O sentido do uso ritual da ayahuasca em trabalho voltado ao tratamento e recuperação da população em situação de rua em São Paulo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5791625 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruno Ramos Gomes (0000-0002-3961-7070, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | THESIS |
| Publisher | Universidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.11606/d.6.2011.tde-09092011-160114 |
| OpenAlex | W1589898996 |
| Language | PT |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
This research has the objective of understanding the ritual use of ayahuasca (known as Daime by the participants of this group) for the treatment of homeless drug users by the Unidade de Resgate Flor das Águas Padrinho Sebastião, in São Paulo, Brazil.Ayahuasca is a tea made from the mixture of two Amazonian plants, most commonly the jagube and chacrona.It is used in rituals by indigenous and mestizo long and leads to a change in the experience of self and the world in its intake.Since the 1980"s its use has spread to other parts of Brazil and the world and the rituals started to have different formats.After a long process, the ritual-religious use of this infusion was regulated in Brazil in 2006.However, its therapeutic use needs scientific evidence to be allowed.Understanding these therapeutic uses are important to public health, understood here as a field of interdisciplinary knowledge that aims on the improve and maintain health and quality of life for people, by understanding the living conditions of society and interventions in the collective life of human beings, thought the perspective of risk reduction and mitigation of damages.The research was done in a phenomenological perspective, through interviews with the developers of the treatment and two participants who have passed through the treatment, as well as participant-observation, in which the researcher was present at the rituals and at the realization of the other therapies.The ritual use of ayahuasca in this group is given in conjunction with other therapies based on Peruvian mestizo tradition, but differing from it in some spots.From what has been observed and reported, it was noted some elements that are crucial for understanding the meaning of therapeutic use: symbolic experience as a principal aspect; the understanding of the experience as a relationship with a sacred otherness that teaches (the tea itself); therapeutic practices are developed focused individually and in his context, the importance of the relationship with the leader, who"s admired as a caregiver with knowledge, the notion of therapeutic self-cleaning, building perspective of life and an individual moral ideal to be reached.From this that was observed, at the end are a few comments about the scientific possibilities of assessing the possible risks associated with this use and effectiveness of therapeutic use
Amazon rainforest · Art · Ayahuasca · Geography · Humanities · Indigenous · Latin Americans · Participant observation · Political science · Psychological intervention · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Medicine · Nursing · Psychedelics and Drug Studies · Psychology · Psychology and Mental Health · Youth, Drugs, and Violence
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |