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WE ARE PRIVILEGED
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AYA2014!
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FORO ACADÉMICO
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
OTHER CONTENTS
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FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
EVENTS
EVENTOS
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
PRIMARY TRACK
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FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
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PRESENTACIÓN
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TALLERES
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PRIMARY TRACK
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INDEX
ÍNDICE
EVENTS
EVENTOS
2014
2014
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THURSDAY 25
ROOM 1
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
FRIDAY 26
ROOM 4
8.30H
Registration
8.30H
09:30
Welcome
09:30
10
10:30
11
Ibiza,
vanguard
island
10
Opening
conference
Ayahuasca
and western
therapy
10:30
Coffee Break
11:30
Vine
of the soul
12
12:30
Primary track
Ayahuasca:
ethnobotany
13
Legal
Track
I
Ayahuasca:
volver al ser
Lunch Time
15:30
Primary track
Uses of
ayahuasca:
indigenous
Legal
Track
II
14
The path
of the sun
Ambi
15:30
Icaros
Aya
awakenings
16
16:30
17
Coffee Break
Neurons
to nirvana
18
19
19:30
Social
Sciences
Indigenous
uses
Primary track
Uses of
Ayahuasca:
Religious
Academic
Track
Phenomenology,
Psychology
and Public
Health I
Lunch Time
Primary track
Ayahuasca:
Scientific
Research
Community
Track II
17
17:30
18:30
13
Academic
Track
Social
Sciences
Internationalitzation
13:30
14
16:30
12:30
ROOM 2
Coffee Break
12
Other
Contents
Books
presentation
I
13:30
16
Primary track
Uses of
Ayahuasca:
Personal
Development
11
11:30
4
ROOM 1
Primary track
Uses of
ayahuasca:
clinical
Community
Track I
17:30
The shaman,
last apprentice
film + book II
presentation
Cognition
factor
18
18:30
19
19:30
Coffee Break
Primary track
Challenges
of the
Globalitzation: Law,
Policy &
Human Rights
Community
Track III
2014
FRIDAY 26
ROOM 3
Other
Contents
Projects
I
Huicholes,
Los últimos
Guardianes
Del Peyote
12
Other
Contents
Workshop
+ Other
Projects II
18
18:30
19
19:30
13
Academic
Track
Biomedicine
Other
contents
Books
IV
Short
Experiences
The Jungle
Prescription
Lunch Time
14
Shamans of
the amazon
16
Other contents
Books III
16:30
Las rutas
del yagé
17
Primary track
Challenges of
the Globalitzation: Sustainability
Academic
Track
Phenomenology,
Psychology
and Public
Health II
Medicina
Viaje de ida
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
Lunch Time
Medicinas
ancestrales
The shaman
and
ayahuasca
17:30
17
17:30
12:30
Primary track
Challenges of
the Globalitzation: Ethics
& Safety
El poder
ancestra la
ayahuasca y
la mitología
shuar
13:30
16
16:20
Coffee Break
11:30
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
Coffee Break
13:30
15:30
10:30
Other
contents
projects
III
Community
Track IV
11
13
14
10
Primary track
Perspective
of Gender:
Role of
Woman in
the World of
Ayahuasca
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
Living With
Spirits
El espejo del
espiritu
09:30
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
12:30
ROOM 4
Coffee Break
The sacred
Science
Other
contents
Multimedia
Solo Show
La medicina
del sonido
Ayaruna
Coffee Break
17:30
18
18:30
19
19:30
Primary track
Ayahuasca:
Philosophical
Aspects
of the
Experience
Academic
Track
Social
Sciences
Religious
Uses
Iceers Aya
Documentary
Work in
progress
Tonkiri
+ Other
contents
projects
IV
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
12
ROOM 3
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
Curanderos
11
11:30
ROOM 2
8.30H
10
10:15
ROOM 1
Social
Sciences
Other
Uses
EVENTS
EVENTOS
09:30
SATURDAY 27
ROOM 4
8.30H
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
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PROGRAMACIÓN
JUEVES 25
SALA 1
SALA 2
SALA 3
VIERNES 26
SALA 4
8.30H
Inscripciones
8.30H
09:30
Sesión de
bienvenida
09:30
10
Ibiza,
Isla de
vanguardia
10
10:30
11
Conferencia
Inaugural
La ayahuasca
y la terapia
occidental
10:30
12:30
13
11:30
Vine
of the soul
12
Foro
Principal
Ayahuasca:
etnobotánica
Foro Legal I
Ayahuasca:
volver al ser
Otros
contenidos
Libros
I
Comida
15:30
Foro
Principal
Usos de la
ayahuasca:
Indígena
Foro Legal II
13
The path
of the sun
Ambi
Pausa Café
Foro
Principal
Usos de la
ayahuasca:
Religioso
Foro
Académico
Fenomenología, psicología y salud
pública I
Icaros
Aya
awakenings
Comida
15:30
16
16:30
Pausa Café
Neurons to
nirvana
18
19:30
Ciencias
Sociales
Usos
Indígenas
Foro
Principal
Ayahuasca:
Investigación
Científica
Foro
Comunidad
II
17
17:30
19
12:30
14
17
18:30
Foro
Académico
Ciencias
Sociales
Internacionalización
13:30
14
16:30
SALA 2
12
13:30
16
Foro
Principal
Usos de la
ayahuasca:
Desarrollo
Personal
11
Pausa Café
11:30
6
SALA 1
Foro
Principal
Usos de la
ayahuasca:
Clínico
Foro
Comunidad
I
17:30
The shaman,
last apprentice
Película +
Libros II
Cognition
factor
18
18:30
19
19:30
Pausa Café
Foro
Principal
Desafíos de
la globalización: Leyes,
Políticas y
derechos
humanos
Foro
Comunidad
II
2014
VIERNES 26
SALA 3
Pausa Café
Huicholes,
Los Ultimos
Guardianes
Del Peyote
Otros
contenidos
Taller
+ Proyectos II
18
18:30
19
19:30
Foro
Principal
Desafíos de
la globalización:
Ética y
Seguridad
Foro
Académico
Biomedicina
El poder
ancestral la
ayahuasca y
la mitología
shuar
Otros
contenidos
Libros IV
Short
Experiences
The Jungle
Prescription
Comida
14
Shamans of
the amazon
15:30
Otros contenidos Libros III
16
Las rutas
del yagé
16:30
Foro
Principal
Desafíos de
la globalización:
Sostenibilidad
Foro
Académico
Fenomenología, psicología y salud
pública II
Medicina
Medicinas
ancestrales
Viaje de ida
The shaman
and
ayahuasca
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
Comida
17
17
17:30
13
Otros
contenidos
Proyectos
III
Foro
Comunidad
IV
13:30
16
16:20
12:30
El espejo del
espiritu
Pausa Café
11:30
12
13:30
15:30
10:30
11
13
14
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ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
Otros
contenidos
Proyectos
I
Foro
Principal
Perspectiva
de género:
Rol de la
mujer en
el mundo
ayahuasquero
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
Living With
Spirits
09:30
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
12:30
SALA 4
Pausa Café
The sacred
Science
Otros
contenidos
Multimedia
Solo Show
La medicina
del sonido
Ayaruna
Pausa Café
17:30
18
18:30
19
Foro
Principal
Ayahuasca:
Aspectos
filosóficos de
la experiencia
Foro
Académico
Ciencias
Sociales
Uso Religioso
Iceers Aya
Documentary
Work
In Progress
Tonkiri
Otros
contenidos
Proyectos
IV
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
12
SALA 3
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
Curanderos
11
11:30
SALA 2
8.30H
10
10:15
SALA 1
Ciencias
Sociales
Otros Usos
EVENTS
EVENTOS
09:30
SÁBADO 27
SALA 4
8.30H
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
TIMETABLE
PROGRAMACIÓN
19:30
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WELCOME
PRESENTACIÓN
WELCOME
PRESENTACIÓN
AYA2014
EMBRACING
THE CHALLENGES
OF THE GLOBALIZATION
OF AYAHUASCA
AYA2014
ABRAZANDO LOS
DESAFÍOS DE
LA GLOBALIZACIÓN DE
LA AYAHUASCA.
Hearty welcome! From ICEERS to
each and every one of you, proudly
representing over 50 nationalities
altogether, from nearby and far away
planetary reaches, giving birth to this
historic World Ayahuasca Conference
2014 here on the vibrant island of Ibiza.
En nombre de ICEERS, deseo daros
de corazón una bienvenida a todos y a
cada uno de vosotros, ya que provenís
de los más diversos confines para reunirnos aquí, en la vibrante isla de Ibiza.
Juntos, estamos creando esta histórica Conferencia Mundial de Ayahuasca
2014, que está representada orgullosamente por más de 50 naciones.
Joining AYA2014 indicates a special
sociocultural experience, incentive
and vision, obviously implied, by the
very expenditure and sacrifice necessary for your presence here, to honor our topic. Please be sure to share
your experience, state your truths,
and graciously contribute your wisdom, whatever your role and its
variation, and whether others agree
or disagree. The extensive formal
presentations, workshops and films,
while praiseworthy, are nonetheless
a starting point and incitement of a
deeper level of conference design
and intent. AYA2014 is collectively
designed for the profounder learning,
new ideas, perspective, and expertise,
as well as enhanced networking, galvanized participation and true friendship, that comes when people freely
exchange. Accordingly, AYA2014 asks
you to say and do your piece.
Ayahuasca is emerging on the global
stage by leaps and bounds. There is
no doubt that scientific research into
Ayahuasca and its botanical, psychological and neuro-scientific dimensions are expanding rapidly—some of
those cutting-edge advances will be
presented here in the following days.
At this moment in time, there is a
growing awareness about the important therapeutic and developmental
returns of Ayahuasca. The tendency
is to vision Ayahuasca as increasingly successful in its people-serving
and humanistic bestowment. And to
view the supporters of its responsible
utilization, including all of us here at
AYA2014, as being in tandem on a winning trend of education and advocacy
with national and international institutions and governments, progressively
building the reach of Ayahuasca as a
boon to humanity and civilization.
Unirse a AYA2014 implica poseer una
motivación, una experiencia y un enfoque sociocultural especial, además
de realizar el sacrificio necesario para
llegar hasta aquí para honrar nuestro
tema. Quiero animarte a que compartas tu experiencia, sosteniendo tus
convicciones y contribuyas amablemente con tu sabiduría, sea cual sea
tu rol aquí, e independientemente de
que estés de acuerdo o en desacuerdo con la de otros. La gran cantidad de
presentaciones formales, talleres y películas, aunque encomiable, no es más
que el punto de partida para ahondar
en el propósito para el que fue concebida AYA2014: lograr una experiencia
y aprendizaje profundos que generen
nuevas ideas y perspectivas. Deseamos
potenciar las redes de colaboración, la
participación electrizante y la verdadera
amistad que nace cuando se produce
un intercambio libre entre personas. Por
ello, AYA2014 te invita a que encajes tu
pieza en este puzzle colectivo.
La ayahuasca y las prácticas asociadas
a ella están avanzando en el escenario
global a pasos agigantados. No cabe
duda de que la investigación científica
de la ayahuasca en sus dimensiones
botánica, psicológica y neurocientífica
está creciendo rápidamente – algunos de estos avances de vanguardia
se presentarán en esta Conferencia
durante los próximos días. En este
momento se está produciendo una
creciente toma de conciencia acerca
de la valiosa aportación que ofrece la
ayahuasca para el desarrollo personal
y terapéutico. La tendencia actual es
reconocer que la ayahuasca tiene un
importante valor para el servicio y el
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The afore-stated progressive slant is not untrue, but it is
one-sided, thus naïve, unless balanced by a comprehension of the mounting adverse, counter-productive forces
threatening the vitality and forward march of the Ayahuasca initiative, as well as the hopes and dedication of
sponsors and supporters. The rapid popularization and
upsurge of Ayahuasca use is increasingly plagued by opportunistic, unethical, ignorant, and harmful practices.
Reports of unfit practice, fraud and harm of seekers are
continuous, on the rise, and affecting indigenous tradition and respect. A vast international population of seekers remains seriously unprotected.
One important causative factor is that Ayahuasca practice abides, unlike medicine and most every profession,
no code of ethics—no clear, instructive morality and
canon of integrity, of right and wrong conduct, nor any
enforcement strategy of such principles, to the detriment
of both the practitioner and the public. And there is no
doubt that international regulatory bodies, national and
legal authorities, mass media, and academic and public
figures are increasingly focused on the course of Ayahuasca as it penetrates further into modern society.
But we are far from helpless for a constructive interdisciplinary, international, cross-cultural regulation of therapeutic and growth-of-wellness practice involving the
use of Ayahuasca. By way of stimulation from various
organizations and persons, all present here at AYA2014,
ICEERS dug deeply into the issue of Ayahuasca’s rising
ethical enigma. We took a lead from Hippocrates, who
seems to have faced analogous trials in his era. The
Hippocratic Oath, the most famous document in all of
medicine, reverentially endures (in original or derivative
forms) in the oath taken worldwide upon graduation of
medical school. Following this model, we formulated the
Hippocratic-Ibiza Psychoactive Practitioners Oath
composed of 13 principles and a liberal, efficient system
of global application and enforcement, all to be programmatically presented to AYA2014 for its supportive review,
enhancement, and ultimate adoption.
Another serious matter is the tidal wave of arrest and
prosecution endured by Ayahuasca practitioners that
has made its way throughout various regions worldwide,
and in particular Europe, since 2009. Practitioners have
been increasingly targeted by harsh law enforcement,
railing against supposed drug-trafficking and clandestine
witchery endangering public health, often based on hazy,
contradictory law.
ICEERS has been assisting defendants in various countries in getting legal defense and providing information
for strategy. The AYA2014 Legal Track is distinguished
and informatively optimistic on the complex intermix of
safety, benefit, public policy, law, ethics and professionalism requiring effective interlacing and refining in the
interest of a sorely lacking international grand strategy
for no-holds-barred drug policy reform. The unequivocal
intention of AYA2014 is for the formation of the Ibiza Expert Committee for Regularization of Psychoactives,
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donos a todos los que estamos aquí, en AYA2014, junto a
cada vez más instituciones y gobiernos, formamos un tándem ganador, entre educación e impulso socio-político, que
está consolidando el valor que tiene la ayahuasca en beneficio
de la civilización humana.
Esta tendencia constituye un progreso innegable, pero sería parcial, y por lo tanto ingenuo, no reconocer que también
existen otras fuerzas contraproducentes o adversas que
pueden amenazar la vitalidad y la trayectoria de la ayahuasca, así como las esperanzas y dedicación de todas las personas que contribuyen a ella. La rápida popularización y aumento del uso de ayahuasca está plagado cada vez más de
prácticas irresponsables, oportunistas, inmorales e ignorantes. Las noticias sobre prácticas inapropiadas, fraudulentas y dañinas son continuas, y van en aumento, faltando
el respeto a la tradición indígena. De esta forma, una gran
parte de la población internacional que busca tener una experiencia con ayahuasca queda seriamente desprotegida.
Un factor causal importante es que la práctica con ayahuasca, a diferencia de la medicina y casi todas las profesiones,
carece de un código ético claro, de una moral instructora o
un canon de integridad de buena y mala conducta. Tampoco
existe una estrategia de aplicación de dichos principios, en
detrimento tanto del profesional como del público. Y no cabe
duda de que los organismos internacionales de regulación,
las autoridades nacionales y legales, los medios de comunicación y las figuras académicas y públicas observan con
atención la creciente presencia de la ayahuasca en la sociedad moderna.
Pero no estamos indefensos para construir una regulación internacional, transcultural e interdisciplinar sobre el
uso terapéutico y de crecimiento personal que beneficie
a aquellos que usan ayahuasca. Muchos de los presentes,
aquí en AYA2014, han estimulado a ICEERS para profundizar en el desafío de los aspectos éticos relacionados con
la ayahuasca. Por este motivo, hemos tomado como referente a Hipócrates, quien parece haber enfrentado retos
similares en su época. El juramento hipocrático, el documento más famoso de la medicina, ya sea en sus formas
originales o derivadas, perdura como compromiso de los
licenciados en medicina de todo el mundo. Siguiendo este
modelo, hemos formulado el Juramento Hipocrático-Ibiza
para Facilitadores de Psicoactivos. Está compuesto por
13 principios y un liberal y eficiente sistema de aplicación y
ejecución global que se presentará en la programación de
AYA2014 para vuestra revisión constructiva, mejora y su
adopción final.
Otro grave asunto es la ola de detenciones y los procesamientos a que están sometidos los que trabajan con
Ayahuasca en varias regiones del mundo, particularmente
en Europa. Desde 2009, muchas personas han sido víctimas de los ataques de la aplicación de una ley cada vez más
dura que, aludiendo a un supuesto narcotráfico y brujería
clandestina que pone en peligro la salud pública, se ha basado a menudo en una legislación confusa y contradictoria.
ICEERS ha estado ayudando a varios acusados de diferentes países del mundo en este tipo de causas, aportando información para crear estrategias legales para su defensa.
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paign aimed at rightful, justified, regulated, professionally managed use of psychoactive plants for individual,
social and civilizational benefit.
If all of us fully utilize the opportunity of having an international audience of this scope in the same space for the
coming days, we can turn this gathering into a pivotal moment in the history of Ayahuasca. Without the support of
our private donors, sponsors, scientific committee, NGO
partners, mentors, volunteers, all the organizations and
people who have helped to promote the event, and the
investment of all of you who have come from near, far,
and very far to Ibiza, this event would have never have
been possible.
I greatly thank all of you and wish you a fruitful and enriching AYA2014 experience!
Very truly yours,
Benjamin De Loenen
Founder & Executive Director ICEERS
PRESENTATION
PRESENTACIÓN
La mesa legal de AYA2014 se distingue por aportar información optimista sobre la compleja relación entre seguridad, beneficio social, políticas públicas, derecho, ética y
profesionalidad que requiere ser tratada y refinada con habilidad, con el fin de desarrollar una estrategia internacional
para la reforma de las políticas de drogas. La intención inequívoca de AYA2014 es favorecer la formación del Ibiza Expert Committee for Regularization of Psychoactives. Este
Comité estará dedicado a la formulación de una estrategia
para el desarrollo de una campaña multifacética internacional enfocada a promover el uso constructivo, profesional y
regularizado de las plantas psicoactivas para el beneficio individual y comunitario.
Si todos nosotros aprovechamos al máximo la oportunidad
de tener una audiencia internacional de esta envergadura
durante los próximos días, podemos convertir esta reunión
en un evento crucial en la historia de la ayahuasca. Sin el
apoyo de nuestros donantes privados, patrocinadores, del
comité científico, ONG’s asociadas, mentores, voluntarios,
todas las organizaciones y personas que han ayudado a
promover el congreso, y la inversión de todos los que habéis venido desde cerca, lejos y muy lejos hasta Ibiza, este
evento nunca hubiera sido posible.
¡Quiero daros las gracias y desearos que AYA2014 sea una
experiencia enriquecedora y fructífera para todos!
Sinceramente,
Benjamin De Loenen
Founder & Executive Director ICEERS
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Nacida en Junio de 1956 en Enschede,
Holanda. A la edad de 23 años se interesó por la cultura oriental y viajó sola a
la India, donde terminó en Poona y se
convirtió en un sannyasin de Bhagwan
Shree Rajneesh, más tarde conocido
como Osho. Durante 6 años estuvo
muy involucrada con las meditaciones
de Osho y su comunidad en Holanda, la
India y también en los EE.UU.. En 1993 se
puso en contacto con la comunidad de
Santo Daime en Mapia, Brasil y a su vez
conoció a Geraldine Fijneman con quien
comenzó el Santo Daime en los Países
Bajos. Ella es parte de la Ceu da Santa
María, una iglesia del Santo Daime conformada exclusivamente por mujeres.
Amanda Feilding es la directora de la
Fundación Beckley (Reino Unido). Estudió religiones comparadas y misticismo en Oxford y más tarde hizo una
extensa investigación sobre psicología, fisiología y los estados alterados
de conciencia. En 1998, fundó la Fundación Beckley para realizar investigación pionera en el campo de la conciencia humana y ayudar a lograr una
reforma global en el campo de las políticas de drogas mediante la creación
de políticas basadas en la evidencia,
orientadas a la salud, que reconozcan
los derechos humanos y la libertad
cognitiva. El Programa Científico de
la Fundación investiga la meditación,
la neurofisiología y la farmacología de
las sustancias psicoactivas con el fin
de comprender mejor cómo funcionan
dichos alcaloides e identificar sus posibles aplicaciones terapéuticas.
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Aline Mast was born in the 21 of june
1956 in Enschede, Holland. At the age
of 23 she became interested in Asian
culture and travelled by herself to India where she ended up in Poona and
became a sannyasini (renunciant)
with from Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh,
later known as Osho. During 6 years
she was very involved with Osho’s
meditations and communities in Holland, India and also in the USA. In
1993 she got in touch with the a Santo
Daime branch community in Mapia,
Brazil and around this time she met
Geraldine Fijneman with whom she
started Santo Daime in The Netherlands. She is part of the Ceu da Santa
Maria, a Santo Daime church with exclusively female members.
Amanda Feilding is the director of the
Beckley Foundation, UK. She studied
comparative religions and mysticism
at Oxford and later did extensive research into psychology, physiology,
and altered states of consciousness.
In 1998, she founded The Beckley
Foundation to do pioneering research
in the fields of human consciousness
and to help bring about global drug
policy reform by creating evidencebased, health-oriented policies which
recognize human rights and cognitive
liberty. The Foundation’s Scientific
Program investigates meditation and
the neurophysiology and pharmacology of psychoactive substances in
order to better understand how these
compunds work and to identify their
potential therapeutic applications.
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
Santo Daime, Netherlands
Santo Daime, Holanda
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Estudió criminología y derecho penal
en la Universidad de Leiden y el Instituto Willem Pompe de Derecho Penal
en Utrecht. Obtuvo su doctorado en
Derecho con el estudio “Revolución y
Justicia Penal: El experimento cubano”
(CEDLA, 1987). Ha estado ejerciendo
como abogada penalista en Amsterdam
desde 1982. Defendió la iglesia holandesa del Santo Daime en dos procedimientos penales y ha estado al cargo de
muchos casos relacionados con los llamados “hongos mágicos”. Ha publicado
sobre varios temas relacionados con los
derechos fundamentales en los procedimientos penales y sobre el decurso de la
“guerra contra las drogas.”
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Adéle Van Der Plas lectured in criminology and criminal law at the University of Leiden and the Willem
Pompe Institute for Criminal Law in
Utrecht. She obtained her doctorate
in law with the study “Revolution and
Criminal Justice: The Cuban Experiment” (CEDLA, 1987). She has been
practicing as a criminal lawyer in Amsterdam since 1982. She defended
the Dutch Santo Daime churches in
two criminal procedures and handled
many so-called “magic mushroom”
cases. She has published on several
topics related to fundamental rights in
criminal procedures and the ongoing
“war on drugs.”
Founder and Director Beckley
Foundation, UK
Fundadora y Directora de la Beckley
Foundation, UK
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Juris Doctor, Netherlands
Dra. en Derecho, Holanda
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ANDREW DAWSON
ANTONIO ESCOHOTADO
Dr. in Religion, UK
Dr. en Religión, UK
Andrew Dawson is Senior Lecturer
in Religion at the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion of Lancaster University, UK. He obtained
his doctorate at Oxford University
and has degrees in social science
and religious studies from the US and
other UK institutions. Andrew’s principal research interest concerns the
interface of religion and late-modern
society which he examines mainly in
the contexts of Brazil, Europe and
North America.
Andrew Dawson es profesor titular de
Religión en el Departamento de Política, Filosofía y Religión de la Universidad de Lancaster, Reino Unido. Obtuvo su doctorado en la Universidad
de Oxford y tiene grados en ciencias
sociales y estudios religiosos de otras
instituciones del Reino Unido y EE.UU..
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Andrew se refiere a la interfaz de la religión y la sociedad post-moderna que
examina principalmente en los contextos de Brasil, Europa y América del
Norte. Centrándose principalmente en
la religión del Santo Daime, que ha trabajado mucho en la internacionalización de la religiosidad y la ayahuasca.
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ANJA LOIZAGA-VELDER
Dr. in Medical Psychology, Mexico
Dra. en Psicología Médica, México
Anja Loizaga-Velder is a psychologist
and psychotherapist who specializes
in humanistic and transpersonal psychology, the study of consciousness,
music therapy and ethno-psychotherapy. She has studied and worked
with traditional healers in Mexico and
Peru for more than twenty years. She
received a degree in Clinical Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.) and is director of
research at Nierika Psychotherapy
Institute in Mexico.
Psicóloga y psicoterapeuta especializada en psicología humanista y transpersonal, en el estudio de la consciencia, músicoterapia y etnopsicoterapia.
Ha estudiado y colaborado con médicos tradicionales en México y Perú durante más de veinte años. Recibió el título de Psicóloga Clínica (Dipl.-Psych.)
por la universidad Koblenz-Landau
(Alemania) y su doctorado en psicología medica en la Universidad Heidelberg, Alemania. Anja es directora de investigación y psicoterapia del Instituto
Nierika en México.
Antonio Escohotado Espinosa (Madrid, 1941) is a prominent essayist
and university professor whose work
has been mainly directed to the fields
of law, philosophy and sociology, and
who has been recognized for his research on drugs. He is named among
the 70 greatest thinkers gathered
in the ‘Dictionary of Thinkers of the
Twentieth Century’. Apart from the
many fields of knowledge he has explored, he is known outside of the academic world for promoting the drug
policy reform. He has written several
works about this topic, such as his
book The General History of drugs
(1983). In Ibiza came it to run the club
“Amnesia”, which later became one of
the most famous clubs in the world.
Escohotado Antonio Espinosa (Madrid, 1941) es un prominente ensayista
y profesor universitario cuyo trabajo
ha sido dirigido principalmente a los
campos del derecho, la filosofía y la sociología, y ha ganado notoriedad por su
investigación sobre drogas. Está entre
los 70 pensadores recogidos en el diccionario de pensadores del siglo XX.
Aparte de los muchos campos del conocimiento que ha explorado, es conocido fuera del mundo académico por
promover la reforma de las políticas
de drogas. Ha escrito varias obras sobre este tema, como su libro “Historia
general de las drogas” (1983). En Ibiza
llegó a regentar el club “Amnesia”, que
después se convirtió en una de las discotecas más famosas del mundo.
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Beatriz Caiuby Labate posee un Doctorado en Antropología Social de la
Universidad Estatal de Campinas
(UNICAMP), Brasil. Sus principales
áreas de interés incluyen el estudio
de sustancias psicoactivas, políticas
de drogas, chamanismo, rituales y
religión. Actualmente es Profesora-Investigadora Invitada en el Programa
de Política de Drogas en el Centro de
Investigación y Docencia Económicas
(CIDE) en Aguascalientes, México. Es,
a la vez, Investigadora Asociada en
el Instituto de Psicología Médica en la
Universidad de Heidelberg, co-fundadora del Núcleo de Estudios Interdisciplinarios sobre Psicoactivos (NEIP),
y editora de su sitio (http://www.neip.
info). Es autora, co-autora, y co-editora de doce libros, un journal de edición
especial y distintos artículos con sistema de dictaminación autónoma. Pertenece al Sistema Nacional de Investigadores Mexicano (SIN), nivel I.
Bruce Parry (nacido el 17 de marzo de
1969, en Hythe, Hampshire, Inglaterra)
es un premiado documentalista, escritor, defensor de los derechos de los
indígenas, explorador y ex oficial de los
“Royal Marines”. Emplea un estilo etnográfico y una forma de observación
participante en sus documentales. Su
serie documental para la BBC titulada
“Tribu, Amazonas y Ártico” se ha ocupado de plasmar ambientes extremos,
pueblos indígenas remotos y las cuestiones importantes de actualidad.
Benjamin De Loenen estudió comunicación audiovisual en los Países Bajos,
donde se graduó con honores como
director de cine y editor por medio
del documental “Ibogaíne-Rite of Passage” (2004), que él dirigió y produjo.
Se convirtió, a nivel internacional, en
un activo orador público sobre la iboga y, finalmente, fundó en Holanda
en 2009 el Centro Internacional para
Educación, Investigación y Servicios
sobre los Etnobotáncios (ICEERS, por
sus siglas en inglés). ICEERS tiene actualmente una oficina en Barcelona
y otra en Montevideo, y desarrolla su
actividad en el campo de la investigación científica con ayahuasca, iboga y
cannabis, y también con actividades
de reforma de políticas de drogas,
actividades educativas en un sentido
amplio y servicios relacionados con la
reducción de riesgos, asistencia jurídica, entre otros.
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Bruce Parry (born 17 March 1969,
in Hythe, Hampshire, England) is an
award-winning documentarian, author, indigenous rights advocate, explorer, trek leader and former Royal
Marines commando officer. He employs an ethnographic style and a
form of participant observation for
his documentaries. His documentary series for the BBC entitled Tribe,
Amazon, and Arctic have shown extreme environments, remote indigenous peoples, and important issues
being faced.
Benjamin De Loenen studied audiovisual media in The Netherlands,
where he graduated with honors
as film director and editor in his
Masters with his documentary
‘Ibogaine-Rite of Passage’ (2004),
which he directed and produced.
He became active as a public speaker about iboga internationally and
eventually founded the International
Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service (ICEERS)
in 2009 in The Netherlands. ICEERS
currently has an office in Barcelona,
Spain and Montevideo, Uruguay,
and is involved in scientific research
into ayahuasca, iboga and cannabis,
policy reform activities, educational
activities and services related to risk
reduction, legal support, etc.
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Beatriz Caiuby Labate has a Ph.D. in
Social Anthropology from the State
University of Campinas (UNICAMP),
Brazil. Her main areas of interest
are the study of psychoactive substances, drug policy, shamanism,
ritual, and religion. She is Visiting
Professor at the Drug Policy Program of the Center for Economic
Research and Education (CIDE) in
Aguascalientes, Mexico. She is also
Research Associate at the Institute
of Medical Psychology, Heidelberg
University, co-founder of the Nucleus for Interdisciplinary Studies
of Psychoactives (NEIP), and editor of NEIP’s website (http://www.
neip.info). She is author, co-author,
and co-editor of twelve books, one
special-edition journal, and several
peer-reviewed articles.
Founder and Executive Director
ICEERS, Belgium
Fundador y Director Ejecutivo
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Dr. in Anthropology, Brazil
Dra. en Antropología, Brasil
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CARMEN VICENTE
Medicine Woman, Ecuador
Mujer Medicina
Carmen Viecente is a medicine woman from of the border between Ecuador and Peru, and carriesthe sacred
art of the Altars and Guardian of the
Sacred Fire of Itzachilatlan. For 50
years she has been advocating for
the autonomy of traditional practices and teachings of the Andes. She
has worked with people in the Amazon, street dwellers and the prison
population of Quito, Ecuador. Her
current work is focused on women,
youth in urban areas and research
on the role of gender relations, with
activity in several countries such as
Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, United States, Spain,
Portugal, Canada, Germany, Israel,
Netherlands and England.
Mujer medicina de la frontera entre
Ecuador y Perú, es portadora del arte
sagrado de los Altares y Guardiana del
Fuego Sagrado de Itzachilatlan. Desde
hace 50 años aboga por la autonomía
de prácticas y enseñanzas tradicionales de los Andes. Ha trabajado con
pueblos de la Amazonia, habitantes
de la calle y población de cárceles de
Quito, Ecuador. Su labor actual está
enfocada en mujeres, en jóvenes de
áreas urbanas y en investigaciones
sobre el rol y las relaciones de género,
con actividad en varios países como
Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Perú, Brasil, Colombia, Estados Unidos, España, Portugal, Canadá, Alemania, Israel, Holanda e Inglaterra.
CLANCY CAVNAR
Dr. in Clinical Psychology, USA
Dra. en Psicología Clínica, EE.UU.
Clancy Cavnar is currently completing her postdoctoral hours in clinical
psychology at the Marin Treatment
Center, a methadone clinic in San Rafael, California. In 2011, she received a
doctorate in clinical psychology (PsyD)
from John F. Kennedy University in
Pleasant Hill, California, with a dissertation on gay and lesbian people’s
experiences with ayahuasca. She attended New College of the University
of South Florida and completed an
undergraduate degree in liberal arts in
1982. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute and graduated with a
Master of Fine Art in painting in 1985.
In 1993, she received a certificate in
substance abuse counseling from the
extension program of the University
of California at Berkeley and, in 1997,
she graduated with a master’s in counseling from San Francisco State University. In that same year, she got in
touch with the Santo Daime in the USA,
and has traveled several times to Brazil
since then. She is Research Associate
of the Nucleus for Interdisciplinary
Studies of Psychoactives (NEIP), and
co-editor, with Beatriz Caiuby Labate,
of three books: The Therapeutic Use
of Ayahuasca (Springer, 2014); Prohibition, Religious Freedom, and Human
Rights: Regulating Traditional Drug
Use (Springer, 2014) and Ayahuasca
Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Actualmente está completando su
post-doctorado en psicología clínica
en el Centro de Tratamiento de Marin, una clínica de metadona en San
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Rafael, California. En 2011, recibió un
doctorado en psicología clínica (PsyD)
de la Universidad John F. Kennedy en
Pleasant Hill, California, con una disertación sobre las experiencias de gays y
lesbianas. Asistió a New College de la
Universidad del Sur de Florida y completó una licenciatura en artes liberales
en 1982. En 1985, estudió en el Instituto de Arte de San Francisco graduándose en Bellas Artes con una Maestría
en pintura. En 1993, recibió un certificado en cuanto al fondo asesoramiento sobre el abuso del programa de extensión de la Universidad de California
en Berkeley y, en 1997, se graduó con
una maestría en consejería de la Universidad Estatal de San Francisco. En
ese mismo año, se puso en contacto
con el Santo Daime en los EE.UU., y ha
viajado varias veces a Brasil desde entonces. Ella es Investigadora Asociada
del Núcleo de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de psicoactivos (NEIP), co-editora
de tres libros con Beatriz Caiuby Labate:: El Uso Terapéutico de Ayahuasca
(Springer, 2014); Prohibición, la libertad
religiosa y los derechos humanos: La
regulación tradicional del Consumo de
Drogas (Springer, 2014) y Chamanismo Ayahuasca en el Amazonas y más
allá (Oxford University Press, 2014).
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El doctor Claudio Naranjo (Valparaíso,
Chile, 1932) lleva cuarenta años desarrollando la sabiduría del eneagrama y
ha creado la Psicología de los Eneatipos. Como discípulo y sucesor de Fritz
Perls, se ha convertido en un referente
mundial de la terapia Gestalt. Profesor
en Berkeley, se le considera un pionero de la psicología transpersonal que
integra la psicoterapia y la espiritualidad. Fruto de este amplio aprendizaje, ha desarrollado el Programa SAT,
un proceso de autoconocimiento por
el que han pasado miles de personas.
Recientemente, ha sido creada en Barcelona la Fundación Claudio Naranjo.
Naranjo es psiquiatra, educador y pionero en la integración de herramientas
que expanden la conciencia y en el
trabajo experimental-terapéutico con
ayahuasca.
Psicóloga Clínica de la Universidad de
Valparaíso, Chile, y Máster en Psicología Clínica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, especialista en
psicoterapia de orientación humanista transpersonal, con formación en
hipnoterapia ericksoniana, análisis
existencial e interpretación de sueños
desde la perspectiva junguiana. Ha
realizado su trabajo personal con la
ayahuasca dentro del contexto de la
medicina tradicional amazónica junto
con retiros de dieta con plantas maestras bajo la guía de curanderos del
Amazonas peruano. Como resultado
de este aprendizaje se ha dedicado
al acompañamiento psicoterapéutico en la integración de la experiencia
con ayahuasca dentro de un contexto
clínico de auto-conocimiento y desarrollo personal. Desde el año pasado se
ha integrado en el equipo terapéutico
del Centro Takiwasi en Peru, donde actualmente desempeña un cargo como
coordinadora clínica del tratamiento
de adicciones, que combina el uso tradicional de la medicina amazónica con
la psicoterapia occidental.
Daniela Peluso es antropóloga sociocultural que ha trabajado en las últimas dos décadas en las tierras bajas
de América del Sur, sobre todo con
las comunidades de Perú y Bolivia. Ha
participado activamente en diversos
acontecimientos locales en temas relacionados con la salud, el género, la
urbanización indígena y derechos sobre la tierra y trabaja en estrecha colaboración con las organizaciones indígenas
y locales. Sus publicaciones se centran
principalmente en las ontologías indígenas, la urbanización, la violencia y la
relación. Recibió su doctorado en 2003
en la Universidad de Columbia y es profesora titular de Antropología Social en
la Universidad de Kent.
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Danae Saenz is a clinical psychologist
at the University of Valparaíso, Chile
and Master in Clinical Psychology at
the Pontificia Universidad Catolica
of Chile. She is a specialist in psychotherapy oriented towards the
humanist transpersonal model. She
was trained in Ericksonian hypnotherapy, existential analysis and dream
interpretation from a Jungian perspective. She has extensive experience with
ayahuasca in a traditional amazonian
context, along with ‘dietas’ with ‘master plants’ under the guidance of Amazonian shamans.
Daniela Peluso is a socio-cultural anthropologist who has worked over the
last two decades in Lowland South
America, mostly with communities
in Peru and Bolivia. She has been
actively involved in various local efforts on issues relating to health,
gender, indigenous urbanization and
land-rights and works in close collaboration with indigenous and local
organizations. Her publications focus
mostly on indigenous ontologies, urbanization, violence and relatedness.
She received her PhD in 2003 from
Columbia University and is a Senior
Lecturer in Social Anthropology at
the University of Kent.
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Dr. Claudio Naranjo (Valparaiso,
Chile, 1932) has spent forty years
developing the wisdom of the Enneagram and created the Psychology
of Enneatypes. As a protege and successor of Fritz Perls, he has become a
world leader in Gestalt therapy. Professor at Berkeley, he is considered
a pioneer of transpersonal psychology and an integrator of the fields of
psychotherapy and spirituality. As
a result of this extensive education,
he developed the SAT Program, a
process of self-exploration through
which thousands of people have
passed. More recently he created the
Claudio Naranjo Foundation in Barcelona. Naranjo is a psychiatrist, educator and pioneer in integrating the use
of consciousness-expanding tools,
including ayahuasca, into his experimental-therapeutic work.
Dr. in Social Anthropology, UK
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DENNIS MCKENNA
DRAULIO BARROS DE ARAUJO
Dr. in Ethnobotany, USA
Dr. en Etnobotánica, EE.UU.
Dennis McKenna’s professional and
personal interests are focused on the
interdisciplinary study of ethnopharmacology and plant hallucinogens.
He received his doctorate in 1984
from the University of British Columbia, where his doctoral research
focused on ethnopharmacological
investigations of the botany, chemistry, and pharmacology of ayahuasca and oo-koo-he, two orally-active
tryptamine-based
hallucinogens
used by indigenous peoples in the
Northwest Amazon.
Los intereses profesionales y personales de Dennis McKenna se centran
en el estudio interdisciplinario de la
etnofarmacología y los vegetales alucinógenos. Recibió su doctorado en
1984 en la Universidad de Columbia
Británica, donde su investigación doctoral se centró en las investigaciones
etnofarmacológicas de la botánica,
la química y la farmacología de la
ayahuasca y oo-koo-he, dos alucinógenos triptaminicos activos oralmente
utilizados por los pueblos indígenas en
el noroeste del Amazonas. El Dr. McKenna recibió becas de investigación
post-doctoral en el Laboratorio de Farmacología Clínica, Instituto Nacional
de Salud Mental, y en el Departamento
de Neurología de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Stanford. Él
es uno de los miembros fundadores
del Instituto de Investigación Heffter y
es miembro del consejo consultivo de
varias organizaciones sin fines de lucro
en el ámbito de las herramientas etnobotánicas.
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DIEGO DE LAS CASAS
Lawyer, Spain
Abogado, España
Diego De Las Casas is a lawyer practicing in the city of Madrid and one of
the founding members of the Spanish association called Plantaforma
- For the Defense of Ayahuasca. He
has led a number of criminal court
cases related to ayahuasca in Spain.
Abogado ejerciendo en la ciudad de
Madrid, es uno de los miembros fundadores de la Plantaforma Para la Defensa de la Ayahuasca y ha intervenido
como abogado defensor en varios procedimientos penales relacionados con
la ayahuasca en España.
Draulio Barros De Araujo of a professor in neuroimaging at the Brain Institute, Natal, Brazil. In the last years his
research focused on using functional
neuroimaging methods (EEG and
fMRI) for the investigation of the cognitive aspects and neural substrates
of the Ayahuasca experience.
Profesor en el campo de la neuro-imagen en el Instituto del Cerebro, Natal,
Brasil. En los últimos años su investigación se ha centrado en el uso de métodos de neuro-imagen funcional (fMRI
y EEG) para la investigación de los aspectos cognitivos y sustratos neurales
de la experiencia con Ayahuasca.
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Consultor en el ámbito de la colaboración con más de quince años de experiencia en la resolución de conflictos
internacionales y experiencia en facilitación y mediación. Duncan parte de la
idea de que el conflicto es una oportunidad que surge de las infinitas y diversas expresiones de las necesidades humanas comunes. Con este enfoque, se
afirma que todos los conflictos o las conversaciones complejas, son una oportunidad para profundizar en las relaciones
y mejorar el mundo en que vivimos. Tiene un amplio conocimiento de una gran
variedad de estrategias, herramientas y
tecnologías para ayudar a las personas
y grupos de diferentes tamaños a tener
conversaciones de colaboración que
son transformadoras, productivas y coherentes. En este papel, él se esfuerza
por construir un mundo que produzca e
integre la sabiduría de todas las culturas
y perspectivas individuales.
Licenciada en Medicina y Cirugía. Es
especialista en Pediatría y Radio-diagnostico. Especialista en Homeopatía
por la Escuela de México y por la Escuela de Homeopatía Europea. Su
relación con la ayahuasca es a través
del Santo Daime: 1ª Coordinadora
(“Comandante”) en Cataluña, durante 5 años. Perteneciente al directorio
del la 1ª Asociacion de Daimistas en
Cataluña. Formó parte de la organización del 1er Encuentro Europeo de
Asociaciones Daimistas que tuvo lugar
en Girona. Presidenta de la Asociación
Europea del Daime (Cefluris) durante
dos años. Durante 13 años ha realizado
estancias anuales en Mapiá, el núcleo
amazónico del Sto Daime profundizando en su conocimiento y ejerciendo
de médico voluntario en su pequeño
hospital. Formación no reglada en Psicoterapia Gestáltica ligada a Claudio
Naranjo.
Es Fundador y Director Ejecutivo de la
Drug Policy Alliance, la organización
líder en los EE.UU. que promueve alternativas a la guerra contra las drogas.
Se doctoró en Harvard y fue profesor
de la Universidad de Princeton durante
siete años. Ethan juega un papel clave
como asesor en políticas de drogas de
George Soros y otros filántropos, así
como de alcaldes, gobernadores, legisladores estatales y federales de los
EE.UU. a los presidentes y ministros
del gabinete fuera de la EE.UU. La DPA
ha jugado un papel fundamental en la
mayoría de las campañas legislativas
en los EE.UU. en temas que van desde
la cannabis medicinal y la legalización
del cannabis, a la reforma penitenciaria, la reducción de daños, el tratamiento farmacológico y la reforma de las
leyes de confiscación de activos.
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Esther Martínez has a Bachelor of
Medicine and Surgery, and is aspecialist in pediatrics and radio-diagnosis, as well as homeopathy. Her
relationship with ayahuasca through
Santo Daime: 1st Coordinator (
“Commander”)in Catalonia (Spain),
for 5 years; belongs to the directory
of the 1st Association of Members of
Santo Daime Church in Catalonia; organizer of the 1st European Meeting
of Associations of Members of Santo
Daime Church, held in Girona; president of the European Association of
Daime (Cefluris) for two years. For
13 years she has made annual trips
to Mapia, Brazil with Santo Daime,
practicing as a volunteer physician
in their small hospital. Her informal
training in Gestalt Psychotherapy is
linked to Claudio Naranjo.
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Medical Doctor, Spain
Médico, España
Ethan Nadelmann is the founder and
executive director of the Drug Policy
Alliance, the leading organization in
the United States promoting alternatives to the war on drugs. He received
his Ph.D. from Harvard and taught at
Princeton University for seven years.
Ethan plays a key role as drug policy
advisor to George Soros and other
philanthropists as well as elected officials ranging from mayors, governors and state and federal legislators
in the U.S. to presidents and cabinet
ministers outside the U.S. He and his
colleagues have played pivotal roles
in most major legislative and ballot
initiative campaigns in the United
States on issues ranging from medical marijuana and marijuana legalization to prison reform, harm reduction, drug treatment and reform of
asset forfeiture laws.
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Duncan Autrey is a collaboration consultant with over fifteen years of international conflict resolution and facilitation
experience. He approaches the idea of
conflict from a belief that it is an opportunity that arises from the infinitely diverse
expressions of common human needs.
With this approach, he asserts that every
conflict or complex conversation, large
or small, is an opportunity to deepen our
relationships and improve the world we
all live in. He has extensive knowledge
of a wide variety of strategies, tools and
technologies for helping individuals and
groups of all sizes have collaborative
conversations that are transformative,
productive and coherent. In this role, he
strives to build towards a world that elicits and integrates the wisdom of all cultures and individual perspectives. Director Drug Policy Alliance, USADirector Drug Policy Alliance, EE.UU.
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Consultant, USA
Consultor, EE.UU.
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FERNANDO SÁNCHEZ DRAGÓ
GABOR MATÉ
Writer, Spain
Escritor, España
Fernando Sánchez has a degree in
Romanic Philology and Modern Languages, and is Doctor in Letters at
the University of Madrid. He has conducted, presented, written and collaborated on numerous television and
radio programs, national and foreign
newspapers and different media. He
has received numerous awards for
his work. His focus of work includes
spirituality, the development of consciousness, philosophy, religion and
literature. As a result of his opposition
activities against the Franco dictatorship, he spent 16 months in prison and
remained in exile for seven years. He
wrote the prologue to the book ‘Ayahuasca’ of Alex Polari (1994).
Es licenciado en Filología Románica
y Lenguas Modernas, y es Doctor en
Letras de la Universidad de Madrid. Ha
dirigido, presentado, escrito y colaborado en numerosos programas de televisión y radio, periódicos nacionales
y extranjeros. Ha sido premiado en
múltiples ocasiones por su trabajo. Su
campo de estudio incluye la espiritualidad, el desarrollo de la conciencia, la
filosofía, la religión y la literatura. Como
resultado de sus actividades de oposición contra la dictadura franquista,
pasó 16 meses en prisión y permaneció en el exilio durante siete años. Escribió el prólogo del libro ‘Ayahuasca’
de Alex Polari (1994).
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Medical Doctor, Canada
Médico, Canadá GLENN SHEPARD
Dr. in Ethnobotany, Brazil
Dr. en Etnobotánica, Brasil
Glenn Shepard is an ethnobotanist,
medical anthropologist and film maker now working at the Goeldi Museum in Brazil. He has written on topics
ranging from shamanism to human
ecology to indigenous modernity.
He made several films including the
Emmy-Award-winning “Spirits of the
Rainforest.” He is currently working
on a book entitled “Sorcery and the
Senses.”
Antropólogo médico etnobotánico y
cineasta que ahora trabaja en el Museo Goeldi en Brasil. Ha escrito sobre
temas que van desde el chamanismo
a la ecología humana de la modernidad indígena. Ha hecho varias películas, entre ellas la ganadora del premio
Emmy “Espíritus de la selva”. Actualmente está trabajando en un libro titulado “Brujería y los Sentidos.”
Gabor Maté M.D. is a physician and
best-selling author whose books
have been published in twenty languages internationally. His interests
include child development, the mindbody unity in health and illness, and
the treatment of addictions. As a
speaker he regularly addresses professional and lay audiences throughout North America. He is the recipient
of a number of awards, including a
Simon Fraser University Outstanding Alumnus Award and an honourary degree from the University of
Northern British Columbia. His most
recent book, In The Realm of Hungry
Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction, won the Hubert Evans Prize
for literary nonfiction. He is Adjunct
Professor in the Faculty of Criminology, Simon Fraser University.
Gabor Maté MD es médico y autor de
diversos libros que han sido publicados en más de veinte idiomas. Sus intereses incluyen el desarrollo infantil,
la unidad mente-cuerpo en la salud y
la enfermedad, y el tratamiento de las
adicciones. Como orador se dirige regularmente a profesionales y también
al público general en toda América del
Norte. Ha sido premiado en diversas
ocasiones, incluyendo el Premio al
Alumno Sobresaliente de la Universidad Simon Fraser y un grado honorario de la Universidad de Columbia Británica del Norte. Su libro más reciente,
“In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction” (En el
reino de los fantasmas hambrientos:
encuentros cercanos con la adicción),
ganó el Premio Hubert Evans de literatura de no ficción. Es profesor adjunto
de la Facultad de Criminología, Universidad Simon Fraser.
2014
Fue el principal demandante y estratega legal en la exitosa acción legal de
União do Vegetal para asegurar su derecho al uso religioso del sacramento
en los Estados Unidos. También participó en las negociaciones detalladas
con la Drug Enforcement Administration (las autoridades de control de drogas en los Estados Unidos) en relación
con los protocolos para el gobierno
de licencia de importación, almacenamiento y distribución para el uso ritual
del té. También fue la primera persona
fuera de Brasil al que se le confirió el
grado de Mestre de la religión UDV.
Film maker, Researcher, Spain
Cineasta, Investigador, España
Jerónimo Mazarrasa is a documentary
filmmaker, independent researcher,
and interaction designer with extensive
knowledge of the world of Ayahuasca.
In the past decade he has produced,
written and directed two documentaries about ayahuasca. The first about
the Brazilian Ayahuasca churches, the
second about the use of Ayahuasca
in the treatment of drug addiction. He
has traveled extensively through South
America, researching a broad range of
Ayahuasca practices, and has lectured
internationally on Ayahuasca tourism
and the appropriation of indigenous
knowledge. He keeps a blog, curates a
page of ayahuasca related news, and
is currently preparing a book about his
experiences. He currently serves as
secretary of the ICEERS Foundation.
Es realizador de documentales, investigador independiente y diseñador de
interacción con un amplio conocimiento del mundo de la ayahuasca. Durante
la última década ha producido, escrito
y dirigido dos documentales sobre la
ayahuasca: El primero, sobre las iglesias ayahuasqueras de Brasil; el segundo, sobre el uso de la ayahuasca en el
tratamiento de las drogodependencias.
Ha viajado extensamente por Sur América, investigando un amplio abanico de
prácticas relacionadas con la ayahuasca y ha dado conferencias internacionales sobre el turismo ayahuasquero y la
apropiación del conocimiento indígena.
Mantiene un blog y una página de noticias sobre la ayahuasca y actualmente
está preparando un libro sobre sus experiencias. Actualmente es Secretario
de la fundación ICEERS.
Nació en 1949, en los EEUU. Químico
orgánico y especialista en la etnofarmacognosia chamánica. Alumno de
los investigadores pioneros en el tema:
Albert Hofmann (descubridor de la LSD
y la psilocibina), Richard Evans Schultes
(padre de la etnobotánica chamánica)
y R. Gordon Wasson (redescubridor
moderno de los hongos psilocíbicos
y de la importancia del chamanismo).
Es activo como conferenciante en muchos países y ha organizado unos veinte seminarios y conferencias sobre la
enteognosia. Ha publicado numerosos
artículos científicos y trece libros. Actualmente se radica en el sureste de
México, donde se dedica a cultivar e
investigar las plantas visionarias. Vive
de manera autónoma (con su propio
sistema hidroeléctrico) en el Rancho
Xochiatl de 30 hectáreas en el bosque
de niebla de la Sierra Madre Oriental.
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Jonathan Ott was born in 1949 in the
U.S. He is an chemist and specialist in
shamanic ethnopharmacognosis. A
student of the pioneering researchers in the field: Albert Hofmann (discoverer of LSD and psilocybin), Richard Evans Schultes (father shamanic
ethnobotany) and R. Gordon Wasson
(psilocybian modern discoverer of
fungi and the importance of shamanism), he is active as a speaker
in many countries and has organized
some twenty seminars and conferences on enteognosia. He has published numerous scientific articles
and thirteen books. He currently lives
off-the-grid in Rancho Xochiatl, Mexico, 30 hectares in the cloud forest of
the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains,
where he is dedicated to cultivating
and investigating visionary plants.
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Jeffrey Bronfman was the lead plaintiff and legal strategist in the União
Do Vegetal’s successful legal action
to secure its right to the religious use
of it’s sacrament in the United States.
He also participated in the detailed
negotiations with the Drug Enforcement Administration (the drug control authorities in the United States)
regarding the protocols for the government licensed importation, storage and distribution for the ritual use
of the tea.
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Ethnobotanist, USA
Etnobotánico, EE.UU.
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Mestre UDV, USA
Mestre UDV, EE.UU.
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JONATHAN OTT
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JEFFREY BRONFMAN
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JOSEP Mª FABREGAS
JORDI RIBA
Dr. in Pharmacology, Spain
Dr. en Farmacología, España
Jordi Riba received his PhD in Pharmacology in 2003, at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, with a
thesis on the human pharmacology
of ayahuasca. He is Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the UAB and
Associate Researcher of the Sant
Pau Hospital in Barcelona, where
he has conducted a series of clinical
studies with Ayahuasca, which have
assessed its phamacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics, including alkaloid disposition, subjective effects
and electroencephalography and
neuroimaging measures of acute
ayahuasca administration. The results have been published in scientific
journals such as Psychopharmacology and The Journal of Pharmacology
and Experimental Therapeutics. He
is currently the lead researcher of a
study assessing the effects of longterm ayahuasca use.
Obtuvo su doctorado en Farmacología
en 2003, en la Universitat Autònoma
de Barcelona, con una tesis acerca
de la farmacología en humanos de la
ayahuasca. Es profesor asociado de
farmacología en la UAB e investigador
asociado del Hospital de Sant Pau en
Barcelona, donde ha llevado a cabo varios estudios con ayahuasca en los que
se ha determinado su farmacocinética
y farmacodinámica, incluyendo la disposición de los alcaloides, los efectos
subjetivos y medidas de encefalografía
y neuroimagen de la administración
aguda de ayahuasca. Los resultados
han sido publicados en revistas como
Psychopharmacology y The Journal
of Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics. Actualmente, es el investigador principal de un estudio que
investiga los efectos a largo plazo de la
ayahuasca.
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Psychiatrist, Spain
Psiquiatra, España
JOSÉ CARLOS BOUSO
Dr. in Pharmacology, Spain
Dr. en Farmacología, España
José Carlos Bouso is a clinical psychologist with a PhD in Pharmacology. He has studied the long-term
effects of substances such as cannabis, cocaine and ayahuasca, as well
as studying of acute effects of different drugs of natural and synthetic origin. He has also done research on the
therapeutic uses of MDMA (ecstasy).
He is currently Director of Scientific
Projects at the ICEERS Foundation
where conducts studies on the longterm effects of ayahuasca, medical
cannabis properties and potential anti-addictive benefits of ibogaine.
José Carlos Bouso es Psicólogo Clínico
y doctor en Farmacología. Ha realizado estudios sobre los efectos a largo
plazo de sustancias como el cannabis,
la cocaína y la ayahuasca, así como estudios de efectos agudos de diferentes
drogas de origen natural y sintético.
También ha realizado estudios sobre
los usos terapéuticos de la MDMA
(éxtasis). Actualmente es Director de
Proyectos Científicos de la Fundación
ICEERS donde realiza estudios científicos sobre efectos a largo plazo de
la ayahuasca, beneficios médicos del
cannabis y el potencial anti-adictivo de
la ibogaína.
Josep María Fàbregas began his career in Paris Marmottande Hospital, where he worked with Professor
Claude Olievenstein. Later he moved
to New York. After several years of
professional experience, he founded CITA (Center for Research and
Treatment of Addiction) in 1981 with
the objective to develop a professional therapeutic community model,
which has now been in operation for
32 years. In Brazil he started IDEAA,
an addiction treatment center in the
Brazilian Amazon that used ayahuasca as a treatment tool. He has been
involved with several observational
studies on ayahuasca.
Inició su carrera profesional en el Hospital Marmottande París, donde trabaja con el Profesor Claude Olievenstein.
Posteriormente se traslada a Nueva
York y, tras varios años de experiencia
profesional, en 1981 funda CITA (Centro de Investigación y Tratamiento
de las Adicciones) con el objetivo de
desarrollar un modelo de comunidad
terapéutica profesional, el cual lleva 32
años en funcionamiento. En Brasil fundó IDEAA, un centro de tratamiento de
las adicciones en la Amazonia donde
se utilizó ayahuasca como herramienta terapéutica. Ha estado involucrado
en varios estudios observacionales
con ayahuasca.
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Nació en Barcelona en 1955. Licenciado en Geografía e Historia y Doctor en
Antropología cultural por la Universitat
de Barcelona (UB). También cursó
estudios superiores de Psicología, Música y Arte dramático. Especialista en
Antropología cognitiva, Etnomusicología, Etnopsicología, Chamanismos,
Estados de consciencia expandida y en
Antropología de la vejez. Ha realizado
estudios de campo en el Kurdistán turco, en el Magreb marroquí, en Catalunya y, desde 1991 hasta 2009, en la Alta
Amazonia ecuatoriana. Ha sido profesor permanente en la Universidad de
Salamanca y en la de Barcelona. Es
fundador y director de la Societat d’Etnopsicologia Aplicada (Sd’EA) y preside la Fundación Josep Mª Fericgla.
Joshua Wickerham is chief advisor
to the Ethnobotanical Stewardship
Council, a nonprofit devoted to assuring the safety and sustainability
of traditional medicinal plants and
bringing benefits to communities
who work with them. Joshua specializes in designing and implementing
transparent and credible international governance systems that balance
economic growth with social and environmental sustainability. He works
with governments, corporations, and
nonprofits, offering clients research
and advisory services such as stakeholder engagement, sustainability
strategy design, organizational governance, and related services.
Fundador
de
Ethnobotanical
Stewardship Council (ESC), que trabaja para transformar la vida, asegurando la sostenibilidad y el uso seguro de
las plantas tradicionales. Durante más
de una década, Joshua ha trabajado en
todo el mundo con el fin de diseñar e
implementar sistemas transparentes
y participativos de gobernanza internacional que equilibren la prosperidad
económica con la sostenibilidad social
y ambiental. Joshua tiene una licenciatura de la Universidad de Michigan y
una maestría en relaciones internacionales por la Universidad de California,
San Diego. En su tiempo libre, Joshua
se ocupa de un micro jardín urbano en
su casa en Tailandia y explora la etnobotánica histórica china.
Periodista con más de 30 años de experiencia en grandes medios de comunicación (El Caso, Panorama, Interviu,
El Mundo, etc). Ha estado en más de
60 países y colabora con numerosas
ONG y organizaciones medioambientales. Ha recibido varios premios de
reconocimiento por sus reportajes en
defensa de los Derechos Humanos. Su
relación con el “mundo ayahuasquero”
comenzó a finales de la década de los
80 durante un viaje a la selva amazónica Brasileña donde contactó con una
de las iglesias sincréticas brasileñas.
Tras pasar largas temporadas allí, a
su vuelta a España fundó junto a otros
compañeros/as la Iglesia Española del
Santo Daime, Ceflurise, registrada legalmente en el Ministerio de Justicia,
de la que es actualmente vicepresidente.
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Expert in Sustainability, USA
Experto en Sostenibilidad, EE.UU.
Juan Carlos De La Cal is a journalistworking for large media companies
for almost 30 years (El Caso, Panorama, Interviu, El Mundo, etc.). He
has traveled to over 60 countries and
collaborated with various NGOs and
environmental organizations. He has
received various awards for his media reports for the defense of human
rights. His relation with ayahuasca
started at the end of the 1980’s during a trip to the Brazilian Amazon,
where became familiar with the syncretic churches. He later founded,
along with his colleagues, the Spanish
Santo Daime church Ceflurise, legally
registered in the Ministry of Justice.
He is currently vice-president.
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JOSHUA WICKERHAM
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Josep María Fericgla was born in
Barcelona in 1955. He has a BA in
Geography and History and a Ph.D.
in cultural anthropology from the
University of Barcelona. He also attended advanced studies in Psychology, Music and Dramatic Art. He is a
specialist in Cognitive Anthropology,
Ethnomusicology,
Ethnopsychology, shamanism, states of expanded
consciousness and Anthropology of
aging. He has conducted field studies
in Turkish Kurdistan, in the Moroccan
Maghreb, Catalonia, Spain and from
1991 to 2009 in the Upper Amazon of
Ecuador. He has been a tenured professor at the University of Salamanca
and in Barcelona. He is the founder and
director of the Applied Societat d’Ethnopsychology (Sd’EA) and chairs the
Josep Mª Fericgla Foundation.
Journalist, Spain
Periodista, España
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Dr. in Anthropology, Spain
Dr. en Antropología, España
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JUAN GONZÁLEZ SIMONNEAU
Psychologist, Ethnobotanist,
Spain
Psicólogo, Etnobotánico, España
Juan González Simonneau has a degree in psychology and a diploma in
education. He specializes in ethnobotanicals and is founder and president
of the “Asociación Sábila” for the
protection, study and development
of healing plants.
Licenciado en Psicología. Diplomado
en Pedagogía. Etnobotánico. Fundador y presidente de la “Asociación Sábila”, para la protección, estudio y desarrollo de las Plantas Curativas.
LUIS EDUARDO LUNA
Dr. in Comparative Religion, Brazil
Dr. en Religiones Comparadas, Brasil
LEON DE SOUZA LOBO Drug Policy Coordinatior SENAD,
Brazil
Coordinador de Políticas de Drogas
SENAD, Brasil
Leon Garcia is a Brazilian psychiatrist
and PhD in Public Health. He presently holds the position of director
of drug policy coordination at the
National Secretariat on Drug Policy
(SENAD) from the Brazilian Ministry
of Justice. Together with civil society organizations, SENAD has led the
efforts that regulated and gave legal
status to the ritual use of Ayahuasca
in Brazil in the year 2000.
León García es psiquiatra y Doctor en
Salud Pública. Actualmente ocupa el
cargo de director de coordinación de
políticas de drogas en la Secretaría
Nacional de Políticas sobre Drogas
(SENAD) del Ministerio de Justicia de
Brasil. Junto con organizaciones de
la sociedad civil, la SENAD lideró, en
el año 2000, el proceso para regular
y dar estatus legal al uso ritual de la
ayahuasca en Brasil.
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Luis Eduardo Luna holds a Ph.D. from
the Department of Comparative Religion Stockholm University and an
honorary doctoral degree from St.
Lawrence, Canton, New York. He retired in 2011 from the Department
of Modern Language and Communication at the Hanken School of
Economics, Helsinki. He was an Assistant Professor in Anthropology
(1994-1998) at the Department of
Anthropology of Santa Catarina Federal University (UFSC) in Florianópolis, Brazil. Dr. Luna is the author of
Vegetalismo: Shamanism among
the Mestizo Population of the Peruvian Amazon (1986), and co-author
with Slawek Wojtowicz, Rick Strassman and Ede Frecska of Inner Paths
to Outer Space: Journeys Through
Psychedelics and Other Spiritual
Technologies (2008). Dr. Luna is the
Director of the Research Center for
the Study of Psychointegrator Plants,
Visionary Art and Consciousness,
Florianópolis, Brazil.
Licenciado en Filosofía y Letras por la
Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
tiene un Máster Interdisciplinar de
la Universidad de Oslo, es Doctor en
Religiones Comparadas de la Universidad de Estocolmo y Doctor Honoris
Causa de la Universidad de St. Lawrence, Canton, Estado de Nueva York.
Es autor de Vegetalismo: Shamanism
Among the Mestizo Population of the
Peruvian Amazon (1986), y co-autor con Rick Strassman, Slawek Wojtowicz y Ede Frecska de Inner Paths
to Outer Space: Journeys to Alien
Worlds through Psychedelics and Other Spiritual Technologies (2008). Luis
Eduardo Luna es Director del Centro
de Pesquisa sobre Plantas Psicointegradoras, Arte Visionário e Consciencia, Florianópolis, Brasil.
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Maria Carvalho, from Porto, Portugal,
started as a junior research assistant
in projects that studied the most problematic aspects of drug use. For her
Masters research and PhD studies,
she developed an interest in drug use
by youth populations in recreational
settings. As a lecturer in the field of
Psychology at the Universidad Catolica
in Porto she became particularly interested in teaching her students about
the evolution the human act of altering consciousness has suffered, from
a historically and culturally integrated
practice to a “social problem” in modern societies. Maria currently serves
the board of directors of the ICEERS
Foundation as Vice-President and is
coordinator of the harm-reduction project Kosmicare, psychological support
service, at Boom Festival, Portugal.
N. Wahid Azal, BA.S, MA, LLB, is an
independent scholar specializing in
Islamicate esoteric and occult texts,
practices and movements. He is the
founder and present Grand Shaykh of
the Fatimiya Sufi Order which incorporates Haoma as a sacrament of its
works. He lives in Berlin, Germany.
Licenciado en Derecho, es un investigador independiente especializado en
el mundo islámico y sus textos, prácticas y movimientos esotéricos. Él es
el fundador y actual Gran Shaykh de
la Orden Sufi Fatimiya que incorpora
Haoma como sacramento en sus trabajos. Vive en Berlín, Alemania.
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Psychologist, Portugal
Psicóloga, Portugal
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Empezó como asistente de investigación junior en proyectos que estudiaban los aspectos más problemáticos del
consumo de drogas. En su investigación
de Máster y estudios de doctorado, desarrolló su interés por el uso de drogas
en la población de jóvenes en contextos
de ocio. Como profesora de psicología
de la Universidad Católica de Porto se
interesó particularmente en enseñar a
sus alumnos la evolución que el acto de
alterar la consciencia ha tenido, desde
una práctica social y culturalmente integrada hasta convertirse en un problema y una oportunidad en las sociedades modernas. María actualmente
es Vice-Presidenta del Patronato de la
Fundación ICEERS y es coordinadora del
proyecto de reducción de daños ‘Kosmicare’, servicio de apoyo psicológico en el
Boom Festival, Portugal.
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Nacido en Madrid, España, en 1965.
Licenciado en Psicología Clínica por la
Universidad de Pádua (Italia). Master
en Psicoterapia Humanista Integrativa
por la Universidad de Middlesex (Londres, Reino Unido). Desde 1998 investiga el uso de ayahuasca como práctica de crecimiento psicoespiritual. En
2003 participa en la creación de IDEEA
(Instituto de Etnopsicología Amazónica Aplicada) en Amazonas, Brasil,
un centro dedicado al tratamiento de
adicciones combinando una práctica
intensiva de yoga y meditación con sesiones de ayahuasca. Ha publicado su
investigación sobre el uso terapéutico
de ayahuasca por occidentales (“Efectos subjetivos de tomas de ayahuasca en contexto occidental urbano” en
Cartografías de la Experiencia Enteogénica. 2006. Ed. Amargord, Madrid).
MARIA CARMO CARVALHO
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Manuel Villaescusa was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1965. Holds a degree
in Clinical Psychology from Padova
University (Italy) and a MSc in Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy
from Middlesex University (London, UK). Since 1998 he researchs
the use of ayahuasca, an amazonian visionary brew, as a practice for
psychospiritual growth. In 2003 he
worked at Ideaa (Institute of Applied
Amazonian Ethnopsychology) in Amazonas, Brasil, a center dedicated
to the treatment of addictions combining an intensive practice of yoga
and meditation with ayahuasca sessions. He has published his research
on the therapeutic use of ayahuasca
by westerners (“Efectos subjetivos
de tomas de ayahuasca en contexto
occidental urbano” en Cartografías
de la Experiencia Enteogénica. 2006.
Ed. Amargord, Madrid).
Specialist in Sufism, Germany
Especialista en Sufismo, Alemania
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Psychologist, Spain
Psicólogo, España
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N. WAHID AZAL
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PAULO CESAR RIBEIRO BARBOSA
RAFAEL SANCHES
Dr. in Medical Sciences, Brazil
Dr. en Ciencias Médicas, Brasil
Paulo Cesar Ribeiro Barbosa is a professor of Science Methods and Mental Health at Universidade Estadual
de Santa Cruz (Brazil). He obtained
his degree in Social Sciences at the
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
(Brazil) in 1992. Since 2001 he has
worked on a variety of projects involving psychiatric, psychological,
neurocognitive, social and cultural
assessments of ayahuasca users
within Brazilian and North-American
urban contexts.
Profesor de Métodos de la Ciencia y
de Salud Mental en la Universidad Estatal de Santa Cruz (Brasil). Obtuvo su
licenciatura en Ciencias Sociales de la
Universidad de São Paulo (USP) (Brasil) en 1992. Desde 2001 ha trabajado
en una variedad de proyectos que incluyen evaluaciones psiquiátricas, psicológicas, neurocognitivas, sociales y
culturales de los usuarios de ayahuasca en contextos urbanos brasileños y
norteamericanos.
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Medical Doctor, Brazil
Médico, Brasil
RAFAEL GUIMARAES DOS SANTOS
Dr. in Pharmacology, Brazil
Dr. en Farmacología, Brasil
In his M.Sc. in Psychology, Rafael Guimarães dos Santos investigated the
acute effects of ayahuasca on psychometric measures of anxiety, panic, and hopelessness in Santo Daime
members. In his Ph.D. thesis in Pharmacology, directed by Dr. Jordi Riba,
he compared the acute subjective and
physiological effects of ayahuasca with
those produced by d-amphetamine,
and also investigated the pharmacology of two repeated doses of ayahuasca. Rafael has published two papers
critically analyzing the reported cases
of adverse events and fatalities related to ayahuasca. He is a member of
ICEERS’Advisory Board.
En sus estudio de Máster en psicología investigó los efectos agudos de la
ayahuasca en medidas psicométricas
de ansiedad, pánico y desesperanza
en miembros del Santo Daime. En su
tesis doctoral en Farmacología, dirigida por el Dr. Jordi Riba, comparó los
efectos subjetivos y fisiológicos agudos de la ayahuasca con los producidos por la d-anfetamina, y también
investigó la farmacología de dos dosis
repetidas de ayahuasca. Actualmente
realiza su Pos-doctorado en el Departamento de Neurociencias y Ciencias
del Comportamiento, Facultad de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidad
de São Paulo, investigando los posible
efectos terapéuticos de la ayahuasca
en pacientes con trastorno de ansiedad social. Rafael ha publicado dos papers en los que analiza de forma crítica
los casos reportados de eventos adversos y mortalidad relacionados con
la ayahuasca. Es miembro del Consejo
Asesor de ICEERS.
Rafael Sanches has a doctorate in
mental health from the University of
São Paulo (USP). He is an attending
physician, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto USP (HC-FMRP-USP). He has a PostDoc from the Universtitat Autónoma
de Barcelona and works as outpatient coordinator of personality disorders, HC-FMRP-USP. He conducted
research with single doses of ayahuasca in patients with depression.
The objective was the observation of
the anti-depressant effects of ayahuasca as well as neuroimaging abnormalities.
Doctorado en Salud Mental de la Universidad de São Paulo (USP). Médico
Asistente, Hospital de Clínicas de la
Facultad de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - USP (HC-FMRP-USP). Post-Doc
Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona.
Coordinador Ambulatorio de Trastornos de la Personalidad, HC-FMRPUSP. Fue investigador en un estudio
con dosis única de ayahuasca en pacientes con depresión. El objetivo fue
la observación de su efecto antidepresivo y las alteraciones de neuroimagen.
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Facilitator-Artist, Netherlands
Artista-Facilitador, Holanda
Rini Hartman is an artist and founder of Ayahuasca.nl who has been involved with the Santo Daime since
1996. In 2006 he started a legal registered offspring of the Santo Daime
in the Netherlands. Together with
Norberto Jurasek from Brazil they
facilitate contemporary religious/
spiritual ceremonies with elements of
the Santo Daime, Umbanda and therapeutic bodywork in the Netherlands
and in their mother church in Brazil.
Artista y fundador de Ayahuasca.nl
que ha colaborado con el Santo Daime
desde 1996. En 2006 comenzó una
base legal registrada del Santo Daime
en los Países Bajos. Junto con Norberto Jurasek de Brasil facilitan ceremonias religiosas/espirituales contemporáneas con elementos del Santo
Daime, Umbanda y de trabajo corporal
terapéutico en los Países Bajos y en su
iglesia madre en Brasil.
Rick Doblin, Ph.D., es fundador y director ejecutivo de la Multidisciplinary
Association for Psychedelic Studies.
Se doctoró en Políticas Públicas por la
Escuela de Gobierno Kennedy de Harvard, donde escribió su tesis doctoral
sobre la regulación de los usos médicos de los psicodélicos y la marihuana.
Rick estudió con el Dr. Stanislav Grof y
fue uno de los primeros en ser certificado como facilitador de Respiración
Holotrópica. Su objetivo profesional es
ayudar a desarrollar contextos legales
para los usos beneficiosos de los psicodélicos y la marihuana, principalmente
como medicamentos de prescripción,
y también para el crecimiento personal
de las personas sanas, y espera que,
con el paso del tiempo, pueda convertirse en un terapeuta psicodélico con
licencia legal.
EVENTS
EVENTOS
Es Doctora en Medicina, formada académicamente en Psiquiatría y psicoterapia psicoanalítica, en Niñez, Adolescencia, Juventud y exclusión social, y
en Problemas Vinculados al Consumo
de Sustancias Adictivas y Aspectos
Conexos. Entre 1988 y 1992 fue Asistente del Departamento de Toxicología
de la Facultad de Medicina y coordinadora de la Policlínica de Uso Problemático de Drogas. A lo largo de su carrera
ha hecho contribuciones en capacitación, prevención, tratamiento y reducción de daños, incluyendo desarrollos
teóricos y metodológicos innovadores
con énfasis en cuestiones éticas, lo
que le valieran el reconocimiento regional e internacional. Es asesora de la
Secretaría Nacional de Drogas de Uruguay en la reforma de la política pública
de drogas y del Vice-Ministro de Salud,
y Directora Clínica de ICEERS.
RINI HARTMAN
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
Rick Doblin is founder and executive
director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. He
received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School
of Government, where he wrote his
dissertation on the regulation of the
medical uses of psychedelics and
marijuana. Rick studied with Dr.
Stanislav Grof and was among the
first to be certified as a Holotropic
Breathwork practitioner. His professional goal is to help develop legal
contexts for the beneficial uses of
psychedelics and marijuana, primarily as prescription medicines but also
for personal growth for otherwise
healthy people, and eventually to become a legally licensed psychedelic
therapist.
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
Raquel Peyraube is a medical doctor
trained in psychiatry and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, in children, adolescents, marginalized populations
and in problems related to addictive
substance use. Between 1988 and
1992 she was Assistent of the Toxicology Department and coordinator
of its Policlinic for Problematic Drug
Use. In the course of her career she
has contributed to the training, prevention, treatment and harm reduction, developing innovative methodologies with focus on ethical aspects,
leading her to be recognized regionally and internationally, with projects in
Switzerland and Brazil. She is advisor
of the National Secretariat on Drugs
of Uruguay in the drug policy reform,
of the Vice-Minister of Public Health,
and Clinical Director of ICEERS.
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
Dr. in Public Policy, USA
Dr. en Política Pública, EE.UU.
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
Medical Doctor, Uruguay
Doctora en Medicina, Uruguay
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
RICK DOBLIN
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
RAQUEL PEYRAUBE
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
SPEAKERS
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RODRIGO GONZÁLO SOTO
Lawyer, Chile
Abogado
Rodrigo Gonzálo Soto graduated as a
lawyer at the University of Chile and
currently has a practice in Santiago
de Chile. He specializes in criminal
and civil cases and successfully defended the trial brought before the
Fourth Court of Criminal Trial against
the shaman Rumi, accused of drug
trafficking in relation to their activities
of organizing ayahuasca ceremonies.
Not only was an acquittal obtained,
but the beneficial effects of ayahuasca on the participants who testified in
court were also recognized.
Abogado de la Universidad de Chile,
con práctica en Santiago de Chile, litigante en materias penales y civiles.
Defendió con éxito el juicio oral llevado
ante el Cuarto Tribunal de Juicio Oral
en lo Penal de Santiago en contra del
chamán Rumi, por supuesto tráfico en
drogas que la Fiscalía imputó en relación a las ceremonias de ayahuasca
celebradas por los acusados, en el que
no sólo se obtuvo la absolución de los
acusados, sino que además se reconoció los efectos benéficos que el tratamiento con ayahuasca había reportado para muchos de los asistentes.
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RODRIGO VÉLEZ
Executive Secretary CONSEP,
Ecuador
Secretario Ejecutivo CONSEP,
Ecuador
Rodrigo Vélez has been the Executive Secretary of the National Council
for the Control of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances (CONSEP)
of Ecuador. He studied Economics
at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, and has a degree
in Economics, Business Administration Faculty of the University of
Northridge, California, USA. Its responsibilities are strategic, administrative, technical, operational and
financial planning CONSEP. He also
works closely with the Presidency and
his administration for the development
of the National Drug Policy Team.
Rodrigo Vélez es, desde 2010, el Secretario Ejecutivo del Consejo Nacional de Control de Sustancias Estupefacientes y Psicotrópicas (CONSEP),
de Ecuador. Estudió Economía en
la Universidad Católica Santiago de
Guayaquil, y tiene una licenciatura en
Economía, Administración de Empresas de la Facultad de la Universidad de
Northridge, California, EE.UU. Sus atribuciones son la planificación estratégica, administrativa, técnica, operativa y
financiera del CONSEP. Además, trabaja en estrecha colaboración con la
Presidencia y su equipo administrativo
para el desarrollo de la Política Nacional de Drogas.
Director Foundation Amazonía
Viva, Perú
Director Fundación Amazonía Viva
Roldan Rojas is an expert in Cooperation and Conservation of Communitarian Forests in the Peruvian Amazon.
Executive Director of the Foundation
Amazonía Viva, dedicated to the Conservation and Reforestation of the Amazon. He is responsible for the project
REDD+ Biocorredor Martín Sagrado
(Conservation of 300,000 hectares),
where the communities are planting
Ayahuasca in an agro-forestal model
and in the Botanical Garden of Santa
Rosa to guarantee its sustainability
as an ancestral medicine, protect its
adequate environment and the biodiversity of the Amazon. He was the
first President of the National Advisory Committee for the management of
protected national areas in Peru and
has experience in the conservation of
the World, Natural and Cultural Heritage UNESCO National Park of Rio Abiseo (PNRA).
Experto en Cooperativismo y Conservación de Bosques Comunitarios
en la Amazonía peruana. Es Director
Ejecutivo de la Fundación Amazonía
Viva con la Misión de Conservación
y Reforestación comunitaria en la
Amazonía peruana. Es responsable
del proyecto del proyecto REDD+
Biocorredor Martín Sagrado (Conservación de 300,000 hectáreas),
donde las comunidades están sembrando Ayahuasca en modelos agroforestales, en el Jardín Botánico de
Santa Rosa para garantizar su sostenibilidad como medicina ancestral,
proteger su ambiente adecuado y la
biodiversidad de los bosques de la Amazonía. Roldán fue el primer Presidente del Consejo Nacional de Comités de
Gestión de Áreas Naturales Protegidas
por el Estado del Perú.
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Franklin Columba was born in the
community of Rumiloma of the Rural Parish of Guangopolo in the Canton Quito, Province of Pichincha, of
the Nation Quitus, called Ecuador.
At age 13 he discovered and began
to study the principles and values of
ancestral medicine and therapy. He
suffered persecution by the authorities as they accused them of being
‘witch doctors’, but thanks to the
teachings of their elders they to managed to overcome this obstacle. He
is currently president of the Foundation of Taitas and Mamas Yachaks of
Ecuador “FUTMYE”, an organization
recognized by the Ministry of Culture.
Sia Kaxinawa is a Huni Kuin, born in
Fortaleza, in the headwaters of the
Jordan River, in the State of Acre,
Brazil. He is a founder of União das
Nações Indígenas (UNI/AC) and
ASKARJ, organizations dedicated
to the struggle of the peoples of the
rainforest and the indigenous rights
movement and he coordinated the
Organization of Indigenous Peoples of Juruá Valley. In 1996, aged
32, he assumed the leadership of
the Huni Kuin of the Upper Jordan
and Tarauacá as shaneibu. In January 2005, he was elected vice-mayor
of Jordan, Acre. He is co-founder and
permanent member of the International Human Rights Council (IHRC) as well
as of Forefront International Council
Leader’s.
Él es un Huni Kuin, nacido en Fortaleza, en las cabeceras del río Jordán,
Estado de Acre, Brasil. Fundador de
União das Nações Indígenas (UNI/AC)
y ASKARJ, organizaciones dedicadas
a la lucha de los pueblos de la selva
tropical y el movimiento por los derechos indígenas. Coordinó la Organización de Pueblos Indígenas del Valle del
Juruá. En 1996, a los 32 años, asumió
el liderazgo de los Huni Kuin del Jordán
superior y Tarauacá, como shaneibu.
En enero de 2005, fue elegido vice-alcalde de Jordán, Acre. Co-fundador y
miembro permanente del Consejo Internacional de los Derechos Humanos
(CIDH). Nacido en la comunidad de Rumiloma
de la Parroquia Rural de Guangopolo
del Cantón Quito, Provincia de Pichincha, de la Gran Nación Quitus, llamada
Ecuador. Desde mis 13 años de edad
conocí y sigo aprendiendo sobre los
principios y valores de la Medicina y
Terapias Ancestrales. Sufrió persecuciones por parte de las autoridades,
acusándolos de “brujos y hechiceros”,
pero gracias a las enseñanzas de sus
abuelos lograron superarlo. Presidente de la Fundación Taitas y Mamas Yachaks del Ecuador “FUTMYE”, organización reconocida por el Ministerio de
Cultura.
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
Chief of Kaxinawa, Brazil
Líder Kaxinawa, Brasil
EVENTS
EVENTOS
Doctora en Antropología Social por la
Universidad de Brasilia (UnB), Brasil,
donde actualmente es investigadora asociada al Núcleo de Estudios de
Género y Violencia. Ha desarrollado
investigaciones etnográficas sobre
el género y la violencia, el patrimonio
cultural, y la cultura popular. Sus intereses más recientes incluyen las religiones brasileñas, la religión y la esfera
pública, y la religión y la salud mental.
Ha publicado artículos sobre trance
mediúmnico dentro de las religiones
de la ayahuasca en Brasil.
SIA KAXINAWA
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
Rosa Virgínia Melo has a Ph.D in Social Anthropology from the University
of Brasília (UnB), Brazil, where she
is currently a member of the Gender and Violence Research Group.
She has developed ethnographic research on gender and violence, cultural heritage, and popular culture.
Her most recent interests include
Brazilian religions, religion and the
public sphere, and religion and mental health. She has published articles
on mediumistic trance within the Brazilian ayahuasca religions.
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
Healer, Ecuador
Curandero
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
Dr. in Social Anthropology, Brazil
Dra. en Antropología Social, Brasil
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
TAITA FRANKLIN COLUMBA
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
ROSA VIRGÍNIA MELO
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
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SPEAKERS
PONENTES
ción de técnicas innovadoras por parte
de horticultores orgánicos a pequeña
escala y las interacciones entre humanos y bacterias. Ella ha hablado en la
Whitechapel Gallery sobre la ecología
urbana de los residuos de los alimentos, y en su tiempo libre colabora con
la radio comunitaria local.
TAITA JUAN BAUTISTA AGREDA
Healer, Colombia
Curandero, Colombia
Juan Bautista Agreda is a traditional healer from Sibundoy, Putumayo
(Colombia). He has been working
with traditional medicine for over 25
years and has extensive knowledge
about amazonian medicinal plants. He
has had the opportunity to exchange
knowledge with many elders from
North, Central and South America.
Chamán tradicional de Sibundoy, Putumayo (Colombia). Lleva trabajando con la medicina tradicional desde
hace 25 años y tiene un amplio conocimiento sobre las plantas medicinales
amazónicas. Ha tenido la oportunidad
de intercambiar conocimiento con
muchos abuelos del Norte, Centro y
Sudamérica y es heredero de los conocimientos de su padre Taita Martin
Agreda. ELLEN PERCIVAL
Researcher, UK
Investigadora, UK
Ellen Percival is research co-ordinator for the Ethnobotanical Stewardship Council (ESC), and the primary
author of the ESC’s new Ayahuasca
Health Guide, which aims to provide
an open-source, accessible and easy
to use guide to ayahuasca and health,
as well as clear, implementable steps
towards improving safety and accountability. She holds a BSc in Anthropology from University College
London, where she studied biological
anthropology and the anthropology
of consciousness, amongst other
topics, and a Level 3 in Sustainable
Horticulture. Her interests include
ethnobotany, the use of innovative
techniques by small scale organic
horticulturalists and human-bacteria
interactions. She has spoken at the
Whitechapel Gallery on the urban
ecology of waste food, and in her
spare time she is a contributor to local community radio.
Ellen Percival es coordinadora de los
proyectos de investigación del Consejo para la Sostenibilidad Etnobotanica
(ESC), y la autora principal de la nueva Guía de Salud sobre Ayahuasca del
ESC. Este texto tiene como objetivo
proporcionar un código abierto, accesible y fácil de usar sobre la ayahuasca y la salud, así como también, pasos
realizables hacia la mejora de la seguridad y la responsabilidad. Ellen obtuvo
una licenciatura en Antropología por la
University College de Londres, donde
estudió antropología biológica y antropología de la conciencia, entre otros
temas, y está en posesión de un nivel 3
en Horticultura Sostenible. Sus intereses incluyen la etnobotánica, la utiliza-
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ADVERTISING
PUBLICIDAD
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
BENJAMIN DE LOENEN
Founder and Director ICEERS
Fundador y Director ICEERS
Founder and Director Beckley
Foundation, UK
Fundadora y Directora de la Beckley
Foundation
LEON DE SOUZA LOBO
 Thursday 25, 9:30h Room 1
 Jueves 25, 9:30h Sala 1
RODRIGO VÉLEZ
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
Executive Secretary CONSEP,
Ecuador
Secretario Ejecutivo CONSEP,
Ecuador
BEATRIZ CAIUBY LABATE
Dr. in Anthropology, Brazil
Dra. en Antropología, Brasil
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
En la sesión de bienvenida, los organizadores, los principales patrocinadores y figuras de reconocida relevancia, contextualizarán
la celebración de este singular evento, explicarán la importancia
del mismo, los objetivos y logros que se persiguen y presentarán
los diferentes debates y actividades programadas.
Drug Policy Coordinatior SENAD,
Brazil
Coordinador de Políticas de Drogas
SENAD, Brasil
ANTONIO ESCOHOTADO
Philosopher, Spain
Filósofo, España
CLAUDIO NARANJO
EVENTS
EVENTOS
During the welcome session the organizers, main sponsors and
special guests will contextualize this singular event, explain its
importance, its objectives and goals, and will present the different debates and planned activities.
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
AMANDA FEILDING
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
WELCOME
SESSION
SESIÓN
DE BIENVENIDA
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
2014
Psychiatrist, Chile
Psiquiatra
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USES OF AYAHUASCA:
INDIGENOUS
USOS DE LA AYAHUASCA:
INDÍGENA
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
TAITA JUAN BAUTISTA AGREDA
Healer, Colombia
Curandero, Colombia
SIA KAXINAWA
Chief of Kaxinawa, Brazil
Líder Kaxinawa, Brasil
TAITA FRANKLIN COLUMBA
For centuries, indigenous societies have mastered ayahuasca
in ritualistic settings as a medicine, to heal the individual, as
well as a tool for the coherence and survival of the community.
In this session respected healers from Colombia, Ecuador and
Brazil will participate in an interactive dialogue, providing a
deeper insight into their traditional practices.
Durante siglos, las sociedades indígenas han tenido relación con
la ayahuasca. La han usado en contextos rituales como herramienta para afrontar los conflictos y asegurar la supervivencia
de la comunidad. También la han usado como medicina, para
curar a las personas. En esta sesión, respetados curanderos de
Colombia, Ecuador y Brasil participarán en un diálogo interactivo,
proporcionando una visión más profunda sobre sus cosmovisiones y prácticas tradicionales.
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Healer, Ecuador
Curandero, Ecuador
MODERATOR/ MODERADOR:
BRUCE PARRY
Filmmaker, UK
Cineasta, UK
 Thursday 25, 15:30h Room 1
 Jueves 25, 15:30h Sala 1
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
ROSA VIRGÍNIA MELO
Dr. in Social Anthropology, Brazil
Dra. en Antropología Social, Brasil
ANDREW DAWSON
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
Dr. in Religion, UK
Dr. en Religión, UK
RINI HARTMAN
JUAN CARLOS DE LA CAL
Journalist, Spain
Periodista, España
N. WAHID AZAL
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
Specialist in Sufism, Germany
Especialista en Sufismo, Alemania
MODERATOR / MODERADORA:
ESTHER MARTÍNEZ
Medical Doctor, Spain
Médico, España
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
En nuestros días el uso de ayahuasca como sacramento se puede encontrar en diversas partes del planeta. No sólo las iglesias
tradicionales brasileñas como Santo Daime, Uniao do Vegetal
y Barquinha se han extendido por todo el mundo, también lo
han hecho los nuevos sincretismos y grupos religiosos que han
comenzado a utilizar la ayahuasca en algunos países de Europa.
Esta sesión se centra en el uso religioso de la ayahuasca bajo diferentes perspectivas, tanto a partir de una mirada antropológica,
como desde un punto de vista práctico y personal.
Facilitator-Artist, NetherlandS
Artista-Facilitador, Holanda
 Friday 26, 12h Room 1
 Viernes 26, 12h Sala 1
EVENTS
EVENTOS
Nowadays the use of ayahuasca as a religious sacrament can
be found in most parts of the world. Not only have the traditional Brazilian churches like Santo Daime, União do Vegetal and
Barquinha spread worldwide, but new religious groups have
started to use ayahuasca in some countries in Europe. This
session focuses on the religious use of ayahuasca from an anthropological as well as a practical point of view in the form of a
moderated dialogue/debate.
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
USES OF AYAHUASCA:
RELIGIOUS
USOS DE LA AYAHUASCA:
RELIGIOSO
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
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USES OF AYAHUASCA:
CLINICAL
USOS DE LA AYAHUASCA:
CLÍNICO
Ayahuasca has gained popularity as a tool in the treatment of
addiction, depression, PTSD, and other aliments. Although the
scientific evidence is very limited, scientific evidence, there is
a growing body of anecdotal reports about the clinical potential
of ayahuasca. In this session different professionals who work
with ayahuasca in clinical practice will share their insights and
experience, discuss cases, the difficulties and limitations they
have observed, and how they see the future of ayahuasca in
this type of practice.
La Ayahuasca ha ido ganando popularidad como herramienta
en el tratamiento de las adicciones, la depresión, el trastorno de
estrés postraumático, etc. A pesar de que existen pruebas científicas muy limitadas, hay un creciente número de informes anecdóticos sobre el potencial clínico de la ayahuasca. En esta sesión,
diferentes profesionales que han trabajado con la ayahuasca en
la práctica clínica compartirán sus conocimientos y experiencias,
discutirán casos, dificultades y limitaciones que han observado y
su visión sobre el futuro de la ayahuasca en este ámbito.
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PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
GABOR MATÉ
Video conference Vídeo-conferencia
Medical Doctor, Canada
Médico, Canadá
RAFAEL SANCHES
Medical Doctor, Brazil
Médico, Brasil
JOSEP Mª FABREGAS
Psychiatrist, Spain
Psiquiatra, España
ANJA LOIZAGA-VELDER
Dr. in Medical Psychology, Mexico
Dra. en Psicología Médica, México
MODERATOR / MODERADOR:
RAFAEL GUIMARAES DOS SANTOS
Dr. in Pharmacology, Brazil
Dr. en Farmacología, Brasil
 Thursday 25, 18:00h Room 1
 Jueves 25, 18:00h Sala 1
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CLAUDIO NARANJO
Psychiatrist, Chile
Psiquiatra
JOSEP Mª FERICGLA
DANAE SAENZ
MANUEL VILLAESCUSA
Psychologist, Spain
Psicólogo, España
LUIS EDUARDO LUNA
Dr. in Comparative Religion,
Brasil
Dr. en Religión Comparativa, Brasil
MODERATOR / MODERADORA:
MARIA CARMO CARVALHO
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
La Ayahuasca no sólo se utiliza como medicina o sacramento,
más y más personas la utilizan para facilitar su desarrollo personal a través de la naturaleza introspectiva inherente a la experiencia. Muchos grupos y centros esparcidos por todo el mundo
estudian e utilizan la ayahuasca con este fin en contextos rituales
diversos. Los participantes en esta sesión compartirán sus experiencias y observaciones derivados del trabajo con la ayahuasca
en estos entornos.
Clinical Psychologist, Chile
Psicóloga Clínica
Psychologist, Portugal
Psicóloga
 Friday 26, 09:30h Room 1
 Viernes 26, 09:30h Sala 1
EVENTS
EVENTOS
Ayahuasca is not only used as a medicine or sacrament, more
and more people are seeking ayahuasca to facilitate their personal development through the introspective nature of the experience. Many groups and centers around the world offer ayahuasca for this purpose, in ritualistic contexts of different kinds.
The participants in this session will share their experiences and
observations in working with ayahuasca in these settings.
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
Dr. in Anthropology, Spain
Dr. en Antropología, España
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
USES OF AYAHUASCA:
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
USOS DE LA AYAHUASCA:
DESARROLLO PERSONAL
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
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AYAHUASCA:
ETHNOBOTANY
AYAHUASCA:
ETNOBOTÁNICA
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
JONATHAN OTT
Ethnobotanist, USA
Etnobotánico, EE.UU.
GLENN SHEPARD
Dr. in Ethnobotany, Brazil
Dr. en Etnobotánica, Brasil
JUAN GONZÁLEZ SIMONNEAU
The presentations of this session will explore the ethnobotanical aspects of ayahuasca preparations, their admixture plants
and other related botanical species used in the Amazon basin,
as well as European plants with similar properties.
Las presentaciones de esta sesión profundizarán en los aspectos
etnobotánicos de las preparaciones de la ayahuasca y de otras
plantas que se añaden a la mezcla. También de otras especies
botánicas relacionadas utilizadas en la cuenca del Amazonas así
como plantas europeas con propiedades similares.
Psychologist, Ethnobotanist,
Spain
Psicólogo, Etnobotánico, España
MODERATOR / MODERADOR:
JORDI RIBA
Dr. in Pharmacology, Spain
Dr. en Farmacología, España
 Thursday 25, 12:00h Room 1
 Jueves 25, 12:00h Sala 1
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PAULO CESAR RIBEIRO BARBOSA
Dr. in Medical Sciences, Brazil
Dr. en Ciencias Médicas, Brasil
JORDI RIBA
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
Dr. in Pharmacology, Spain
Dr. en Farmacología, España
DRAULIO BARROS DE ARAUJO
Dr. in Medical Physics, Brazil
Dr. en Física Médica, Brasil
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
Session sponsored by Beckley Foundation
Sesión patrocinada por Beckley Foundation
JOSÉ CARLOS BOUSO
This session features presentations by leading researchers in
the field of ayahuasca who will present new, unpublished data
from their clinical studies in Brazil and Spain.
Dr. in Pharmacology, Spain
Dr. en Farmacología, España
Esta sesión cuenta con presentaciones de los principales investigadores en el campo de la ayahuasca que presentarán nuevos
datos no publicados de sus estudios clínicos en Brasil y España.
MODERATOR / MODERADORA:
AMANDA FEILDING
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
Founder and Director Beckley
Foundation, UK
Fundadora y Directora de la Beckley
Foundation
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
AYAHUASCA:
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
AYAHUASCA:
INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
EVENTS
EVENTOS
 Friday 26, 15:30h Room 1
 Viernes 26, 15:30h Sala 1
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CHALLENGES OF
THE GLOBALIZATION:
LAW, POLICY
& HUMAN RIGHTS
DESAFÍOS DE LA
GLOBALIZACIÓN: LEYES,
POLÍTICAS Y DERECHOS
HUMANOS
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
ADÉLE VAN DER PLAS
Juris Doctor, Netherlands
Dra. en Derecho, Holanda
RODRIGO GONZÁLO SOTO
Lawyer, Chile
Abogado
DIEGO DE LAS CASAS
Lawyer, Spain
Abogado, España
JEFFREY BRONFMAN
Mestre UDV, USA
Mestre UDV, EE.UU.
BEATRIZ CAIUBY LABATE
While according to the INCB: “No plants containing DMT, nor
concoctions made with these plants are currently under international control” and most countries lack specific laws that
outlaw ayahuasca, during the last few years a wave of repression has lead to a significant number of arrests for the importation and use of ayahuasca. This session hosts experts in this
field who were elemental in the defense of these cases.
Mientras que de acuerdo con la JIFE: “No hay plantas que contengan
DMT ni brebajes hechos con estas plantas que estén actualmente
bajo control internacional” y la mayoría de países carecen de leyes
específicas que prohiban la ayahuasca, durante los últimos años,
una ola de represión ha conllevado el arresto de personas por importación y/o uso de ayahuasca. Esta sesión acoge a personas expertas involucradas en la defensa de dichos casos.
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Dr. in Anthropology, Brazil
Dra. en Antropología, Brasil
SPECIAL GUEST & MODERATOR
INVITADO ESPECIAL
Y MODERADOR:
ETHAN NADELMANN
Director Drug Policy Alliance,
USA
Director Drug Policy Alliance,
EE.UU.
 Friday 26, 18:00h Room 1
 Viernes 26, 18:00h Sala 1
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
JERÓNIMO MAZARRASA
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
Filmmaker, Researcher, Spain
Cineasta, Investigador, España
DUNCAN AUTREY
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
Collaboration consultant, USA
Consultor en el ámbito de la
Colaboración, EE.UU.
ELLEN PERCIVAL
Researcher ESC, UK
Investigadora ESC, UK
MODERATOR / MODERADORA:
RAQUEL PEYRAUBE
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
Con la expansión de una práctica no regulada como el consumo
de ayahuasca, las cuestiones relacionadas con la ética y la seguridad han sido motivo de conflicto en el pasado, dando lugar
a sufrimiento personal, a la atención negativa de los medios de
comunicación y a respuestas represivas de los gobiernos. Esta
sesión será un diálogo sobre estos incidentes, los riesgos asociados al uso de la ayahuasca, sobre aspectos éticos relacionados y
cómo pueden ser minimizados, etc.
Dr. in Pharmacology, Brazil
Dr. en Farmacología, Brasil
Medical Doctor, Uruguay
Doctora en Medicina
 Saturday 27, 12:00h Room 1
 Sábado 27, 12:00h Sala 1
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
With the expansion of an unregulated practice like ayahuasca,
issues related to ethics and safety have come up on numerous
occasions in the past, which has led to personal suffering, negative media attention and repressive government responses.
This session will dialogue and debate about these incidents, the
risks involved in ayahuasca use, how they can be minimized,
ethical aspects, and so on.
RAFAEL GUIMARAES DOS SANTOS
EVENTS
EVENTOS
CHALLENGES OF
THE GLOBALIZATION:
ETHICS & SAFETY
DESAFÍOS DE LA
GLOBALIZACIÓN:
ÉTICA Y SEGURIDAD
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
2014
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CHALLENGES OF
THE GLOBALIZATION:
SUSTAINABILITY
DESAFÍOS DE LA
GLOBALIZACIÓN:
SOSTENIBILIDAD
The botanical resources of ayahuasca have under pressure because of the growing demand and ayahuasca tourism. Some initiatives for the protection of these plant species exist, but the reality
shows that this issue needs more attention. This session will share
the results of a scoping study implemented by the Ethnobotanical
Stewardship Council about the impact of ayahuasca tourism on the
sustainability of ayahuasca and insights and experiences regarding
stimulating the biodiversity and cultivation of ayahuasca.
Los recursos botánicos relacionados son la ayahuasca están bajo presión debido a la creciente demanda y el llamado “turismo ayahuasquero”. Existen algunas iniciativas para la protección de estas especies
vegetales, pero la realidad nos muestra que este problema necesita
más atención. En esta sesión se compartirán los resultados de un estudio implementado por el Ethnobotanical Stewardship Council (ESC)
sobre el impacto del “turismo ayahuasquero” en la sostenibilidad de la
ayahuasca y se compartirán diversos puntos de vista y experiencias
sobre la estimulación de la biodiversidad y el cultivo de la ayahuasca.
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FORO PRINCIPAL
JOSHUA WICKERHAM
Expert in Sustainability, USA
Experto en Sostenibilidad, EE.UU.
DENNIS MCKENNA
Dr. in Ethnobotany, USA
Dr. en Etnobotánica, EE.UU.
ROLDAN ROJAS
Director Foundation Amazonía
Viva, Perú
Director Fundación Amazonía Viva
MODERATOR / MODERADOR:
RICK DOBLIN
Dr. in Public Policy, USA
Dr. en Política Pública, EE.UU.
 Saturday 27, 15:30h Room 1
 Sábado 27, 15:30h Sala 1
2014
Dr. in Social Anthropology, UK
Dra. en Antropología Social
ALINE MAST
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
Santo Daime Amsterdam, Netherlands
Holanda
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
DANIELA PELUSO
CLANCY CAVNAR
Dr. in Clinical Psychology, USA
Dra. en Psicología Clínica, EE.UU.
MODERATOR / MODERADORA:
BEATRIZ CAIUBY LABATE
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
Históricamente, tanto en las prácticas como en los discursos
relacionados con la ayahuasca la mujer ha quedado relegada a un
segundo lugar. El sexismo, la discriminación o los prejuicios son
elementos demasiado comunes en un campo en el que, habitualmente, se predica la bondad espiritual a la vez que se reproducen
o incluso promueven estereotipos tradicionales sobre los distintos roles de género.
Medicine Woman, Ecuador
Mujer Medicina
Dr. in Anthropology, Brazil
Dra. en Antropología, Brasil
 Saturday 27, 09:30h Room 1
 Sábado 27, 09:30h Sala 1
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
Historically, both in practices and discourses related to
ayahuasca, women have been relegated to second place.
Sexism, discrimination or prejudice are increasingly common
elements in a field which usually promotes tolerance, equality,
and spiritual growth, while, continuing to perpetuate traditional
gender stereotypes.
CARMEN VICENTE
EVENTS
EVENTOS
PERSPECTIVE OF GENDER:
ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE
WORLD OF AYAHUASCA
PERSPECTIVA DE GÉNERO:
ROL DE LA MUJER EN EL
MUNDO AYAHUASQUERO
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
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AYAHUASCA:
PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS
OF THE EXPERIENCE
AYAHUASCA:
ASPECTOS FILOSÓFICOS DE
LA EXPERIENCIA
The ayahuasca experience can have profound implications for
those who undertake it for personal growth, therapeutic processes, self-exploration, mystical states, and so forth. Clearly, an
important aspect is the transformation of the relationship between
the individual and the nature of reality. This is an issue with deep
philosophical significance, and this panel will explore this field.
La experiencia con ayahuasca puede tener muchas implicaciones en las personas que la atraviesan: de crecimiento personal,
terapéuticas, de autoexploración, de estados místicos, etc. Sin
duda, un aspecto importante es la transformación de la relación
del iniciado con respecto a la naturaleza de la realidad, esto es,
una transformación filosófica profunda. Esta mesa tratará explorar este campo.
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FORO PRINCIPAL
ANTONIO ESCOHOTADO
Philosopher, Spain
Filósofo, España
JONATHAN OTT
Ethnobotanist, USA
Etnobotánico, EE.UU.
FERNANDO SÁNCHEZ DRAGÓ
Writer, Spain
Escritor, España
MODERATOR / MODERADOR:
JOSÉ CARLOS BOUSO
Dr. in Pharmacology, Spain
Dr. en Farmacología, España
 Saturday 27, 18:00h Room 1
 Sábado 27, 18:00h Sala 1
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PUBLICIDAD
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FORO ACADÉMICO
2014
 Friday 26, 09:30h Room 2
 Viernes 26, 09:30h Sala 2
This presentation offers critical sociological and philosophical reflections on
ayahuasca and other psychedelics as
objects of scientific research in medicine and health. It situates 21st century
scientific inquiry on ayahuasca in the
broader context of how early modern
European social trends and intellectual
pursuits translated into new forms of
empiricism and experimental philosophy, but later evolved into a form of dogmatism that convenienced the political
suppression of academic inquiry into
psychedelics. Applying ideas from the
field of science and technology studies
(STS), we consider how ayahuasca’s
myriad ontological representations in
the 21st century—for example, plant
teacher, traditional medicine, religious
sacrament, material commodity, cognitive tool, illicit drug—influence our
understandings of it as an object of inquiry. We then explore epistemological
issues related to ayahuasca studies, including how the indigenous and mestizo
concept of “plant teacher” or the more
instrumental notion of psychedelics as
“cognitive tools” may impact understandings of knowledge. This leads to
questions about whether scientists engaged in ayahuasca research should be
expected to have personal experiences
with the brew, and how these may be
perceived to help or hinder the objectivity of their pursuits. We conclude with
some brief reflections on the politics of
psychedelic research and impediments
to academic knowledge production in
the field of psychedelic studies.
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ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
Visiting Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
BEATRIZ C. LABATE
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
SOCIAL
SCIENCES:
INTERNATIONALIZATION
CIENCIAS
SOCIALES:
INTERNACIONALIZACIÓN
This study is, in part, a response to
the return to a holistic vision of the
human being with many modern
therapeutic practices taking direct
inspiration from ancient techniques
employed by traditional communities
for the purposes of individual and collective health as opposed to the fragmented and often unilateral vision
of modern medicine. Objectives: To
investigate the motives and relevant
representations of Ayahuasca among
young people from a westernized culture (Cali, Colombia). It was necessary to determine and categorise the
ideas, beliefs and myths that make
up their social representations of
Ayahuasca with a view to finding their
relationship to physical and psychological health. Method: An integral,
qualitative and descriptive study by
means of a semi-structured interview
of 10 subjects between 18 and 25 all
of whom had been drinking Ayahuasca for more than 4 years with Cofan
shamans. The design of the study
was such as to allow for the search
and retrieval of incidences and characteristics across categories and
comparisons were drawn between
theoretical concepts and an overall
theoretical framework (Social Representation Theory). Results: In most
of the young people interviewed there
appeared to have taken place indicators of personal growth through the
process of drinking Ayahuasca in a
shamanic setting, especially relating to the search and discovery of a
personal spirituality. Conclusions:
Among the most common social
representations held by the subjects
was its consideration as a medicinal
plant on a physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual level as well
as the fundamental importance of all
aspects of the Ayahuasca ceremony.
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
(Presenter), Adjunct Professor,
University of British Columbia,
Canada
NEIL WHITE
BA Social Sciences, University of
Leeds, England, Semillas Cofan,
Barcelona
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
KENNETH W. TUPPER
SOCIAL
REPRESENTATIONS
ABOUT YAGE
IN A GROUP OF YOUNG
PEOPLE FROM
CALI, COLOMBIA
EVENTS
EVENTOS
AYAHUASCA,
PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES
AND HEALTH SCIENCES:
THE POLITICS OF
KNOWLEDGE AND
INQUIRY INTO AN
AMAZONIAN PLANT
BREW
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
2014
Despite the fact that this phenomenon is relatively new in the western
context, the social representations
developed through the drinking of
Ayahuasca have caused deeply rooted ideas, beliefs and myths in the daily lives of the subjects. Ayahuasca is
a means by which the subjects have
found self-understanding, something
which they were unable to find in
western culture.
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
PERSONAL WELLBEING
AND THE GOOD MOTHER
OF NATURE:
AYAHUASCA
SPIRITUALITY IN
AUSTRALIA
ALEX K. GEARIN BRISBANE
PhD Candidate in Anthropology,
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Embodying types of metropolitan
and industrialised consciousness,
ayahuasca drinkers in Australia approach their practice as a means of
gaining ‘natural intelligence’ and organic wellbeing on the level of spirituality. These notions of intelligence
and wellbeing permeate narrative
accounts of ayahuasca visions and
are associated to diverse types of
individual healing and cultural critique. Based on recent ethnographic
fieldwork in Australian ayahuasca
circles, this paper explores ways in
which ayahuasca visions couple with
discourse on anthropogenic ecological crisis and natural alienation to
mediate personalised understandings of sickness, emotional and social
instability, and diverse moral vicissitudes. Distinctions of ‘nature’ and
‘culture’ in this context are shown
to underlie morally charged perceptions of personal and social conduct.
By contrast, concepts of ‘nature’ and
‘culture’ in the anthropology of indigenous Amazonia have undergone
radical revision in recent decades
to the extent that some researchers
are urging the abandonment of the
distinction all together. This paper
imports nuances of nature-culture
theory in Amazonian anthropology
and demonstrates ways in which the
reimagining of ayahuasca in Australian society involves the modern idea
of nature as separate and wounded.
This idea is linked to specific political
and scientific discourse of industrialised states and is shown to provide the
vision by which Australian ayahuasca
drinkers work to overcome social alienation and heal diverse aspects of their
moral lives.
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YAJÉ,
PATRIMONIALIZACIÓN Y
POLÍTICAS CULTURALES
EN COLOMBIA
ALHENA CAICEDO-FERNÁNDEZ
PhD, Profesora Asistente Departamento de Antropología, Universidad
de los Andes, Colombia
En Colombia el consumo ritual de yajé
se ha diseminado en distintas ciudades del país durante los últimos veinte
años. Actualmente, el tema cobra relevancia nacional e internacional de cara
a los casos de muertes reportadas
durante ceremonias de yajé. Pese a su
expansión entre consumidores urbanos nacionales y extranjeros, el yajé es
actualmente reconocido como referente simbólico de los pueblos amazónicos colombianos, y su consumo se
encuentra amparado por la legitimidad
que le da el reconocimiento constitucional a la diversidad étnica y cultural
de la nación. No obstante, de darse, su
reconocimiento formal como Patrimonio entraría en contradicción con su
actual ritmo de expansión.
Esta ponencia explora el panorama legal del yajé en Colombia, los vacíos que
existen en términos legales, algunos de
los recursos que se han adelantado para
convertirlo en patrimonio, y los pros y
contras de las iniciativas de regulación.
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 Friday 26, 09:30h Room 2
 Viernes 26, 09:30h Sala 2
ELVIRA AGUIRRE BURNEO
Doctora en Orientación, Universidad
Nacional de Educación a Distancia,
Madrid, Directora del Área Socio-Humanística de la Universidad Técnica
Particular de Loja
Esta investigación parte del interés
por conocer y comprender el papel
que puede llegar a jugar un enteógeno
como la ayahuasca en el desarrollo humano, dentro de un contexto como es
el ritual. En las últimas décadas algunos autores como Schultes, Wasson
y Hoffman, han puesto en evidencia
que el uso de sustancias enteogénicas
ha sido un elemento importante en la
constitución de la mayoría de las culturas y en la potenciación del desarrollo
humano. El objetivo general es el de
documentar el ritual de la ayahuasca
en la provincia de Zamora en Ecuador.
Los objetivos específicos son: conocer
el uso y consumo de la ayahuasca en
la zona de Zamora Chinchipe; detectar la necesidad de transmitir el ritual
antes de que sea olvidado; establecer
y difundir cómo es el ritual de forma
documental (video) y a través de artículos científicos; analizar el uso ancestral por parte de la población nativa;
diseñar propuestas para su mantenimiento de esta tradición; analizar su
utilización y cuál es su función dentro
de la cultura de los shuar. Utilizaremos una práctica de recogida de datos
como es la observación participante.
En este caso vamos a ayudarles a que
mantengan sus tradiciones grabadas y
documentadas antes de que la globalización haga que pueda desaparecer
ERIKA MESQUIT
Doctora en Antropología Social,
IFAC, Acre, Brasil
El perspectivismo se refiere a la concepción de que el mundo está poblado
por agentes distintos de los seres humanos. La relación de los indígenas con
los fenómenos atmosféricos también
es una relación entre las perspectivas,
tienden a considerar los relámpagos,
los truenos, lluvias entidades de su cosmología. Esa relación depende de quién
o qué esto se dice, pero siempre se caracteriza por una relación asimétrica
en la que los chamanes hacen un gran
papel buscan la equidad entre los mundos: el mundo de la Tierra y los mundos
espirituales. Es contradictorio pensar
en la búsqueda del equilibrio en un mundo que está en desequilibrio, pero esa
es la razón por que los chamanes son
puentes entre los mundos. Siendo así,
los “dueños de los tiempos” interfieren
en la vida de los Ashaninka. La intermediación entre sheripiaris (chamanes) y
los ”dueños de los tiempos” también se
produce a través de la utilización de Kamarampi (ayahuasca) que hace de este
vehículo puente entre los dos mundos.
Los fenómenos meteorológicos son de
gran importancia en la vida cotidiana de
los Ashaninka, la búsqueda de explicaciones para los cambios son demasiados importantes también. Así que les
presento es como los sheripiari están
utilizando esta fuente de conocimientos e información en la búsqueda de la
comprensión de los cambios en el clima
y, por supuesto, en las relaciones con
los propietarios de estos fenómenos y
el mundo de la vida dentro de su cultura
Ashaninka.
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USES
CIENCIAS
SOCIALES:
USOS
INDÍGENAS
Doctora en Orientación, Diagnóstico
e Intervención Psicopedagógica,
Universidad Técnica Particular de
Loja & María
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
EL PERSPECTIVISMO
ASHANINKA,
AYAHUASCA Y “DUEÑOS
DE EL CLIMA”(BRASIL)
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
Doctor en Antropología Social por la
Universidad de Granada, Universidad
Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador;
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
(PRESENTER)
OTHER CONTENTS
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ISIDRO MARÍN GUTIÉRREZ
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
el ritual tal y como hoy lo conocemos.
Las futuras líneas de investigación serán las de documentar rituales ancestrales de consumo de enteógenos en
todo el territorio ecuatoriano.
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
EL RITUAL DE LA
AYAHUASCA EN LA
REGIÓN DE ZAMORA
CHINCHIPE (ECUADOR)
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
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MYSTERY SCHOOL
IN HYPERSPACE:
DMT, ELECTRONICA
AND REMIXTICISM
THE BOTANICAL
IDENTITY OF THE SOMA/
HAOMA PLANT
MATTHEW CLARK
GRAHAM ST JOHN
PhD, Australia
SOCIAL
SCIENCES:
OTHER
USES
CIENCIAS
SOCIALES:
OTROS
USOS
 Saturday 27, 18:00h Room 2
 Sábado 27, 18:00h Sala 2
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This presentation illustrates how the
sonic mythography and visionary
artistry of our times has been cultivated with the assistance of DMT. I
focus specifically on the influence of
DMT on psychedelic electronic music
and culture, using vocal and visual
samples. The story begins with a gift
Terence McKenna bestowed upon
key figures in the early Goatrance
development, which inspired a transnational techno-mystical movement
with distinct music aesthetics and
festival culture. I explore how DMT
consciousness has infiltrated psychedelic trance, where the remixtical
artifice of electronic music production and the sampling of entheogens
affect mystical experiences. The
works of Shpongle, Alex Grey and
other artists are investigated as multi-mediations of the gnostic payload of
hyperspatial transit. I discuss the DMT
blend changa – a so called “smokeable ayahuasca” – and its influence in
Australia and elsewhere. Finally I offer
insights on how the use of DMT has
become an increasingly popular route
into the mystical experience.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate,
SOAS (affiliate)
The Vedas, which were composed
between approximately 1,500 BCE
and 800 BCE, are texts comprising
invocatory hymns and mantras that
are recited during rituals performed
by priests (Brahmans) in South Asia.
The oldest of the four Vedas is the Rg
Veda, in which many of the mantras
are dedicated to soma, which is described both as an intoxicating plant
and as a deity. The same plant/deity
(haoma) is also revered in Zoroastrian religion. The botanical identity of
the soma/haoma plant has long puzzled scholars; dozens of propositions
have been made in the last 250 years.
Currently, three of the alternative
propositions are generally endorsed
by various academics. In 1968 the
famous mycophile Gordon Wasson
suggested that soma was the fly
agaric mushroom, amanita muscaria. However, textual descriptions
of soma in the Vedas largely undermine this theory. In 1989 Flattery and
Schwarz proposed peganum harmala. Then, in a well-reasoned article
also published in 1989, the German
Indologist Harry Falk revived an old
theory and presented considerable
evidence that soma was the ephedra
plant. In this paper I revisit the issue
of the botanical identity of soma/
haoma and suggest, alternatively,
that soma may have not been a single plant, but a combination of plants
producing a form of ayahuasca (or
’anahuasca’).
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In this paper I present an analysis
of the narratives of alterity with the
plurality of the sacred practices of
ayahuasca and its correlations and
implications with the phenomenon
of the sacred, called entheogen, in
the construction of the processes of
consciousness expansion, and how
the sacred is constituted and flows
in each individual in the interaction
of therapeutic processes. Also, it
points out the process of urbanization of ayahuasca outside their original context and their various uses:
mental , spiritual and physical. To do
so, it shows an analysis of the narratives in the practice of ayahuasca
restricted to three regions: the “Vale
do Pati” Chapada Diamantina – BA;
community leaders and production
of ayahuasca, in Manaus – Amazonas (psychiatry clinic); and finally,
in the metropolis of São Paulo with
people who are outside of a religious
context considered the “neoayahuasqueiros.” The analysis is based
on three important points: before
experiencing the plant; during rituals
under the immediate effect of it, and
as a remembrance of the experience.
The analysis of the three moments of
the same person shows the transformation, theoretically a positive transformation. In short, I seek to indicate
that a previous worldview based on
one’s tradition and culture is changed
by new assumptions of self, understood as an experience that allows
one’s to reflect on the existential consciousness of oneself.
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SOCIAL
SCIENCES:
RELIGIOUS
USES
CIENCIAS
SOCIALES:
USOS
RELIGIOSOS
Esta presentación tiene como objetivo reflexionar sobre algunos aspectos relacionados con la forma en que
los miembros del grupo conocido
como “União do Vegetal” (UDV), han
aprovechado el conocimiento doctrinal común a esa vertiente religiosa
ayahuasca. Para esto abordaremos
los aspectos relacionales que ocurren
entre estos individuos y sus vivencias
sonoras dentro del ritual. El 8 de mayo
de 2007, el maestro del recuerdo José
Luís Oliveira ofició la implantación de
la UDV en Portugal. Provisionalmente
el nombre del grupo se define como
“Distribuição Autorizada do Vegetal”
(DAV-Lisboa). Actualmente los rituales tienen lugar en un edificio situado
en una zona bohemia de la ciudad, el
barrio de “Alfama”, conocido por sus
varias casas de fado. En este escenario, universos dispares, – que supuestamente tienden a repelerse, a pesar
de estar separados por paredes e intenciones -, se integran por medio de
la escucha. Durante el ritual, uno de
los sentidos que se aguza constantemente es el de la audición, y en este
acto el oído es atraído y direccionado
al entendimiento de los contenidos
doctrinarios. En este bies, a través de
la metodología fenomenológica y de la
perspectiva teórica de la etnomusicología, este trabajo busca comprender
de qué manera subjetiva la performance de la escucha media la aprensión
de los conocimientos singulares del
grupo. Para hacer una mirada analítica
del acto de escuchar, tomo prestados
conceptos como Paisaje Sonora definido por Schafer con el fin de auxiliarme en la revisión de este proceso. Por
lo tanto, intento revisar la función del
participante dentro del ritual, ya sea
como receptor, como co-autor de la
performance auditiva.
PhD in Sciences of Religions,
Federal University of Paraíba,
Paraíba, Brazil
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
Candidata a Doctorado en Etnomusicología, Universidad de Aveiro,
Aveiro, Portugal
SUELMA SOUZA MORAES
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
PATRÍCIA PAULA LIMA
NARRATIVES OF
ALTERITY WITH THE
PLURALITY OF THE
SACRED RITES OF
AYAHUASCA
EVENTS
EVENTOS
RELIGIÓN DE
LOS SENTIMIENTOS:
CONTEXTUALIZACIÓN Y
REFLEXIÓN SOBRE
EL DESEMPEÑO DE LA
ESCUCHA
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A PHILOSOPHICAL
GROUNDING FOR AYAHUASCA AS A
SPIRITUAL TECHNIQUE
PIETER STOKKINK
Master in Social Philosophy &
Ethics University of Amsterdam,
OPEN Foundation
PHENOMENOLOGY,
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HEALTH
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Phenomenological research has concentrated on the way psychedelic
experiences in general and ayahuasca experiences in particular were experienced by a subject. Researchers
focused on the content of the experience and the thoughts, ideas and/
or emotions that were revealed in it.
While this approach is tremendously
important and insightful, it is only part
of what comprises a full philosophical
analysis of ayahuasca. In this paper,
I will open up a new domain based
on the work of Michel Foucault: the
use of ayahuasca as a spiritual technique. When we analyse the way ayahuasca transforms us, we must take
into account the way it is integrated
in our day to day life as a practice by
which we intentionally let ourselves
be transformed. This practice has
four characteristics: It is transformative, it has a relation to truth, it requires courage and it is ongoing.
By analysing the use of ayahuasca
in this framework, we can embed it
more easily into our lives. Instead of
it being a singular peak-experience,
ayahuasca becomes a force that continuously aids us in the transformation of ourselves and moreover of the
society around us. It helps us question the three factors that constitute
our identity: our own subjectivity (our
separateness), the power structures
in society that form and steer this
subjectivity in a certain direction and
the ‘truth’ spoken about our subjectivity in science and/or religion.
SEARCHING TOOLS TO
CONFRONT DEATH
DÉBORA GONZÁLEZ
(Presenter), Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
MARÍA CARVALHO
Universidad Católica de Portuguesa Porto (UCP), Portugal
MARC AIXALÁ
International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and
Service (ICEERS), Spain
JORDI CANTILLO
Instituto de Investigación Hospital del Mar-IMIM Parc de Salut
Mar, Spain
Introduction: Grief is a universal experience of the fragmentation of
identity caused by the the loss of an
emotional bond that affects humans
in a multidimensional way. So far, the
influence of ayahuasca on this process has not been explored.
Method: We designed an online survey
to analyze the influence of ayahuasca
on the dimensions that are affected by
the grieving process (n=45) and performed a qualitative analysis of the experiences of the participants (n=30).
Results: Ayahuasca influences primarily the acceptance of loss, the understanding of past events, a greater
appreciation for the relationship and
the integration of transcendent dimension in their lives. Likewise, most
recurrent themes are the establishing contact with, and saying farewell
to the deceased. Conclusions: In all
participants the ayahuasca has had a
key role and positive influence on the
process of grief. Future research will
need to contrast these results in prospective clinical studies.
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Nucleus for Interdisciplinary
Studies of Psychoactives (NEIP),
Brazil
ANJA LOIZAGA VELDER
Director of Psychotherapy and Research, Nierika. A.C., Mexico
TELMO RONZANI
Professor, Department of Psychology, Federal University of Juiz
de Fora (UFJF) Brazil
JACQUES MABIT
Executive President, Takiwasi
Center Peru
DÉBORA GONZÁLEZ
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain
Ayahuasca has been identified as
having therapeutic potential for the
treatment of addiction and other
mental health challenges such as
depression and trauma-related disorders. While long-standing indigenous knowledge, anecdotal evidence
and several preliminary observational studies consistently point in this
direction more research is needed
with more rigourous methods and
diverse therapeutic settings and cultural contexts. This presentation will
outline the rationale for and design of
M.Sc. in Anthropology, Graduate
Program on Anthropology, Federal
University of Pernambuco;
ALEXSANDRO MEDEIROS DO
NASCIMENTO
Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology,
Graduate Program on Cognitive
Psychology, Federal University of
Pernambuco
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WAGNER LINS LIRA
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Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology,
Departament of Psychology,
Faculdade Vale do Ipojuca/DeVry
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MARCELO MERCANTE
RODRIGUES
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Scientific Coordinator, Takiwasi
Center Peru
LYSIA RACHEL MOREIRA BASÍLIO
ANTONIO ROAZZI
Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, Graduate Program on Cognitive Psychology, Federal University of Pernambuco
Ayahuasca is a ritual drink with psychoactive effects used in some Brazilian religions. By its action on the
serotonergic system, involved in
many psychopathologies, studies
pointed out several possibilities of its
therapeutic use, particularly in mental illnesses such as drug abuse and
depression. The aim of this study was
to investigate the impact of continued
use of ayahuasca on mental health of
religious ayahuasqueros. We applied
questionnaires to members of three
different ayahuasca religions to verify the occurrence of symptoms related to stress, anxiety, depression,
hopelessness, and alcohol and tobacco uses. We also investigated the
expression of self-consciousness,
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JOSÉ ARTURO COSTA ESCOBAR
Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology,
Grupo de Estudos sobre Álcool e
outras Drogas, Federal University
of Pernambuco
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
Scientist Emeritus/Professor
Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health/University of Toronto,
Toronto, Canada
EFFECTS OF THE
PSYCHOACTIVE
SACRAMENTAL DRINK
AYAHUASCA IN THE
MENTAL HEALTH OF
RELIGIOUS MEMBERS
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
BRIAN RUSH
a multi-country, multi-site program
of research known as the Ayahuasca Treatment Outcome Project. The
presentation will discuss key principles, legal, ethical and methodological challenges identified to date in
project planning and implementation
– for example, the rationale to focus
on addictions; the appropriateness
and feasibility of identifying the “active ingredients” of an integrated
approach that combines shamanic
and psychotherapeutic approaches;
bio-ethical issues in site selection related to both energetic and physical
safety; choice of outcomes to monitor over time. This presentation will
also briefly outline the pros and cons
of alternative and potentially complementary approaches to the study of
the therapeutic benefits of ayahuasca – traditional clinical research with
controlled designs, health services
research in more naturalistic settings, realist evaluation and indigenous-culture based evaluation. The
aim will be to stimulate reflection
and discussion of these alternative
approaches and the potential for
reconciliation and synergy. We will
draw upon the experience of ATOP
and conclude with an update on current status of funding proposals under
development and review for 2014-15
for project sites in Peru, Mexico, Brazil,
Argentina and Uruguay.
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EVALUATING THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF
AYAHUASCA IN THE
TREATMENT OF
ADDICTIONS:
THE AYAHUASCA
TREATMENT OUTCOME
PROJECT (ATOP)
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social abilities and mechanisms of
visual perception. Results showed
that ayahuasqueros presented uses
of alcohol and tobacco below those
observed in national epidemiological
studies. No significant pathological
frame was observed in
the sample analyzed, nor deleterious effects on visual perception and
social abilities. The self-rumination
was positively correlated with psychopathological indices and self-reflection was the predominant mode
of self-consciousness functioning
with higher values. In conclusion, the
results suggest that the ritual use of
ayahuasca does
not promote mental health problems,
and self-rumination act as mediating
factor of psychopathology. It was not
possible demonstrate the positive effects observed derived from continuous use of ayahuasca. Socio-cultural
variables that should influence the
mechanisms related to wellbeing and
mental health has to be isolated in
future ayahuasca studies. Self-consciousness mechanisms such as
reflection and rumination have to
be investigated in ayahuasca users
to define how they contribute to improving resilience that could explain
positive mental health states.
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AYAHUASCA, SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING: ASTUDY ABOUT RELIGIOUS
(IN) CONGRUENCE
ANTONIO ROAZZI
Ph.D. on Developmental Psychology, Graduate Program on Cognitive Psychology, Federal University of Pernambuco
FRANCISCO SANTOS PEREIRA
M.Sc. on Cognitive Psychology,
Graduate Program on Cognitive
Psychology, Federal University of
Pernambuco
ALEXSANDRO MEDEIROS
DO NASCIMENTO
Ph.D. on Cognitive Psychology,
Graduate Program on Cognitive
Psychology, Federal University of
Pernambuco
JOSÉ ARTURO COSTA ESCOBAR
Ph.D. on Cognitive Psychology,
Grupo de Estudos sobre Álcool e
outras Drogas, Federal University
of Pernambuco
ANTONIO ROAZZI
Ph.D. on Developmental Psychology, Graduate Program on Cognitive Psychology, Federal University of Pernambuco
Ayahuasca is a psychoactive tea
used in ritual and religious contexts.
Studies suggest its possible use for
therapeutic purposes, as in the treatment of depression and drug abuse,
etc. This is ex-post-facto study which
investigated the use of psychoactive
ayahuasca in religious context has
an effect on the mind, in order to
provide higher levels of selfreflective
self-consciousness, and psychological and spiritual well-being. Thus, we
mapped the relationships between
the processes related to the self as
self-consciousness and the psychological and spiritual well-being in the
dependence of religious congruence
of the distinct groups (ayahuasca drinkers, traditional evangelical
Baptists and non-religious people
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non-users of ayahuasca). Participants in the study people were over
18 years of age. Psychometric scales
used to measure the constructs of
interest were Situational Self-Awareness Scale, Religious Congruence
Scale, Global Religiosity Scale, Subjective Happiness Scale and Spiritual
Well-Being Scale, and a social-demographic. The generated data received
quantitative treatment procedures of
psychometrics and factor analysis,
aided by examination of the interrelationships among variables with the
Spearman correlation coefficient.
Results showed satisfactory psychometric properties, factorial structure
was replicate as found in the original
studies with excellent reliability by
Cronbach’s alpha. The UDV group
showed significant levels of self-consciousness (reflection), and psychological well-being. The Baptists had a
positive correlation with the religious
congruence and agnostics showed
no significant levels of self-consciousness or well-being. In conclusion, the study corroborated the
literature, in addition, demonstrated
a close relationship between religiosity and well-being. Ayahuasca is
presented here as an important tool
in the investigation of consciousness
mechanisms.
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Introduction: This study investigates
Norwegian and Swedish participants
in a four-night ayahuasca ceremony
in Sweden on the accounts of their
motivation for participation; their
mystical experiences during the ceremony and self reported experienced
effects of the ceremony. To the best
of our knowledge this is the first
study examining Scandinavian participants in an ayahuasca ceremony.
Methods: A form is used for collecting
demographic information about the
participants. To assess participants’
motivation a short questionnaire is
constructed. In order to examine
participants’ experienced immediate
effects three different methods are
used: 1) a 100-item version of the
Mystical Experience Questionnaire
(Pahnke 1963) called the States of
Consciousness Questionnaire (Griffiths et al. 2006); 2) narratives are
solicited from the participants and
analyzed using The Empirical Phenomenological Psychological Method
(Gunnar Karlsson, 1995); 3) a short
questionnaire asking additional questions. Results: Data collection starts
March 28 and results will be available
for presentation at the conference.
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The principal context of drinking
Ayahuasca is during shamanic rituals and for few decades in religious
or psychotherapeutic celebrations,
and also throughout the world by
some private groups more or less
organized, rarely with the agreement
of the laws of the countries. Some
studies show statistically significant
improvement of quality of life when
using Ayahuasca-assisted therapy or
Ayahuasca rituals, such as reduction
of addictive behaviors. Except during
some studies with specific groups of
patients, it is difficult to appreciate
the number and the profiles of people who consume or have consumed
Ayahuasca. The main difficulty can
be explained with the context of the
illegality of drinking Ayahuasca, especially in Europe. Furthermore, the
lack of control and follow-up of these
patients and the absence of regulation procedures regarding the multiplicity of celebrations, can generate
some inappropriate behaviors and
reactions that could potentially be serious with adverse impact for the patients and also from the point of view
of the legislator. The aim of this study
is to gather the profiles of Europeans
people who have already consumed
Ayahuasca: who they are, why they
drink this beverage, and what benefits they could expect. A large-scale
online survey sent to Europeans people that attend or have attended Ayahuasca groups, without distinction.
Currently under review.
RUNE ANDREAS EIKELAND
MSc Neuroscience, University of
Bergen
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Osteopath DO, Post Gradued Diploma in Anatomy and in Clinical
Anatomy
PHENOMENOLOGY,
PSYCHOLOGY AND
PUBLIC
HEALTH
II
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
LAURENT FABRE
MA Anthropology
EVENTS
EVENTOS
Osteopath DO, Master in Human
and Social Sciences, Post Gradued Diploma in Anatomy and in
Clinical Posturology
KAROLINE SANDNES OLSEN
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GUILLAUME KRIEF
PRIMARY TRACK
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AYAHUASCA CEREMONY
PARTICIPANTS IN
SCANDINAVIA:
MOTIVATION AND
EFFECTS
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
LARGE-SCALE SURVEY
OF AYAHUASCA CONSUMPTION IN EUROPE:
OVERVIEW AND
PERSPECTIVES
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
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THE VIEW OF LIFE
INFLUENCES OF
AYAHUASCA
EXPERIENCES
JAAKKO LAVONIUS
Master in Humanities, Helsinki
University
The Master’s thesis The View of Life
Influences of Ayahuasca Experiences is based on the material collected through in-depth interviews and
questionnaires during a field study
period in the Peruvian Amazon. The
approach of the study is principally phenomenological, aiming to find
out 1) What kinds of motives the informants have to participate in the
ayahuasca ceremonies? 2) How they
feel they have benefitted from participating the ceremonies? 3) How
the experiences have influenced
their spirituality? 4) What kinds of
influences on the informants’ worldviews have the experiences created?
5) What common similarities can be
found between different people’s
ayahuasca experiences? 6) How the
ayahuasca experiences can be compared to Abraham Maslow’s theoretical models of peak experience and
self-actualization? The descriptions
of the ayahuasca experiences and
the changes on the world-views of the
informants provoked by them were
compared to the results of other related investigations and to Maslow’s
theoretical models by the methods
of systematical analysis. The study is
also partly epistemological research,
as it explores a method of knowledge
acquisition and formation that the informants feel they are applying. The
study points out that the ayahuasca
experiences have had a significant
impact on the world-view of the experiencers, and on their relation to
spirituality. According to the informants, however, spirituality is only one
part of the range of being human. In
many replies, becoming a complete
human and an authentic self was
sensed to be a central goal. In this
process spirituality seemed to have a
significant role. Many informants also
reported on the positive effects that
ayahuasca had on their health, and
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in different psychological and physiological healing processes. Comparing the results and outcomes of the
research with other related research
results, their similarities are considerable. The ayahuasca experiences
have had a central role in the process
of self-actualization of the individuals, comparable with the Maslow’s
concept of peak experience’s significance as a part of his theory of selfactualization, located at the top of
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which
in Maslow’s later theory formulation
gains selftranscendent qualities. The
central conclusion of the study is that
these motives of self-actualization
and selftranscendence, as guiding
factors of a person’s life, seemed to
gain a long-lasting or permanent role
in the informants’ life.
HALLUCINOGEN RATING
SCALE (HRS) –
A BRAZILIAN VERSION:
TRANSLATION AND
CROSS-CULTURAL
ADAPTATION
SUELY MIZUMOTO
M.A. in Psychology, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil
DARTIU XAVIER DA SILVEIRA
Medical School, Federal University
of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil
PAULO CÉSAR RIBEIRO BARBOSA
State University of Santa Cruz,
Brazil
RICK J STRASSMAN
Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of
Medicine, Cottonwood Research
Foundation, USA
Background: There is a growing scientific interest in the effects of hallucinogens in general and the religious
use of psychoactive brew ayahuasca
in Brazil in particular. However, there
is not yet a standard instrument
used in Brazil to evaluate the effects
of hallucinogens. The Hallucinogen
Rating Scale (HRS) is a questionnaire
widely used in the U.S. and Europe
to evaluate the effects of several
psychoactive substances, including
hallucinogens. Objective: To translate and adapt the HRS to Brazilian
Portuguese. Method: We followed
three steps: 1) the authors of the article translated the HRS into Portuguese, in order to establish an initial
version; 2) two independent translators back-translated this version
into English; 3) a revision committee
produced a final version of the Brazilian Portuguese version. This final
version was developed comparing
the initial translations and backtranslations, through a dialogic process
with the author of the instrument.
Results: A final Portuguese version
of the HRS, following the guidelines
for semantic and conceptual equivalence between English and Portuguese to describe hallucinogen-induced subjective states. Discussion:
A Brazilian version of the HRS – an
instrument widely used throughout
the world to quantify effects of psychoactive drugs – provides a sensitive instrument for evaluation of the
effects of hallucinogenic substances
in Brazil. Also, the statistical analysis
is in progress, consequently there is
the possibility to present some of the
preliminary data regarding the psychometric validation at the time of
the Congress.
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 Saturday 27, 12:00h Room 2
 Sábado 27, 12:00h Sala 2
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BIOMEDICINE
BIOMEDICINA
In this talk, results obtained from laboratory biomedical research done in
Brazil in the last three years will be
presented. Experienced ayahuasca
users (12 males, 8 females) drank
”Hoasca” (donated by União do Vegetal UDV) in a laboratory setting. All
procedures were approved by the
Committee for Ethical Research of
UNIFESP. Concentration of main
active principles was estimated by
gas chromatography (GC-NPD) and
were as follows (mg/ ml): DMT 0.16,
Harmine 1.37, Tetrahydroharmine
0.97. The chosen dose was (mg/kg):
DMT 0.70, Harmine 4.48, Tetrahydrohramine 3.60. Electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings (Brain Vision
actiCHamp, 64 channels, 2 kHz) were
performed during three consecutive
hours while the subjects remained
quiet, eyes-closed, in resting-state
condition. Blood and saliva samples
were collected every 25 minutes to
measure ayahusca’s active principles and metabolites, and cortisol,
respectively. Results have shown significant decreases in spectral power,
after 50 minutes from ingestion, in
delta (1-4 Hz), theta (4-8 Hz), alfa
(8-13 Hz) and beta (13-30 Hz) bands
in parietal electrodes bilaterally (P5,
P6, P7 and P8). After 100 minutes,
increases in slow-gamma (30-50 hz)
and fast-gamma (50-100 Hz) were
detected at the same parietal electrodes. Analysis of blood and saliva
samples are underway, and correlations between EEG and these variables will also be shown. The current
results, their relations to previous
ayahuasca research using EEG and
their implications to the understanding of the mechanism of action of
ayahuasca will be done.
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The presentation summarizes the linguistic markers that indicate the level
of integration of ayahuasca experiences. Eleven European participants
were followed for the period of 1 year,
during which they participated in 3-5
ayahuasca rituals and a follow up period of 6 months. Follow up reports
were gathered every 6-8 weeks in
group setting completed by individual closing interviews. Independent
clinical psychologists distinguished
the participants who integrated the
experience by the end of the one
year period from those who failed to
do so. The subgroups of ‘integrated’
and ‘not integrated’ were then determined and the follow-up reports of
the groups analyzed by a quantitative narrative method (NarrCat) developed by the Hungarian Scientific
Academy and the University of Pécs.
The NarrCat focuses on linguistic
specifics such as the rate of emotional vs cognitive words, passivity vs activity, I vs we reference, the style and
tense of narration etc. A Regressive
Imagination Dictionary was also used
as part of the analysis focusing on
psychological qualities such as drive,
moral, restrictions, abstraction, defense etc. The linguistic patterns of
the two subgroups revealed by the
analysis were compared. The overall
aim of the analysis is to discover psychological factors that support the
integration of ayahuasca experiences
allowing therapists to better understand the process of integration and
develop tools for its facilitation.
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PhD, Federal University of São
Paulo and Instituto Plantando
Consciência, São Paulo, Brazil
MSc Transpersonal Psychology,
PhD Candidate, University of Pécs
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
EDUARDO EKMAN SCHENBERG
PETRA BOKOR
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PHYSIOLOGICAL
EFFECTS OF
AYAHUASCA ON
THE HUMAN BRAIN
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
LINGUISTIC MARKERS
OF THE LEVEL
OF INTEGRATION OF
AYAHUASCA
EXPERIENCES
SPEAKERS
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THE ENTROPIC
BRAIN
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primary states such as REM sleep
and early psychosis and comparing
these with non-primary states such
as normal waking consciousness and
the anaesthetised state.
PostDoc, Imperial College London
EDE FRECSKA
AMANDA FEILDING
Beckley Foundation
Entropy is a dimensionless quantity
that is used for measuring uncertainty about the state of a system but
it can also imply physical qualities,
where high entropy is synonymous
with high disorder. Entropy is applied here in the context of states of
consciousness and their associated
neural dynamics, with a particular
focus on the psychedelic state. The
psychedelic state is considered an
exemplar of a primitive or primary
state of consciousness that preceded the development of modern, adult,
human, normal waking consciousness. Based on neuroimaging data
with psilocybin, a classic psychedelic drug, it is argued that the defining
feature of ‘primary states’ is elevated
entropy in certain aspects of brain
function, such as the repertoire of
functional connectivity motifs that
form and fragment across time. It is
noted that elevated entropy in this
sense, is a characteristic of systems
exhibiting ‘self-organised criticality’, i.e., a property of systems that
gravitate towards a ‘critical’ point
in a transition zone between order
and disorder in which certain phenomena such as power-law scaling
appear. This implies that entropy is
suppressed in normal waking consciousness, meaning that the brain
operates just below criticality. It is
argued that this entropy suppression furnishes consciousness with a
constrained quality and associated
metacognitive functions, including
reality-testing and self-awareness. It
is also proposed that entry into primary states depends on a collapse of
the normally highly organised activity within the default-mode network
(DMN) and a decoupling between the
DMN and the medial temporal lobes
(which are normally significantly coupled). These hypotheses can be tested by examining brain activity and associated cognition in other candidate
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THE POSSIBLE ROLE
OF THE ENDOHALLUCINOGEN DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE IN TISSUE
REGENERATION
AYAHUASCA & BRAIN
CHANGE: FROM
PHARMACOLOGY TO
PSYCHOLOGY
M.D., Ph.D, University of Debrecen
ATTILA SZABO
Ph.D., Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University
of Debrecen
SAM GANDY, PHD CANDIDATE
James Hutton Institute
A look at how ayahuasca affects the
brain in terms of pharmacological
activity, on different receptor sites,
differing brain regions, how it affects
brain waves, and importantly how it
may influence neuroplasticity and
neurogenesis, and the implications
this could have for depression and addiction. While looking at this zoomed
in perspective, the zoomed out perspective looking at human personality
change will be linked to this and also
be examined…what implications does
ayahuasca use have for people and
society at large, via an examination of
all levels it imparts effects, to the very
micro to the very macro in scale.
PETRA BOKOR
MSc Transpersonal Psychology,
PhD Candidate, University of Pécs
N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is
classified as a naturally occurring
serotonergic hallucinogen of plant
origin. It has also been found in animal tissues and regarded as an endogenous trace amine transmitter.
The vast majority of research on
DMT has targeted its psychotropic
properties with less focus on its effects beyond the nervous system.
The recent discovery that DMT is an
endogenous ligand of the sigma-1
receptor may shed light on yet undiscovered physiological mechanisms
of DMT activity and reveal some of its
putative biological functions. A threestep active uptake process of DMT
from peripheral sources to neurons
underscores a presumed physiological significance of this endogenous
hallucinogen. In the presentation,
we will overview the literature on the
effects of sigma-1 receptor ligands
on cellular bioenergetics, the role
of serotonin, and serotonergic analogues in immunoregulation and the
data regarding gene expression of
the DMT synthesizing enzyme indolethylamine-N-methyltransferase in
carcinogenesis. We conclude that the
function of DMT may extend central
nervous activity and involve a more
universal role in cellular protective
mechanisms. The assumed role of
DMT in cell protection, regeneration,
and immunity helps understanding
why ayahuasca has been used traditionally in healing ceremonials among
the indigenous and mestizo cultures of
the Amazon Basin.
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Despite numerous published scientific papers and anecdotal reports indicating the presence of DMT in a wide
variety of plants, there is much ambiguity, contradiction, and speculation
regarding the actual chemical composition of many of these plants. Discussions of indigenous preparations,
which include DMT-containing plants,
often treat the phytochemistry of the
β-carboline-containing plants as fairly
uniform. However, new examinations
of these plants, utilizing modern analytical techniques, have shown them
to contain a variety of compounds in
differing ratios. The DMT-Nexus has
carried out unique chromatography
and mass spectrometry analyses of
specimens reported to contain DMT
and β-carbolines, from both novel and
previously examined species complexes. Thus far, we have tested species within the Acacia, Phalaris, Psychotria, Banisteriopsis and related
genera, as well as Mimosa tenuiflora
and Diplopterys cabrerana. This research has elucidated questions and
hypotheses regarding: indigenous
botanical preparations; identities of
plants found in the global market of
entheogenic vendors; and the phytochemistry of plants that ethnobotanical researchers encounter in their
own geographic regions. Key results
from our ongoing inquiries show that
neither Tetrapterys methystica nor
Alicia anisopetala contain harmala alkaloids, despite being used in similar
manners to Banisteriopsis caapi. Additionally, our analyses of Diplopterys
cabrerana have not demonstrated
the presence of 5-MeO-DMT, despite
numerous anecdotal claims that this
plant induces subjectively similar effects to 5-MeO-DMT. Similarly, our
analyses of Banisteriopsis muricata
leaves have not detected the pres-
Healing, trance-inducing herbs and
practices are not limited to primeval
cultures only. Western society has
since antiquity had many many of
its own, although mostly hidden in
occultism due to a long period of persecution of witchcraft. Presentation
deals with one of them, being a relative to ayahuasca through sharing
same harmala alkaloids. The plant
“Moly” was Hermes’s gift to Odysseus (Homer) as an aid in rescuing
his sailors from Circe’s spell. She
presumptively turned them into pigs,
which is merely a parable for the hedonistic imbalance of excessive eating and drinking. This herb has nowadays been identified as Syrian rue
(Peganum harmala). The plant will
be evaluated from a historical point
of view through a review of scientific
literature. Its botany will be presented as well, especially how to ensure
oneself an independent source of
fresh, potent, stabile, safe and beneficial spring of spiritual health and
well being. Due to the fact that DMT
present in ayahuasca is an internationally banned substance, recognizing easily accessible alternatives,
replacements or additives to ayahuasca might turn out to be a crucial
point in order to preserve the light of
the soul’s freedom from darkness of
blind collectivism.
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The DMT-Nexus
Ph.D., OMI Institute for Anthropological Medicine
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MOLY:
ANCIENT
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ence DMT, despite hypotheses by
notable ethnobotanists to the contrary. The significance of this research is
that it presents the merging of traditional ethnobotanical knowledge into
contemporary scientific contexts,
while expanding our phytochemical
knowledgebase. Through botanical
and chemical analyses, we are beginning to correlate plants identified in
formal botanical contexts and their
chemical constituents with their indigenous classifications and uses.
We are also working towards identifying plants with alkaloid profiles analogous to traditional entheogens.
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MARK WAKING LIGHT
This interactive session is an open
invitation to share practical tips and
techniques for navigating the realms
of spiritual experience. Just as a good
night’s sleep and an empty stomach
help to prepare us for receiving the
power of sacred plants, certain qualities of attention and intention can be
naturally conducive to opening ourselves to the grace and healing they
may offer. As studied by Western
psychology, psychedelic experience
has most often been viewed in terms
of set and setting, the internal state
of mind and the external state of the
environment, usually determined at
the onset of the experience. However, this approach does not really address the actual challenge of deeply
engaging with the experience under
whatever conditions it is taking place.
Illustrated through visionary art and
poetry, this session presents a selection of practical techniques drawn
from hypnotic, shamanic, yogic, and
ÉRIKA FERNANDES-PINTO
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
(UFRJ) & Benki Piyãko Ashaninka,
APIWTXA Association, Brazil
In the colonization process of the
Brazilian territory, hundreds of indigenous peoples have been exterminated and many of those who survived have gone through slavery and
forced cultural disruption. In the fight
for recovery of indigenous identities
in Brazil, by the recognition of their
territorial rights and by the construction of a different model of economic
and social development, the rescue of
traditional knowledge and ancestral
spirituality has emerged as fundamental. This work aims at reporting
the importance of shamanic rituals
using ayahuasca in the emerging processes of indigenous consciousness
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 Thursday 25, 18:00h Room 2
 Jueves 25, 18:00h Sala 2
‘YORENKA ASHAKA’
ASHANINKA´S
TRADITION AND
SHAMANIC KNOWLEDGE
SUPPORTING THE REBIRTH OF INDIGENOUS
CONSCIENCES
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As a writer and stand-up comic who
has been writing jokes for 30 years,
my journeys with the medicine have
been, among other things, hysterically funny. It is as though the spirit
of Ayahuasca has been accessing
the library of my knowledge of jokes
and joke writing and using that on
me. I was so surprised that she was
as funny as my award-winning comedy friends. My presentation will be
fun for the conference -part straight
stand-up comedy about what I have
learned in my ayahuasca journeys
and part presentation about her ability to “speak the language” of funny.
I have nothing but reverence and
awe for la medicina and her ability to
speak to all of us.
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Artist
tantric practices. In this discussion,
the audience is welcome to contribute
the insight of their own spiritual practice. Topics briefly discussed may
include: using mantras and mudras,
words and gestures for directing energy; using breath and concentration
for focusing attention inwards or outwards; imprinting with mementos,
music, and visualization for reconnecting with past journeys; recognizing fear as the sheer intensity of
aliveness present here; transmuting
the euphoria of rapture into the stillness of bliss; entering union through
letting go, surrender, and embrace.
This session is based on Mark Waking
Light’s over twenty years experience
of working with transpersonal trance,
induced both with and without sacred plants. Mark Waking Light is the
founder of the Jam of a Lifetime, an
ayahuasca ceremony celebrating the
creative spirit through sacred music
from across the world.
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and recovering cultural elements in
the Acre State, on the border of Brazil with Peru. In this region, the action
of spiritual leaders of the Ashaninka
Kampa River Amonia People – which
has an ancient culture on the use of
ayahuasca – among other indigenous
peoples, has generated processes of
rescue of indigenous cultures and
their sacred values, from the construction of shamanic alliances, consecration of sacred sites and ceremonial centers, realization of cultural
festivals and formation of networks
for communication and exchange of
experiences. These initiatives also
strengthen ecological awareness,
reflecting on conservation and environmental recovery of various areas. Through the use of ayahuasca
and the recognition of the sacred
dimension of nature, these people
transform their history, serving as an
example for other traditional peoples
and convey a message of hope for a
better future for all humanity.
LIVING WITH DRUGS:
10 WISE LESSONS GIVEN
BY AYAHUASCA TO AN
ECOLOGICAL APPROACH
ON PSYCHOACTIVES
ISABELA LARA OLIVEIRA
PhD in History and Postdoctoral
Degree on Social Psychology,
University of Brasília, Brazil
Humankind has always used psychoactive substances. The drive for
mind-altering substances is part of
natural human needs. Even though,
since the 14/15th century, drug use
have been progressively demonized
and proscribed all over the world. The
consequences of this “World War on
Drugs” were devastating: increasing
drug abuse, addiction and crime, dissolution of native knowledge and many
other psychological and social problems. Nevertheless, during the 20th
century, Ayahuasca use has spread
from the Amazon to the world through
shamans and Brazilian religions and
is presenting whit a humankind a new
safe, and healthful approach to drug
use. What lessons can Ayahuasca
use teach us? How can these lessons
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help us toward a new paradigm on
drugs? This presentation will discuss
some important concepts and review
successful experiences with Ayahuasca that are helping contemporary
society to build a harmonious co-existence with drugs. Some wise lessons
learned with Ayahuasca: 1. Respect to
nature, native knowledge and diversity; 2. Include culture and its practices
as an essential part of defining and
regulating drug use; 3. It is possible
to have a healthy drug use; 4. Drugs
can successfully treat drug addiction;
5. Drugs can help us understand and
deal with multidimensional aspects of
reality; 6. Reconnection with nature,
increased sense of brotherhood and
perception of interconnection of life; 7.
A new successful regulation for drugs
is possible and needs to be built with
drug users; 8. Drugs can help building
sustainable ecological communities;
9. The importance of informal social
regulations on drug use; 10. Openness
of mind and heart to change.
THE COSMIC SERPENT
MEETS THE RAINBOW
SERPENT:
EXPLORATIONS
INTO AYAHUASCA USE
AS A CATALYST TO
ENHANCED ACCESS TO
TRANSPERSONAL
DOMAINS AND ITS
RELATION TO
REAWAKENING KNOWLEDGE OF
NATIVE SCIENCE
VICTORIA SINCLAIR
Master, Personal Development
Foundation and Middlesex
University
Introduction: An overview of findings
of research looking at the correlaton between insights gained from
ayahuasca use and concepts of
consciousness, nature and spirituality found in Australian (ab)Original
Native Science and IKS (Indigenous
Knowledge Systems). Bob Randal, an
Original Elder explains that Kanyini,
the 4 dimensions of Original life are
made up of Tjukrrpa – Creation Period/Dreamtime, Kururipa – Spirit,
soul, psyche, Walytja – Family Worship, and Ngura -Land, home, space,
Mother (including pre-birth communication). All of existence is based in
totemistic systems – time is absolute- there is no linear time (in common to the beliefs of many African
tribes).If plant medicines like ayahuasca are capable of taking us back
to a more intrinsically connected
state surely there may be a tangible
link to be made between Australian
Original viewpoints of consciousness,
nature and spirituality and those
of persons who take ayahuasca.
Methods: This qualitiative study has
gained its main body of data through
coding interviews using Grounded
Theory principles with participants in
the Americas, Europe and Australia
comprising a cross-section of ‘novices’, long term users, prominent entheogenists and practitioners made
between late 2013 and mid 2014.
The dissection points have been concepts of time, matter, space, relation
to nature and land, death, family
and the spirit world This has then be
applied to a study of Original consciousness and spirituality amongst
groups of Original elders and custodians of the ancient ‘lore’ during 5
monthsof ethnographic field work in
Australia. Results: Fieldwork is still
underway but already findings show
that ayahuasca use broadens worldviews and transpersonal domains in
a way similar to the “ways of seeing”
of Original cultures. There is also evidence that ayahuasca use can assist
Original people to re-engage with the
Dreaming and toalleviate cultural
trauma. Ayahuasca has proved to be
beneficial to users in awakening relationship to nature, cosmovision and
spirituality, and to alleviate cultural
and body traumas for not just non-indigenous groups but also for Origine
groups. Possible Derived Lines of
Research: Future interdisciplinary
works to deepen engagement with
Native Science in the fields of postcolonial studies and transpersonal
ecopsychology. Further study on the
benefits of working with ayahuasca
in cases of collective cultural trauma
for both non-indigenous and Original
groups.
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Por este motivo, Marcelo y Fátima
adquirieron de forma privada una parcela de 260.000 metros cuadrados
en la ciudad de Sete Barras, Brasil. El
lugar, fue escogido por su clima muy
similar al de la selva amazónica y está
totalmente dedicado al cultivo. Allí se
lleva actualmente a cabo el cultivo de
2000 lianas de Jagube y 650 plantas
de Rainhas. De los cuales 380 Jagubes
se equiparon con sistema de riego por
goteo, y el resto crecen de forma natural en el bosque. Esta plantación tiene
como objetivo satisfacer las necesidades de nuestra iglesia y las iglesias de
nuestros contactos europeos y brasileños. Pretende igualmente inspirar y
ayudar a otras pequeñas plantaciones
con semillas e informaciones técnicas.
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Healing with and learning from ”Master Plants” is a cornerstone of Shipibo ayahuasca shamanism. This talk
reports on the use of dietas and other
traditional Shipibo practices in urban
North America including discovering
and dieting Master Plants native or
local to California. As stewarded by
practitioners trained in the Shipibo
shamanic tradition, using methods
adapted from the native jungles of
Peru, dieters have experienced physical, mental, and spiritual healing,
clearing, alignment, transformation,
and expansion. Specific results experienced by dieters across short-term
and long-term timeframes include
relief of physical conditions such as
asthma, reproductive disorders, and
clinical depression. Dieters have also
experienced results that are less easy
to characterize clinically including
increased happiness, resolution of
spiritual crises, and improved cognition. Results and examples are drawn
from 46 dietas held over a period of
five years by 21 individuals ranging
in length from 28 days to a year. In
working with traditional dietas and
ayahuasca practices, a body of folk
knowledge has been gathered, which
has informed our ongoing adaptation
and cultivation of traditional practices for contemporary communities.
Our results offer many possible directions and access points for further
exploration.
A través de un estudio analizamos que
el consumo anual de gasóleo destinado
al transporte del Jagube desde la selva amazónica con destino a San Paulo
como suministro de materia prima para
la elaboración del Daime, se eleva a más
de 60.000 litros cada año. A esto se le
añade el costo de la destrucción de la
flora nativa.
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IN SHIPIBO AYAHUASCA
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LA AYAHUASCA
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AND THE
HOMELESS
NELSON ORTIZ RODRÍGUEZ
WILSON GONZAGA
Consultor Ambiental, Copalosanto,
España
Chaman, La Primavera Centro de
Ayahuasca
Plantearé la forma más adecuada de
consumir estas resinas y maderas
tan vinculadas al diseño ceremonial
de nuestra querida abuela ayahuasca.
Tengo material de calidad para ofrecer una presentación fluida, certera y
visionaria, a la par de reveladora por el
contenido de pruebas y estudios, que
después de muchos años llevo haciendo en el sector de consumo. Hablaré
de las verdades del Palo Santo, de sus
derivados y de como ha de ser usado
y conservado. También ofrecer información novedosa en referente a las
nuevas formas de consumo (responsable y ético) del novedoso Aceite del
Fruto y no del tronco (ramas) de Bursera Graveolens (Palo Santo). Dispongo de una presentación limpia (keynote) y me avala el amor a mi trabajo,
que desde hace más de 10 años llevo
desarrollando en todo tipo de comunidades, centros y demás espacios para
el desarrollo interno.
Nelson Ortiz Rodríguez es un chamán
no indio con formación occidental y
reconocimiento de la Gobernación
Nacional Indígena OLIC de Colombia.
A través de ocho años de trabajo con
Ayahuasca y otras plantas sagradas
ha logrado integrar de una forma sinérgica al chamanismo tradicional indígena con las tradiciones filosóficas
y espirituales de oriente y occidente,
ofreciendo una visión filosófica, pragmática e incluyente. A las ceremonias
han llegado personas en búsqueda
de salud física y espiritual, entre otras
personas con graves problemas personales como la drogadicción. A veces
estas personas tienen dificultades en
adaptarse a la idiosincrasia y a la tradición indígena, la tradición moderna
chamánica ofrece una puerta más
amplia y una visión más integral para
estas personas. Las ceremonias son
un lugar ecléctico en que hay espacio
para diferentes estilos de vida, convicciones y religiones. Se trabaja desde la
luz y cada participante se conecta con
las tradiciones con que más afinidad
tenga. Existen muchos casos de éxito
por presentar de personas que han
cambiado su vida por completo después del contacto con la medicina, sea
por algunas ceremonias para un tema
muy específico o un proceso más largo
que lleva a la transcendencia espiritual.
Concluyendo, el chamanismo moderno
es una integración de diferentes tradiciones, proveyendo un acceso más amplio a la curación integral del cuerpo y el
alma. Hace una diferencia al nivel individual, permitiendo un desarrollo personal
y espiritual, y pueda llegar a hacer una
diferencia al nivel colectivo también.
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M.D, Psychiatrist, Director of
the Hermes Institute for Human
Transformation, Business Consultant, Manaus, Brazil
It is important to say that currently Brazilian law permits the use of
ayahuasca, as long as it is part of a
ritual with religious purposes. I got
to know Ayahuasca 32 years ago. As
a person, I felt enchanted by it, as a
psychiatrist, I realized I had found a
powerful tool. I sought, in Hermetic
Science, the light at the end of the
tunnel and there it was. The second
Hermetic Principle, the principle of
correspondence, says: “As above,
so below; as below, so above.” This
hermetic truth is the theoretical basis for all our work with drug users,
in particular for the work reported
here. Let’s imagine the musical scale.
For all we know, it consists of only
seven notes. But the question is: are
there really only these seven notes?
The most obvious answer would be
“Yes!” However, within a theoretically infinite range, we know we can only
perceive those frequencies our human ear allows us to. But there are several Cs and various Bs. Based on this
principle we realized that transcendence is the same “note” as drunkenness only an octave above. The drunk
and the transcendent, the drugged and
the magician live at the same address.
Nevertheless, while one inhabits the
basement of the building, sharing his
home with rats and cockroaches, the
other lives on the top floor with a beautiful view of the sea. If we assume that
this is true, and I am convinced that it
is, then our job is to create an elevator
that takes us from the basement to
the penthouse. This lift exists, and it is
called Ayahuasca.
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Apoyados por la Asociación Naciones
Unidas Venezuela y bajo un marco
institucional internacional estamos
llevando a cabo este proyecto de las
Giras Ancestrales de Medicina Tradicional Indígena por varias naciones.
A través de redes de aliados hemos
organizado numerosas terapias ancestrales, de la mano de médicos tradicionales indígenas y experimentados
chamanes apegados a los usos tradicionales y rituales de la cosmovisión
indígena. La experiencia ha sido sumamente exitosa, existiendo numerosos
pacientes satisfechos y testimonios
fidedignos que demuestran la positiva
adaptación de diferentes personas sin
distinción alguna de raza, color, sexo,
idioma, religión, opinión política o de
cualquier otra índole, origen nacional
o social, posición económica, naci-
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Las tradiciones mitogónicas ancestrales de la ayahuasca se genealogizan en
un transcurso geo-gráfico que va del
noreste amazónico, en la región del
Vaupés, hacia el sur y suroccidente
amazónico, en las regiones del Amazonas y del Putumayo, y hacia la región
de la Orinoquia. En este transcurso se
gesta un tejido mitogónico en el que
una tradición mítico-chamanista de
una región tiene continuidad y al mismo
tiempo transformación en la de la otra
región, para configurar las prácticas ritualísticas de un chamanismo ancestral
diseminado a la manera de una gigantesca Liana del Ver que se manifiesta
como el Cordón Umbilical del Universo.
En la exposición se hará referencia a estas tradiciones míticas, los rituales y sus
prácticas chamanísticas.
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Licenciado en Administración de Desastres/Gestión de Riesgo, Asociación Naciones Unidas Venezuela
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Antropólogo de la Universidad
Nacional de Colombia, Director de
la Fundación de Investigaciones
Chamanistas
miento o cualquier otra condición; a
este tipo de terapias ancestrales, que
constituyen un intercambio cultural y
un estudio con base empírica y apoyo
real para fomentarlas como Derecho
Humano Inalienable. Promover dentro de la sociedad global las terapias
ancestrales de los pueblos originarios
como parte de un sistema primario
en salud no solo es una propuesta viable, accesible y natural – producto de
los conocimientos milenarios -, sino
una alternativa inserta en el desarrollo
sostenible. Integrar y apoyar diversas
propuestas de estudio e investigación
que coadyuven a la real aceptación y
posterior apoyo intergubernamental
a estas importantísimas practicas tradicionales que permitan brindar mayores posibilidades de alcanzar un mejor
nivel de vida a la sociedad en general.
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WILLIAM TORRES CARVAJAL
GIRAS ANCESTRALES
DE MEDICINA
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ANALYSIS OF THE
MATERIAL AND
IMMATERIAL ELEMENTS
IN THE HEALING PLACES:
THE CASE OF MAYANTUYACU IN PERUVIAN
AMAZON FOREST
TANIA RE
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Psychologist/Medical Anthropologist, Unesco Chair Anthropology
of Health – Biosphere and Systems of Care at the University of
Genoa. CERFIT: Regional Tuscany
Centre for Phytoteraphy
Right from the most distant prehistoric sites of care and healing were
identified for a particular energy and
environmental shape. The sensitivity
towards nature, plants, rocks, exposure to light or in the dark of night
shelters , areas of plant growth, it
was always a crucial aspect in the
identification and selection of suitable topos energy to medical care. The
place is already a part of the therapy.
Somehow the emergence of modern
medicine and the indifferent localization of the sites linked to the planning of care therapies and the undifferentiated urbanization, has in fact
neglected, apart from a few isolated
cases, this aspect of the cultures of
health. In this historical moment in
which western medicine and ethnomedicine are trying ethnomedicine
a common approach to medical science by exchanging knowledge and
experiences, there is space to bring
greater awareness to the relationship
between the care, the environment
and ancient knowledge. The research
project involves a multidisciplinary
team of anthropologists, physicists,
chemists, ethnobotanical, architects
and medical doctors and its primary
objective is the analysis of places of
healing and the processes that have
in place. In particular, in it was analyzed Mayantuyacu, a healing center located in the Peruvian Amazon where
the ancient art of healing ashanika is
set. Mayantuyacu is situated on the
bank of a river with thermal water at
100 ° flowing in the middle of the forest. Around the central Maloca, where
here is communal living, were built to
accommodate malocas other people
who come to Mayantuyacu to know
and to seek treatment from knowing
millennial ashanika and properties of
thousands of plants including plants
teacher. We analyzed the following
elements: water, music (icaros),
teacher plants, ceremonial architectures (malocas) involved during
the healing ceremonies and their
impact on different species (plants,
animals and humans). Particularly
we analysed the following elements:
1. Architecture; 2.Water; 3. Music; 4.
Teaching Plants. The co-presence of
several areas ensures the necessary
dialogue between knowledge to fully
preserve the tangible and intangibleheritage and acquiring knowledge
about ancient healing processes and
innovative consciousness aspects involved in them.
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Yoga and Tai Chi Teacher, Ayurvedic Consultant, Votanotherapist,
Art Teacher, Yogardenia
Introduction: The use of ayahuasca
by people who: 1. practice yoga, and/
or 2. express through tantric art or
visionary art, (in relation with others who do not use ayahuasca) has
a positive influence in both the level
and intensity of health benefits from
yoga, and/or the level of inspiration
and joy in their art work, and vice versa: the practice of yoga and/or of expressing through tantric-visionary art
(in relation with other non indigenous
ayahuasca users) has a very positive
effect on how the practitioner will
experience ayahuasca, with more
chances for an easier acceptance of
ayahuasca in the body, an overall positive and joyful feeling about the session and a much better understanding of his/her bodily signals through
the session and areas who need care
in the physical, emotional or spiritual
level, and often very profound visions
and guidelines related with his/her
artwork. Methods: My own analysis of
the relation of the energies of yoga, visionary art and ayahuasca use, based
on my own experiences as well as on
the experiences of fellow artists-yogis-ayahuascueros who accompanied me in the Amazonian jungle and
in some holistic healing ceremonies
in UK, and the collective data from
a simple questionnaire that where
given to some of my students and
friends back home (my organization
“Yogardenia”, in Greece). Each one of
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I recently spent 8 months drinking
ayahuasca, attending workshops
(designed to help integrate the content of the experiences) and assisting
Silvia Polivoy in Brazil with the facilitation of ceremonies. The teachings I
received seemed consistent and logical. Here I provide a summary: ayahuasca and other plants harbor ʻsacred molecules ready for sentient/
intelligent animal forms to discover when a certain level of wisdom/
knowledge/evolution has been attained; shamans are guardians of the
knowledge of such plants; Surrender
is the key to success with ayahuasca
which mirrors the correct approach
(trust in the higher self) to waking
life; cleasing the human instrument
both physically and psychologically will then be possible; ayahuasca
controls and constructs a unique
environment specifically designed
for each users needs; Personal lessons about waking reality and the
psychological imprint examination
process then ensue. In the same way,
physical reality is controlled by your
higher self/over soul. Follow feelings
and not logical thinking. The over
soul sends a signal which the brain
demodulates and projects out onto
the field of consciousness which collapses the wave function creating a
specific experience desired by the
higher self. The human imagination
can be used to birth new forms of intelligence. Symbiosis/co-operation
between dissimilar forms of con-
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Introduction: Fertile areas for the
scientific study of ayahuasca have
opened up recently due to advances in neuroimaging, psychological
models and methodologies, and new
perspectives from the growing field
of mindfulness studies. Traditional
taboos and recommendations which
have guided indigenous ayahuasca
use for centuries are studied in detail
by anthropologists; but their effect
(or otherwise) have not been tested in the vast majority of biomedical
research projects. Why, for example, when many shamans consider
moon phase and menstrual cycle to
be important, have none of the neuroimaging and EEG studies to date
attempted to correlate these factors
with amplitude or site of action in
the brain, or standardized methodologies with respect to them? Why,
when sexual dietas and other dietas
are almost ubiquitous in the indigenous world, do psychological researchers not investigate whether
there is any therapeutic advantage
in observing dietas, or collect data
on sexual activity in the days before
ayahuasca ingestion? Methods: By
studying the scientific investigation
of novel and exotic therapies in the
19th century, and drawing parallels
with current lab and clinical practice,
we can begin to make sense of some
of the blind spots in today’s scientific
methods of inquiry. This presentation
considers the tools of analysis employed by doctors studying traditional Chinese herbalism in Australia, and
the framework of understanding with
which the members of the Royal Society investigated Mesmeric amputation in Europe. Conclusions: There
are taboos in the jungle, which may
or may not be mere superstitions,
and taboos in the academy around
legitimizing superstition. There are
also technical difficulties involved
in studying complex sets of factors.
sciousness in our system of reality is
now available. Zoe7 who wrote Into
the Void and Back from the Void assisted in my analysis during the initial
experiences. Silvia Polivoy guides my
spiritual analysis of self during insight
integration. Instrument cleansing is
her specialty. Her background in psychology has been invaluable during
this period.
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M.Sc Life Sciences with History
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Medicine, Santo Daime UK, Interfaith Alliance UK
Researchers might profit from giving
serious consideration to taboos and
limitations, both of the cultural matrix of the target of their studies, and
also of their own methods of investigation. We also might learn from traditional lore in devising therapies for
disorders such as PTSD and depression which clinical medicine treats
with limited success.
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the participants belongs to one of the
following groups: 1.yoga practitioner,
and/or artist, non ayahuasca user; 2.
yoga practitioner, and/or artist, ayahuasca user; 3. ayahuasca user, non
yoga practitioner, non artist. Finally,
art works influenced by ayahuasca
visions, and art works with no such
influence, from the same artists,
were shown to people in the meditation class, and their comments are
discussed. Results: There is influence
of ayahuasca on how a person interact with/ understands the practice
of yoga, and the practice of yoga can
affect both body and spirit on how to
receive ayahuasca and to ”absorb”
what ayahuasca has to offer. There
is influence of ayahuasca on tantra
(or visionary) artists, and the practice of such arts has influence on the
ayahuasca experience. There is noticeable difference of the level of effectiveness on our emotions between
artworks inspired by ayahuasca, and
artworks non inspired by ayahuasca,
done by the same artist and of the
same category.
Conclusions: The use of ayahuasca
combined with practicing yoga and
tantric art becomes a more profound
method for healing and opening of
the interior door.
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AYAHUASCA
ANALOGUES OF
AUSTRALIA
AYAHUASCA
CEREMONIES FOR THE
TREATMENT OF MANIC
DEPRESSION?
VIMAL DARPAN
BA (Hons),
Living Heart Foundation
My particular interest and area of research has been the experiential investigation of various Acacia species
(Acacia Phlebophylla, Acumenata,
Obtusifolia and others) which proliferate within and are native to the Australian continent. I have been working
extensively with these plants, along
with Peganum Harmala to create a
unique analogue decoction which
aficionados here in Australia refer to
as Somacacia. I have been involved
in this unofficial research program
for 17 years during which time I have
accumulated a wealth of knowledge
and personal experience. My presentation would consist of the introduction of these remarkable trees
as Nature’s natural laboratories and
their possible unique role in ancient
Mystery Schools as well as within indigenous Aboriginal Dreamtime consciousness. I was initially introduced
to Ayahuasca by the late Terence
McKenna. Yatra Silvera de Barbosa,
my next mentor, introduced me to
the preparation and usage of Jurema. I then met Don Jose Campos who
trained me in the traditional usage of
Ayahuasca by undertaking a series of
Dietas in the Peruvian jungle. I also
spent some years in close association with Carioca (Brasil) who acted
as an inspiration and guide in regard
to the use of sacred music within the
context of Ayahuasca.
SOUTHERN CROSS
PhD Candidate, Psychiatry Dept,
Flinders University of South Australia
People with manic depression are severely impacted -often driven to suicide- yet are amongst the most creative
thinkers. Psychiatric pharmaceutical
drugs usually prescribed for this condition may prevent the extremes of mood
swings, but notoriously numb creative
and spiritual consciousness. Creative
people often reject these drugs -preferring to keep their creative spirit,
even at the expense of periodic misery.
I will present relatively unknown empirical research into the fundamental
mechanism of mood swings, which is
demonstrated to be modulations in
the rate of phosphor-inositide cycling
within neurons. Although there is plenty of evidence supporting ayahuasca’s
efficacy for the treatment of unipolar
depression, very little is written about
ayahuasca for bipolar/manic depression. There is some concern that MAOIs in ayahuasca vine destabilize people
prone to mania, and some ceremony
facilitators disallow them from participating. In my personal experience, ayahuasca (taken in healing ceremonial
context) is a mood-stabilizing medicine
which alleviates depression without inducing mania. In contrast, harmala-alkaloid MAOI plants taken without DMT
induces mania. Therefore I believe that
DMT has a stabilizing influence on the
brain chemistry of mood swings. I offer
my personal history of life-threatening
and treatment-resistant “bipolar disorder type 2”, involving 17 psychiatric
pharmaceutical prescriptions with corresponding side-effects... followed by
a successful healing journey through
ayahuasca ceremonies. Given that
ayahuasca enhances creativity, I am
conducting quantitative and qualitative
research to determine whether ayahuasca ceremonies could be a more
appropriate treatment for creative
people with manic depression than currently-available psychiatric pharmaceuticals.
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As the most recent vector for the distribution of ayahuasca on this planet,
human consciousness is the often
unstated third ingredient in the mixture that is ayahuasca. Drawing on
my recent book, Darwin’s Pharmacy (University of Washington Press,
2011) this talk will briefly explore the
strengths and weaknesses of he biochemical, cultural and evolutionary
explanations for the phenomenon
of ayahuasca experience in human
consciousness and its proliferation
across the planet in the 21st century.
While entheogenic researchers have
long found the reductionist model
of chemical structure and function
inadequate to the dynamism, contingency and variety of entheogenic
experience, no schematic framework
has emerged to robustly replace the
”set and setting” model of Leary et.
al. Pointing to the role of entheogenic
plants in human courtship and sexual
selection, Darwin’s Pharmacy offers
an evolutionary model for comprehending human consciousness as an
effect of plant evolution: consciousness as the differential gradient of
attention for selecting and diversifying plant genomes based on modeled
thermodynamic outcomes. Could
consciousness, and its alteration, be
well modeled as a biotechnological
prosthesis of a plant intelligence?
This talk will close with a gedankenexperiment that asks us to conceptualize ayahuasca as a plant intelligence exploring the space of its own
genome via human consciousness,
while human consciousness explores
the space of all possible thought
through its alliance with ayahuasca.
The therapeutic benefits of ayahuasca have gained significant attention
over the past decade. This has resulted in the development of centers
dedicated to ayahuasca-assisted
therapies and the emergent international expansion of ayahuasca at
large. This presentation will discuss
the therapeutic potential of interdisciplinary approaches that validate
the traditional indigenous context of
ayahuasca in combination with adjunct therapies that draw upon other
bodies of knowledge, within traditional, complementary, and alternative
medicine (TCAM). On a global level
there is a tremendous need for better
access to mental health services and
more efficacious treatments. With
this, there is a great opportunity to
draw upon the collective resources
of all TCAM systems and the latest
advancements of what truly defines
health and human potential. Drawing upon case studies of treatments
facilitated within an interdisciplinary
context at Posada Natura Retreat
Center in Costa Rica and also treatments facilitated within a traditional indigenous context in Sibundoy,
Colombia, this presentation will discuss considerations, challenges, and
promising areas for future research
and therapeutic exploration. Holistic healing approaches that include
ayahuasca and other interdisciplinary adjunct therapies represent a
larger movement towards a different
type of health-care service. This new
system embodies a more feminine
approach of healing that honors the
multidimensionality of our human
experience and connection to nature.
With the expansion of ayahuasca and
the emergence of ayahuasca healing
centers that use adjunct therapies,
there is a great need and an opportunity to understand the utility of these
services from multiple perspectives.
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Liberal Arts Research Professor –
English, Information Technology,
Penn State University
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BA in Human Biology Stanford
University, Posada Natura Retreat
Center, Costa Rica
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THE MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS HEALING
JOURNEY WITH
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DR. DARIO GIUFFRIDA
LUCILLE VILLASEÑOR-CARON
M.S.W. Candidate, Carleton University School of Social Work
This thesis is an autoethnography
that provides a thick description,
analysis and reflection of my personal Multiple Sclerosis healing journey,
supported by a transpersonal modality based on an ancient shamanic
wisdom of the Amazon. Since Ayahuasca is a spiritual botanical mixture
that has been used for centuries by
indigenous peoples in the Amazonian
region for healing rituals and medicinal purposes, I chose to explore this
transpersonal therapeutic modality
as a means of supporting my healing through a facilitated process of
individuation. The transpersonal process supported a transcendence of
the mind and in connecting with my
spiritual nature as a means of healing
the mind-body connection of dis-ease
by moving closer towards my authentic Self. The transpersonal benefits
facilitated by Ayahuasca showed to
be a liberating process that allowed
me to heal and to be a more efficient
social worker as I experienced an increased awareness of the interconnectedness of the personal healing
process and that of humanity and
Mother Earth. The overall intent of
sharing my experience is particularly
aimed at inspiring and providing hope
to others living with the uncertainty
of this dis-ease within the normative
biomedical healthcare model, to realize that they too can reclaim their
voice, empower themselves and heal
by embarking on their personal healing journey.
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Psychologist, Associacion Fuoco Sacro (Italy) - Sacred Fire of
Itzachilatlan
The Vision Quest (VQ) is an experience and a possibility of community
life in connection with sacred plants.
Our ancestors taught women and
men who choose to walk carrying a
sacred plant in their altar, to learn
to fast, to abstain from eating and
drinking and to be in silence, and thus
find their own vision through direct
observation and listening. During
the VQ there are daily moments and
spaces for ceremonies with sacred
plants, Temazcals (sweat lodges)
and the arts acompanying these ancient traditions: cultivation, preparation and use of the plants; building
sacred geometry altars and learning
to sing healing chants. During their
VQ time, people up in the mountain
fast and keep silent while receiving
instructions for their own growth directly from the plants and the whole
of nature. People who stay at the
camp support the vision questers
and have an opportunity to receive
instructions from the leaders of the
tradition who accompany us during
the VQ. We have had more than 100
participants in the first two years
of VQ in Italy, families from all over
Europe heterogeneous in their lives,
dreams and occupations. The number of participants is increasing, testifying that people are finding what
they are looking for here in this place.
The Vision Quest design is what we
are taking care of and what we want
to describe. The VQ is one ceremony
lasting two weeks where people have
a life experience that could be reproduced, in its original design, all over
the world, providing health and wellbeing, also clarity on how to use our
grandmother Ayahuasca and all other sacred plants. Our aim is to create
a permanent community.
AYAHUASCA IN
A GLOBAL AND
MULTICULTURAL
CONTEXT:
A MODEL
FOR UNDERSTANDING
DIFFERENT USE
PATTERNS OF
THE CONCOCTION
MARIANNE KASPERSEN
Specialist in Clinical Psychology,
Norwegian Centre for Consciousness Studies & Halvard Hårklau,
Biochemist, Norwegian Centre for
Consciousness Studies
Aim: This presentation aims at highlighting the Ayahuasca phenomenon
by using a model that may capture the
variety of Ayahuasca uses in a meaningful way. The lack of ability of mainstream as well as specialized medical
culture in the Western World to comprehend the Ayahuasca phenomenon
seem to justify the need for a comprehensive model that includes, but
transcends, a purely biomedical and
materialistic understanding. Method:
A model is proposed that accounts
for four different, but interrelated
paradigmatic views on psychotropic
substances. The biomedical perspective is included as one perspective
among three others. The Ayahuasca
phenomenon within the framework
of this model will be discussed. The
concepts of ´set´ and ´setting´ are
used to denote how effects are moderated in different kinds of Ayahuasca use. Predictions: Firstly, it is predicted that the model may suggest
an integrated understanding that
transcends any isolated perspective.
The second prediction states that
the model may distinctively differentiate between different forms of
Ayahuasca use, weather they exhibit
ritualistic or non-ritualistic forms. It is
suggested that Ayahuasca use may
exhibit a different profile from other
psychedelics as well as from other
substances. Implications for future
research: The model may have social,
psychotherapeutic and legal implications. The model may provide a more
differentiated understanding of the
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bia and Nepal met. He wrote several
books, including a book on Ayahuasca, in cooperation with ethnobotanist
Christan Raetsch and art historian
Claudia Mueller-Ebeling.
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Ayahuasca phenomenon as a global
social phenomenon, it may provide a
better language for discussing therapeutic potentials, and it may ease the
judicial aspects of legal Ayahuasca
cases, by introducing a more differentiated language for its discussion.
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Bachelor in Journalism,
Independent researcher and
writer in the field of psychedelic
plants and drugs, Co-founder of
Psychoactivity.eu
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In the same period as the Conquista
started roughly 500 years ago almost all shamanic traditions in Europe were eradicated. Hardly any
old wisdom survived. When it did
survive it was in a diluted form. Pure
shamanic knowledge can nowadays
only be found in isolated areas, in the
far away corners of the earth. As an
indigenous medicine man recently
observed about Europe: “There is
no culture left here, the only thing
Europeans have is Mother Earth”.
Re-introducing shamanic knowledge
into our modern society is of vital importance to our survival as a species.
This will be a talk about ayahuasca
as a discipline, as a path in life. Ayahuasca as an Academy of Fear. Fear
is an effective survival technique.
Fear can also be a hindrance to live a
good life. How confronting fear helps
to become your true self. With a 15
year background in the discipline of
Jodo, traditional Japanese Stickfighting, some similarities with a career in
‘Serious Drinking’ are striking. Arno
Adelaars works since 1998 as a facilitator. Since 2007 he is initiated as a
shaman in the Colombian tradition of
Kajuyali Tsamani. He was one of the
organizers of the Psychoactivity Ayahuasca Conference in Amsterdam in
2003, and the Tiger Meets the Jaguar
Seminars in Nepal in 2009 and 2012,
where shamanic traditions of Colom-
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While cannabis is currently spearheading a new course in addressing
drug policy worldwide, other psychoactive plants, such as ayahuasca,
have fallen prey to the intolerance
and repression promoted by the United Nations’ International Narcotics
Control Board (INCB). An alarming
increase in legal prosecution related
to its use and importation has been
observed in several countries. In
Spain, especially, the scope of legal
incidents shows that a true law fare
was initiated around 2010. While scientific research and anthropological
studies have contributed to a better
understanding of ayahuasca’s context of use and it’s psychological and
physiological effects, including its
risks and therapeutic potentials, unethical practices, romanticization, or
commercial opportunism has led too
often to adverse situations and harm.
Dealing sensitively and efficiently with
the serious challenges related to public policy, law, safety, and ethics-all of
which are inter-related -is essential
to safeguard a constructive future for
this ethnobotanical brew in modern
society. This presentation shares the
vision and experience of the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service (ICEERS),
a charitable NGO founded in 2009 in
the Netherlands, with offices in Barcelona and Uruguay, that works to
VIRIDIS: AN
INTERNATIONAL
PLATFORM FOR
RESEARCH
AND POLICY REFORM
ELI SHEINER
MSc Candidate,Division of
Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill
University & Timothy Nest, MSc
Candidate at Division of Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada
Despite its proven safety, its value as
a therapeutic and spiritual tool, and
its immense history of use, Ayahuasca and other plant medicines remain
the target of prohibition due in great
part to a poorly founded and stigmatizing association with illegal drugs,
and drugs of abuse. Viridis is a registered non-profit which serves the end
of policy reform for therapeutic and
spiritual practices involving plantbased medicines. It is a collaborative
platform for effective distribution
of knowledge and resources surrounding policy and ethical issues.
Churches and other groups seeking
decriminalization of spiritual practices can apply through Viridis for
representation on our website, where
upon acceptance, they will be eligible
for funding from international donors
sympathetic to their legal struggle.
Here we introduce Viridis, it’s short
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Master’s Degree in Drug Addiction
University of Barcelona, International Center for Ethnobotanical
Education, Research and Service
(ICEERS), Barcelona
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 Jueves 25, 12:00h Sala 2
ÒSCAR PARÉS FRANQUERO
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Masters in Audiovisual Media
Utrecht School of Arts, The
Netherlands, International Center
for Ethnobotanical Education,
Research and Service (ICEERS),
Barcelona
address the obstacles that prevent
ayahuasca from finding its place as
a psychotherapeutic accelerant and
personal development tool in modern times. The activities of our multidisciplinary team will be outlined,
such as: support in legal defense (in
Chile, Mexico, Europe, and with the
INCB), public education and scientific debate (e.g., a report of the state
of art of the biomedical literature on
ayahuasca, and the Ibiza 2014 World
Ayahuasca Conference), risk reduction (e.g., dissemination of practical
information for those seeking an experience, and personalized educational
services) and psychological support in
cases of adverse events.
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and long-term goals, and present
preliminary findings from our international survey of Ayahuasca use.
The survey employs World Health
Orgainization promoted assays for
analysing past trauma, anxiety, and
addiction, as well as established Psychiatric measures and classic measures of mystical experience in order
to probe the depths of international
use of - and benefits related to - Ayahuasca, it’s commensurability with
social and mental health, and it’s potential for treating substance abuse
and buffering against relapse. This
research helps to offer a clearer picture of the scale, variety, social benefits and potential pitfalls of Ayahuasca consumption worldwide. http://
virid.is
COGNITIVE FREEDOM
AND DRUG POLICY
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JONAS DI GREGORIO
Degree in Philosophy University
of Rome, co-founder of Libertà
Cognitiva Association, Italy
This presentation aims at presenting:1. what is cognitive freedom; 2.
how cognitive freedom has been restricted in the past, for example with
the Index Librorum, the list of forbidden books that was not allowed
to read, print or possess, and how
it is restricted today, with the list of
scheduled substances; 3. why restrictions of cognitive freedom are so
difficult to be recognized compared
with other form of individual freedom; 4. what kind of argumentation
can be raised in the public debate to
spread awareness about the legal restriction to entheogenic exploration.
The presentation will also focus: on
the work that has been done by the
Center of Cognitive Liberty& Ethics
(CCLE), in particular by Richard Glen
Boire, who produced very effective
and valuable arguments about this
subject; on how the new discoveries
in the field of neuro-technologies are
raising interest in the academic world
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”neuro-ethics”, that might potentially
contribute to the recognition of the
use of Ayahuasca and other psychedelic compounds. While for the general public the use of Ayahuasca can
be the better understood as a therapeutical tool or as part of a religious
activity, from a more general point
of view it’s necessary to understand
that both therapeutical and religious
freedom are consequences of cognitive freedom and a full understanding
of its implications can’t be underestimated if we want to contribute to
a radical and effective drug policy
reform.
AYAHUASCA IN
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WITH THE JUNGLE VINE
CHARLOTTE WALSH, LLB, MPHIL
School of Law, University of
Leicester, England
This paper considers the somewhat
hazy legal status of ayahuasca in
England through a consideration of
relevant international provisions, domestic legislation and case law, drawing parallels with other psychedelic
substances. The central issue is that
whilst DMT is scheduled as a Class A
drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act
1971, the plants that are combined
to constitute ayahuasca are not. It
also explores whether prosecutions
for drinking ayahuasca could be
considered to be a breach of human
rights: namely, the rights to religious
freedom, to self-medicate, and to
freedom of thought, also known as
cognitive liberty. These rights are
ostensibly protected under the European Convention on Human Rights
through the Article 8 right to privacy
and the Article 9 right to freedom of
thought, conscience and religion.
LEGAL UNCERTAINTY:
AYAHUASCA IN
THE BRITISH COURTS
JONATHAN HOBBS
Graduate of Imperial College London, University College London
and Cambridge University
Introduction: The current legal situation of ayahuasca in the UK is almost
impenetrable, especially in light of
recent court cases and appeals. Unlike in other European countries such
as Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands, its exact status is impossible to determine with any precision,
even with reference to existing case
law and legislation. Methods and Results: The research involves a close
study of both reported and unreported proceedings in the British courts
regarding ayahuasca and other plant
psychedelics. It includes the discussion of a variety of legal texts as well
as addition information gleaned from
personal communication with defendants, lawyers and other actors
in several relevant cases. Results: By
examining all these sources, I aim to
clarify why the legality of ayahuasca
is so difficult to pinpoint in the UK as
well as the reflexive implications of
this complexity on determining the
outcome of future cases. Conclusions and Possible Derived Lines of
Research:
Despite binding judgements from the
appellate courts, recent events mean
that the uncertainty is still no closer
to any meaningful resolution. This
paper identifies the most important
legal points in the current debate. In
this way, I am able to identify troubling trends in the strategies used in
plant psychedelic prosecutions, as
well as give a realistic summary of the
challenges to both ayahuasca users
and jurisprudence scholars.
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In many cases, the criminal proceedings have been closed. Other cases
have gone to trial, with the person
having to face the State Prosecutor’s
demand of three to six years’ imprisonment. We will make an analysis and
evaluation of these judicial decisions
and, in particular, of the judgements
that define the legal status of Ayahuasca in Spain.
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In the last few years in Spain there
have been a large number of arrests
of people accused of an “offence
against public health” for importing
Ayahuasca by mail or courier or carrying it when crossing the Spanish
border and being intercepted at the
airport.
A mediados del año 2011 en el valle de
Punilla, Córdoba Argentina se realizó
un brutal allanamiento policial a una
Ceremonia Tradicional de Ayahuasca.
Se hicieron presentes alrededor de 50
policías de distintos departamentos y
brutalmente interrumpieron, rompieron una ancestral labor terapéutica. Lo
que se construía desde hacía tiempo
de manera conjunta a los tratamientos
de personas dolientes, que se encuentran enclavadas en la desdicha posmodernista, fue roto. Pacientes dependientes a sustancias altamente tóxicas
quedaron sin acceso a una posibilidad
de reconstrucción de su vida. Durante
el allanamiento policial hubo maltrato físico y psicológico sobre varios de
los presentes. Se quedaron 5 horas,
se llevaron una botella de Ayahuasca
y nadie fué detenido. A las 48hs de lo
acontecido estábamos en un centenar
de medios gráficos, radiales, televisivos y webs. La versión difundida de lo
sucedido fue completamente descontextuada, altamente amarillista y revista por una mirada policial, xenófoba y
altamente dañina. Nuestro desconcierto e inestabilidad en el momento
de lo sucedido hizo que busquemos
asesoramiento legal. En un primer
momento nos recomendaron no difundir ni defendernos en los medios.
Transcurrido un mes recibí la imputación de Suministro a título oneroso
de estupefacientes. La causa judicial
avanzó un poco al principio pero luego
quedo parada. Mi labor terapéutica en
el campo de las Plantas Maestras se ha
visto interrumpida hasta el día de hoy.
Actualmente me encuentro en la encrucijada de esperar varios años a que
la causa judicial se archive y apagar mi
labor o bien reactivarla con todo lo que
ello implica. Ambas situaciones tienen
riesgos e incertidumbres. Más para
unos y menos para otros. En el año
2013 estalló un escándalo mediático
en el epicentro de la policía de drogas
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Lic. en Psicología, Argentina
Attorney in Barcelona graduated
from the University of Barcelona,
specializing in drug trafficking
offences
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ROBERTO CASTRO RODRÍGUEZ
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DE LO CEREMONIAL,
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EN LA SALUD (LECTURA)
EVENTS
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ON AYAHUASCA WITHIN
THE SPANISH CRIMINAL
JURISDICTION
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de Córdoba, La Narcopolicia. Fueron
removidos varios funcionarios y los
mas altos mandos de la fuerza. Varios
se encuentran hoy procesados dentro
de la cárcel. La realidad me mostró en
carne que aquel que se forma concienzudamente y de manera seria en el estudio de la etnomedicina ingresa en un
campo donde el desamparo es un rey
sin capa ni espada y la clandestinidad
un acecho diario.
LIBERTAD
DE CONSCIENCIA,
LIBERTAD DE CULTO
Y SALUD PÚBLICA.
EL CASO DE
LAS IGLESIAS
AYAHUASQUERAS
JAVIER ESTEBAN
Dr. Derecho- Máster en Psicoanálisis
La relación entre ebriedad, estados
modificados de consciencia y cultos
es tan antigua como la misma religión. El empleo eucarístico de algunas
sustancias ha sobrevivido en culturas
amerindias, dando lugar a fenómenos
de sincretismo religioso con las iglesias colonizadoras, que ahora retornan a sus respectivas metrópolis. La
existencia de estos cultos sincréticos
y su reaparición en Occidente plantea
cuestiones morales y legales universales que ya han sido resueltas en otros
ordenamientos. Estos mismos cultos
han recibido protección constitucional por parte de la Corte Suprema de
los Estados Unidos, país pionero en la
lucha contra las drogas. Otros países
como Brasil u Holanda han establecido
acuerdos que permiten a estas iglesias
realizar los sacramentos con ayahuasca. La petición de protección constitucional se está realizando en estos
momentos en Francia, Portugal y el
Reino Unido. La cuestión que nos convoca forma parte de un actual debate
global sobre la libertad de conciencia,
la libertad religiosa y la salud pública.
Por primera vez en España, desde la
aprobación de la Constitución de 1978,
dos entidades religiosas legalmente constituidas se enfrentan con una
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ción de su liturgia. La causa de estos
impedimentos y prohibiciones reside
en el uso que estas iglesias hacen del
brebaje alucinógeno alegal llamado
ayahuasca, empleado como vehículo
de aproximación a la divinidad en sus
sacramentos. Estos hechos suponen
un verdadero reto para nuestro ordenamiento y para nuestras autoridades,
que reaccionan impidiendo el uso de
este preparado, invocando para ello la
necesidad de proteger la salud pública. En esta investigación trataremos
de aclarar si el derecho de libertad
religiosa y la libertad de consciencia
debe prevalecer sobre un posible riesgo para la salud de los participantes en
estos cultos, y si este riesgo puede ser
considerado, desde la hermenéutica
constitucional y el Derecho Penal, un
riesgo para el orden público.
LEGAL STATUS
OF RELIGIOUS
USE AYAHUASCA:
HOW TO CONTINUE TO
DEFEAT GOVERNMENT
PERSECUTION
ROY S. HABER
J.D., Roy S. Haber PC Attorney at Law
In 2008, a federal district court in
the United States issued the first and
only permanent injunction ever in the
United States ordering the Attorney
General of the United States to cease
”prohibiting the Santo Daime from
importation, storage, distribution
and use of the Daime Tea for religious
ceremonies.” Roy Haber will discuss
his representing the Santo Daime
for 15 years and how he navigated
this case to victory. He is currently representing several of the more
prominent Peruvian Shamans and
American maestros in an attempt to
protect their ”churches” from government intrusion. Dennis Mckenna,
Luis Eduard Luna and others who are
present here are part of the team that
defeated the United States despite its
vast resources. The Ayahusca Conference 2014 Agenda reveals presentations by experts in ethnobotany, anthropology, pharmacology,
drug policy and psychiatry to name
a few. Haber will discuss how best to
use the existing science to prevail in
Court. The governments’ scientific
and drug policy presentations were
flawed. Why then is it not free in more
places. Briefly discuss the Inquisition
as the cause of its being illegal which
led to drug control laws and huge
agencies and institutions that spend
billions of dollars on the war on drugs.
We have cracked open the DEA’s illusory justifications for continuing the
myth that the Mother Plant is dangerous to public health. My job has been
to make this all very real to an Anglo
judge with myopic views on religion.
We have learned how to expose the
bad guys unreliable scientific opinions and emphasize the righteousness
of this cause.Will discuss the Religious
Freedom Restoration act that puts the
burden on the government to prove
that the tea is likely to cause public
health risks. Discuss how to use the
correct rhetoric when providing scientific opinions about the Mother plant.
Discuss acceptable risk. Risk is very
important to scientific human health
studies. Will focus on how experts
should discuss the absence of risk
data of any short of long term ill health
effects. Will discuss up to the minute
activities going on with the DEA and
where the agency seems to be placing its emphasis and current strategy.
There is a new legal paradigm that we
are developing which transmutes science, law, and religion into a weapon
for elevating the spiritual and human
condition on the planet.
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AYAHUASCA AND THE
DRUG POLICY REFORM
MOVEMENT
ETHAN NADELMANN
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SANTO DAIME:
LA HISTÓRIA DEL
RENASCIMIENTO DEL
ESPÍRITU SANO EN LA
AYAHUASCA
BUFO ALVARIUS. EL
SAPO DEL AMANECER.
LA HISTORIA
DR. OCTAVIO RETTIG HINOJOSA
ISABELA OLIVEIRA
El libro describe la historia de la formación de la religión Santo Daime, la más
antigua de las religiones “ayahuasqueras” brasileñas. Trae las descripción
de los rituales y hace una presentación
de la historia de vida de su fundador el
Maestro Raimundo Irineu Serra. Además hace un análisis de como se desarrollo el cambio de significado de la
Ayahuasca desde una bebida indígena
a un sacramento eucarístico cristiano
por medio de las memorias de los seguidores más antiguos de la religión. El
libro es el resultado de una investigación de doctorado en Historia.
Con más de 15 años de experiencia
con las Plantas y Medicinas Sagradas
y desde hace más de 7 años con la Medicina del Sapo Bufo Alvarius, y en los
que ha dado más de 3,500 sesiones
de aplicación (en los últimos 2 años se
han captado más de 700 testimonios
firmados de personas a quienes esta
experiencia ha ayudado a mejorar su
calidad de vida de diversas e insospechadas formas) , el Internacionalmente reconocido Dr. Octavio Rettig Hinojosa (Médico Cirujano con especialidad
en Adicciones), quien esta autorizado
y es el portavoz del mensaje de los
consejos de ancianos de las comunidades indígenas del norte de México,
y también ha sido encomendado por
las tribus Seri y Yaqui para comunicar
su mensaje y esparcir sus tradiciones
y entendimiento.
El Dr. Rettig ha tratado serios casos de
adicción a drogas sintéticas fuertes
como lo es la metanfetamina (cristal),
y la cocaína base (crack), consiguiendo
altas tasas de éxito en sus pacientes,
brindándoles una nueva forma de entendimiento de la vida y del mundo en
donde vivimos. Las terapias del Dr. Rettig contienen cantos ancestrales de sanación con los cuales la experiencia con
la medicina del Bufo Alvarius consigue
resultados aún más poderosos.
El recibir la medicina sagrada del Bufo
Alvarius, es motivo de celebración
para reconocer, explorar y ampliar la
visión de nosotros mismos y del mundo. Para los sanadores tradicionales
del chamanismo en todo el planeta, estas moléculas químicas, estos
neurotransmisores presentes en las
plantas y algunos animales son el medio por el cual Gaia, la Tierra, nuestra
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REBEKAH SHAMAN
The Shaman’s Last Apprentice is
the true story of an English woman’s
apprenticeship with an old, traditional Ayahuasquero shaman. A vision
summons Rebekah from the mountains of Machu Picchu and leads her
to a little village hidden away on a
tributary of the Amazon River. There
she becomes the Shaman’s last apprentice, learns the ancient wisdom
of the powerful plant Ayahuasca,
reconnects to the natural flow of nature, and discovers the truth about
herself. This book contains ancient
wisdoms and messages of hope from
this sacred place, and this sacred
medicine, for these times of instability and change.
BOOKS IV
LIBROS IV
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AYAHUASCA
SHAMANISM IN THE
AMAZON AND BEYOND
BEATRIZ LABATE
CLANCY CAVNAR
Presentation with the presence of
Beatriz Labate, Clancy Cavnar, Daniela Peluso, Glenn Shepard and Alhena Caicedo.
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Me propusieron esnifar un raya, como
un rama que se estiraba, era heroína y
yo no sabía nada de nada [...] Esto comenzaba en 1984. Esta es la historia de
un renacimiento. La batalla personal e
íntima de Giovanna Valls contra la adicción más terrible, mostrada a través
de las cartas que escribía y recibía y
de su diario durante el largo período de
recuperación que comenzó en 2004. Y
en cada una de sus páginas, podemos
sentir el aliento profundo y ver la mirada siempre limpia y clara de una mujer
que, conocedora de los abismos más
oscuros, lucha contra sus propios demonios, los vence y renace para acotar
la vida con una sonrisa que nos invita a
compartir con ella los frutos sabrosos
de su victoria. Giovanna viajó a Brasil
para tratar su proceso de adicción con
el uso de la ayahuasca.
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GIOVANNA VALLS
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A LA VIDA
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This book discusses how Amerindian
epistemology and ontology related
to certain indigenous shamanic rituals of the Amazon spread to Western societies, and how indigenous,
mestizo, and cosmopolitan cultures
have dialogued with and transformed
these forest traditions. The collection
also focuses on how shamanic rituals
have been spreading and developing
in post-traditional urban contexts
throughout the world. Special attention is given to ayahuasca, a psychoactive drink usually composed of two
plants, the vine Banisteriopsis caapi
and leaves of the Psychotria viridis bush. Ayahuasca use has spread
beyond its Amazonian origin and instigated a variety of legal and cultural responses in the countries it has
spread to. The chapters in this book
address some of the ways these responses have influenced ritual design
and performance in traditional and
non-traditional contexts. The book
analyzes how displaced indigenous
people and rubber tappers are engaged in creative reinvention of rituals, and how these rituals help build
ethnic alliances and cultural and political strategies for their marginalized
position. It also explores modernity’s
fascination with “tradition” and the
“other.” This phenomenon is directly
tied to important classic and contemporary issues in anthropology. One of
them is the elationship between the
expansion of ecotourism and ethnic
tourism, recent indigenous cultural
revivals, and the emergence of new
ethnic identities. Another focus of
this book is on trends in the commodification of indigenous cultures in
post-colonial contexts, and the combination of shamanism with a network of health and spiritually related
services. Finally, the book addresses
the topic of identity hybridization in
global societies. The previously unpublished ethnographies and analysis collected in these chapters will
add to the understanding of the role
of ritual in mediating the encounter
between indigenous traditions and
modern societies.
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madre colectiva, se comunica con nosotros. Todos estos neurotransmisores tienen un equivalente en nuestro
cuerpo. Lo increíble del Sapito, es que
tiene la concentración correcta y las
enzimas necesarias para la metilación
de la o-metil-bufotenina en 5-MeODMT, de fácil y rápida absorción, que
además permite la manipulación de
todo el conjunto de moléculas para jugar con ellas y llevarnos a estados de
conciencia especial y dirigir, con las
dosis adecuadas, la apertura de nuevos portales dimensionales en nuestras
vidas, sirviendo además de sanación
para nuestra especie. Son meditaciones profundas a través de la conexión
con la alteración máxima de la razón y
la capacidad de elevar la conciencia humana hacia estados de alternación de
la mente. No existe un psicodélico más
poderoso que el 5-MeO-DMT. Y como
decía Terence McKenna, si existe, no
quiero saber al respecto.
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PARA MI, PARA TI,
PLANTAR Y RECOGER
SHIRA KALEV & NARA CARVALHO
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El proyecto “Plantar e Colher” esta
concebido por un pequeño grupo de
personas, asociadas por la misma necesidad y el mismo objetivo. Plantar
para más adelante recoger. El objetivo
es plantar, banisteriopsis caapi y psychotria viridis, las plantas que dan origen a la conocida bebida Ayahuasca.
Esta bebida, de origen sudamericano,
más concretamente, de la Amazonia,
es conocida mundialmente por su poder de apertura de la conciencia, de
curaciones y de experiencias enteogenas enriquecedoras, desde hace
8000 años. El proyecto nace de una
donación, hecha por parte de uno de
los integrantes del grupo. Un terreno
agroflorestal en el corazón de la “mata
atlântica”, ecosistema perfecto para
el crecimiento de estas plantas. Así
supliendo la necesidad de preservar y
que perduren estas plantas medicinales sagradas.
THE UDV
TODAY
CRISTINA PATRIOTA
CARMEN TUCKER
The Centro Espírita Beneficente União Do Vegetal (UDV) is the largest
international religious organization
that uses the sacred tea, Hoasca (or
ayahuasca) within it’s rituals. Centered in Brasil, with more than 17,000
members (with additional groups
now organized in 7 countries including Spain and The United States) the
UDV has been at the forefront of the
movement recognizing the value of
the tea internationally. Two representative leaders from the church’s
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headquarters in Brasil and the United States will summarize the work
of the organization in alignment with
the central themes of the conference:
Ethics and Safety, Sustainability, Scientific Research, and The Role Of
Women in the World of Ayahuasca.
WHY RESEARCH PSYCHEDELICS? BY OPEN
STICHTING, AMSTERDAM
PIETER STOKKINK
Since 2007, the OPEN Foundation
has been working on spreading psychedelic research in the Netherlands.
In this talk, one of the initiators and
current board members will focus
on why such research is vital in furthering acceptance of psychedelics
as a possible treatment for a wide
range of diseases and as a legitimate
spiritual path. Such an acceptance,
or integration, will change both science itself and society as a whole.
PROJECTS II
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¿EXISTE ALGÚN SENTIDO
INDIVIDUAL TRANSCULTURAL DE LAS VISIONES
DE AYAHUASCA QUE
PUEDE SER ANALIZADO
EN TÉRMINOS CIENTÍFICOS?
JOSEP Mª FERICGLA
Con frecuencia, hay personas que me
narran las visiones que han tenido bajo
el efecto de la ayahuasca y me muestran
su interés en comprenderlas. O, simplemente, en saber si es que tienen o puede
dárseles algún sentido, además de la experiencia propiamente dicha. Algunas visiones tienen carga emocional y otra no, algunas corresponden
claramente a una vivencia arquetípica
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PLANTAFORMA PARA
LA DEFENSA DE LA
AYAHUASCA (PDA),
ESPAÑA
IGNACIO CANO
DIEGO DE LAS CASAS
PROJECTS IV
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JERÓNIMO MAZARRASA
RAQUEL MORA
MANUEL VILLAESCUSA
ROBERTO CASTRO
JOSÉ CARLOS BOUSO
La situación legal de la ayahuasca en
España y en Europa es incierta, ya que
si bien la JIFE afirma que la ayahuasca
no está fiscalizada internacionalmente,
al mismo tiempo se están produciendo numerosas detenciones debido a
que suele contender DMT, sustancia
THE AYAHUASCA
DIALOGUES.
FROM THE ETHNOBOTANICAL STEWARDSHIP
COUNCIL (ESC)
JOSHUA WICKERHAM
ELLEN PERCIVAL
JONATHAN THOMPSON
MERA
GINETTA PACELLA
Este taller va enfocado a la liberación de
nuestro animal interior para vivir una vida
más plena y acorde a lo que deseamos y
sentimos desde nuestro más profundo
ser. Mediante el reconocimiento y la integración de las emociones genuinas, te
proponemos un trabajo que invitará a la
entrega y a la renuncia del control, a un
dejarse fluir para liberarse de tensiones,
bloqueos emocionales, físicos y mentales que nos impiden disfrutar plenamente de los placeres de la vida, para llegar
así a un estado de placidez dejando atrás
el sufrimiento. Centrar nuestro ser en la
propia experiencia del aquí y ahora de
una forma activa a la vez que receptiva,
logra que la mente alcance otras estados de conciencia. El trabajo que se
propone es la renuncia al control de la
“pequeña mente” y es un proceso espiritual, en tanto la persona se abandona a
la espontaneidad y llega a ser ella misma.
Taller de 2 horas, mínimo 30 pax.
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DESEO Y LA DIMENSIÓN
DIONISÍACA DE VIDA
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This session will be a discussion of the
report “The Ayahuasca Dialogues: Progress and prospects toward safer and
more sustainable Ayahuasca” from the
Ethnobotanical Stewardship Council
(ESC). This is the ESC’s first major public report. Join the ESC team and other
stakeholders for a 20 minute summary of this report’s major points to get
an in-depth overview the Ayahuasca
Dialogues. Then join other conference
attendees for small group discussions
about the report and the Ayahuasca
Dialogues and have your chance to offer feedback to help improve the final
draft of the report. Presentations will be
in English, but small group discussions
will be in Spanish and English.
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Para realizar un esfuerzo en la dirección
de comprender el fenómeno de la imaginería generada por la ayahuasca, hay dos
factores clave: i) el imaginario del propio
sujeto, y ii) el campo que crea el propio
grupo que comparte la experiencia en
un espacio y tiempo determinados. En
ambos casos, la persona es objeto y sujeto a la vez de la experiencia y se trata de
factores clave que se deben gestionar al
dirigir una sesión de ayahuasca.
fiscalizada en la Lista I del Convenio de
Sustancias Psicotrópicas de 1971. Esta
situación de incertidumbre legal se ve
agravada por posibles malos usos de
la ayahuasca. Si bien numerosos trabajos científicos corroboran la seguridad
terapéutica y los beneficios para la salud de esta bebida, su uso inadecuado
puede provocar una alarma social que
lleve a las autoridades a prohibir su
utilización. Desde la Plantaforma consideramos que la mejor defensa de la
ayahuasca consiste en promover que
quienes trabajan con ella lo hagan de
una forma respetuosa, procurando el
bienestar de sus semejantes y no sirviéndose de ella para beneficio propio.
Así, en el año 2009 la Plantaforma, tras
nueves meses de trabajo, saca a la luz
su Código Ético, que es la piedra angular
de su actividad. Al mismo tiempo consideramos que la defensa de la ayahuasca
pasa por defender el derecho a usarla
amparándose en el derecho a la libertad
religiosa, y en el derecho de los pueblos
indígenas a practicar sus tradiciones allá
donde sus miembros se encuentren. El
ámbito de actuación de la Plantaforma
es el Estado Español, pero creemos necesario que la defensa del buen uso de
la ayahuasca, y la defensa de estos derechos fundamentales debe plantearse
igualmente a nivel europeo, por lo que
proponemos que se inicien los trabajos
para constituir una Plantaforma Europea
para la Defensa de la Ayahuasca.
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y otras son meros mecanismos narcisistas de defensa del propio sujeto
que le impiden desvelar algo real de su
mundo interno profundo. Algunas visiones se refieren solo al sujeto presente
y otras a su pasado biográfico, incluso
tal vez transpersonal o familiar. Otras
visiones tienen correspondencia en varias culturas; otras, en cambio, hay que
entenderlas dentro de propio patrón
cultural del sujeto inspirado; y aun hay
otra calidad de imaginería que se refiere al grupo que un momento específico
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Entre la selección hay varios documentales nuevos que estrenarán oficialmente en la conferencia, con la presencia del director y en algunos casos
de los protagonistas de la película.
Duración
50 min
Idioma
Español
Subtítulos
Inglés
Director
Jerónimo Mazarrasa
Duration
50 min
Language
English
Year
2011
ayahuasca.flavors.me
Año
2013/14
ayahuasca.nidra.tv
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Director
Fabiola Simonetti & Coto Cañas
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Durante la World Ayahuasca Conference 2014 se proyectará una selección de
largometrajes y cortometrajes sobre el
mundo de la ayahuasca. Hemos recibido
más de 30 propuestas de todo el mundo
que tratan con diferentes aspectos de
la ayahuasca: usos indígenas, aspectos
de medio ambiente, viajes de curación
de personas y sus experiencias, relatos
personales, documentos etnográficos,
ciencia, etc.
The Jungle Prescription tells of ayahuasca, a visionary Amazonian brew
of indigenous origin and its encounter
with the West, as played out through
the story of two doctors. The first,
Dr. J. Mabit, runs a legendary detox
centre deep in the Peruvian jungle, in
partnership with indigenous healers.
The second, Dr. Gabor Maté, is risking his reputation trying to establish a
similar program in Canada.
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Among the selection there are several new documentaries that will officially premier at the conference, with
the presence of the director and in
some cases also some of the characters of the films.
Tres intrépidos personajes toman
asiento en una avión hacia la selva
iquiteña con el fin de encontrarse con
la magia de la Ayahuasca. Desde los
confines mágicos de la selva peruana;
arriba de las casas balsas que flotan en
el vaivén de la crecida amazónica; entremedio de la selva voraz que pareciera
atragantar con su verde incandescente... nos adentramos en un viaje para tratar de mostrar con imágenes lo que no
se puede mostrar.
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During the World Ayahuasca Conference 2014 we will be screening a selection of feature length documentaries and shorts about ayahuasca. We
received over 30 submissions from
around the whole world that deal with
different aspects of the subject matter:
traditional indigenous uses, environmental aspects, healing journeys of
people who are followed through their
experiences, personal accounts, ethnographic documents, science, etc.
THE JUNGLE
PRESCRIPTION
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HUICHOLES,
LOS ÚLTIMOS
GUARDIANES DEL
PEYOTE
The urgent story of the mystical Wixarika People, the Huicholes: one of
the last pre-Hispanic alive cultures in
Latin America. Their struggle against
the Mexican government and multinational mining corporations to
preserve Wirikuta, their most sacred
territory and home of the famous peyote cactus. The mining activities of
the Canadian companies that got the
concessions in 2010 to prospect this
protected area, rich in silver, gold and
other minerals, are seen by the Wixarika and their supporters as a great
menace for the delicate biodiversity
of this unique ecosystem, listed by
the UNESCO as World Cultural and
Natural Heritage. An unequal and
controversial fight from today that
triggers the global debate between
ancient cultural values, the exploitation of nature and the inevitable development of the peoples.
Director
Hernán Vilchez
Duration
120 min
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NEURONS
TO NIRVANA
Through interviews with leading psychologists and scientists, Neurons to
Nirvana explores the history of four
powerful psychedelic substances
(LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA and Ayahuasca) and their previously established medicinal potential. Strictly
focusing on the science and medicinal properties of these drugs, Neurons to Nirvana looks into why our
society has created such a social and
political bias against even allowing research to continue the exploration of
any possible positive effects they can
present in treating some of today’s
most challenging afflictions.
Director
Oliver Hockenhull
Duration
85 min
Language
English
Year
2014
Year
2014
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AYA: Awakenings is a documentary
journey into the world and visions
of Amazonian shamanism, adapted
from the cult book ‘Aya: a Shamanic
Odyssey’ by Rak Razam. As Razam
sets out to document the booming
business of Amazonian shamanism
in the 21st century, he quickly finds
himself caught up in a culture clash
between the old world and the new.
Braving a gringo trail of the soul, he uncovers a movement of ‘spiritual tourists’ coming from the West for a direct
experience of the multi-dimensional
reality shamanism connects one to.
Director
Tim Parish
Duration
90 min
Language
English
Year
2014
aya-awakenings.com
neuronstonirvana.tumblr.com
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
English
AYA
AWAKENINGS
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2014
To seek a cure for Parkinson’s Disease and experience the transformational effects of Ayahuasca, filmmaker Michael Wiese went to the home of
Don Jose Campos, an internationally
known Peruvian curandero. Shot in
the Amazonian river towns of Pulcallpa and Iquitos, this film takes us into
the world of Don Jose and includes
the last filmed interview with renowned visionary painter and former
shaman Pablo Amaringo.
Director
Juan Diego Sanchez Acila
Director
Michael Wiese
“The Sacred Science” follows eight
people from all different walks of life,
with varying physical and psychological ailments, as they embark on a
one-month healing journey into the
heart of the Amazon jungle. Working
with traditional Shamanic healers,
each participant takes an active role
in his or her own recovery process
- and using a combination of plant
medicine and intense spiritual ceremonies and exercises, the barriers
between physical health and mental
well-being are blurred and eventually
eliminated altogether.
Duración
28 min
Duration
72 minutes
Director
Nick Polizzi
Idioma
Español & Inga
Language
English/Spanish
Duration
77 min
Subtítulos
Español
Subtitles
No
Language
Spanish
Year
2010
Year
2011
divineartsmedia.com
thesacredscience.com
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A finales del año 2011 llegó a tierras antioqueñas, Henrry Danilo Muchavisoy,
un jóven nativo del piedemonte amazónico, con un legado ancestral, fruto
de su formación como médico tradicional indígena. En el transcurrir de
dos años como habitante de un territorio occidentalizado, Henrry ha tenido
la oportunidad de compartir su visión
de la vida por medio de la música, el
manejo de la planta sagrada del Yagé...
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THE SHAMAN
& AYAHUASCA
AMBI,
MEDICINA PARA EL
ALMA
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SHAMANS OF
THE AMAZON
Shamans of the Amazon is a personal account of Film-maker Dean Jefferys returning to the Amazon with
his partner and one year old daughter. They journey deep into the heart
of the Ecuadorian rainforest to meet
two Amazon Shamans, to learn about
and experience the ancient ayahuasca
ritual. The film will also show how this
hallucinogenic ritual is being adapted
and used in western cultures.
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ICAROS
CURANDEROS
Ícaros explora el universo espiritual
del pueblo shipibo que habita a orillas
del río Ucayali, uno de los principales
afluentes de la Amazonía Peruana. El
joven Mokan Rono emprende su camino en el ancestral conocimiento
de la ayahuasca, guiado por un sabio
chamán y por su madre, maestra curandera.
Based on a series of interviews filmed
in the region of Nariño in southern
Colombia, Curanderos attempts to
answer central questions regarding
ayahuasca Shamanism. Two Colombian Shamans, a British explorer, and
a German scientist offer their visions
of this astonishing form of medicine,
based on the use of a psychoactive
brew.
Director
Georgina Barreiro
Director
Dean Jefferys
Duración
71 min
Duration
52 min
Idioma
Español
Language
English and Spanish
Año
2014
Subtitles
English
facebook.com/icaroslapelicula
Year
2001
shamansoftheamazon.com
Director
Victor Guillon & Julien Mauranne
Duration
30 min
Language
English/Spanish
Subtitles
English
Year
2011
curanderos-lefilm.com
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Year
2010
vineofthesoul.com
Director
Marcelo Rossi
Duración
17:20 min
 Thursday 25, 12:00h Room 3
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Idioma
Español
Subtítulos
Español
Año
2014
Director
Michael Wiese
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Language
English
and shares his extraordinary experience in this video diary-style documentary film
Duration
60 min
Language
English
Year
2012
shop.mwp.com/products/living-with-spirits-10-days-in-the-jungle-withayahuasca
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Duration
52 min
Tentado por su profesión se lleva consigo un reducido equipo de filmación,
para intentar (si la experiencia lo permitía) registrar sus vivencias y poder
transmitirle a las personas que sienten
pasión, interés científico, búsqueda
espiritual o simplemente curiosidad
sobre el tema, que es esto de “tomar
Ayahuasca”.
Those brave enough to drink ayahuasca will meet spirits and have
visions of other worlds and realms.
Peruvian shaman use this visionary
plant brew as part of a dieta -a retreat
in the jungle- where they receive insights on healing. Through the auspices of Peruvian shaman Don José
Campos, filmmaker Michael Wiese
undertakes a 10-day dieta
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Director
Richard Meech
Un director de documentales, luego
de realizar tomas en su país de origen,
Argentina, decide viajar hacia la ciudad
de Iquitos en Perú, considerada por los
investigadores y científicos como “la
meca” de la Ayahuasca. Como parte
de un proceso de curación profundo
iniciado cuatro meses antes, y comprendiendo que el efecto producido
por la Ayahuasca en su estado natural,
puede significar un mayor conocimiento y beneficio para su persona, parte,
solo hacia la selva.
LIVING WITH SPIRITS
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On a quest for spiritual awakening
and healing, a naturopathic doctor
and an accountant join others in the
Amazon to drink a hallucinogenic
brew called ayahuasca or ‘Vine of
the Soul’. Their dramatic encounters
with the sacred medicine offer new
insights into the nature of faith and
self-healing through a heightened
state of consciousness.
MEDICINAS
ANCESTRALES
espantapajarosweb.com.ar
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OF SOUL
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LA MEDICINA
DEL SONIDO
A very personal yet universal journey.
This film shares with you the intimacy
of an Ayahuasca ceremony in Ibiza.
Artists, musicians and practitioners
speak of their experiences and their
commitment to break down fears and
lead ones experience through this intense journey, intercut with scenes
from the ceremony itself and the undeniable vibration of sight, sound and
spirituality.
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VIAJE DE IDA
Acompanhamos a jornada de
um grupo de pessoas na floresta
amazônica Boliviana que decidem
adentrar o caminho da consciência
humana, pelo universo das plantas
sagradas e da sabedoria ancestral.
Uma narrativa que levanta questões
como a convivência, cuidados com
a terra, saúde e cura, ética, e os
mistérios da busca humana.
LAS RUTAS
DEL YAGÉ
La voz de un abuelo que narra el encuentro entre el hombre indígena y
una planta sagrada nos sumerge en
los principios de la tradición del Yagé.
Un recorrido documental desde la selva hasta las ciudades de los andes colombianos que muestra el intercambio
entre la práctica de curación indígena
y la sociedad urbana que abre nuevas
rutas a los médicos tradicionales del
Putumayo.
Director
Giulio Tarantino
Director
Nicole Roitberg, Pedro Rio (er Saba),
Enrico Campos
Director
Alex López Guevara
Duration
23 min
Duration
43 min
Duración
54 min
Language
Spanish
Language
Inglês e Espanhol
Año
2008
Subtitles
English
Subtitles:
Inglês e Espanhol
facebook.com/lasrutasdelyage
Year
2014
Year
2006
florestadosunicornios.com.br
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90
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2014
Language
English
Year
2009
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Idioma
Español
Año
2007
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Director
João Meirinhos
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Duración
68 min
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Duration
63 min
Director
Eloi Ysàs
The Mirror of the Spirit’ primarily follows the life of an old shaman from
Puerto Maldonado, an accidental
tourist and a recovering drug addict
seeking healing. They are like tributaries of the same river converging
towards this ancient medicine for different personal reasons. In Pucallpa
we stay with the Shipibo-Conibo people at a community along the Ucayali River. And, in Iquitos, we are welcomed at an holistic healing center
mostly run and visited by foreigners.
Starting out as an anthropological investigation, this chronological quest
shows examples of mestizo, indigenous and western shamanic practices. It did not seek to document those
already experts on the subject, but to
give an unfiltered voice to others that
came along its observational path of
discovery; to better understand the
mysteries of plant medicine, the business behind fake healers and the cultural
mimetic relationship between Amazonian natives and spiritual tourists.
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Director
Mike Kawitzky
Los cuadros y relatos de las visiones
y realidades de la cosmogonía amazónica y religiosa del pintor Don Pablo
Amaringo te guían sutilmente en esta
obra donde compartes el espacio y el
tiempo con distintos maestros conocedores del lenguaje de las plantas de
la Amazonía, para muchos la farmacia
del mundo.
EL ESPEJO
DEL ESPÍRITU
Duration
87 min
Language
Spanish & English
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Are we evolving as a species or are
we going extinct? What is consciousness? Is G-d a myth? Can science and
spirituality learn to co-exist? What
happens when you die? Cognition
Factor stitches quick-paced conversations with Terence Mckenna into
a plot to save the world, along with
brother Dennis Mckenna, and Ralph
Abraham, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph
Metzner, Alex Grey, and twenty more
of the top thinkers of our times.
AYARUNA, EL ESPÍRITU
DE LAS PLANTAS
AMAZÓNICAS
World Premiere at AYA2014
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EL PODER ANCESTRAL
DE LA AYAHUASCA
Y LA MITOLOGÍA SHUAR
THE PATH OF THE SUN AYAHUASCA NATURE’S
GREATEST GIFT
Debido a que el Shuar ha sido un pueblo
eminentemente guerrero y además porque antiguamente tenían la costumbre
de hacer después de sus guerras, el rito
de la reducción de la cabeza de sus enemigos, conocido como Tsantsa a fin de
poder preservarla como trofeo de guerra; han sido generalmente conocidos
en forma despectiva como Jíbaros o salvajes; denominación que rechazan por
su contenido etnocéntrico y racista; por
ello reivindican su derecho a autodenominarse como Shuar que significa, gente, persona o gente verdadera. Entre las
fiestas que adoptaron de sus ancestros
y que aun practican en la mayoría de sus
comunidades shuar, podemos señalar la
Fiesta del Ayahuasca que por lo general
lo celebran en enero con la caminata a las
cascadas y montañas sagradas. En esta
fiesta el uwishin manipula fuerzas espirituales que intervienen en procesos de curación, amor, cacería y siembra. En la sociedad Shuar, el uwishin, es quien a la vez
de poseer importantes conocimientos del
mundo mítico espiritual, maneja las concepciones de salud-enfermedad. Entre los
Shuar existen dos tipos de shamanes: los
tsuakratin (que curan) y los wawekratin
(que causan daño o enfermedades).
The second half of the shamanic documentary series The path of the sun
and explores the benefits of the medicinal plant ayahuasca. Many topics are discussed by leading experts
including ayahuasca’s benefits as a
tool for personal growth, exploration
of the supernatural and the field of
psychotherapy as a powerful medicine for healing (including discussions about the the use of ayahuasca for the treatment of depression,
anxiety, sleep disorders, phobias,
PTSD, drug and alcohol addiction),
the burgeoning ayahuasca tourism
industry and the dangers of travel to
third world countries and the Amazon, the “dieta” or ayahuasca diet,
curanderos, ayhuasqueros and shaman, the ayahuasca experience, the
ayahuasca ceremony, the ritual and
ceremony, how the brew is made, Icaros and more.
Directora
Mónica Hinojosa Becerra
Idioma:
Español
Duration
60 min
Language
English, Spanish, Quechua
Year
2014
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A narrative documentary focusing on
the story of Rebekah Shaman, who in
1997 followed a vision she received
from a Shaman calling her to the Amazon, where she found and studied
intensively with a powerful Ayahuasquero. Now she tells of her unique story working with the Shaman and Ayahuasca to connect with Mother Earth.
Director
Alexander Ward
Duration
33 min
Language
English
Year
2013
alexanderward.co.uk rebekahshaman.com
Director
Seti Gershberg
thepathofthesun.com
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APPRENTICE
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2014
Language
English, Spanish and Cree
Subtitles
English & Spanish
Year
2014
Director
Marcelo Schenberg
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This presentation is a pre-premier of
work-in-progress, presented by the
director Benjamin De Loenen, with
Q&A with the main characters Rumi,
his lawyer Rodrigo and Danae.
Year
2014
Director
Benjamin de Loenen
Duration
10 min.
Idioma
Español
Language
English/Español
Subtítulos
Inglés
Subtitles
Español
Duración
90 min.
plantandoconsciencia.org/medicina
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Duration
45 min
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Director
Jim Sanders and André Clément
In 2009 the Chilean Police Department
violently raided an Ayahuasca Ritual
in the center Manto Wasi in Santiago
de Chile. The public prosecutor was
on on personal mission to eradicate
everything related to this mind-altering concoction - a long legal battle
started... Rumi and Danae, accused
for endangering public health and drug
trafficking, decided to fight for justice,
demonstrating that ayahuasca is a
valid therapeutic tool. Their struggle to
overcome the heavy accusations by the
media and justice system and the social
stigma around ayahuasca is visualized
in this heart-stirring documentary...
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Throughout millennia, human kind
has nurtured an animated relationship with the Cosmos, mediated
by shamanic practices worldwide.
Cosmos and Earth have slowly been
separated from us, objectified to give
room for progress to unfold. Now, as
science and technology achieve never imagined levels of sophistication,
they unexpectedly encounter their
shadows, as perspectives for times
to come seem to become increasingly pessimistic. Following the forgotten route of ancient wisdom that
has been guarded by descendents
of these traditions, combined with
the rigorous approach of scholars
and practicing scientists, Medicina is
bound to shatter deep-seated ideas
on health, illness and, ultimately, the
very meaning of life.
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Tonkiri is a documentary series about
the life, work and travels of Ashaninkan elder and healer Juan Flores as
he leaves the Amazon to share his
knowledge about medicinal plants
with the world.
ICEERS AYAHUASCA
DOCUMENTARY - WORK IN PROGRESS
WORKSHOPS
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MEDICINA
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SHORT
EXPERIENCE
MAELSTROM
CALLING THE OTHERS
When a lonely young woman in London faces an ever growing loss of
identity, the only thing she can cling
onto are her melancholic devotion to
her snake and plants. Unfortunately
flora doesn’t talk back and her snake
is radiating a mysterious glare as
ever. Mysteriously her plant shows
her that there is enlightenment to be
found sipping through the cracks of
consciousness. She decides to see
how deep the rabbit hole goes and
aligns back with her true self.
A companion video to the recent EP
by Anilah; this piece is intended as a
meditation for soul ignition, third eye
and heart activation, through metaphysical interpretation. The music
and vocals were created first as an
improvisation by Anilah. Then the audio was synchronized with a visual
score including motion graphics and
artwork by Simon Haiduk.
Director
Tom Geraedts
Duration
06:34 min.
Duration
07:44
Language
music video – no words
Language
Non spoken
Year
2012/13
Year
2013
simonhaiduk.com
Director
Simon Haiduk
tomgeraedts.com
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 Friday 26, 15:30h Room 3
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Used since immemorial times to
bring knowledge, wisdom and cure,
it´s considered the great teacher of
the forest - being highlighted as the
main source of learning of the Jibóia
Medicine, that reveals the amazonian cure misteries from the inside
of this people´s cosmovision. The
documentary seeks to portray also,
through the testimonials of men and
women, the Xinã Bena (the new age)
- the moment lived nowadays by this
society that seeks direct contact with
their roots in the spirituality of their
ancestors.
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A stream of digital sculptures and
soundscapes that dynamically transmute between organic and circuit-like
motifs / A constant flow of emerging
and dissolving oceanic, futuristic,
and mandala forms
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NIXI PAE is an artistic documentary
short film project, about the cultural
rescue of the Huni Kuï people from
Amazon through the ritualistic use of
Nixi Pae, sacramental beverage internationally known as ayahuasca.
CELLULLAR CIRCUITRY
COSMIC FLOWER
UNFOLDING
Director
Ben Ridgway
Duration
2:00 / 2:00
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NIXI PAE
Language
No words
benridgway.wordpress.com
Director
Juliana Nabuco
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The movie is inspired in the cosmovision of the great Pajés (medicine men).
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Duration
15 minutes
Language
Hatxa Kuin
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Subtitles
Portuguese
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Year
2012
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Holotropic Breathwork is a technique developed by
Stanislav and Christina Grof that induces an altered state
of consciousness in which we can access deep psychological material such as personal biographical content, repressed trauma and memories, elements from perinatal
states and our birth process, as well as transpersonal and
mystical experiences. These experiences can catalyze
psychotherapeutic processes and facilitate healing.
La Respiración Holotrópica es una técnica creada por Stanislav Grof y su esposa Christina Grof, que induce un estado
alterado de conciencia que nos permite acceder a material
psicológico profundo, como contenidos de nuestra biografía personal, recuerdos traumáticos reprimidos, estados
perinatales, nuestro proceso de nacimiento y experiencias
transpersonales o místicas. Estas experiencias pueden catalizar procesos psicoterapéuticos y facilitar la sanación.
El acceso a este estado no ordinario de consciencia se consigue mediante el uso de la respiración acelerada, una selección particular de música evocativa y un contexto seguro
apoyado por facilitadores formados en la técnica. El dibujo
de mandalas y el compartir en grupo son elementos de integración importantes en el desarrollo del taller.
Unlike traditional shamanic rituals, Holotropic Breathwork was developed by Stanislav Grof relatively recently,
based on his knowledge and experience as a psychoanalyst and his extensive work with LSD is psychotherapy,
as well as being inspired by more ancestral methods from
spiritual and shamanic traditions.
A diferencia de los rituales tradicionales chamánicos, la
Respiración Holotrópica fue desarrollado por Grof recientemente, basándose en su conocimiento y experiencia como
psicoanalista, su trabajo extensivo con LSD en psicoterapia
y su inspiración proveniente de métodos ancestrales de tradiciones espirituales y chamánicas.
This Holotropic Breathwork Workshop is a great opportunity for people who are involved with, or have experience
with ayahuasca, to learn about this more occidental approach of working with non-ordinary states of consciousness with its own set of tools, structure and group dynamics. The session starts with a theoretical introduction and
personal and group preparatory work, followed by the
breathing session and finishes with the integration of the
experience. The workshop is a full day.
Este taller de Respiración Holotrópica es una oportunidad
para personas involucradas con la ayahuasca, de conocer
de cerca esta aproximación más occidental al trabajo con
estados no ordinarios de consciencia, que tiene su propias
herramientas, estructura y dinámica de grupo. Este taller
comienza con una introducción teórica, trabajo de preparación personal y en grupo, seguido de la sesión de respiración, para terminar con la integración de la experiencia. El
taller es un día completo.
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Access to this non-ordinary state of consciousness is
achieved with fast breathing, a specific selection of evocative music and a safe and supportive setting provided by
trained facilitators. Mandala drawing and group integration are also important elements during the workshop.
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Habrá además un amplio grupo de apoyo formado por facilitadores certificados y con experiencia.
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There will be a group of support facilitators present, all of
whom are certified and experienced in Holotropic Breathwork.
Psicoterapeuta, facilitador de Respiración Holotrópica y
formador del equipo de Grof Transpersonal Training.
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Psychologist and psychotherapist, Certified
Holotropic Breathwork Facilitator and member of
the Training Staff in Grof Transpersonal Training.
MARC AIXALÁ
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MARC AIXALÁ
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STATE-OF-THE-ART MULTIMODAL
PSYCHOTHERAPY TREATING
INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES AND FAMILIES:
PSYCHOACTIVES AS ROBUST
PSYCHO-THERAPEUTIC ACCELERANTS
AND ENHANCERS
ARTHUR STEIN, PH.D
Dr. Arthur Stein developed Comprehensive Family Therapy (D.A. Kirschner & S. Kirschner, Brunner/Mazel, NY,
1986), which takes on the family holistically, dealing with
rearing and marital transactions, as well as members individually. All members and problems of the functional
family are professionally engaged on a private practice
footing. Advisory work with public agencies led to breathtaking challenge of tackling family dysfunction regionally.
Dr. Stein developed Humanics, a transdisciplinary practice dealing with social districts holistically, every person,
family and institution counting, and elementally, with the
mentalities, human interactions and relations shaping the
institutions, civil life and culture. Dr. Stein closed an extensive private practice to prove how communities may be
problem-solved and quality of life effectively promoted.
Psychoactives, for example, Ayahuasca, can be astonishingly beneficial and radically transformative for motivated, prepared, and subjectively open seekers. However,
Ayahuasca is no panacea. No matter its soaring beauty,
emotional galvanization, extensive insights and striking benefits, programmatic self-psychotherapy, entirely on one’s
own, most often fails Ayahuasca’s (and other Psychoactives’) fullest potential — as is typically the case with psychoactives. Regarding not gaining full bounty of LSD, Leo Zeff
(The Secret Chief) reported, “People will come to me who
have already tripped…five hundred times on acid, others…
three, four hundred times…they would be good candidates
so I’d say, ‘Sure.’ Invariably these people have said, ‘I’ve never had an acid trip before in my life! This is the first time I’ve
really had an acid trip’ (Leo Zeff, The Secret Chief).”
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far from ordinary. Emotional growth is demanding and
rarely easy, each step forward being hard-won, generally. Into this fray, Ayahuasca oftentimes first presents to
uninitiated clinical workers as a miracle-like tool. (Think
physicians’ historic, first time viewing of fungal penicillin
slaying pneumonia, septicemia, diphtheria, syphilis, gonorrhea, meningitis, rheumatic fever, etc., all ravaging before the new agent.)
Relational psychotherapy naturally stakes out Ayahuasca
for its relevant powers (and sister Psychoactives, selectively, for theirs). What’s more, and conversely, Ayahuasca intrinsically supports communication and mental analysis. People commonly get together after a journey for
catharsis, exchanging experiences and views. Hence, the
two modalities patently, self-evidently go together positively, and professionally combining them is done universally. The combinatorial result can be strikingly exponential. Far from rare are savvy psychotherapy clients saying
a particular psychoactive experience has been personally
tantamount to years of standard treatment. The Secret
Chief again: “I’ve had many people…who’ve come to me
who have been in analysis for a long time. Some have
been in analysis four times a week for eight to ten years
continuously….However, there was always something
that they never could get to. They have taken a trip and in
one trip afterwards have said, ‘I got more out of that one
day’s experience than I did in my whole eight or ten years
or whatever of psychoanalysis.’”
This workshop dedicates to the psychotherapy and full
wellness-growth and empowerment of individuals, couples and families through mixed modality synthesis of
verbal and psychoactive processes. The aim is clinical
procedure that is synergistically efficient and effective.
The workshop is open only to accredited psychologists,
psychiatrists, social workers, and other vetted behavioral
service workers.
Likewise, verbal psychotherapy may catalyze far-reaching, even eye-popping results. But, such outcome is
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Los psicoactivos, como por ejemplo la ayahuasca, pueden
ser altamente beneficiosos y radicalmente transformadores para aquellos buscadores receptivos, motivados y preparados. Sin embargo, la ayahuasca no es una panacea. No
importa cuánta sobrecogedora belleza, galvanización emocional o benéfica introspección profunda haya experimentado un individuo: si sólo ha hecho la autopsicoterapia, sin
la ayuda de un profesional, a menudo está desaprovechando el potencial completo que ofrece la ayahuasca. Como
suele ser el caso con los psicoactivos, en lo que se refiere
a no obtener la recompensa esperada del LSD, Leo Zeff (El
Líder Secreto) declaraba: “Vino gente a mi consulta que
ya había tenido... quinientos viajes de ácido, otros... tres o
cuatrocientas veces... ellos eran buenos candidatos así que
yo les dije, ‘Claro’. Invariablemente estas personas dijeron:
‘¡Nunca había tenido un viaje de ácido en mi vida! Esta es
la primera vez que realmente he tenido un viaje de ácido.’”
Este seminario de psicoterapia está dedicado al bienestar
y el crecimiento completos para el empoderamiento de las
personas, las parejas y las familias a través de una modalidad de síntesis mixta de los procesos verbales y psicoactivos. El objetivo es un procedimiento clínico que sea sinérgicamente eficaz. El seminario está abierto sólo a psicólogos
acreditados, psiquiatras y trabajadores sociales experimentados en el área del comportamiento.
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La psicoterapia relacional incorpora naturalmente la
ayahuasca por su relevante potencial (así como a sus hermanos psicoactivos, usados selectivamente). De hecho, la
ayahuasca es intrínsecamente compatible con la comunicación y el análisis mental. Es habitual que la gente se reúna después de un viaje para la catarsis y el intercambio de
experiencias y puntos de vista. Por lo tanto, se hace patente
que ambas modalidades se complementan de manera positiva y su uso profesional combinado está globalmente extendido. El resultado combinado puede ser llamativamente
exponencial. No son raros los clientes habituados a la psicoterapia que afirman que una experiencia psicoactiva concreta les
ha reportado el equivalente a años de tratamiento estándar. En
este sentido, El Líder Secreto, decía: “He tenido mucha gente...
que han venido a mí y se han estado analizando durante mucho tiempo, algunos hasta cuatro veces por semana durante
ocho o diez años de forma continua... Sin embargo, siempre
había algo que nunca podían alcanzar. Entonces han hecho un
solo viaje y tras él me han dicho después: ‘He obtenido más de
esta experiencia en un día de la que he logrado en ocho, diez
años o los que sea de psicoanálisis.’”
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El Dr. Arthur Stein creador de la Terapia Familiar Comprensiva (D.A. Kirschner & S. Kirschner, Brunner/Mazel, NY,
1986), que concibe a la familia holísticamente al tratar tanto
las interrelaciones entre crianza y vida matrimonial como
a sus miembros individualmente. Su trabajo de consultor
para diferentes organismos públicos le han conducido al
reto formidable de integrar las disfunciones familiares en un
marco regional. Para ello, el Dr. Stein desarrolló Humanics,
una práctica interdisciplinar integradora que comprende el
aspecto social específico en el que cada persona, familia e
institución se desenvuelven, y en lo más elemental, con las
mentalidades, interacciones humanas y relaciones que modelan las instituciones, la vida civil y la cultura. El Dr. Stein ha
desarrollado una práctica privada extensiva para demostrar
cómo las familias y comunidades pueden solucionar sus
problemas y mejorar su calidad de vida de forma efectiva.
FILM FORUM
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DR. ARTHUR STEIN
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LOS PSICOACTIVOS COMO
ACELERADORES Y POTENCIADORES
DEL PROCESO PSICOTERAPÉUTICO
Asimismo, la psicoterapia verbal puede catalizar más allá de
los resultados visibles. Pero la afluencia de contenidos no es
lo más habitual, ya que generalmente demanda un esfuerzo
sostenido para alcanzar un crecimiento emocional. En esta
lucha, la ayahuasca suele presentarse a los trabajadores clínicos no iniciados como un herramienta milagrosa (piénsese en el histórico primer impacto que produjo entre los médicos la introducción de la penicilina fúngica para derrotar a
la neumonía, la septicemia, la difteria, la sífilis, la gonorrea, la
meningitis, la fiebre reumática, etc, que eran devastadoras
antes del mencionado antibiótico).
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DE VANGUARDIATRATANDO
A INDIVIDUOS, PAREJAS Y FAMILIAS:
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BEYOND PSYCHEDELIC DREAMS
AND WAR ON DRUGS:
PROBLEM-SOLVING AND POTENTIATING THE HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE
ARTHUR STEIN, PH.D
Society shows the necessary astuteness and organizational savvy to go to the moon, build powerful computers, replace the human heart, among myriad astounding achievements. However, solving everyday, common
problems such as unemployment, welfare, family breakdown, slums, crime infested neighborhoods, carnage
of drugs, or failure of education and school dropout has
proven bewilderingly problematic.
Why is this the case? Are aforementioned challenges beyond human capability, or is it that people really don’t care,
or do care, but don’t try? Or, have hidden, nefarious economic and political power elites conspired successfully to
maintain toxic conditions for perverse private advantage?
Obviously, the countless sums spent over decades in
untold fruitless flailing show people seriously have cared,
and do care, and do want some dignified, minimal sustenance, health and opportunity for all children and adults.
How does one understand failure to solve persisting social dilemmas in view of society’s extraordinary capacity
to problem solve in other domains? Rather than going the
way of blaming economic or political cabals, one might
answer very differently, on other grounds.
The alternate, really quite simple explanation is that a universal existential minimal would be common doing today,
as well as solutions of other communal predicament, if
reigning experts did have knowledge of the theory, organization and practice needed to have achieved their aim.
Human nature rejects failure, in favor of success, abides
notice, rather than inconspicuousness. So, for example,
if in 1996, then, President Bill Clinton, or any from his political accessories, really knew how to “end welfare as we
know it,” Clinton naturally would have done so, earning
the personal recognition attendant his leadership and
paramount achievement.
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Stemming from contribution of Comprehensive Family
Therapy (D.A. Kirschner, Bruner/Mazel, NY, 1986) and
senior clinical practice, Dr. Stein was in role of advising
public agencies jurisdictionally advocating and assisting
family life. Tackling family problems, regionally, forces
attention to profuse, serious and unmitigated family dysfunction. Equally salient are multiple, unsettling contextual, societal letdowns, alluded to above, which families,
try, as they may, often just cannot surmount. Out of this
troubling ado, Humanics, transdisciplinary practice approaching social districts both holistically and elementally, was born.
Humanics harnesses the universal urge for social progress. It approaches regional behavioral dysfunction holistically, at individual, family, institutional and community
levels. As state-of-the-art extension of current social organization and science, Humanics targets the full gradient of social functionality, from urban and rural districts
appalling disordered or backward to those affluent, aiming conspicuously at full health and wellness of individuals, families and communities.
Challenge of triumphant social welfare breaks logically into the following topics, the agenda of the
workshop:
- Philosophy and motivation for effective welfare strategy
- Structure of the social domain, including overlooked dimensions
- Scientifically determining societal optimality, and blueprinting community design
- How existing social organization can be powerfully enhanced for welfare and progress
- The scientific transdisciplinary process of problem-solving social regions: an approach simultaneously holistic
– every person, every family, every institution counting;
and elemental – dealing with the human relationships
and interactions that shape and constitute the focal region’s families, institutions and society
- Coping with governmental and institutional hierarchy
and the pyramidal structure of authority
- Methods and stages of financing
- Scientific measurement and accountability
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Obviamente, las incontables sumas de dinero gastadas durante décadas en innumerables recursos infructuosos muestran que a día de hoy, continúan existiendo personas que
luchan por una vida digna, un sustento mínimo, salud u oportunidades para todos los niños y adultos. ¿Cómo se entiende
el fracaso persistente para resolver problemas sociales teniendo en cuenta la extraordinaria capacidad de la sociedad
para resolver problemas en otros ámbitos? En lugar de culpar a las élites económicas y políticas, como en el ejemplo del
fracaso social para lograr un sustento mínimo para todas las
personas, este autor respondería de manera diferente, con
otra base.
La explicación alternativa y realmente simple es que el mínimo
sustento sería posible de forma universal, así como la solución
de otras muchas situaciones que vivimos hoy, si los expertos
que gobiernan tuvieran un buen conocimiento sobre la teoría,
la organización y la práctica para lograr sus objetivos. La naturaleza humana rechaza el fracaso, en favor del éxito, buscando
aquello detectable en lugar de aquello que pasa inadvertido. Si,
por ejemplo, en 1996, el presidente Bill Clinton, o cualquiera de
sus compañeros de partido, hubieran sabido realmente como
instaurar el bienestar tal y como lo conocemos ahora, natural-
El reto de lograr el éxito en el bienestar social se desglosa
lógicamente en el seminario, cuyo programa incluye los siguientes temas:
- Filosofía y motivación para una estrategia de bienestar eficaz.
- Estructura del ámbito social, incluidas las dimensiones pasadas por alto.
- Optimización social científicamente determinante y plan de acción en el diseño comunitario.
- Cómo la organización social existente se puede reforzar poderosamente para el bienestar y el progreso.
- El proceso científico interdisciplinario para la resolución de
problemas en las áreas sociales: una aproximación holística
simultánea – cada persona, cada familia, cada institución
cuentan y son elementales – para tratar con las relaciones
humanas e interacciones que dan forma y constituyen sus familias, instituciones y la sociedad misma.
- Hacer frente a la jerarquía gubernamental e institucional y a
la estructura de autoridad piramidal.
- Métodos y etapas de la financiación.
- Medición científica y rendición de cuentas.
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¿Por qué ocurre esto? Acaso son desafíos que van más allá de la
capacidad humana, o es que a la gente realmente no les importa, o se preocupan pero no los tratan? Es que, de forma oculta,
las nefastas élites del poder económico y político conspiran con
éxito para mantener este tipo de condiciones tóxicas de las que
ellos están sacando alguna perversa ventaja?
Humanics incorpora y pone de relieve la urgencia global de
un progreso social. Se aproxima al comportamiento disfuncional de forma holística y regional, a nivel individual, familiar,
institucional y comunitario. Como una extensión vanguardista de la actual organización social y científica, Humanics se
dirige al rango completo de funcionalidad social, desde los
distritos urbanos y rurales con terribles desórdenes hasta los
barrios ricos que aspiran ostensiblemente a la plena salud y al
bienestar de sus comunidades.
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La sociedad ha demostrado la astucia necesaria y la experiencia como organización para ir a la luna, construir potentes
ordenadores, o transplantar un corazón humano, entre un sin
fin de innumerables logros. Sin embargo, la solución de todos
los días, los problemas comunes, tales como el desempleo, el
bienestar, la desintegración familiar, los tugurios, los barrios
infestados de crímenes, las muertes a causa de las drogas
o el abandono escolar continúan siendo asombrosamente
problemáticos.
FILM FORUM
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DR. ARTHUR STEIN
Proveniente de su contribución como creador de la Terapia Familiar Comprensiva (D.A. Kirschner & S. Kirschner,
Brunner/Mazel, NY, 1986) y su extensiva práctica clínica, el
Dr. Stein ha asesorado a los organismos públicos que jurisdiccionalmente incentivan y asisten la vida familiar. Abordar
los problemas familiares desde un enfoque regional obliga a
prestar atención a las disfunciones familiares graves. Igualmente importantes son las múltiples e inquietantes decepciones sociales aludidas anteriormete, que las familias tratan
de superar sin éxito la mayoría de las veces. Desde este preocupante escenario nació Humanics, una práctica transdisciplinar que se aproxima a los distritos sociales tanto de forma
holística como específica.
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RESOLVIENDO CONFLICTOS Y
POTENCIANDO LA INFRAESTRUCTURA
HUMANA
mente que Clinton lo hubiera hecho, ganando el reconocimiento personal a su liderazgo y habiendo conseguido un logro de
suma importancia.
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MÁS ALLÁ DEL SUEÑO PSICODÉLICO
Y LA GUERRA CONTRA LAS DROGAS:
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2014
MUSIC IN PERSONAL, SPIRITUAL &
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
JOEL OLIVER
Musician, music therapist. joelolive.com
CARME BONAFONT
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LA MÚSICA EN EL DESARROLLO
PERSONAL, ESPIRITUAL Y CREATIVO
JOEL OLIVER
Músico, musicoterapeuta. joelolive.com
CARME BONAFONT
Musician, sound therapist. facebook.com/carmen.
bonafontrojan
Músico, terapéuta de sonido. facebook.com/carmen.
bonafontrojano
The archaic instruments in the musical journey of human
history have always created a connection to the roots of
our existence in the womb, as well as to those of the numerous cultures on this planet and humanity as a whole.
Music can provide a model for conscious awareness of
internal processes.
Los instrumentos arcaicos en el viaje sonoro crean una
conexión con las raíces de nuestra existencia en el vientre materno, pero también en las raíces de la humanidad
como globalidad (o conjunto). Esto nos permite un modelo
de conciencia a través de un Conocimiento Consciente del
Proceso Interno.
It is known that the experience of altered states of consciousness through music can lead to further exploration of the self
and can help find a way to dissolve the ego and the barriers of
the mind, releasing emotional and mental blockages.
Es sabido que la experiencia de los estados alterados de la
conciencia mediante la música pueden llevar a una mayor
exploración de uno mismo y pueden ayudar a encontrar la
manera de liberar el ego y disolver estados limitados de la
mente, evitando y resolviendo atascos mentales.
In this workshop we will work mainly on a practical level,
followed by discussion and integration, while also offering
a theoretical approach of the foundation of therapy with
archaic instruments. We will use the voice as a vibrational
tool and instrument and experience the vibration of the
instruments in the body.
This workshop is open to all kinds of people, musicians or
not, therapists, artists and above all people with an interest in the healing power of music and sound.
Bring your instruments and your desire to make music
with you!
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Trabajaremos sobretodo a nivel práctico con posterior
charla-integración. También se ofrecera un enfoque teórico
de los fundamentos de la terapia con los instrumentos arcaicos. Utilizaremos la voz como herramienta e instrumento a nivel vibracional, y experimentaremos los instrumentos
vibracionales en el cuerpo.
Abierto a todo tipo de personas, músicos o no, terapeutas,
artistas y sobretodo personas con inquietudes entorno al
poder curativo de la música y el sonido.
¡Trae tus instrumentos, y las ganas de hacer música en grupo!
 Miércoles 24, La Nave Ibiza
2014
This method is for everyone looking for personal development through the voice. For those who want to improve
their voice and communication, either for personal curiosity or professional reasons. Those who have or want to
start a personal improvement process, those who follow
an inner path, and people who just want to feel better with
themselves.
Thanks to the ‘Wilfart Method’, wich uses the voice as an
accurate proof of our respiratory, psychological and energetic behavior. Our Breath is crucial, there is no Voice
without Breath.
How: Going in search of our true voice through vocal, body
and breathing exercises, in a concrete and accurate way,
gaining access in an efficient and enduring way to the
center of gravity of our body, our belly-centre, balancing
the blocked energy in the high part of our body. This way,
we manage to release our tensions that prevent a free and
real expression, facilitating consciousness and self-confidence. Working individually with a supportive group,
which serves as a witness and invigorates the process.
 September, 23rd & 24th, Ibiza
Cantante en Ceremonias y profesora de canto
“Todos tenemos una gran y bella voz, pero esta permanece
en un cuerpo que no ha sabido o no ha podido desarrollarse
en su total verticalidad, en la geometría armónica que nos
pertenece como a seres vivos.”
Un método al alcance de todos para la búsqueda y desarrollo personal a través de la voz. Para las personas que
quieran mejorar su voz y comunicación ya sea por inquietud
personal o por necesidad profesional. Los que tienen o quieren empezar un proceso de crecimiento personal, los que
siguen un camino interior, y los que sencillamente quieren
sentirse mejor consigo mismos.
Mediante: El ‘Método Wilfart’ que utiliza la voz como un testimonio preciso de nuestro comportamiento respiratorio,
psicológico y energético. El Aliento es esencial y no hay Voz
sin Aliento.
Cómo: Yendo a la búsqueda de nuestra verdadera voz mediante ejercicios vocales, corporales y respiratorios de forma concreta y precisa, accediendo de una manera eficaz y
perdurable al centro de gravedad de nuestro cuerpo, nuestro centro-vientre, haciendo vascular allí la energía bloqueada en la parte alta del cuerpo. De esta forma se consigue
liberar todas las tensiones que impiden una expresión libre y
real, facilitando a la persona una conciencia y una seguridad
propia. Trabajando individualmente en presencia de un grupo
que sirve de apoyo, de testimonio y dinamizace el proceso.
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
“We all have a great and beautiful voice, however it remains in a body that does not know how to develop its
verticality, the harmonic geometry that belongs to us as
human beings.”
ROMANA ALARCÓN
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
Ceremony singer and singing teacher
Pneumofonista - alientoyvoz.es
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
ROMANA ALARCON
JON DEL VAS
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
Pheumophonist - alientoyvoz.es
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
JON DEL VAS
ANALIZAR, CONSTRUIR
Y ARMONIZAR A TRAVÉS DE LA VOZ
EVENTS
EVENTOS
ANALYZE, BUILD & HARMONIZE
THROUGH THE VOICE
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
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This 3km route (level 2) starts at the parking of the Es
vedra´s viewpoint, a beautiful rock formation next to the
south coast of Ibiza. We will walk 600 meters upwards
and we will start observing the island of Es Vedra and Es
Vedranell. Then we climb to the Pirate’s tower, where we
can enjoy the wonderful views. We continue uphill until we
reach the peak of Pirate to then begin to descend towards
the Spiral of consciousness. At this point we see the famous stone quarry of Sa Pedrera (Atlantis) on the side of
the see, towards which we start heading. Then we descend
600 meters to reaching sea level, where again we can enjoy the beautiful views, while we explain the work and processes of the Phoenicians extracting stone of the quarry.
Esta ruta (nivel 2) de 3 km comienza en el parking del mirador de Esvedra, una formación de rocas preciosa en la costa
del sur de Ibiza.
Seguiremos ascendiendo hasta llegar al pico del Pirata,
empezaremos a descender hasta llegar a la Espiral de la
conciencia. Llegado a este punto, podremos intuir dirección Mediterráneo, la famosa cantera Fenicia de Sa Pedrera
(Atlantis), a la que nos dirigimos. Descenderemos 600 metros hasta llegar al mar, ahí podremos disfrutar de las vistas, mientras os explicamos el trabajo de los Fenicios para
extraer la piedra.
Guías: www.intothewild.es/en
 23 september (afternoon), Ibiza
EVENTS
EVENT0S
WORKSHOPS
TALLERES
FILM FORUM
CINE FORUM
OTHER CONTENTS
OTROS CONTENIDOS
Guides: www.intothewild.es/en
Andaremos 600 metros y empezaremos a observar las islas
de Es Vedrá y Es Vedranell. Ascenderemos hasta la Torre del
Pirata, dónde podremos contemplar las maravillosas vistas.
COMMUNITY TRACK
FORO COMUNIDAD
TREKKING
LEGAL TRACK
FORO LEGAL
TREKKING ROUTE
ACADEMIC TRACK
FORO ACADÉMICO
PRIMARY TRACK
FORO PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS
PONENTES
SOCIAL EVENTS
EVENTOS SOCIALES
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SOCIAL EVENTS
EVENTOS SOCIALES
KAYAK ROUTE
RUTA EN KAYAK
This is one of the most popular kayak routes in Ibiza. Most
of the route goes through a beautiful natural reserve. The
route starts in Cala Carbo, near the south cost of the island, where we will pass the famous Cala Truja and Cala d’
Hort, featuring the most spectacular sunset of the island
with a beautiful scenery of Es Vedra.
Esta es una de las rutas estrella de Kayak en Ibiza. La mayor
parte la ruta discurre por una Reserva. Comenzamos la ruta
en Cala Carbó, costearemos hacia el sur, dónde nos encontraremos con Cala Truja y la famosa Cala d´Hort, lugar donde se ven las puestas de sol más espectaculares de la isla
por su paisaje y magnetismo.
We cross Cap Blanc to reach Raco des Mataret where
we can relax before or after going through Es Vedra. We
continue the journey until the Punta de l’ Oliva, then pass
through Vedranell and then Es Vedra. We approach Vedranell towards Punta des Enterrossais, then passing by
s’Olleta until we reach Punta d’es Escullets.
Cruzamos el Cap Blanc para llegar al Racó des Mataret,
donde podemos descansar antes o después de nuestra
travesía a Es Vedrá. Continuamos la travesía hasta la Punta
de l´Oliva, desde aquí remaremos primero a Es Vedranell y
luego a Es Vedrá. Es Vedranell lo tocamos en la Punta des
Enterrossais, pasando posteriormente por s´Olleta hasta
llegar a la Punta d´es Escullets.
Guides: www.intothewild.es/en
Guías: www.intothewild.es/en
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AGRADECIMIENTOS
We want to thank all of those who
contributed their skills, time, financial support and dedication to
the AYA2014 endeavor:
Queremos dar las gracias a todas
las personas que han colaborado
con sus habilidades, tiempo, apoyo económico y dedicación a que
AYA2014 sea posible:
Scientific Advisory Committee:
Comité Científico Asesor:
Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Ph.D.
Rafael Guimarães dos Santos, Ph.D.
Jordi Riba, Ph.D.
José Carlos Bouso, Ph.D.
Supporters/Mentors:
Mentores:
Arthur Stein, Ph.D.
Anton Bilton
Uri Fruchtmann
Raphael De Loenen
Diana Dirickx
Those who purchased a philanthropic and supporter ticket
Our monthly contributors and
ICEERS supporters
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AGRADECIMIENTOS
Sponsors and NGO partners:
Patrocinadores y ONGs que apoyan:
Beckley Foundation
River Styx Foundation
Drug Policy Alliance
OPEN Foundation
Ethnobotanical Stewardship Council
MAPS
Nierika AC
Alianza Arkana
Plantaforma
Fundació Josep M- Fericgla
Maya Ethnobotanicals
All people and organizations that
promoted the event:
Las personas y organizaciones
que promueven el evento:
Asociación Eleusis
Asociación para el Estudio de la Divulgación de la Medicina Psicodélica
(AEDMP)
Aroma Sagrado
Amazon Convergence
Ulises
Perifèrics
Librería Muscaria
Botanical Dimensions
Plantando Consciencia
Energy Control
Temple of the Way of Light
Fuocco Sacro di Itzachilatlan
Revista Cañamo
Encuentros Eleusinos
Neip
EntheoScience
CUPIHD
Journal of Transpersonal Research
Openmindtrips
Copalosanto
Azarius
Conscious
Ediciones La Llave
Reset.me
Breaking Convention Conference
Todos los que compraron una
entrada filantrópica y de apoyo
AYA2014 Volunteers:
Voluntarios/as:
Nuestros donantes mensuales
Eloi BlancRicard Faura
Noel García
Sabela Fondevila
Iñaki Berazaluce
Marta Cutchet
Irene Pérez
Paloma Colmenarejo
Jaime Bernáldez
Carles Valverde
Carlos Vega
Estefania Moreno
Juan Pedro
Daniel Isla
Mario Fiorentino
Xavi Ulises
Lydia Cudney
Susie Pearl
Charles Shaw
John Trautwein
Leandro Reinaldo
Samuel De Loenen
Pau Carrasco
Artists:
Artistas:
Joaquin Vila, Spain/España
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Luis Tamani, Perú
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Zia Zeff, France-Argentina
zia-zeff.com
Leila Habibi, Iran
Othon, Greece/Grecia
othonpanmuzik.com
Josephine Hyde, USA/EE.UU. JosieHydeAyahuascaVisions.com
Dj Nekken, Spain/España
ICEERS Team:
Equipo ICEERS:
Joan Obiols Llandrich, MD
Maria Carvalho
Jerónimo Mazarrasa
Margot Honselaar
Benjamin De Loenen
Òscar Parés
José Carlos Bouso
Raquel Peyraube
Pep Cura
Marc Aixalà
Constanza Sánchez
Alex Verdaguer
Simona Adriani
Demian Ruiz
Joan Manel Vilaseca
Duncan Autrey
Miguel Castejón
Dani Jiménez
Eduardo Romero
Débora González
Sarita Wilkins
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