Mana
September 1, 2017
Ilana Seltzer Goldstein, Beatriz Caiuby Labate
8 citations
Resumo Recentemente, trabalhos de Ernesto Neto ganharam destaque em museus de arte em Bilbao, São Paulo e Viena. Tiravam parte de sua força do fato de remeterem a rituais de cura com ayahuasca dos Huni Kuin (Kaxinawa). Observa-se certo paralelismo entre essa conquista de espaço para a presença indígena no sistema das artes e a chegada dos índios ao circuito urbano da ayahuasca. A circulação de...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
August 29, 2017
Eduardo Ekman Schenberg, Maria Angélica de Castro Comis, João Felipe Morel Alexandre et al.
39 citations
Objective This report documents the phenomenology of the subjective experiences of 22 patients with substance-related disorders who were involved in a treatment combining cognitive–behavioral therapy and hospital sessions with ibogaine in Brazil. Methods Participants underwent a one-to-one semi-structured interview exploring the subjective effects of ibogaine. We employed interpretative...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
August 10, 2017
Andrew J. Lees
4 citations
In 1953, William Seward Burroughs made several important and largely unrecognized discoveries relating to the composition and clinical pharmacological effects of the hallucinogenic plant potion known as yagé or ayahuasca. Illustrations of Burroughs' voucher sample of Psychotria viridis and his letter to the father of modern ethnobotany, Richard Evans Schultes, are published here for the very...
Current Neuropharmacology
June 19, 2017
Rainer Kraehenmann
90 citations
The broad overlap between dreaming and psychedelic states supports the notion that psychedelics acutely induce dreamlike subjective experiences which may have long-term beneficial effects on psychosocial functioning and well-being. Future clinical studies should examine how therapeutic outcome is related to the acute dreamlike effects of psychedelics.
Religião e Sociedade
April 10, 2017
Eloi Dos Santos Magalhães
Resumo O objetivo deste estudo é explorar uma compreensão histórica da constituição do Centro Espírita e Culto de Oração Casa de Jesus – Fonte de Luz, localizado na cidade amazônica de Rio Branco, estado do Acre. O processo de institucionalização dessa associação religiosa é investigado à medida que se apresentam as relações associativas desenvolvidas ao longo da formação de uma religiosidade...
Scripta Scientifica Vox Studentium
2017
Denitsa M. Hristova, M. Zhelyazkova-Savova
Introduction: The effects of the endogenous hallucinogen N,N-dimethyltryptamine are poorly understood and its medical significance is widely unknown. A small number of studies regarding its biochemical, pharmaceutical and physiological role have been conducted and the efficacy of its therapeutic potential is presently disregarded. How can scientists proceed in gaining insight into DMT and...
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
December 2016
Rafael G. Dos Santos, Flávia L. Osório, José Alexandre S. Crippa et al.
Serotonergic hallucinogens produce alterations of perceptions, mood, and cognition, and have anxiolytic, antidepressant, and antiaddictive properties. These drugs act as agonists of frontocortical 5-HT2A receptors, but the neural basis of their effects are not well understood. Thus, we conducted a systematic review of neuroimaging studies analyzing the effects of serotonergic hallucinogens in...
Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental
September 1, 2016
José Carlos Bouso, Eduardo José Pedrero-Pérez, Sam Gandy et al.
48 citations
In the present study we explored the psychometric properties of three widely used questionnaires to assess the subjective effects of hallucinogens: the Hallucinogen Rating Scale (HRS), the Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ), and the Addiction Research Center Inventory (ARCI). These three questionnaires were administered to a sample of 158 subjects (100 men) after taking ayahuasca, a...
Drug Testing and Analysis
July 5, 2016
Marcos Tascón, Fernando Benavente, Nora M. Vizioli et al.
18 citations
The β‐carboline alkaloids of the harmala (HAlks) group are compounds widely spread in many natural sources, but found at relatively high levels in some specific plants like Peganum harmala ( Syrian rue ) or Banisteriopsis caapi . HAlks are a reversible Mono Amino Oxidase type A Inhibitor (MAOI) and, as a consequence, these plants or their extracts can be used to produce psychotropic effects...
Amazônica - Revista de Antropologia
April 6, 2016
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen
8 citations
This article deals with contemporary shamanism among young Indians in Brazilian Amazonia. It explores the meaning of shamanic practices for today’s Amazonian young Indians. The article focuses on the ayahuasca ceremonies practiced by young Manchineri living in both the indigenous reserve and urban areas in the State of Acre, Brazil. Ethnographic fieldwork was carried out between 2005 and 2007....