Changes in Spirituality Among Ayahuasca Ceremony Novice Participants
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs June 1, 2009 Stephen Trichter, Jon Klimo, Stanley Krippner 73 citations
Participation in an ayahuasca ceremony did not significantly increase scores on the Spiritual Well-being Scale or the Mysticism Scale among novice participants compared to a non-participating group. However, higher scores on the Peak Experience Profile were associated with greater positive changes in spiritual well-being and mysticism. Qualitative interviews and written accounts revealed common spiritual themes among ceremony participants. Experiential differences within the ayahuasca ceremony group suggest that confounding variables may influence why some participants report changes in spirituality while others do not.