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AYAHUASCA RESEARCH

Welcome to the Wasiwaska Research section. In these pages we provide you with information related to psychointegrator plants (especially ayahuasca), visionary art and consciousness studies. The first part deals with research carried out in association with Wasiwaska. The second part presents systematically published and unpublished materials and links related to those themes.

This is an open source which welcomes new input. New ideas and information on good websites, articles, films or recordings on ayahuasca or relevant materials not mentioned here, are welcomed. Please let us know to consider including them here.

RESEARCH CARRIED OUT IN ASSOCIATION WITH WASIWASKA

Study 1. Effects of the Amazonian Psychoactive Beverage Ayahuasca on Binocular Rivalry: Interhemispheric Switching or Interhemispheric Fusion?

Study 2. Effects Of Ayahuasca On Binocular Rivalry With Dichoptic Stimulus Alternation.

Study 3. EEG gamma coherence and other correlates of subjective reports during ayahuasca experiences.

Study 4. Phenomenal Qualities of Ayahuasca Ingestion and its Relation to Fringe Consciousness and Personality.

Study 5. In What Ways Is The Ayahuasca Experience Expressed Throughout Literature?

Study 6. Reality Polyphasia: A Thematic Analysis of the Representations of Psychotropic Substance Use and a Deconstructive and Integrative Investigation of the Formation of Knowledge and Reality.

Study 7. Exploring Personality, Phenomenological, and EEG Correlates of the Ayahuasca Journey Experience to Facilitate an Individual’s Spiritual Development.

Study 8. ‘Cadiera Azulao Saeedi’, a sculpture in cement, iron and wireframe by Camille Archer at the Wasiwaska Ethnobotanical Garden, as part of her master in holistic science at the Schumacher College, Devonshire, England.

CONCEPTS

  1. Michael Winkelman: Psychointegration: The Physiological Effects of Entheogens
    http://sacaaa.org/occasional_papers/psychointegrator_plants.pdf
  2. Michael Winkelman: Psychointegration: Psychointegrator Plants: Their Roles in Human Culture, Consciousness and Health
    http://www.lila.info/document_view.phtml?document_id=3

AYAHUASCA STUDIES

A) ETHNOGRAPHY

  1. Indigenous sources
    1. the Yurayaku document
      http://www.lila.info/document_view.phtml?document_id=33
    2. Shuar Indians. Michael Harner, The Sound of Rushing Water
      http://www.lila.info/document_view.phtml?document_id=46
    3. Common Themes in South American Indian Yage Experiences by Michael J. Harner
      http://deoxy.org/yagecommon.htm
      http://diseyes.lycaeum.org/fresh/yagecomm.htm
  2. Vegetalismo (mestizo ayahuasca traditions)
    1. Luis Eduardo Luna: The Concept of Plants as Teachers among four Mestizo Shamans of Iquitos, Northeastern Perú
      http://www.biopark.org/peru/luna-dissertation.html
    2. Walter Andrivsky: Sociopsychotherapeutic Functions of Ayahuasca Healing in Amazonia
      http://www.lila.info/document_view.phtml?document_id=8
    3. Walter Andrivsky; "Dschungeluniversitäten" der traditionellen Heilkunst in Peru Ein Seminarbericht.
      http://www.transpersonal.de/artikel/dschungeluni.html
    4. Shoemaker, Grace and Madness.
      http://www.lila.info/document_view.phtml?document_id=11
    5. Lee, Shamanism Versus Capitalism
      http://www.lila.info/document_view.phtml?document_id=28
  3. Brazilian synchretic religions
    1. Edward Macrae: The Ritual and Religious Use of Ayahuasca in Contemporary Brazil.
      http://www.biopark.org/peru/aya_daime_brazil.html
    2. CEFLURIS
      http://www.santodaime.org
    3. Christine Mavrick: Hallucinogens and Religious Identity in the Brazilian Amazon Senior Thesis Anthropology Program. Illinois State University
    4. UDV website in the US: http://www.udvusa.com/, in Brazil http://www.udv.org.br

B) BOTANY, PHARMACOLOGY

  1. Richard Evans Schultes; An Ethnobotanical Perspective on Ayahuasca
    http://www.biopark.org/peru/schultes_ayahuasca.html
  2. Jonathan Ott: Ayahuasca Analogues. On Jonathan and his work:
    http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/ott_jonathan/ott_jonathan.shtml
  3. Dennis J McKenna, J C Callaway, Charles S Grob MD. The Scientific Investigation of Ayahuasca: A Review of Past and Current Research.
    http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=16809
  4. Human Pharmacology of Ayahuasca. Doctoral dissertation by Jordi Riba.
    http://www.maps.org/research/ayahuasca/echenhoferproposal.pdf

C) COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

  1. Ideas and Reflections Associated with Ayahuasca Visions. By Benny Shanon.
    http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=16497
  2. Ayahuasca Variations. By William L. Benzon.
    http://www.coffeshop.pl/dokumenty/Ayahuasca_Variations.pdf

D) OTHER STUDIES

  1. Ayahuasca and drug treatment: Jamie J.C. Moir, Shamanism, Traditional Medicine and Drug Dependency in the Peruvian Upper Amazon
    http://www.lila.info/document_view.phtml?document_id=15
  2. "Ayahuasca and creativity", by Benny Shanon.
    http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v10n3/10318sha.html
  3. c) Kenneth W. Tupper: “Entheogens and Existential Intelligence: The Use of Plant Teachers as Cognitive Tools” Canadian Journal of Education 27, 4(2002):499-516.
    http://www.csse.ca/CJE/Articles/FullText/CJE27-4/CJE27-4-tupper.pdf#search=%22kenneth%20tupper%20cognitive%22

E) ACCOUNTS

  1. Wade Davis experience among the Barasana.
    http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/philosophy/critical/davis.html

RESOURCES

Ayahuasca Homepage:
http://www.ayahuasca.com

The Vaults of Erowid
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/ayahuasca/ayahuasca.shtml
http://www.enpsychlopedia.com

Lila: Journal Of Cosmic Play Explorations into Shamanism and the Transpersonal Vision.
http://www.lila.info.