The Santo Daime without Daime Tactics, Agency, and Ritual Change in Ayahuasca Religions under Prohibition in Italy
Quotidiana December 17, 2025 Piera Talin
Following Italy's 2022 legal ban on ayahuasca, ayahuasca religions in the country have adapted their ritual practices by replacing the brew with water and developing new forms of religious travel. The article draws on anthropology, lived religion, and ritual studies to examine how prohibition reshapes ritual practice and everyday life for these transnational religious groups that center on the Amazonian psychoactive brew traditionally used in Indigenous rituals and healing.