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...
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...