Dataset for a bibliometric analysis of journal articles reporting findings from clinical studies of the psychedelics 5-methoxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT), ayahuasca, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ibogaine, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), mescaline, MDMA, and psilocybin published from 1965-2018.This data accompanies our article:Bibliometric Analysis of Academic Journal Articles Reporting...
SacrilegensDecember 31, 2020Lara Rosa Saque2 citations
A Virgem da Conceição, também identificada como Rainha da Floresta, tornou-se patrona da religião do Santo Daime em função de sua presença nas narrativas fundacionais que a identificam como instrutora espiritual do fundador Raimundo Irineu Serra (Mestre Irineu) em sua iniciação com a ayahuasca, bebida de origem indígena e utilizada no culto daimista. No presente artigo, desenvolvemos uma...
Objetivo: identificar de los escritos italianos más antiguos que se conocen la información acerca del uso de fuentes embriagantes empleadas por las poblaciones nativas del Nuevo Mundo. Metodología: búsqueda y atenta lectura de textos antiguos fechados a partir del final del siglo XV. Resultados: se evalúan los textos de Pietro Martire D’Anghiera, donde aparecen noticias del empleo del polvo...
Alienígenas se tornaram um profícuo ícone pop, especialmente ao longo do século XX. A cultura ocidental assistiu à proliferação de narrativas de primeira mão sobre contatos com seres de outros planetas, ao mesmo tempo em que o imaginário ecoou e alimentou tal ícone. Como um dos resultados, pretensos alienígenas tiveram reforçada e ampliada sua dimensão religiosa, especialmente entre pessoas...
Corpse Fauna is a humble Ayahuasca report, an experimental piece of theory-fiction investigating the limits of embodiment, a poetic ode to the body and its residuality.
The União do Vegetal (UDV) is an ayahuasca-based religion that operates with an unusual amount of discretion. Preliminary research into the group created a desire to develop a better understanding of how the UDV balances its own ideas of acceptance and expansion while remaining discreet and closed to outsiders. This context has been shaped by the group’s history of legal prosecution and...
Abstract Objective To conduct a systematic review of modern‐era (post‐millennium) clinical studies assessing the therapeutic effects of serotonergic psychedelics drugs for mental health conditions. Although the main focus was on efficacy and safety, study characteristics, duration of antidepressants effects across studies, and the role of the subjective drug experiences were also reviewed and...
This dissertation is an exploration of the Santo Daime Church in Miami, focusing on the challenges of balancing institutional stability with continual growth and innovation. Santo Daime—whose central ritual entails the consumption of the mind-altering ayahuasca brew—is a new religious movement that amalgamates indigenous Amazonian, Afro-Brazilian, and popular Catholic traditions. Between June...
The eye contains serotonin, and possesses serotonergic receptors and modulators. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may impair ocular function, while other serotonin receptor-binding drugs might improve it. A putative vision-improving drug must be safe at therapeutic doses, most preferably with long-lasting benefits from a single or very few administration(s). One drug potentially...
Bien que les substances dites « hallucinogènes » ou « psychédéliques » telles que l’ayahuasca connaissent depuis peu un regain d’intérêt pour leurs propriétés thérapeutiques, notamment dans le champ de la santé mentale, les ressorts de leur efficacité restent mal connus. En s’appuyant sur les données recueillies au cours d’une enquête ethnographique menée dans une clinique d’Amazonie...