research on...
Journal de la Société des Américanistes
2025
Françoise Barbira Freedman, Stephen Hugh‐jones
If ayahuasca shamanism is now well studied, the medicinal plant gardens that form a standard element of ayahuasca centers have received less attention. Based on detailed mapping, recorded commentaries, and an accompanying website (https://yakumamaylivepharmacy.org), this paper provides concise data about the range of plants found in one such garden. Exploring the medicinal gardens’ relations to...
Vibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
2025
Pietro Benedito, Isabel Santana de Rose, Emilia Sanabria et al.
Abstract With the rapid advancement of psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) trials, psychedelic clinics are set to become a tangible reality in the near future. Questions abound concerning the therapeutic modalities that will be adopted, the human and material infrastructures that will enable the delivery of this novel form of healthcare, and their funding model - which will have direct...
Journal of Restorative Medicine
2025
Payton Follestad, Patricia Filbin, Brice Thompson et al.
Psychedelic plant medicines such as Ayahuasca and Huachuma (San Pedro cactus) are gaining scientific attention for their potential to improve mental health. However, the interplay between these traditional medicines, the gut microbiome, and mental health outcomes remains underexplored. The main objectives of this study are to investigate the effects of Ayahuasca and Huachuma ceremonies on the...