NeuroQuantology
March 4, 2011
Stanley Krippner, Joseph Sulla
6 citations
There has been little rigorous research on the content of ayahuasca sessions, despite the tribal use of this herbal concoction and the existence of three Brazilian churches in which ayahuasca is considered a sacrament. The Casto Spirituality Scoring System, a reliable measure designed to identify content in dream reports, was utilized to answer the following question: Is it possible to identify...
Planta Medica
March 1, 2011
Lj Standish, Dean B. Reardon, Simon Phipps et al.
Ayahuasca is an ancient psychoactive ethnobotanical medicine tea used by indigenous S. American tribes as a religious sacrament. It is made from the vine of B. caapi and the leaves of P. viridis and represents an ancient yet 'novel' short and long-term serotonin agonist. Here we present preclinical pharmacognosy data as an early step towards phase I and II clinical trials of ayahuasca in...
Archives de sciences sociales des religions
2011
Anne‐marie Losonczy, Silvia Mesturini Cappo
Passée du champ d’usage local et régional dans des réseaux globalisés de circulation, l’ayahuasca, plante psychoactive accompagnant des rituels néochamaniques, se propage à l’interface entre sociétés indigènes locales et mondes urbains latino-américains et internationaux. Comprendre le succès contemporain de l’ayahuasca implique donc de saisir la dynamique entre continuité et émergences...
Anuário Antropológico
2011
Anne‐marie Losonczy, Silvia Mesturini
6 citations
O argumento deste texto se baseia em observações convergentes que vêm mostrando como, para além dos usos locais e regionais, a bebida conhecida como ayahuasca funciona hoje, nas redes globalizadas de suacirculação,ao mesmo tempo como signo diacrítico e como núcleo de negociação e distribuição de sentido e legitimidade, reconfigurando simbolicamente as relações entre os atores na nova interface...
Time and Mind
2011
David Luke
6 citations
(2011). The Light from the Forest: The Ritual Use of Ayahuasca in Brazil. Time and Mind: Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 361-364.
Open Collections
2011
Kenneth W. Tupper
8 citations
Ayahuasca is an entheogenic decoction prepared from two Amazonian plants containing controlled substances, including dimethyltryptamine. Traditionally drunk ritually (and revered as a healing “plant teacher”) by Amazonian indigenous and mestizo peoples, in the 20th century ayahuasca became a sacrament for several new Brazilian religions. One of these, the Santo Daime, has expanded into Canada,...
Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais
2011
Priscila Alves de Souza
15 citations
Dentre as inúmeras plantas alucinógenas utilizadas por populações indígenas da bacia amazônica, talvez nenhuma delas seja mais interessante ou complexa em termos botânicos, químicos ou etnográficos, como a bebida alucinógena conhecida como ayahuasca, hoasca, medicina, vegetal ou daime. Ayahuasca é bebida psicotrópica da América do Sul de destacado uso no xamanismo de muitas tribos indígenas da...
Latin American Antiquity
December 1, 2010
Juan Pablo Ogalde, Bernardo Arriaza, Elia C. Soto
4 citations
Resumen Este trabajo discute el uso de plantas psicoactivas en el Valle de Azapa del norte de Chile. Al respecto, en el norte de Chile existen evidencias arqueológicas materiales tempranas e ininterrumpidas relacionadas con prácticas psicoactivas en torno a la Anadenanthera, acompañadas de evidencia química que consigna el consumo de Erythroxylum. En este contexto, se evalúa el consumo de...
Anthropology of Consciousness
August 23, 2010
Janine Tatjana Schmid, Henrik Jungaberle, Rolf Verres
25 citations
ABSTRACT Ayahuasca is a psychoactive beverage that is mostly used in ritualized settings (Santo Daime rituals, neo‐shamanic rituals, and even do‐it‐yourself‐rituals). It is a common practice in the investigated socio‐cultural field to call these settings “healing rituals.” For this study, 15 people who underwent ayahuasca (self‐)therapy for a particular disease like chronic pain, cancer,...
Cadernos de Pesquisa Interdisciplinar em Ciências Humanas
June 30, 2010
Wagner Lins Lira
1 citation
The direction of this comunication is related to emergent spiritual phenomena on ayahuasca sessions in the Associação Espiritualista União do Vegetal, a schismatic udevista from Pernambuco state located in the city of Riacho das Almas. To this end, we will seek to understand how the participants are conected with the Superior Astral, considering the direct correlation between spirit and matter...