Anthropology Today
April 1, 2019
Ruth Goldstein
37 citations
Elaborating on conversational exchanges with a Brazilian shaman about biopiracy and interweaving scholarly literature from the ontological and ‘botanical’ turn, the author examines the disciplinary as well as the political ramifications of plant healers and practitioners – particularly indigenous ones – going largely uncited in plant‐centred discussions. In Brazil, indigenous claims for...
Revista Ingesta
March 28, 2019
Isabel Santana de Rose
4 citations
Este trabalho toma como ponto de partida a descrição do sistema de cuidados da saúde da comunidade do Santo Daime Céu da Mantiqueira, localizada no sul do estado de Minas Gerais. Este sistema de cuidados da saúde é caracterizado por uma pluralidade de práticas terapêuticas provenientes de diferentes campos; pela presença de um numero expressivo de profissionais da área da saúde; e pela...
Novos Rumos Sociológicos
March 27, 2019
Patrick Walsh, Emanuel A. Teotônio Da Luz
1 citation
Esse texto versará a respeito de uma revisão bibliográfica das pesquisas empíricas desenvolvidas no Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal (CEBUDV), também conhecida como União do Vegetal ou simplesmente UDV. Nos rituais desta religião se utiliza um sacramento, denominado Hoasca ou Vegetal, e conhecido também pelo nome Ayahuasca no campo acadêmico e nos meios de comunicação. O chá é feito...
Revista Peruana de Medicina Integrativa
March 25, 2019
Gary Saucedo Rojas, Fabio Friso, Jaime Torres Romero et al.
8 citations
Objetivo. Describir el perfil de usuarios, pacientes atendidos y tratamientos brindados en el Centro Takiwasi por medio del sistema de información PPLUS, entre los años 2013-2018. Materiales y métodos. Estudio descriptivo. De acuerdo con los objetivos bajo los cuales el sistema PPLUS ha sido concebido, se recolectó información sobre la cantidad de registros, número de usuarios del sistema,...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
March 1, 2019
Giordano Novak Rossi, Eduardo José Crevelin, Gabriela de Oliveira Silveira et al.
10 citations
Background and aims The psychoactive capacity of the alkaloid N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) has been known for decades, and its presence in beverages used in religious contexts around the world – such as ayahuasca – has attracted growing attention from the scientific community due to its possible anxiolytic and antidepressant effects. Mimosa hostilis, popularly known as jurema preta in Brazil,...
Cahiers d anthropologie sociale
February 13, 2019
David Dupuis
8 citations
Dans le débat qui l’oppose aux époux Wasson, Claude Lévi-Strauss présente l’expérience hallucinogène comme strictement informée par la culture. Bien que cette thèse soit largement partagée par les anthropologues, ces derniers sont restés peu diserts sur la manière dont les représentations partagées d’un groupe social structurent l’effet des hallucinogènes. Cet article vise à dessiner quelques...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2019
Archaeological studies have found evidence of ritual consumption of psychoactive plants among native cultures in South America. However, the evidence is fragmentary, preventing researchers from piecing together a coherent picture of hallucinogen use in ancient South America. Melanie Miller et al. (pp. 11207–11212) analyzed the chemical makeup of artifacts in a 1,000-year-old ritual bundle...
Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.)
2019
Jeffrey M. Witkin, Anna E Martin, Lalit K Golani et al.
71 citations
Conventional antidepressants (biogenic amine mechanisms) are not fully efficacious (e.g., symptoms remain after treatment, not all patients respond), produce effects only after weeks of daily dosing, and do not impact all disease symptoms. In contrast, a new class of antidepressants has been emerging since 2006 that has demonstrated rapid onset, large effect size, activity after only a single...
Plant Toxins
2019
E. A. Carlini, Lucas O. Maia
3 citations
This chapter aimed to provide an overview of the large number of hallucinogens of natural origin. Following a literature review, the following hallucinogens were selected for a detailed description that considered their essential chemical groups: indoleamines ( N,N -dimethyltryptamine, 5-methoxy- N,N -dimethyltryptamine, bufotenine, psilocybin, and ibogaine), phenylethylamines (mescaline),...
Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology
2019
Juliana Mendes Rocha, Flávia de Lima Osório, José Alexandre S. Crippa et al.
44 citations
Background: Recognition of emotions in facial expressions (REFE) is a key aspect of social cognition. Anxiety and mood disorders are associated with deficits in REFE, and anxiolytics and antidepressants reverse these deficits. Recent studies have shown that serotonergic hallucinogens (i.e. ayahuasca, dimethyltryptamine, psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide [LSD], and mescaline) have...