Existe un debate intenso dentro de la antropología del turismo sobre las consecuencias de que las expresiones culturales se conviertan en artículos de consumo. En un primer momento los antropólogos denunciaron los efectos negativos de su comercialización y espectacularización. Sin embargo, en la actualidad muchos de ellos han tomado distancia frente a estas posiciones argumentando que no es...
Este trabajo se enmarca en los lineamientos del CONSEP, a través del \nproyecto “Sustancias enteógenas en Ecuador. El ritual de la ayahuasca en Zamora Chinchipe”. Esta \ninvestigación pertenece a la Quinta convocatoria interna de proyectos 2015 de la UTPL titulada “Sustancias \nancestrales enteógenas en Ecuador” (PROY_CCCOM_1049).
BACKGROUND: Psychedelics induce intense modifications in the sensorium, the sense of "self," and the experience of reality. Despite advances in our understanding of the molecular and cellular level mechanisms of these drugs, knowledge of their actions on global brain dynamics is still incomplete. Recent imaging studies have found changes in functional coupling between frontal and parietal brain...
Psychedelic agents have a long history of use by humans for their capacity to induce profound modifications in perception, emotion and cognitive processes. Despite increasing knowledge of the neural mechanisms involved in the acute effects of these drugs, the impact of sustained psychedelic use on the human brain remains largely unknown. Molecular pharmacology studies have shown that...
Ende der siebziger Jahre zeigte sich Albert Hofmann schwer enttäuscht vom Schicksal der von ihm entdeckten »Wunderdroge«: LSD – mein Sorgenkind lautete der Titel des damals erschienenen Erinnerungsbuchs. Hatte man die Substanz noch in den sechziger Jahren als Königsweg zur Erkundung der Psyche gefeiert, folgte bald der Rückschlag: Halluzinogene wurden flächendeckend verboten, ein Effekt des...
LA MANIRE dont un anthropologue apprhende le terrain, gote les choses et les ressent, a un impact tant sur les donnes qu'il collecte que sur les analyses qu'il produit ensuite. Psychotropiques, sous-titr La fivre de l'ayahuasca en fort amazonienne, illustre cette vidence pistmologique. Ce livre de Jean-Loup Amselle est en effet un livre particulier du point de vue anthropologique dans la mesure...
Edited by two preeminent scholars, this book provides coverage of the policy issues related to the increasingly diverse treatments, practices, and applications of psychedelics. Hallucinogenic substances like LSD, mescaline, peyote, MDMA, and ayahuasca have a reputation as harmful substances that are enjoyed only by recreational users committing criminal acts. But leading international...
The title for this paper draws on Santo Daime ritual activity being referred to as a „Work‟ (Trabalho in Portuguese). Santo Daime is a new religious movement that continues to expand globally (Dawson 2013). In the 21 st century it emerged in Ireland within a transforming and increasingly varied religious landscape. In 2007 a leader of a Santo Daime group in Ireland was charged with unlawful...
Este artigo analisa os processos de expansão da religião ayahuasqueira do Santo Daime da Amazônia para o mundo. O crescimento e internacionalização daimistas são explicados em função de suas características estruturais, a psicoatividade e miscibilidade. Essa expansão é contextualizada dentro do movimento diaspórico das religiões do sul global, isto é, responde ao crescente papel do Brasil e da...
This essay first draws upon the work of William James and others to propose a nonphysicalistic understanding of the relationship between the brain and consciousness in order to articulate a philosophical perspective that can understand entheogenic visionary/mystical experiences as something other than hallucinations. It then focuses on the Santo Daime tradition, a religious movement that began...