Cureus
March 1, 2024
Reena Sheth, Esha Parikh, Kunmilayo Olayeye et al.
4 citations
Ayahuasca is an original Amazonian brew made from the vines and leaves of Psychotroa viridis and Banisteriopsis caapi. Both P. viridis and B. caapi give this brew its unique psychedelic properties which have been revered over centuries. In recent years, ayahuasca has gained attention as a potential therapeutic tool for mental health disorders, including substance abuse and depression. The...
Reclaiming Diasporic Identity
February 27, 2024
Sangmi Lee
This chapter examines Hmong shamanism as a transnational cultural continuity in the diaspora. Although shamanistic rituals are often seen as locally bound, their power can be deterritorialized and transnationally projected across the diaspora through extensive kinship and economic networks as well as beliefs about shamanistic births and the mobile nature of souls. Nonetheless, Hmong shamanism...
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
February 14, 2024
Katarzyna Zajda
Contemporary Shuar shamanism is characterised by, on the one hand, its plasticity and its adaptability to new contests and, on the other hand, by heterogeneity of its clientele, which now includes an increasing number of Western patients. In the absence of a shared system of representations and with the necessity for an explanatory discourse, in these ‘neo-shamanic’ rituals inspired by New Age...
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
February 2, 2024
B. O'Mahony, G. Brar
This review covers the story of shamans, political upheaval, life-changing and magical experiences, and the most mind-altering substances on earth. No, this is not a review of the latest magical-realism best-seller, but rather a sound scientific and well-researched book by an esteemed psychiatrist and academic, Professor David Nutt. In his latest book ‘ Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs...
Proceedings Of International Conference On Communication Science
January 31, 2024
Alwi Mahardhika Sodiq, Mochamad Widjanarko
Pesugihan is a mystical ritual carried out by individuals in secret and unreasonable to obtain wealth involving mystical rituals of shamanic practices. The purpose of this research is to find out the psychological dynamics and how to interpret an individual who performs the pesugihan ritual. Data exploration was carried out by analyzing the basic motivations, both intrinsic and extrinsic, from...
Revista Trace
January 31, 2024
Carlos Guadalupe Heiras Rodríguez
The concept of appropriative acculturation unites the concepts of acculturation (sensu Aguirre Beltrán) and appropriation (sensu Bonfil Batalla), with the aim to comprehend the process which took Eastern Tepewa (Ma’álh’amá’) shamans to appropriate two Eastern Otomi (Ñühǘ) traditions for them to, on the one hand, start cutting paper figures without giving up their ancient tradition of binding...
TECHNOLOGOS
2024
Epikhina Ekaterina
Currently, there is an increased interest in archaic religious beliefs and practices which include shamanism. The image of a modern shaman differs in many ways from the ethnographic descriptions that were collected up to the middle of the XX century. The main informants have always been the shamans themselves. They talked not only about their vision of the world and religious practice but also...
Zea Books
2024
Elisa Cont
La Representación de los Seres Voladores en tejidos ceremoniales Tiwanaku Authors Elisa Cont, GEP, Grupo de Estudios Precolombinos, miembro IEC, Institut d'Estudis Catalans Follow Date of this Version 2024 Document Type Article Citation Published in IX Jornadas Internacionales de Textiles Precolombinos y Amerindianos / 9th International Conference on Pre-Columbian and Amerindian Textiles, Museo...
2024
Lewis Daly
4 citations
AbstractThis chapter explores vernacular notions of chemosensation in lowland South America. The indigenous Makushi people of northern Amazonia gather fragrant tree resins from the forest for various uses, including in shamanic healing. These resins are usually collected from ritually significant incense trees known as haiawa gum trees. The intensely fragrant resin is used in healing rituals,...
Jangwa Pana
2024
Pedro Musalem Nazar
En este artículo se comparan, desde una perspectiva histórica, dos formas de medicina tradicional amazónica: por una parte, el culto del yajé y, por otra, el uso del ayahuasca en el seno del vegetalismo, y del chamanismo indígena regional que le rodea. Se usan para ello, las ideas de Peter Gow respecto del ayahuasca, en cuanto forma histórica, social y cultural. Se adopta un enfoque comparativo...