Ethnographic Study: Ayahuasca’s Entwined Efficacy: An Ethnographic Study of Ritual Healing from “Addiction” 1
Proposing Empirical Research August 21, 2019 Piera Talin, Emilia Sanabria
Ayahuasca, an Amazonian brew, helps treat substance addiction through intertwined physiological and psychological mechanisms. This analysis focuses on how interactive ritual contexts support healing. Based on long-term fieldwork, participant observation in ayahuasca communities, and in-depth interviews with participants who have histories of substance misuse, the work provides an ethnographically grounded, qualitative account of addiction-recovery experiences within ayahuasca rituals.