Examinar a consciência é a primeira lição: fatores terapêuticos do Santo Daime no norte do Paraná
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2018-11
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Aguiar, Rodrigo Américo
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O Santo Daime é uma bebida sacramental que possui propriedades psicoativas e seu uso
está relacionado a práticas religiosas com referências ao sagrado e ao plano espiritual.
Em outros contextos essa bebida é chamada de outros nomes, o mais conhecido é
Ayahuasca. Tem origem indígena entre os povos da Amazônia e no Brasil passou a ser
utilizada como sacramento em diferentes cultos religiosos. Neste país seu uso está
assegurado por lei somente em contexto religioso, sendo vedado outros usos, por
exemplo o terapêutico. Estudos recentes indicam que a bebida apresenta um forte
potencial terapêutico tendo em vista suas propriedades farmacológicas e neuroquímicas.
Assim, a bebida está historicamente vinculada a práticas de cura e sanación,
constituindo-se como importante elemento nas culturas dos povos e grupos que a
utilizam.
Com a expansão da cultura ayahuasqueira para o meio urbano e para diferentes regiões
do planeta, uma discussão atual se refere ao chamado movimento de terapeutização da
Ayahuasca. Trata-se da ideia de usar a bebida de forma terapêutica e não estando
necessariamente vinculada ao contexto religioso. No entanto, suas características
específicas se diferem dos fármacos convencionais e o uso terapêutico estaria
relacionado a uma combinação de práticas e saberes de diferentes sistemas de cura. O
presente estudo buscou investigar os fatores terapêuticos do uso da bebida em um grupo
daimista do norte do estado do Paraná. Assim, o potencial terapêutico do Daime envolve
outros fatores além das propriedades das substâncias da bebida.
Santo Daime is a sacrament drink that has pshycoactive properties, its uses is related to religious practices that refer to both the sacred and the spiritual realms. The drink is also known by other names, from which the most famous one is Ayahuasca. It has its origin among the indigenous people in the Amazon and, in Brazil, it started being used as sacrament in different religious cults. In Brazil, its use is legal just in the religious context, its other forms of use - such as theurapeutic one - are still forbidden by law. Recent studies indicate that the Ayahuasca presents a powerful theurapeutic pontential taking into account its pharmacologic and neurochemic properties. The drink is historically linked to curing and healing (sanación in Spanish language), constituting itself as an important element for the culture of people who use it. With the expansion of ayahuascan culture into the urban environment and to different regions of the planet, a contemporary debate refers to the so-called 'theurapeutization of the Ayahuasca'. It refers to the idea of using the drink in a theurapeutical manner and not necessarily linked to the religious context. Though, its specific characteristics differ from other conventional pharmacos and its theurapeutic use is linked to a combination of practices and knowledges from diverse healing systems. The present study tried to investigate the theurapeutic effects of the drink use among a "Daimist" group in the Northern part of Paraná province in Brazil. The study considers that the theurapeutic potential of Daime involves other factors beside substances' properties of the Ayahuasca drink
Santo Daime is a sacrament drink that has pshycoactive properties, its uses is related to religious practices that refer to both the sacred and the spiritual realms. The drink is also known by other names, from which the most famous one is Ayahuasca. It has its origin among the indigenous people in the Amazon and, in Brazil, it started being used as sacrament in different religious cults. In Brazil, its use is legal just in the religious context, its other forms of use - such as theurapeutic one - are still forbidden by law. Recent studies indicate that the Ayahuasca presents a powerful theurapeutic pontential taking into account its pharmacologic and neurochemic properties. The drink is historically linked to curing and healing (sanación in Spanish language), constituting itself as an important element for the culture of people who use it. With the expansion of ayahuascan culture into the urban environment and to different regions of the planet, a contemporary debate refers to the so-called 'theurapeutization of the Ayahuasca'. It refers to the idea of using the drink in a theurapeutical manner and not necessarily linked to the religious context. Though, its specific characteristics differ from other conventional pharmacos and its theurapeutic use is linked to a combination of practices and knowledges from diverse healing systems. The present study tried to investigate the theurapeutic effects of the drink use among a "Daimist" group in the Northern part of Paraná province in Brazil. The study considers that the theurapeutic potential of Daime involves other factors beside substances' properties of the Ayahuasca drink
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Dissertação apresentada ao Programa
de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar em
Estudos Latino-Americanos da Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana, como requisito
parcial à obtenção do título de Mestre em Estudos Latino-Americanos. Orientador: Prof. Dr. Alexandre Camera Varella e Coorientadora: Profa. Barbara Maisonnave Arisi
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Ayahuasca - usos e costumes, Ayahuasca - fatores terapeuticos, Cerimônia Ayahuasca - Paraná (NO)
Citação
AGUIAR, Rodrigo Américo. Examinar a consciência é a primeira lição: fatores terapêuticos do Santo Daime no norte do Paraná. 2018. 223 f. Dissertação de Mestrado (Programa
de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar em Estudos Latino-Americanos) - Universidade Federal da Integração
Latino-Americana (Unila), Foz do Iguaçu, 2018