Reflections on Crafting an Ayahuasca Community Guide for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse

This commentary serves to reflect upon the conception and development of a set of guidelines for the awareness of sexual abuse in ayahuasca settings, an assortment of scenarios that take place in local and global settings entailing the use of a psychedelic brew known for producing visionary and purgative effects composed of Amazonian Banisteriopsis caapi (ayahuasca vine) most commonly combined with the leaves of Psychotria viridis (chacruna) or Diplopterys cabrerana (chaliponga). The globalization and diaspora of ayahuasca expertise, usage, and plant materials has broadened the diversity of individual and group interactions and geographical and social contexts in which this hallucinogenic concoction is ingested, and thus given rise to a range of possibilities which also may, despondently, include possibilities for sexual harassment and abuse. Here, the authors raise the key issues and processes that have led to formation, publication, and dissemination of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines’ Ayahuasca Community Guide for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse, focusing specifically on the needs for such guidelines, as well as the challenges faced in collaboratively creating them. The creation of guidelines as a form of education is a task wrought with concerns, as they must first and foremost convey the fact that abuse is never the victim/survivor’s fault, and yet they must also aim to inform individuals of potential common scenarios that can lead to abuse. In this sense, guidelines themselves are held up to scrutiny, and the process of collaboratively crafting the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines’ Ayahuasca Community Guide for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse has not been an exception. The authors stress the importance of research and experience in understanding the complexities of the contexts in which potential abuse can occur, particularly around issues of consent and intercultural communication. The overall aim is one of education at all levels; not just in better informing participants but, in doing so, being part of a broader goal of changing the potential scenarios themselves

Música, tradução e linguagem na diáspora do Santo Daime

This article addresses Santo Daime’s diaspora and its musical dimensions. In order to do this, the authors establish parallels from the international expansion of capoeira, neo-Pentecostalism and afro-Brazilian religions. These parallels situate the transnationalization of Santo Daime within the broader movement of the diaspora of Brazilian religions and the Global South. Thereafter, the paper discusses the ritual role of music and daimistas’ religious hymns, which are considered sacred gifts and represent a cornerstone of the rituals. The article then describes and discusses how the hymns are sung, translated, and interpreted into different countries and contexts. It is argued that the hymns generate cohesion and transnational networks on the one hand, and reinterpretation and conflicts on the other. These discussions encourage debates on the ritual use of psychoactive drugs, the relationship between musEste artigo aborda a diáspora do Santo Daime através de sua dimensão musical. Para isso, são estabelecidos alguns paralelos com a expansão internacional da capoeira, do neopentecostalismo e das religiões afro-brasileiras, situando a transnacionalização do Santo Daime dentro do movimento mais amplo de diáspora das religiões brasileiras e do Sul Global. Segue-se daí uma discussão sobre o papel ritual da música e sobre os hinos religiosos daimistas, que são considerados como presentes sagrados e representam um importante pilar dos rituais. Os autores descrevem e refletem sobre como os hinos são cantados, traduzidos e interpretados em distintos países e contextos. Argumentam que são produzidos, por um lado, coesão e redes transnacionais e, por outro, ressignificações e conflitos. Essas discussões nos convidam ao debate sobre o uso ritual de psicoativos, a relação entre música e religião e sobre as noções de tradição, autenticidade e sagrado

An Application of Structuralism to the Dynamics of Style and A Presentation of Paintings

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Prohibition, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights: Regulating Traditional Drug Use

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The Therapeutic Use of Ayahuasca

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The world Ayahuasca Diaspora: Reinventions and controversies

Ayahuasca is a psychoactive substance that has long been associated with indigenous Amazonian shamanic practices. The recent rise of the drink's visibility in the media and popular culture, and its rapidly advancing inroads into international awareness, mean that the field of ayahuasca is quickly expanding. This expansion brings with it legal problems, economic inequalities, new forms of ritual and belief, cultural misunderstandings, and other controversies and reinventions. In The World Ayahuasca Diaspora, leading scholars, including established academics and new voices in anthropology, religious studies, and law fuse case-study ethnographies with evaluations of relevant legal and anthropological knowledge. They explore how the substance has impacted indigenous communities, new urban religiosities, ritual healing, international drug policy, religious persecution, and recreational drug milieus. This unique book presents classic and contemporary issues in social science and the humanities, providing rich material on the bourgeoning expansion of ayahuasca use around the globe

Creating Awareness on Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Communities: A Review of Chacruna’s Guidelines

While the Guidelines for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca settings may appear to be overly directive, risking the allegation of telling individuals what they can and cannot do with their own bodies, it would be disingenuous not to advise individuals who will be placing themselves in an unfamiliar setting, an already inherently vulnerable context, of what the typical basic ground rules are and what some of the high-risk probable occurrences might be. With knowledge of the Guidelines in advance of ayahuasca events, individuals can be aware of common manipulative techniques that sexual abuse perpetrators typically employ

Creating Awareness on Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Communities: A Review of Chacruna’s Guidelines

The creation of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines’ Ayahuasca Community Guide for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse aims to assist individuals within the psychedelic community to understand the common scenarios that can lead to abuse during ayahuasca consumption. Codes of conduct are typically and rightfully held up to scrutiny; the process of collaboratively crafting these guidelines for the awareness of sexual abuse in ayahuasca contexts has been no exception

Creating Awareness on Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Communities: A Review of Chacruna’s Guidelines

The creation of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines’ Ayahuasca Community Guide for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse aims to assist individuals within the psychedelic community to understand the common scenarios that can lead to abuse during ayahuasca consumption. Codes of conduct are typically and rightfully held up to scrutiny; the process of collaboratively crafting these guidelines for the awareness of sexual abuse in ayahuasca contexts has been no exception