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Politics, Religion & Ideology October 2, 2023 Stefano Bigliardi
Santo Daime is a new religious movement of Brazilian origin blending Catholicism, shamanism, Afro-Brazilian spiritualities, and esotericism. Known for its ceremonial use of ayahuasca, a psychedelic...
IBRO Neuroscience Reports October 1, 2023 Mariana Pazos, Ignacio Carrera, Giselle Prunell 1 citation
Ayahuasca is a psychedelic beverage originally from the Amazon rainforest used in different shamanic settings for a variety of medicinal, spiritual, and cultural purposes. It is prepared by decoction of the vine Banisteriopsis caapi, source of β-carboline alkaloids, and, Psychotria viridis containing the classic psychedelic N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT). As part of the “renaissance of...
Social Science & Medicine October 1, 2023 Alex K. Gearin 6 citations
Metaphors, analogies, and similes commonly appear in narratives of drinking the potent psychedelic "ayahuasca", presenting an intriguing transcultural pattern. Based upon survey and field research at an ayahuasca healing center in Pucallpa, Peru, the article investigates conceptual metaphors in narratives of ayahuasca experiences made by the visiting international guests. Bodily metaphors and...
September 27, 2023 Fabiana Pereira Santos
A ayahuasca é uma bebida alucinógena originária na América do Sul, utilizada por indígenas em rituais xamânicos. É obtida através da fermentação de duas plantas, a folha da P. viridis, na qual é obtida a dimetiltriptamina (DMT), substância responsável pelos efeitos alucinógenos e o cipó B. caapi que contém β-carbolinas (harmina, harmalina e tetraidro-harmina). As β-carbolinas impedem a...
The Maastricht Journal of Liberal Arts September 19, 2023 Elena Gomel Cordeiro
This paper examines the possible consequences of medicalising the psychedelic Ayahuasca to be used as a treatment for depression. Through a science and technology studies (STS) understanding of the social construction of scientific facts, I consider how traditional indigenous uses of Ayahuasca are translated into Western medicine. Two special points of attention are: (1) the cultural...
Revista Contemporânea September 5, 2023 Catarina Rodrigues Damasceno Murucci, Rita de Cássia Ramos Queiroz de Freitas, Grazielly Ribeiro Viana et al.
Ayahuasca is a tea used in original indigenous rituals with the aim of expanding the mind and consciousness. Some studies have pointed to Ayahuasca as a potent antidepressant with reduced side effects when compared to other conventional synthetic allopathic treatments. Over the years, tea has come to be known by both the popular community and the scientific community. The species used are...
Research Square August 23, 2023 Lucas Villar Magalhães da Cruz, Bheatrix Bienemann Favero, Fernanda Palhano-Fontes et al. preprint
Abstract Ayahuasca is a brew with psychoactive properties that has been used as an entheogen for centuries, with more recent studies suggesting it is a promising treatment for some clinical disorders. Although there is an emerging scientific literature on its effects, to the best of our knowledge no study has explored the self-reported experiences of first-time ayahuasca users with quantitative...
Journal of Applied Ecology August 14, 2023 Michael A. Coe, Orou G. Gaoue 5 citations
Abstract Increasing harvest and overexploitation of wild plants for non‐timber forest products can significantly affect population dynamics of harvested populations. While the most common approach to assess the effect of harvest and perturbation of vital rates is focused on the long‐term population growth rate, most management strategies are planned and implemented over the short‐term. We...
Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions August 1, 2023 Tarryl Janik
Book Review| August 01 2023 Review: Liquid Light: Ayahuasca Spirituality and the Santo Daime Tradition, by G. William Barnard Liquid Light: Ayahuasca Spirituality and the Santo Daime Tradition. By G. William Barnard. Columbia University Press, 2022. 384 pages. $140.00 hardcover; $35.00 softcover; ebook available. Tarryl Janik Tarryl Janik University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Search for other works...
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry July 13, 2023 Dimitri Daldegan-Bueno, Natalia Maria Simionato, Vanessa Manchim Favaro et al. 18 citations
The psychedelic brew ayahuasca is increasingly being investigated for its therapeutic potential. Animal models are essential to investigate the pharmacological effects of ayahuasca since they can control important factors influencing it, such as the set and setting. Review and summarise data available on ayahuasca research using animal models. We systematically searched five databases (PubMed,...