Cura espiritual, biomedicina e intermedicalidade no Santo Daime
Revista Ingesta March 28, 2019 Isabel Santana de Rose 4 citations
In the Santo Daime community Céu da Mantiqueira in southern Minas Gerais, Brazil, healthcare blends biomedical resources, a large number of health professionals, and diverse therapeutic practices from different fields. Using the concept of intermedicality from Indigenous health studies, the analysis shows that boundaries between spirituality and therapy, between ritual/religious and therapeutic uses of ayahuasca, and between science and religion are porous and diffuse, interpenetrating and mixing.