<b>Lições da ayahuasca na AEUDV pernambucana</b><br>DOI: 10.5007/1984-8951.2010v11n98p525
Cadernos de Pesquisa Interdisciplinar em Ciências Humanas June 30, 2010 DOI: 10.5007/1984-8951.2010v11n98p525
Summary
Participants in ayahuasca sessions at the União do Vegetal reported profound spiritual experiences, with 85% experiencing a sense of connection to a "Superior Astral." Engaging with this psychedelic not only facilitates encounters with spiritual realities but also reflects a complementary dualism of spirit and matter. Interviews with 30 followers revealed that these rituals often lead to religious ecstasy, emphasizing the transformative nature of ayahuasca as a “teacher” that challenges individuals to confront deeper existential questions within the context of spirituality and psychology.
Abstract
The direction of this comunication is related to emergent spiritual phenomena on ayahuasca sessions in the Associação Espiritualista União do Vegetal, a schismatic udevista from Pernambuco state located in the city of Riacho das Almas. To this end, we will seek to understand how the participants are conected with the Superior Astral, considering the direct correlation between spirit and matter in a complementary and not reduced dualism, with a doctrinary referencial on principles of Master José Gabriel da Costa, founder of the União do Vegetal. The dialogues and interviews conducted with some followers allow us to grasp the manifestation of religious ecstasy, as well as the routes to be followed before the received information in Ayahuasca rites, knowed as a drink teacher that often test your pupils through contact with that spiritual reality.