Lições da ayahuasca na AEUDV pernambucanaDOI: 10.5007/1984-8951.2010v11n98p525
Cadernos de Pesquisa Interdisciplinar em Ciências Humanas June 30, 2010 DOI: 10.5007/1984-8951.2010v11n98p525 via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractIn a schismatic branch of the União do Vegetal in Riacho das Almas, Pernambuco, participants experience spiritual phenomena during ayahuasca sessions that connect them to the Superior Astral. The group's doctrine, rooted in the principles of founder José Gabriel da Costa, embraces a complementary, non-reductive dualism of spirit and matter. Dialogues and interviews with followers reveal the manifestation of religious ecstasy and the prescribed routes for processing information received in ayahuasca rites, which are understood as a teacher drink that tests pupils through contact with spiritual reality.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Qualitative study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Followers of the Associação Espiritualista União do Vegetal in Riacho das Almas, Pernambuco |
| Intervention | Ayahuasca |
| Topics | Ayahuasca |
| Keywords | Dualism Spirituality Psychology |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key finding | Participants in ayahuasca sessions experience religious ecstasy and follow doctrinal routes to integrate information received from the Superior Astral, within a complementary dualism of spirit and matter. |
Abstract
The direction of this comunication is related to emergent spiritual phenomena on ayahuasca sessions in the Associação Espiritualista União do Vegetal, a schismatic udevista from Pernambuco state located in the city of Riacho das Almas. To this end, we will seek to understand how the participants are conected with the Superior Astral, considering the direct correlation between spirit and matter in a complementary and not reduced dualism, with a doctrinary referencial on principles of Master José Gabriel da Costa, founder of the União do Vegetal. The dialogues and interviews conducted with some followers allow us to grasp the manifestation of religious ecstasy, as well as the routes to be followed before the received information in Ayahuasca rites, knowed as a drink teacher that often test your pupils through contact with that spiritual reality.