El Azufre Rojo
October 14, 2023
Paulo Borges
Abstract: We present the conception, which is a hallmark of various indigenous cultures, especially the Amerindian and Australian ones, of an original Dreamtime, in which everything is possible because all forms of life flow, in the passage from the invisible to the visible, in a constant autopoietic metamorphosis. This Dreamtime, synonymous with the inexhaustible virtuality of the possible, is...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
October 4, 2023
Ananda Dayal Jamatia -
This paper analyses the role and importance of Ochai (Shaman) in the daily life of the commoners, particularly of the Jamatia tribe, the word ‘Ochai’ is a Kokborok term meaning ‘Shaman’. Shamanism is not confined to a single country or region. It is a widespread phenomenon, existing in various forms across the globe. For instance, in the forests of the Amazon, indigenous tribes have their own...
Psychology and Mental Health Care
October 4, 2023
A. David
In an academic context it is always difficult to speak of an aboriginal philosophy. However, this study addresses some aspects of the wichí worldview, where their philosophy rests on the portentous figure of the hayawu ‘shaman’ (or shamaness). In this sense, this being has an enigmatic force known as qopfwayaj, whose power gives him the ability to see, transform and dissolve the limits of...
Politics, Religion & Ideology
October 2, 2023
Stefano Bigliardi
Santo Daime is a new religious movement of Brazilian origin blending Catholicism, shamanism, Afro-Brazilian spiritualities, and esotericism. Known for its ceremonial use of ayahuasca, a psychedelic...
IBRO Neuroscience Reports
October 1, 2023
Mariana Pazos, Ignacio Carrera, Giselle Prunell
1 citation
Ayahuasca is a psychedelic beverage originally from the Amazon rainforest used in different shamanic settings for a variety of medicinal, spiritual, and cultural purposes. It is prepared by decoction of the vine Banisteriopsis caapi, source of β-carboline alkaloids, and, Psychotria viridis containing the classic psychedelic N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT). As part of the “renaissance of...
Anthropologica
September 28, 2023
Géraldine Mossière
1 citation
Spirituality in the Narrative: A Detour Via GenealogyY oga, meditation, personal development movements, New Age esoteric practices, shamanic rituals, East or South Asian-based beliefs: Today, more and more activities are defined as "spiritual."While most of these activities are inspired by specific cosmologies that have their own representations of the world, derived practices are usually...
September 27, 2023
Fabiana Pereira Santos
A ayahuasca é uma bebida alucinógena originária na América do Sul, utilizada por indígenas em rituais xamânicos. É obtida através da fermentação de duas plantas, a folha da P. viridis, na qual é obtida a dimetiltriptamina (DMT), substância responsável pelos efeitos alucinógenos e o cipó B. caapi que contém β-carbolinas (harmina, harmalina e tetraidro-harmina). As β-carbolinas impedem a...
Observatory of Culture
September 22, 2023
XiaoYi Zheng
1 citation
Immersive art is a new form of media art that relies on the theory of stream of consciousness, on the stimulation of various human senses, often using light to achieve a deep psychological and physiological immersion of the audience in a trance-like empathy with the art. From the point of view of technical means it can be divided into virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and...
A Peer-Reviewed Journal About
September 7, 2023
Alexandra Anikina, Yasemin Keskintepe
Speculative narratives of (techno)magic such as those offered by feminist technoscience, cyberwitches and techno-shamanism come from knowledge systems long marginalised in a hyper-optimised and hard-science-reliant capitalist discourse. Aiming to de-centre Western rational imaginaries of technology, they speak from decolonial and translocal perspectives, in which the relations between humans...
Journal of Analytical Psychology
September 1, 2023
Helge Michael Osterhold, Gisele Fernandes-Osterhold
2 citations
In recent years a renewed scientific, public and commercial interest in psychedelic medicines can be observed across the globe. As research findings have been generally promising, there is hope for new treatment possibilities for a number of difficult-to-treat mental health concerns. While honouring positive developments and therapeutic promise in relation to the medical use of psychedelics,...