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Sociopsychotherapeutic functions of ayahuasca healing in Amazonia
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
Vol 21 (No. 1) Jan-Mar 1989; 77-89
by Walter Andritzky
Focuses on the healing functions of drug rituals (DRs) involving the natural hallucinogen ayahuasca (AY) among traditional native peoples of Amazonia and attempts to explain their effectiveness within the approach of Western clinical science. Some structural dimensions of AY DRs are examined in terms of how natives perceive the function and content of the ritual (i.e., an emic point of view). Next, the AY DRs are explored from an etic approach, utilizing concepts from psychoanalysis, transpersonal psychology, and parapsychology. AY DRs, through accessible transcendental experiences, have integrative and cohesive functions for the society.
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