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The controversies between the indigenous and western uses of ayahuasca and
its relationship with the so-called “psychedelic renaissance” of the 1960s and 1970s are discussed in a new article published in volume 30 of the journal História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos.
Reports from explorers and travelers in the latter half of the nineteenth century and studies during the early decades of the twentieth-century show that self-proclaimed “civilized” people were interested in the therapeutic properties of ayahuasca to treat “nervous diseases,” and also as a “magical” plant that caused insightful dreams and revelatory visions.
The article Reports by explorers and travelers and the first scientific studies on ayahuasca (dating from 1850 to 1950) within the current debate on the “psychedelic renaissance” is part of a new set of texts recently published on the journal’s page on the SciELO portal.
Signed by Vinícius Maurício de Lima, Doctoral candidate at the Graduate Program in Human and Social Sciences at Universidade Federal do ABC, and Maria Gabriela Silva Martins da Cunha Marinho, Professor and researcher at the same program, the text discusses the pioneering expeditions to the Amazon in the 19th century, the different uses of ayahuasca and the pharmaceutical interest in the subject.
Lima, V. M. de ., & Marinho, M. G. S. M. da C.. (2023). Relatos de exploradores e viajantes e primeiras pesquisas científicas com a ayahuasca, 1850-1950, no debate atual sobre o “renascimento psicodélico”. História, Ciências, Saúde-manguinhos, 30, e2023023. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702023000100023
