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@mhoye

I think article is a little confusing. It seems to question the #ancientorigins of #psychedelicuse, but the presented evidences are quite weak.

If you take #Ayahuasca, for example, no one has ever traced the knowledge source on the mixture of plants needed for the brew to be effective in the human body. How can someone suggest it was made up for tourists? You need a different level of cognition to be aware of the results of the dialogue between the alkalloids of two different plants.

Really interesting read from #ManvirSingh gathering evidence that #ayahuasca is not as old or #Indigenous as it is made out to be. The tales tourists want to hear...

'Brabec de Mori argues that ayahuasca diffused through the Peruvian Amazon in the past 300 years. It is likely older among Tukanoan peoples further north, who, he suspects, transmitted the practice to populations missionised early in the lowlands. Yet in the regions most frequented by tourists, it seems to be a relative novelty. Brabec de Mori isn’t the first to make the argument – the anthropologist Peter Gow proposed something similar in 1994 – but he, more than anyone else, has found the anthropological data to support it.'

We definitely believe Peter Gow (who saw the equivalency of menstrual girls to shamans. Ayahuasca use tends to push women out)

#psychedelics #anthropology #myth

theguardian.com/science/2025/m

The Guardian · The ancient psychedelics myth: ‘People tell tourists the stories they think are interesting for them’By Guardian staff reporter

Vale conferir este documentário, um bom registro do #XamanismoColetivo brasileiro.

"O bom é quando conseguimos juntar…Juntar multiplica!" Orlando dos Santos, dirigente do centro Om Padme Hum, Leme (SP).
"…a #Ayahuasca me traz vida, me torna um melhor cientista, e um melhor psicólogo." Joel Borella, Dr. em Psicologia Social.

An #OpenSource perspective to #Psychedelics#CulturaPsicodélica, a melhor interface comum para #SaúdePsíquica. #PsychedelicHumanities

youtube.com/watch?v=qNgmqHFftq

@Yehuda The same has happened to the #Bufo toad in Mexico.
Same has happened to the rarer varieties of #Ayahuasca vine in Peru.

All the while we could produce mescaline, 5-meo-dmt, dmt & tetrahydroharmine synthetically, leaving these fragile ecologies alone.

But then we have the fucking ’natural health’ wanna-be white ”shamans” taking none of it, because it’s not ”spiritual”.

Fucking #psychedelic #colonialism
White privilege all the way through 🤮

"Over the past few decades, the use of ayahuasca has spread beyond its traditional settings to more urban and international contexts. Its growing popularity has sparked interest among researchers due to anecdotal reports of its potential #mentalhealth benefits. These reports suggest that #ayahuasca may alleviate symptoms of #depression, anxiety, and #addiction while fostering personal insight and #emotionalresilience."

psypost.org/largest-ever-surve

PsyPost · Largest-ever survey on ayahuasca highlights links to better mental health and wellbeingBy Eric W. Dolan
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@br00t4c Hope the mystery gets solved. Sounds like an allergic reaction.

I have to wonder if the journalist is confusing frogs with toads. If they are playing with #ayahuasca, it seems more likely that they would be playing with toads because it is a Bufo Alvarious toad that has the DMT in their secretions.

One of my strongest #ActuallyAutistic traits for most of my life has been being literal. I took people for their word when they said who they were. I consumed culture without noticing much subtext (unless someone pointed it out).

After #Ayahuasca, this changed. I could be rewatching a show and suddenly see the meta-layers. During this period, I could at times feel how new space was unfolding in my mind.

I've been pondering explanations for this, and I think that a plausible theory is …

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Uma visão de futuro para a #Ayahuasca, por #ClaudioNaranjo

"Proposta de movimento para criação de "#Escola Internacional para #Xamans da Ayahuasca", mencionando a experiência dos grupos ayahuasqueiros brasileiros, que dispõem de boas condições para tal iniciativa."

Cláudio Naranjo e a #EscolaSAT formaram longa parceria (1995-2015) com grupos #ayahuasqueiros (#SantoDaime) em #Brasília.

youtube.com/watch?v=W2yhqz-gAd