Alter ego representations in San Agustin monolithic sculptures: possible plant hallucinogenic influences.
(2010)
Journal - Journal of psychoactive drugs (United States )
Abstract :
This article examines the evidence for plant hallucinogenic use (possibly Brugmansia, Brunfelsia chiricaspi, Desfontainia R., Anadenanthera peregrina, Banisteriopsis sps, Psychotropia viridis and Virola theidora) by the San Agustin culture, an extinct peoples who resided in the Magdelena River area of Colombia from the third century B.C. until the sixteenth century A.D. Based on thematic materials gathered from a cross-cultural survey of plant hallucinogens, the author examines themes in the monolithic sculptures of this culture in light of man-animal transformations and shamanic themes linked to plant hallucinogenic ingestion.
Ayahuasca use in cross-cultural perspective.
(2005)
Journal - Journal of psychoactive drugs (United States )
| ISSN : | 0279-1072 |
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| Mesh Heading : | Banisteriopsis Brazil History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Plant Extracts Psychotropic Drugs Religion and Psychology ethnology history chemistry history |
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| Mesh Heading Relevant : | Cross-Cultural Comparison chemistry pharmacology pharmacology |
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Ayahuasca in adolescence: Qaualitative results.
(2005)
Journal - Journal of psychoactive drugs (United States )
Abstract :
Qualitative research was conducted in Brazil among 28 ayahuasca-consuming adolescents members of the União do Vegetal Church, and 28 adolescents who never used ayahuasca. They were compared on a number of qualitative variables, including vignettes measuring moral and ethical concerns. Psychocultural studies utilizing co-occurences of variables in the realm of qualitative studies are useful in understanding and complementing quantitative studies also conducted among this population. Qualitative data show that the teens in the União do Vegetal religion appear to be healthy, thoughtful, considerate and bonded to their families and religious peers. This study examines the modern use of a powerful hallucinogenic compound within a legal religious context, and the youth who participated in these ayahuasca religious ceremonies (usually with parents and other family members) appeared not to differ from their nonayahuasca-using peers. This study helps to elucidate the full range of effects of plant hallucinogenic use within a socially-sanctioned, elder-facilitated and structured religious context.
| ISSN : | 0279-1072 |
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| Mesh Heading : | Adolescent Adolescent Psychology Banisteriopsis Brazil Case-Control Studies Chi-Square Distribution Female Humans Male Plant Extracts Psychotropic Drugs |
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| Mesh Heading Relevant : | Religion and Psychology Sociology chemistry administration & dosage administration & dosage |
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What we can learn from shamanic healing: brief psychotherapy with Latino immigrant clients.
(2002)
Journal - American journal of public health (United States )
Abstract :
The author, a medical anthropologist and licensed psychotherapist, draws on a database of 700 Latino immigrant families whom she has treated to demonstrate concepts and techniques of psychotherapeutic intervention that are derived from shamanic roots in the immigrant's original culture. Congruences may exist between the shamanic techniques of the coastal and Amazonian regions of Peru and 3 Western psychotherapy techniques-hypnosis, behavior modification, and cognitive restructuring. By using historic links with Hispanic culture and the techniques discussed in the commentary, psychotherapists can acquire cultural competence that will enable them to effectively reduce mental illness symptoms presented by US Latino immigrants in clinical practice.
| ISSN : | 0090-0036 |
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| Mesh Heading : | Behavior Therapy Cognitive Therapy Hispanic Americans Humans Hypnosis Psychotherapy United States |
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| Mesh Heading Relevant : | Mental Healing Shamanism psychology methods |
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Commentary. On "Human pharmacology of hoasca": a medical anthropology perspective.
(1996)
Journal - The Journal of nervous and mental disease (UNITED STATES )
| ISSN : | 0022-3018 |
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| Mesh Heading : | Brazil Harmine Humans Magic Mental Disorders Plants, Medicinal Social Change Urbanization Witchcraft epidemiology pharmacology pharmacology epidemiology etiology |
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| Mesh Heading Relevant : | Anthropology Hallucinogens Religion and Medicine |
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What We Can Learn From Shamanic Healing: Brief Psychotherapy With Latino Immigrant Clients
(2002)
Journal - American Journal of Public Health
Abstract :
The author, a medical anthropologist and licensed psychotherapist, draws on a database of 700 Latino immigrant families whom she has treated to demonstrate concepts and techniques of psychotherapeutic intervention that are derived from shamanic roots in the immigrant’s original culture.Congruences may exist between the shamanic techniques of the coastal and Amazonian regions of Peru and 3 Western psychotherapy techniques—hypnosis, behavior modification, and cognitive restructuring.By using historic links with Hispanic culture and the techniques discussed in the commentary, psychotherapists can acquire cultural competence that will enable them to effectively reduce mental illness symptoms presented by US Latino immigrants in clinical practice.