Religión y drogas: otra arista de la laicidad
Fermentario June 6, 2018 Juan Scuro 3 citations
The article challenges the concept of secularism (laicidad) by examining the use of entheogens or sacred plants, such as ayahuasca. It analyzes a 2009 case in which ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew of Amazonian origin, was seized by customs in Chuy, Uruguay, while en route from Brazil to a Santo Daime church in Uruguay. The shipment never reached its destination after judicial intervention and the case was archived by the Ministry of Health. Ayahuasca is considered a sacrament in Santo Daime, where ritual use is central. The article situates Santo Daime within Brazilian religions and neoshamanism, highlighting tensions around secularism, religious freedom, and the regulation of sacred plants or drugs.