El movimiento conocido como Inner Mastery (anteriormente, Ayahuasca Internacional), fundado por el argentino Alberto Varela y con sede central en España, es uno de los grupos neochamánicos más destacados en el panorama actual. En marzo de 2020, cuando se impuso el confinamiento domiciliario en muchos países a causa de la pandemia, Varela aseguró que él era el creador del COVID-19, y siguió...
Ayahuasca is an Amazonian psychoactive plant medicine being explored for its potential therapeutic uses in Western contexts. Preliminary studies link ayahuasca use with improvements across a range of mental health indicators, but studies have not yet explored qualitative aspects of the post-treatment process known in the psychedelic literature as “integration”. This includes how participants...
Abstract On February 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released a document to the legal team representing the Church of the Eagle and the Condor (“CEC”). This disclosure came two years after the church, in conjunction with Chacruna Institute, submitted two FOIA requests to the DEA and the Department of Justice requesting all records pertaining to ayahuasca. This report, titled...
The present study examined the safety and efficacy of the ceremonial use of ayahuasca in relation to reports of heightened life event reexperiencing under psychedelics. The study examined (1) the prevalence of specific types of adverse life event reexperiencing, (2) characteristics predictive of reexperiencing, (3) the psychological character of reexperiencing, and (4) the impact of...
Ayahuasca is a psychedelic brew that has been the focus of an increasing number of investigations for its potential therapeutic effects. In addition to psychiatric improvements, qualitative studies and anecdotal reports suggest that ayahuasca use may influence gratitude and relationships with nature. Yet, to date, these specific changes have been understudied. Here, participants (N = 54)...
Recursos alternativos à medicina estão em ascensão quando da procura por alternativas que auxiliem na superação das problemáticas relacionadas ao estresse, ansiedade, problemas comportamentais e psicológicos, levando o indivíduo a sensação do bem-estar e atuando tais sintomatologias. A Ayahuasca é uma bebida tradicionalmente usada em cerimônias indígenas da região amazônica, e tem sido...
A religião sempre teve uma relação inextricável com a música. O presente artigo é um estudo a respeito da importância que a musicalidade teve na origem, na memorização e na transferência do corpus religioso em tradições milenares; e ainda, sobre como ela continua sendo relevante atualmente em religiões recém-criadas de tradição ayahuasqueira como o Santo Daime e a União do Vegetal. A...
Psychedelic drugs are currently being investigated for their potential to facilitate a variety of long-lasting psychological changes. One area of psychological functioning that has yet to be systematically investigated in psychedelic research regards aesthetic experiences. This is surprising given the notable acute changes in perception induced by the drugs as well as the wealth of anecdotal...
Ayahuasca, the main Amazonian entheogen, increases its presence within Brazilian society with the foundation of Santo Daime religion in the state of Acre in 1930. Along the following decades, turned into a syncretic religion, the pre-Columbian brew leaves the jungle and heads to the cities. The dissemination of ayahuasca throughout Brazil is an expression of entheogenic mobility, a phenomenon...