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Encantamento e disciplina na União do Vegetal

Rosa Virgínia Melo

Anuário Antropológico January 1, 2013 DOI: 10.4000/aa.459 via OpenAlex

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The article discusses the symbolic elaboration of the ayahuasca effect, called burracheira, within the União do Vegetal, a trance guided by the spirit of the doctrine's founding Master, consubstantiated in the drink. The constitution of this entity in the sacrament is interpreted through the reading of UDV myth and rite via metaphors and metonymies expressive of organic, emotional, and moral processes that reveal the hierarchical relationship between enchantment and discipline, effective and legitimizing elements of the institutionalization of religious practice. The author problematizes the hierarchical relations between enchantment and discipline in the notion of the person, symbolically constructed, as a potential for transforming individual behavior.

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Topics Ayahuasca
Keywords Humanities Philosophy
Citations 4
Key finding The hierarchical relationship between enchantment and discipline, expressed through metaphors and metonymies in UDV myth and rite, legitimizes the institutionalization of religious practice and shapes the symbolic construction of the person as a potential for behavioral transformation.

Abstract

O artigo discute a elaboração simbólica do efeito da ayahuasca na União do Vegetal, denominado burracheira, um transe cuja dinâmica é guiada pelo espírito do Mestre fundador da doutrina, consubstancializado na bebida. A constituição dessa entidade, no sacramento, é interpretada na leitura do mito e do rito udevista por meio de metáforas e metonímias expressivas dos processos orgânico, emotivo e moral que revelam a relação hierárquica entre encantamento e disciplina, elementos eficazes e legitimadores da institucionalização da prática religiosa. Busco problematizar as relações hierarquizadas entre encantamento e disciplina na noção de pessoa, simbolicamente construída, enquanto potencial de transformação do comportamento individual.

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