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Mundo Amazónico, 2022 Ayahuasca has spread from indigenous Amazonia to the industrialized world, in the form of ceremonies catering to Westerners, a corpus of academic studies and personal accounts and depictions of it in novels and films.
Jimmy Weiskopf
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Ari’s Burger: Vignettes of Iquitos (Part 3)
Mundo Amazónico, 2020 This is the final episode of a three-part story about a visit to Iquitos at the time of the new millennium by the narrator, who lives in Colombia and has been drinking yajé (ayahuasca) with its indigenous shamans.
Jimmy Weiskopf
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The effect of
Phytotherapy Research, 2018 Banisteriopsis caapi (B. caapi) contains harmine, harmaline, and tetrahydroharmine, has monoamine oxidase inhibitory activity, and has reported antiparkinsonian activity in humans when imbibed as a tea; however, its effects are poorly documented. For this reason, motor function was assessed in 1‐methyl‐4‐phenyl‐1,2,3,6‐tetrahydropyridine‐treated common
Ria Fisher +7 more
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Knowledge coproduction to improve assessments of nature's contributions to people
Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 6, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Sustainability science needs new approaches to produce, share, and use knowledge because there are major barriers to translating research into policy and practice. Multiple actors hold relevant knowledge for sustainability including indigenous and local people who have developed over generations knowledge, methods, and practices that ...
Améline Vallet +9 more
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The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly for use as drugs
People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 999-1009, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Contemporary wildlife trade is massively facilitated by the Internet. By design, the dark web is one layer of the Internet that is difficult to monitor and continues to lack thorough investigation. Here, we accessed a comprehensive database of dark web marketplaces to search across c. 2 million dark web advertisements over 5 years using c. 7 k
Oliver C. Stringham +14 more
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Classic psychedelics and alcohol use disorders: A systematic review of human and animal studies
Addiction Biology, Volume 27, Issue 6, November 2022., 2022 Interest of classic psychedelics as potential treatment for alcoholism has grown. Psychedelics could act through the modification of emotional and cognitive states. More studies are needed to analyse the effect of psychedelics on alcoholism. Abstract Classic psychedelics refer to substances such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin ...
Javier Calleja‐Conde +5 more
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Indigenous Philosophies and the "Psychedelic Renaissance"
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 506-527, Autumn 2022., 2022 Abstract The Western world is experiencing a resurgence of interest in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, most of which are derived from plants or fungi with a history of Indigenous ceremonial use. Recent research has revealed that psychedelic compounds have the potential to address treatment‐resistant depression and anxiety, as well as post ...
Keith Williams +3 more
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Primitivist medicine and capitalist anxieties in ayahuasca tourism Peru
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 496-515, June 2022., 2022 Abstract Analysing healing practices at an ayahuasca tourism centre in Peru, this article illustrates how Shipibo practices of curing and sorcery have adapted to the demands of international clients searching for primitivist healing experiences. At the core of this adaption is the thorny issue of occult power and its relation to capital accumulation ...
Alex K. Gearin
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N,N‐dimethyltryptamine and Amazonian ayahuasca plant medicine
Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, Volume 37, Issue 3, May 2022., 2022 Abstract Objective Reports have indicated possible uses of ayahuasca for the treatment of conditions including depression, addictions, post‐traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and specific psychoneuroendocrine immune system pathologies. The article assesses potential ayahuasca and N,N‐dimethyltryptamine (DMT) integration with contemporary healthcare ...
Edward James +3 more
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