Entheogenic Creativity by Jan Clefferson Costa de Freitas

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Entheogens and Sacred Psychology by Samuel Bendeck Sotillos

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MAGIC MUSHROOMS: from sacred entheogen to Class A drug by Tarik Sabry

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The complete organellar genomes of the entheogenic plant Psychotria viridis (Rubiaceae), a main component of the ayahuasca brew by Alessandro M. Varani, Saura R. Silva, Simone Lopes, Jose Beethoven Figueiredo Barbosa, Danilo Oliveira, Maria Alice Corrêa, Ana Paula Moraes, Vitor F.O. Miranda, Francisco Prosdocimi

“…Taken together, these results elicit the primary insights into the genome biology and evolutionary history of Psychotria viridis and may be used to aid strategies for conservation of this sacred, entheogenic species.…”
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Traditional knowledge and use of wild mushrooms with biocultural importance in the Mazatec culture in Oaxaca, Mexico, cradle of the ethnomycology by Uzziel RÍOS-GARCÍA, Anaitzi CARRERA-MARTÍNEZ, Magdalena MARTÍNEZ-REYES, Faustino HERNÁNDEZ-SANTIAGO, Fabiola R. EVANGELISTA, Irma DÍAZ-AGUILAR, Joan Windhoek OLVERA-NORIEGA, Jesús PÉREZ-MORENO

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Watching God in the electronic noise: Philip K. Dick, Bill Viola, and the (video) art of speculative fiction by Mattia Petricola

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Psychedelic integration: An analysis of the concept and its practice by Geoff J. Bathje, Geoff J. Bathje, Eric Majeski, Mesphina Kudowor

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Presencia y performance: los cantares mexicanos frente al historicismo by Charlie D. Hankin

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Aesthetics of Hallucination: Ontology of Visual Kaleidoscopes From the Age of Myth to Virtual Reality by Sandra Cuevas, Reynaldo Thompson, Tirtha Mukhopadhyay

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<i>Amanita muscaria</i>: Ecology, Chemistry, Myths by Quentin Carboué, Michel Lopez

“…For this reason, it is considered an important entheogenic mushroom in different cultures whose remnants are still visible in some modern-day European traditions. …”
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Reconsidering Context in Psychedelic Research: Rituals as Ancient Libraries of Knowledge by Heather Lutz

“…This manuscript conceptualizes entheogenic spiritual rituals as ancient libraries of healing knowledge. …”
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The Biochemistry, Toxicology, and Uses of the Pharmacologically Active Phytochemicals: Alkaloids, Terpenes, Polyphenols, and Glycosides by Chinaza Godswill Awuchi

“…Other alkaloids possess stimulant (e.g. cocaine, caffeine, theobromine, nicotine) and psychotropic activities (e.g. psilocin), and have been widely used as recreational drugs or in entheogenic rituals. Alkaloids can be toxic too (e.g. tubocurarine, atropine). …”
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Ayahuasca ceremonies, relationality, and inner-outer transformations to sustainability. Evidence from Takiwasi Center in Peru by David Manuel-Navarrete, Serena DeLuca, Fabio Friso, Matteo Politi

“…We explore whether entheogenic uses of ayahuasca in settings co-produced between Indigenous and Western knowledges may also foster relationality and sustainability transformations across ontology, praxis, and epistemology. …”
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Psychological effects on ancestral rituals in Saraguro—Ecuador by Mónica Hinojosa Becerra, Mayra Adelina Rivas Paladines, Mónica Maldonado Espinosa

“…This research focuses on the healing rituals with entheogenic substances practiced by the yachag or healers of the Saraguro nationality. …”
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Molecular Pathways of the Therapeutic Effects of Ayahuasca, a Botanical Psychedelic and Potential Rapid-Acting Antidepressant by Giordano Novak Rossi, Lorena T. L. Guerra, Glen B. Baker, Serdar M. Dursun, José Carlos Bouso Saiz, Jaime E. C. Hallak, Rafael G. dos Santos

“…Ayahuasca is a psychoactive brew traditionally used in indigenous and religious rituals and ceremonies in South America for its therapeutic, psychedelic, and entheogenic effects. It is usually prepared by lengthy boiling of the leaves of the bush <i>Psychotria viridis</i> and the mashed stalks of the vine <i>Banisteriopsis caapi</i> in water. …”
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The Need for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in the Black Community and the Burdens of Its Provision by Darron T. Smith, Sonya C. Faber, NiCole T. Buchanan, Dale Foster, Lilith Green

“…Psychedelic medicine is an emerging field that examines entheogens, psychoactive substances that produce non-ordinary states of consciousness (NOSC). 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is currently in phase-3 FDA clinical trials in the United States (US) and Canada to treat the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …”
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Mycology (Study of Fungi) / by Sheehan, Shawn, author 648673

“…Mycology (from the Greek µóknę, mukes, meaning "fungus") is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans as a source for tinder, medicinals (e.g., penicillin), food (e.g., beer, wine, cheese, edible mushrooms) and entheogens, as well as their dangers, such as poisoning or infection. …”
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The Outline of Communal ‘Ars Moriendi’ in Egalitarian Transhumanism by Łukasz Paweł Polowczyk

“…At present, a feasible art of dying can be systematically supported by anesthetics and psy-chedelics (entheogens), computer games, virtual reality, and good death machines. …”
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Shaman Pots, Sympathetic Magic, and Spinning Souls among the Medio Period Casas Grandes: Altered States of Consciousness in Other-than-Human Persons by Christine S. VanPool

“…Medio Period (AD 1200 to 1450) Casas Grandes shamans used tobacco and possibly other entheogens to initiate trance states that allowed their spirits to travel across the cosmos. …”
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A quantitative textual analysis of the subjective effects of ayahuasca in naïve users with and without depression by Lucas Cruz, Bheatrix Bienemann, Fernanda Palhano-Fontes, Luís Fernando Tófoli, Dráulio B. Araújo, Daniel C. Mograbi

“…Abstract Ayahuasca is a brew with psychoactive properties that has been used as an entheogen for centuries, with more recent studies suggesting it is a promising treatment for some clinical disorders. …”
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