Fieldwork in Religion
November 27, 2008
Mariana Ciavatta Pantoja, Osmildo Silva Da Conceição
1 citation
The article is the fruit of co-authorship between an anthropologist with long research experience in the area of the Extractivist Reserve of the Alto Juruá, in the far west of the state of Acre in the Brazilian Amazon, and a rubber tapper who was first introduced to ayahuasca in the context of a rubber camp. His initiation has elements of non-indigenous and indigenous culture and results in a...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
September 1, 2008
Robin Rodd
22 citations
Recent attention to the monoamine oxidase inhibiting properties of Banisteriopsis caapi's harmala alkaloids has precluded a balanced assessment of B. caapi's overall significance to indigenous South American societies. Relatively little attention has been paid to the cultural contexts, local meanings and patterns of use of B. caapi among snuff-using societies, such as the Piaroa, who do not...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2008
Sara E. Lewis
40 citations
ABSTRACT There is an increased controversy surrounding Westerners' use of ayahuasca. One issue of importance is psychological resiliency of users and lack of screening by ayahuasca tourism groups in the Amazon. Given the powerful effects of ayahuasca coupled with lack of cultural support, Western users are at increased risk for psychological distress. Many Westerners who experience...
Journal of Health Psychology
March 1, 2008
Dorothy Agnes Lander, John Graham‐Pole
16 citations
We present a body of evidence for love medicine, originating in the shamanic physical/spiritual healing arts, embodying end-of-life (EOL) palliation through relationships of loving, artful witness between caregivers and receivers. We base the conclusions of our professional (doctor) and familial (spouse) practices on the practitioner/research methodology, Appreciative Inquiry , focused on...
Asian Medicine
2008
Buyanchuglagin Saijirahu
12 citations
Abstract Twenty-first-century Inner Mongolia is characterised by medical pluralism: biomedicine, traditional Chinese medicine, and the Tibetan-derived tradition of Mongolian medicine have parallel roles in the health care system. There is, however, another form of medical practice that has existed in the Mongol society alongside these institutional medicines. In this article, I refer to it as...
Journal of Homosexuality
2008
Brit Solli
Ideas concerning Eros, honor and death were central to the Norse perception of the world. Odin is the greatest war god, and associated with manliness. However, Odin is also the most powerful master of seid (sorcery), an activity associated with women. Seid may be interpreted as a form of shamanism. If a man performed seid he could be accused of ergi, that is, unmanliness. Therefore it could be...
The American Phytopathological Society eBooks
2008
F. M. Dugan
Historical and mythological accounts suggest that psychoactive fungi influenced ancient rituals and possibly religion. Scholars debate hypotheses linking Amanita muscaria to Vedic soma, fungi to Eleusinian mysteries, and psychoactive use to Christian origins. While controversial, these ideas persist in modern culture, blending scholarship with speculative reinterpretation.
Sibirica
2008
Katherine Metzo
1 citation
T he three articles in this issue of Sibirica focus on the ways in which sacred landscapes have been (re)integrated into the ritual life of indigenous Buriats, as well as how they can become contested terrains.Once considered the opiate of the masses by Soviet leaders, religion is no longer "dangerous" in Russia.Decades of institutionalized atheism have taken their toll, however, as sacred...
Explore
2008
Jeff Levin
38 citations
This paper presents, for the first time, a comprehensive scholarly examination of the history and principles of major traditions of esoteric healing. After a brief conceptual overview of esoteric religion and healing, summaries are provided of eight major esoteric traditions, including descriptions of beliefs and practices related to health, healing, and medicine. These include what are termed...
Antípoda Revista de Antropología y Arqueología
2008
Carlos Alberto Uribe
13 citations
In recent years, urban consumption of the Indian vine Ayahuasca or Yaje has become quite popular in Colombia amongst a population of urban middleclass people –college students, professional, houseviwes, clerical, whitecollar people, artists, and people of the cultural establishment–. To a great extent, the rise of urban yaje, quite visible in the media, magazines and periodicals for the general...