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Livre d'intérêt : O Uso Ritual da Ayahuasca [L'Usage Rituel de L'Ayahuasca]
Éditeurs: Beatriz Caiuby Labate et Wladimyr Sena Araújo Editora Mercado de Letras, Campinas/SP- Brésil Tel: 55 + 19 + 3241 7514 (Réalisé avec le soutien de la FAPESP - Fondation de Soutien à la Recherche de l’État de São Paulo) Format: 16 X 23 cm, illustré...
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Foreword to Drugs and Culture: New Perspectives
The following article is the Foreword to Drugs and Culture: New Perspectives, a book recently released in Brazil. It was written by Brazil's former Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, with the current Minister of Culture, Juca Ferreira, and was translated...
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Texte de Michel Perrin sur un chamane Indien
Setuuma chamane indien "Je vais chez Rêve chercher la petite âme malade" Par Michel Perrin Cet article est paru dans Le Temps stratégique, Hors-Série de novembre 1985 Nous Occidentaux, obnubilés par la maladie, la santé, et leur prix, oublions volontiers...
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PowerShaking - automne 2008
Le PowerShaking : Une approche millénaire réactualisée pour le 21ème siècle! Par Ati Dion, Ph. D. PAS TANNÉS DE VIVRE DANS VOTRE TÊTE ? Venez découvrir une technique de méditation active simple et efficace pour sortir de sa tête, reconnecter avec toute...
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Drugs, Addiction, & Initiation: The Modern Search for Ritual
Luigi Zoja argues that the pervasive abuse of drugs in our society can in large part be ascribed to a resurgence of the collective need for initiation and initiatory structures: a longing for something sacred underlies our culture's manic drive toward...
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Agony and ecstasy - Ecstasy Research
Agony and ecstasy December 27, 2008 – 17:50 Published in the Economist: http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12792611 Dec 18th 2008 From The Economist print edition Ecstasy may be good for those who can’t get over something truly...
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The globalisation of addiction
The globalisation of addiction by Mike Jay [ bookreviews ] from : http://www.nthposition.com/theglobalisationof.php Bruce Alexander is best known - though deserves to be much better known - for the 'Rat Park' experiments he conducted in 1981. As an addiction...
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LE CHAMANISME - par Prem Adeh
PRÉPARÉ PAR : PREM ADEH DATE : AOÛT 2008 PARTIE I • DÉFINITION DU CHAMANISME SELON DIFFÉRENTS VOLUMES - Chamanisme : ensemble de pratiques magiques de certains peuples ouralo-altaïque de l’Asie centrale et septentrionale (Larousse encyclopédique) - Chamanisme...
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Interview Dr. Mark Plotkin - Amazon Conservation Team
Home Introduction News Usage Botany Chemistry Art Mythology Be prepared Recipes Experiences Interviews Miscellaneous FAQ Search Links Contact Interview Dr. Mark Plotkin Izmar: Hi Mark, thanks for taking time for this interview. So tell me, what are you...
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Amazing pictures taken from Hubble
Astronomers Select Top Ten Most Amazing Pictures Taken by Hubble Space Telescope in Last 16 Years They illustrate that our universe is not only deeply strange, but also almost impossibly beautiful. After correcting an initial problem with the lens, when...
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L’ayahuasca au secours des drogués
tiré de : http://www.nouvellescles.com/article.php3?id_article=304 L’ayahuasca au secours des drogués par le Dr Jacques-Michel Mabit En mission au Pérou, le médecin généraliste Jacques-Michel Mabit découvre la médecine chamanique. Passionné par l’expertise...
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MAPS News February 2009
more about MAPS at : www.maps.org 1. Congress and Professor Craker Respond to Bush Administration and DEA’s Obstruction of Scientific Freedom: On January 30, 2009, lawyers for Professor Lyle Craker filed a motion of reconsideration in response to the...
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Le chamanisme – quête spirituelle
Travail présenté par Ma Dhyani Lokita Juillet 2008 Introduction Le document qui suit a été produit en laissant beaucoup de place à l’être profond et en laissant émerger ce qui a le plus d’importance et ce qui m’amène à entreprendre une formation en néochamanisme....
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Hack your brain
Hack your brain How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio Text by Johan Lehrer, graphics by Javier Zarracina To see the graphic, go to : http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/graphics/011109_hacking_your_brain/ DO YOU EVER want to change the...
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Hugs for Heroes
from : http://www.reuniting.info/how_can_women_help_men_hugs_for_heroes Thu, 2009-02-12 02:48 — Marnia Men who are willing to experiment with foregoing orgasm are my heroes. To be sure, most of them only make the experiment because they have exhausted...
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Church wants hallucinogenic tea legalized
from : http://www.komonews.com/news/local/40015282.html PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon members of a Christian church based in Brazil are asking a federal judge to allow the use of a hallucinogenic tea during religious services. The Church of the Holy Light of...
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AYAHUASCA VERSUS MY EGO
Source : http://www.ayahuasca-info.com/ AYAHUASCA VERSUS MY EGO Trip Date: Aug 2006 The two trips about which I am posting occurred on consecutive nights in ayahuasca healing ceremonies in the Peruvian Amazon. I participated in 5 ceremonies in total and...
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Imaginal Hygiene from M. T. Xen
from http://www.realitysandwich.com/imaginal_hygiene A few years ago, I attended a talk given by R.J. Stewart at theInternational Human and Fairy Relations Congress, an event held annually in the eastern Cascades of Washington. R.J. is a Scottish seer,...
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WHERE IN GOD'S NAME DID WE GO WRONG?
By Jean-Claude Koven WHERE IN GOD'S NAME DID WE GO WRONG? When people ask me if I am religious, I tell them I love God far too much to be religious. "Oh, then you must believe in God?" they inevitably ask. "Of course not," I reply with a smile, "does...
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Guided by the Moon (chap. 5) - ebook by Edward MacCrae
Chapter 5 The Controlled Use of Ayahuasca and Its Structuring Effects in the Santo Daime Rituals "The first thing Daime obliges you to do, is to abandon any pretension of considering it a hallucinogenic beverage that will give you "kicks". Those who go...
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Ayahuasca experience reported in the National Geographic
Source : http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0603/features/peru.html link By Kira Salak For centuries, Amazonian shamans have used ayahuasca as a window into the soul. The sacrament, they claim, can cure any illness. The author joins in this ancient...
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MAPS News March 2009
See more of MAPS at : maps.org 1.MAPS Receives 5-year, $150,000 a Year Pledge from Ashawna Hailey, Totaling $750,000! Ashawna Hailey, a member of MAPSÕ Board of Directors, has made a 5-year, $150,000 a year pledge, for a total of $750,000, and has already...
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A God-Shaped Hole at the Heart of Our Being
An interview with evolutionary theologian John F. Haught by Amy Edelstein Amy Edelstein Standing in front of the annual Metanexus conference on science and religion at the University of Pennsylvania in 2006, Dr. John F. Haught cut a quiet and impressive...
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Guided by the Moon (chap. 6) - ebook by Edward MacCrae
Chapter 6 From the Solitary "Vegetalistas" to the "Collective Shamanism" of the Santo Daime Shamanism, also called "pajelanca" in Brazil, is the most important Amerindian religious institution preserved by the Amazonian mestizo. In spite of having adopted...
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Guided by the Moon - ebook by Edward MacCrae
from : http://www.neip.info/downloads/edward/ebook.htm Chapter 1 Shamanism in the Western Amazon : Ayahuasca, the Shaman and the "Vegetalista" Before beginning a discussion on the Santo Daime religion, one should examine the different uses of ayahuasca...