The Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah, as reflected in ethnohistoric documents underwriting the beliefs and practices of contemporary neo-kabbalists, practitioners of shamanic Judaism, Jewitchery, and other para-Judaic spiritualities (including Hermetic Qabalah and Christian Cabala) illustrate a cosmological theory of “kabbalistic perspectivism” analogous to the Amazonian perspectivism...
Ayahuasca is a psychoactive Amazonian plant brew. It is usually made from the Banisteriopsis caapi vine (Spruce ex Griseb. Morton, Malpighiaceae), which contains three primary harmala alkaloids, along with the leaves of Psychotria viridis (Ruiz et Pavon, Rubiaceae) in which the potent psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is found. DMT-harmaloid concoctions have gained popularity in recent...
Amerindian corporeality resides in diverse scenic expressions in the popular cultures of Brazil. Among indigenous peoples, the symbolic value of the shaman in his/her community permeates multiple social functions and among them are spiritual, pedagogical and artistic roles. The transdisciplinary aspects presented by the artography transit along the paths of researching, creating and teaching,...
Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan is an endemic tree to South America and different parts of it are used by the population for the treatment of various diseases, as well as in indigenous rituals. This species has high pharmacological potential but may present toxic potential due to the presence of psychotropic compounds. To review published studies with the species A. colubrina regarding...
Carl Jung’s theory of synchronicity is defined by Jung as the “occurrence of a certain psychic state with one or more external events which appear as meaningful parallels to the momentary subjective state.” Fundamental to this proposal, developed with physicist Wolfgang Pauli, is the profound assertion that the acausal nature of synchronicity is “equal in rank to causality as a principle of...
ЕНТЕОГЕНИ І РИТУАЛ Ігор КудряТаврійський національний університет імені В. І. Вернадського, Навчально-науковий гуманітарний інститут, кафедра філософії та історії вул.Джона Маккейна, 33, 01042, м
Cultural, ritual, and religious practices of the Chepang are based on shamanism. The shaman of the chepang is known as pande . The main purpose of this study is to analyze how pandes perform therapeutic roles in their community, why these roles are important to maintain indigenous Chepang culture, and what are the threats faced by pandes in modern times. The study follows the qualitative method...
The aim of this article is to advance our knowledge of past shamanic practices in northwestern South America through an analysis of colonial-era criminal cases of people accused of using “superstitious” healing practices. A reading of three cases from late eighteenth-century Ecuador (the colonial Audiencia of Quito) reveals details of the techniques that these healers were using. Shamans...
In the 1990s, the language of esotericism and holistic healing permeated Eurasian intellectual discourse as Volga Tatars discussed the place and the nature of Islam in their personal and communal experience. This interest in esoteric enchantment was far from being a Western import, but rather stemmed from a post-war reaction against Soviet rationality through the rediscovery of Russian...
The subject of the article is the idea that religious beliefs are originated from near-death experience. Firstly, it is supported by the existence of a necessary connection between mystical (religious) and near-death experience: 1) the majority of people who have survived clinical death, in their near-death experience have had an experience traditionally considered religious; 2) a clear...