Transcultural Psychiatry
October 1, 2022
Christopher Timmermann, Rosalind Watts, David Dupuis
112 citations
A striking feature of psychedelics is their ability to increase attribution of truth and meaningfulness to specific contents and ideas experienced, which may persist long after psychedelic effects have subsided. We propose that processes underlying conferral of meaning and truth in psychedelic experiences may act as a double-edged sword: while these may drive important therapeutic benefits,...
Transcultural Psychiatry
October 1, 2022
David Dupuis
95 citations
The effects of so-called "psychedelic" or "hallucinogenic" substances are known for their strong conditionality on context. While the so-called culturalist approach to the study of hallucinations has won the favor of anthropologists, the vectors by which the features of visual and auditory imagery are structured by social context have been so far little explored. Using ethnographic data...
Roczniki Kulturoznawcze
September 30, 2022
Ewa Kulpa
Niniejszy artykuł dotyczy użycia muchomora czerwonego (Amanita muscaria) przez syberyjski lud Koriaków zamieszkujący Półwysep Kamczacki. Dowody lingwistyczne i archeologiczne wskazują na bardzo wczesne stosowanie muchomorów na terenie Syberii. Obecność Amanita muscaria w mitach oraz bezpośrednie powiązanie grzybów z najwyższym koriackim bóstwem dowodzi, że pełniły one niegdyś doniosłą rolę w...
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
September 15, 2022
Sabrina Correa Da Costa, Tyler Oesterle, Teresa A Rummans et al.
21 citations
Existing pharmacological treatments for psychiatric disorders have demonstrated limited efficacy, delayed onset of action, and significant burden of side effects. Recent findings from human studies with psychedelics have shown promise, demonstrating rapid and sustained clinical benefits of these compounds for a variety of psychiatric disorders. Classical psychedelics have a rich history and...
September 8, 2022
David Dupuis
1 citation
Abstract Hallucinatory experience is a broad spectrum, not confined to what medicine has called psychosis. An anthropological comparative approach can consequently be useful in shedding light on how we understand voices in psychosis and enriching our understanding of this phenomenon. In opposition to the Western biomedical context, among indigenous groups in the Americas, hallucinations are...
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
September 1, 2022
Maria Hasfeldt Long
Reviewed by: The Shaman's Wages: Trading in Ritual on Cheju Island by Kyoim Yun Maria Hasfeldt Long kyoim yun. The Shaman's Wages: Trading in Ritual on Cheju Island. Washington: University of Washington Press, 2019. Pp. ix + 240. In Korea, shamans are ritual professionals, which means that their livelihood is dependent on the ritual fees they charge their clients when hired by them. However,...
The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
September 1, 2022
Christian Tym
2 citations
The project of ontological anthropology expounded by Philippe Descola has unexplored merits for a critical and secular anthropology of Christian conversion in indigenous societies. Drawing on Shuar descriptions of their healing practice in a context of medical pluralism in southeast Ecuador, this article argues that for animist peoples, Protestant Evangelicalism constitutes a step toward...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2022
Lígia Duque Platero, Isabel Santana de Rose
AbstractIn this paper, we describe the spiritual and kinship alliances between heads of an urban Santo Daime church from Rio de Janeiro and some leaders of the Yawanawá people from the Amazonian region. We suggest that these alliances involve exchanges and dialogical relationships that hold different meanings for the diverse social actors that take part in them. Further, we argue that...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2022
Rachel Corr
AbstractThe “plant turn” in anthropology, while controversial, has led to a renewed focus on how humans relate to different species of plants. In this article, I aim to contribute to our knowledge of human‐plant relationships by analyzing how historical actors used sacred plants in past ritual settings. I study criminal and civil cases involving shamans in late colonial Ecuador, with a focus on...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2022
Olivia Marcus
AbstractThe use of perfumes, incense, colognes, and plant and flower essences in Amazonian healing practices is a hallmark feature of vegetalismo, a form of healing in Peru’s Amazonian regions. Sprayed, smoked, rubbed on bodies, and poured in medicinal baths, these odorous tools are vital allies to the curandero for cleansing bodies and spaces, for protection, or to add potency to medicinal...