At the end of 2003, the Chinese government finalized the "Ecological Relocation" project for the Ewenki ethnic minority in Northeast China, planning to relocate them to cities, raise reindeer in captivity, and implement new education. This move was strongly opposed by the Ewenki people, who refused to move away from their ancestral habitat. Starting from the spirit and philosophical culture of...
In the field of Dance Anthropology, the concept of 'ecstatic dance' has been used generically to refer to African, Afro-Brazilian, Middle Eastern and Shaman dances. Researchers as Jennings (1995), Baxman (1990), Gore (1995) and Camargo (1996) have begun to employ the concept more specifically, but very little is known about how these dances are induced. As a dance anthropologist, I turned to...
This article provides a critical analysis of the term “entheogen” as a name for certain psychoactive drugs, arguing that it functions more as a theological construct than a neutral designation. The article analyzes how entheogenic discourses present claims about the historicity of their use, their supposed spiritual or religious meaning, and their ultimate significance for individual and social...
Revista ExtraprensaMay 12, 2026Éder Rodrigues Dos Santos, Celso Luiz Prudente
The cinema in question is brought to the screen through the ontological protagonism perceived in Black cinema, in the demands of Indigenous filmography. However, we perceive a Merleau-Pontyan dialogical relationship with the dynamics of Amazonian shamanism, when navigating the dimensions of the visible and the invisible—a method proposed in this work for understanding Yanomami cinema. Both the...
This paper examines the role of translation within Amerindian perspectivism. Drawing on Eduardo Viveiros de Castro’s claim for an indigenous alter-anthropology informed by perspectivism, multinaturalism, and cannibal alterity, it explores the relationship between anthropology, anthropophagy, and translation. The first part critically revisits the modernist concept of anthropophagy in Brazil;...
ABSTRACT This article contributes to sociological and anthropological discussions of contemporary religious forms and lifestyles within a globalised market-driven society, examining how alternative spirituality reconfigures the Self through embodied practices and heightened sensitivity. It argues that the Self in alternative spirituality is reconfigured as permeable—challenging Taylor’s notion...
Mangoni, V. & Robledo, L. (Directors). Compuesto, Alexandra ‘Sasha’ (Producer). 2020. The Song that Calls You Home. Good Docs. 72 mins. The Song That Calls You Home is an informative documentary on plant medicine that focuses on the perceived therapeutic properties of ayahuasca. The film presents itself as an exploration of this psychedelic plant as a pathway to healing and self-discovery. Its...
Novum JusApril 29, 2026Francisco Javier Esteban Guinea
En nuestra investigación comenzaremos por definir qué es la ayahuasca, cuáles son sus efectos y qué riesgos produce su consumo para la salud pública. El empleo de la ayahuasca en rituales chamánicos, religiosos, psicoterapéuticos o de autoconocimiento se ha expandido en los últimos decenios por casi todo el planeta. Los diversos usos del brebaje psicoactivo plantean retos a los diferentes...
• Power animal journeying fosters uncovering hidden inner resources in psychotherapy. • It enhances self-understanding, emotional processing, and meaning-making. • It may deepen the therapeutic alliance between client and psychotherapist. • Power animal journeying requires proper integration of the experiences in the client. • It is risky for clients with psychotic disorder, paranoid...
This dissertation examined unpublished archival materials from the Kinsey Institute'sGina Ogden Collection alongside an in-depth interview with a sanctioned Pachakuti MesaTradition (PMT) teacher to explore the Indigenous foundations of Ogden's 4-D Wheel. The 4-DWheel integrates mind, body, heart, and spirit for sexual healing and is widely recognized in sextherapy. However, its Indigenous...