Ayahuasca is a psychoactive drink originally consumed by indigenous people of the Amazon. The lack of regulation of this drink leads to uncontrolled consumption, and it is often consumed in religious contexts. The aim of this work is to compare three miniaturised extraction techniques for extracting the main ayahuasca compounds from beverages. Three sample pretreatment techniques were evaluated...
Neste trabalho, situamos o município de Marabá, no sudeste do Pará, sua constituição histórica, social e cultural. Refletindo a relação das pessoas com os rios afluentes da cidade - Tocantins, Itacaiunas e Araguaia -, os períodos de inverno/verão amazônico e sua importância para a manutenção de práticas culturais e xamânicas. Foi realizada uma pesquisa no Instituto Xamânico Céu da Ayahuasca,...
Background: How the human psyche interacts with the theme of death is fundamental to individual and societal life, profoundly influencing cognition, affect, and behavior. Death-related psychological phenomena, such as death anxiety and acceptance, have been shown in clinical studies to be influenced by psychedelic (LSD and psilocybin) interventions. However, the literature lacks a comprehensive...
Estudos de ReligiãoJuly 23, 2024João Paulo Salles Pinto, Leonel Severo Rocha
Que o direito e a ordem jurídica tem a ver, sobretudo, com uma maneira de violência culpabilizante e essencial da vida, trata-se, sem embargo, da premissa principal das análises dos textos jurídicos de Walter Benjamin. Tais reflexões e posicionamentos permitem, não obstante, um revisitar dos modernos modos de se compreender a relação entre ação, prática e direito, a partir e, em especial, de...
Ayahuasca, a psychoactive beverage native to the Amazon, originally derived from Banisteriopsis caapi stem scrapings and Psychotria viridis leaves, exhibits hallucinogenic properties due to N,N-dimethyltryptamine. When combined with β-carbolines, it enters the bloodstream and central nervous system, inhibiting monoamine oxidase-A. Over time, therapeutic effects have been associated to ayahuasca...
Abstract Background Hallucinogens attract research as alternatives to the commonly used medications to treat major depressive and anxiety disorders. Aims Assess hallucinogens’ efficacy for managing depressive and anxiety symptoms and evaluate their safety profiles. Method In five databases, we searched for randomized controlled trials of hallucinogens targeting depressive and anxiety symptoms....
Ayahuasca is a psychedelic plant brew originating from the Amazon Rainforest. It is formed from two basic components, the Banisteriopsis caapi vine, and a plant containing the potent psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT), usually Psychotria viridis. There has been a dramatic increase in interest surrounding ayahuasca since the turn of the millennium. Increasing numbers of tourists are travelling...
Surveying contemporary networks and practices in Peru, Australia, and China, anthropologist Alex K. Gearin explores the visionary marvels, wonders, and diversity of ayahuasca drinking today. Ceremonies of drinking the psychoactive brew ayahuasca have flourished across the planet in recent decades. Emerging from Indigenous roots in the Amazon rainforest, the brew is now envisaged by many as the...
Ayahuasca, un té utilizado inicialmente por pueblos amerindios, con fines medicinales, religiosos y sacramentales, y luego se difundió en muchas partes del mundo en contextos urbanos, que, además de su uso religioso y espiritual, también el uso recreativo. El té de ayahuasca contiene un perfil químico bien característico de compuestos alcaloides psicoactivos que son N, N-dimetiltriptamina (DMT)...
The psychedelic beverage ayahuasca is originally obtained by Banisteriopsis caapi (B. caapi) (BC) and Psychotria viridis (P. viridis) (PV). However, sometimes these plant species are replaced by others that mimic the original effects, such as Mimosa hostilis (M. hostilis) (MH) and Peganum harmala (P. harmala) (PH). Its worldwide consumption and the number of studies on its potential therapeutic...