Son múltiples los motivos para afirmar que la Salvia divinorum es una de las plantas enteogénicas más singulares que existen en el planeta. Endémica de la sierra de Oaxaca, México, ha sido utilizada tradicionalmente por diversas culturas indígenas en complejos rituales mágicos, adivinatorios y curativos. En las últimas tres décadas, emergió en el mercado mexicano y mundial en la forma de...
Bikers converge at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Thousands flock to a Nevada desert to burn a towering effigy. And the hopeless but hopeful ill journey to Lourdes as they have for centuries. Although pilgrimage may seem an antiquated religious ritual, it remains a vibrant activity in the modern world as pilgrims combine traditional motives'such as seeking a cure for physical...
As artes têm um papel decisivo nos debates sobre o Antropoceno: estas revelam a consciência de mais uma crise causada pelo humano, pondo a nu a decepção com a ordem civilizacional. A arte paleolítica já trazia uma consciência humilde e grata do humano face à grandiosidade dos animais e da natureza. No mundo contemporâneo a arte que recebe uma influência indígena e xamânica, com uma linguagem...
Recent studies have recognized the importance of non-pharmacological factors such as setting to induce or promote mystical experiences or challenging experiences among ayahuasca users. This study aimed to evaluate the association between the setting in which ayahuasca is consumed and the intensity of mystical and challenging experiences considering three ayahuasca using traditions (União do...
A Amazônia em sua complexa e múltipla realidade simbólica é repleta de diversos elementos que se encontram e se transformam. Compreender fragmentos desse processo não esgota tal complexidade, mas amplia a compreensão da mesma. Criada em 1945 no Acre por Daniel Pereira de Mattos, a religião da Barquinha se mostra um movimento simbólico fértil – apesar de ser a linha ayahuasqueira menos explorada...
Abstract In recent years, the involvement of Swiss wine-crafters (vignerons) with ‘holistic spiritualities’ has become more visible. Through the use of esoterically driven preparations, energetic crystals, and neo-shamanic ‘vision questing’ practices, vignerons have incorporated alternative self-healing practices in their workplace. Under the umbrella term ‘biodynamic farming,’ vignerons are...
Resumen El ritual chamánico de la ayahuasca ha sido adoptado, adaptado y reinventado en contextos urbanos y cosmopolitas de diferentes países del mundo, un proceso que ha estado fuertemente permeado por prácticas y creencias de tipo new age . Una de las versiones locales de este fenómeno se conoce en Colombia como “tomas de yajé”, donde participan citadinos no indígenas de clase media y alta en...
In this thesis, we seek to carry out a cartography -the drawing of a map in movement, which is made at the same time that the (psychosocial) landscapes are dismantled and reassembledof some shamanic practices that have gained visibility from increasingly fruitful relationships between indigenous and non-indigenous people.
In the communities of Central Mexico during the Early Formative period (1400–800 BCE), the site of Tlatilco stands out for the abundance of materials recovered during the four major excavations. The more than 500 burials and their accompanying grave goods offer a wide possibility of studies. The burial records allow for insight into individual and collective ritual activities, in which,...
The word “psychedelic” (psyche (i.e., the mind or soul) and delos (i.e., to show)) has Greek origin and was first coined by psychiatrist Humphry Osmond in 1956, who had been conducting research on lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) at the time. Psychedelic drugs such as N,N-DMT/DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine), 5-MeO-DMT (5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine), LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), MDMA...