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The Touristic Use of Ayahuasca in Peru

Expectations, Experiences, Meanings and Subjective Effects

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2020

287 S. XVII, 287 p. 1 illus..

In englischer Sprache

Springer Gabler. ISBN 978-3-658-29373-4

Das Werk ist Teil der Reihe: Sozialwissenschaftliche Gesundheitsforschung

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers the psychedelic ayahuasca tourism in Peru, with its facet-rich psychological, pharmacological, anthropological, and sociological aspects. The reader gets an interdisciplinary insight into the historical development and the current state of ayahuasca research. Findings from three empirical studies are presented, which the author has won in a 4-year field research: How do common standards develop in this particular form of psycho-spiritual tourism? Why are people from developed nations and urban centres heading to the Amazon to ingest the psychedelic beverage Ayahuasca? How do they experience such ceremonies and retreats? Which insights, personal meaning and effects do they gain and how do they integrate their experiences into the everyday life?

Contents

Traditional settings and ayahuasca tourism
Spirituality and neo-shamanism
Research history of psychedelic substances
Ritual elements that influence psychedelic experiences
Motivational elements for the ingestion of ayahuasca
Phenomenological analysis of experiences of ayahuasca
Subjective meanings, effects, healing theories and integration experiences
The development of common standards in ayahuasca tourism

Target Groups

Scholars and students of medical anthropology, psychotherapy, ethno-psychiatry, ethno-pharmacology, public health, sociology, religious studies, tourism sciences
Psychotherapists, psychological counselors

The Author Tom John Wolff, Dipl.-Psych., is a licensed psychotherapist and addiction therapist in Germany.