Experiences With Sacred Mushrooms and Psilocybin In Dialogue: Transdisciplinary Interpretations Of The “Velada”
We present the set and setting of the velada, the Mazatec ritual of divination and healing. We highlight the subjective experiences of individuals who consumed sacred mushrooms and interpret them from their cultural and community contexts, but also from findings derived from experimental and neurosc...
| Published in: | Anthropology of consciousness |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Anthropological Association
2022
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| In: |
Anthropology of consciousness
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mazatec
/ Mexikanische Medizin
/ Hallucinogenic drugs
/ Mushroom
/ Ritual
/ Psilocybin
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KBR Latin America ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
Experience
B Transdisciplinary B Sacred mushrooms B Mazatec ritual B Psilocybin |
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| Summary: | We present the set and setting of the velada, the Mazatec ritual of divination and healing. We highlight the subjective experiences of individuals who consumed sacred mushrooms and interpret them from their cultural and community contexts, but also from findings derived from experimental and neuroscientific research. We understand that the experiences connected to sacred mushrooms can be explained by the effects of psilocybin on the neurobiology of emotions, decision making, and visual, auditory, and bodily imagery. But we also understand that experimentation does not consider the individual and collective history of the person, and that the velada can provide guidance for integrating a person’s history and beliefs into experimental designs. The resurgence of psychedelic medicine prompts us into a transdisciplinary dialogue that encompasses both the anthropological perspective and the set and setting of the entheogenic experience during the sacred mushroom ritual. |
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| ISSN: | 1556-3537 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Anthropology of consciousness
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/anoc.12163 |