September 1, 2016
Andrew Dawson
9 citations
Introduction The title of this chapter arises from a playful modification and subsequent fusion of Voltaire's famous aphorism ("If God did not exist, he would have to be invented") with Eric Hobsbawm's seminal insights into the "invention" of tradition within modern society. Provoked by an atheistic pamphlet then in circulation, the aphoristic response coined by Voltaire in 1768 embodies a...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2016
Raven Renèe Ray, Kerry S. Lassiter
9 citations
Abstract Ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian psychedelic tea traditionally used ceremonially among indigenous peoples, has recently become known as a possible treatment for a wide range of disorders. The awareness of this sacred medicine has grown exponentially over the past decade, attracting westerners from a wide variety of backgrounds, hoping to find treatment for a myriad of emotional and...
September 1, 2016
Graham St John
47 citations
While the complexities of the global ayahuasca proliferation have drawn the attention of scholars in recent years, the cultural career of DMT (N,Ndimethyltryptamine) remains conspicuously under-researched. Most known for its role in the ayahuasca brew – where it is orally potentiated by beta-carboline harmala alkaloids contained in the liana Banisteriopsis caapi – the tryptamine compound DMT...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2016
Evgenia Fotiou
84 citations
Abstract Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic plant mixture used in a ceremonial context throughout western Amazonia, and its use has expanded globally in recent decades. As part of this expansion, ayahuasca has become popular among westerners who travel to the Peruvian Amazon in increasing numbers to experience its reportedly healing and transformative effects. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork in...
August 19, 2016
Jaqueline Tavares de Assis
complexa jornada.Obrigada, sobretudo por me dar coragem e acreditar que eu também poderia trilhar esses caminhos da academia.Sua confiança sempre foi fundamental.
Psychopharmacology
July 19, 2016
Kim P. C. Kuypers, Jordi Riba, Mario de la Fuente Revenga et al.
204 citations
INTRODUCTION: Ayahuasca is a South American psychotropic plant tea traditionally used in Amazonian shamanism. The tea contains the psychedelic 5-HT2A receptor agonist N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), plus β-carboline alkaloids with monoamine oxidase-inhibiting properties. Increasing evidence from anecdotal reports and open-label studies indicates that ayahuasca may have therapeutic effects in...
Art&Sensorium
June 27, 2016
Marcelo Simão Mercante
Pretendo neste artigo fazer uma breve análise do processo de "miração" , ou "imagens mentais espontâneas" , que é o processo imaginativo experienciado durante o uso ritual da ayahuasca, bebida psicoativa utilizada por indígenas amazônicos e em algumas religiões brasileiras. A imaginação é vista como uma "força" , ou o poder da mente de distorcer imagens, e não de cria-las. A imaginação, longe...
Tourism Recreation Research
June 22, 2016
Girish Prayag, Paolo Mura, Colin Michael Hall et al.
32 citations
This study critically evaluates the complex inter space of spirituality, drugs, and tourism through tourists' and shamans' accounts of ayahuasca tourism in Iquitos, Peru. Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic beverage traditionally consumed for spiritual and health purposes. Using micro-ethnography, one of the researchers was immersed for one month in the tourism experience of ayahuasca. The findings...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
June 11, 2016
Rafael G. Dos Santos, Fermanda M Balthazar, José Carlos Bouso et al.
126 citations
Rationale: In recent decades, the use of ayahuasca (AYA) – a β-carboline- and dimethyltryptamine-rich hallucinogenic botanical preparation traditionally used by Northwestern Amazonian tribes for ritual and therapeutic purposes – has spread from South America to Europe and the USA, raising concerns about its possible toxicity and hopes of its therapeutic potential. Thus, it is important to...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
May 26, 2016
Amanda Amorin Nunes, Rafael G. Dos Santos, Flávia de Lima Osório et al.
92 citations
Recently, the anti-addictive potential of ayahuasca, a dimethyltryptamine(DMT)- and β-carboline-rich hallucinogenic beverage traditionally used by indigenous groups of the Northwest Amazon and currently by syncretic churches worldwide, has received increased attention. To better evaluate this topic, we performed a systematic literature review using the PubMed database to find quantitative...