Liquid light : Ayahuasca spirituality and the Santo Daime tradition /
Barnard, G. William 1955-
Liquid light : Ayahuasca spirituality and the Santo Daime tradition / Ayahuasca spirituality and the Santo Daime tradition G. William Barnard. - 1 online resource (xiv, 364 pages) illustrations, map
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- 1. First encounter with the Daime -- 2. Initial philosophical reflections -- 3. Next steps on the path -- 4. C�eu do Mapi�a : Beginnings -- 5. Feitio : The ritual of making the Daime -- 6. Early works in C�eu do Mapi�a -- 7. Mira�c�oes : Visionary/mystical experiences in the Santo Daime -- 8. Mediumship in the Santo Daime -- 9. The holy house in C�eu do Mapi�a : Rosary works -- 10. Final days in C�eu do Mapi�a -- 11. Post-Mapi�a ponderings : Divinization.
"In the last few years there has been a resurgence of interest in psychedelics across a number of fields from anthropology to religion, psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. Whereas most recent publications have either stressed the potential therapeutic benefits of these powerful mind-altering substances or offered anthropological analyses of how these substances are utilized in different cultural contexts, Liquid Light takes a different approach. Using as a case study the Santo Daime community in Brazil, which practices a religion based on the sacramental use of ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew. Barnard gives readers a vivid, introspectively sophisticated depiction of the dramatic ritual and visionary worlds that appear in the life of a practitioner of this tradition--himself--arguing that careful examination of entheogenic religions, understood not only historically and culturally but also, as it were, "from within," can provide a rich empirical basis for sustained reflection on what psychedelics more generally can tell us about a wide range of key philosophical questions concerning the nature of consciousness, selfhood, and reality"--
G. William Barnard is a professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University.
9780231546720 0231546726
22573/ctv2j5rx62 JSTOR
2021043555
Santo Daime (Cult)--Case studies.
Ayahuasca ceremony--Case studies.--Brazil
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience--Case studies.
RELIGION / Spirituality
Ayahuasca ceremony
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience
Santo Daime (Cult)
Brazil
Case studies
Case studies.
BL2592.S25 / B37 2022eb BL2592.S25
299/.93
Liquid light : Ayahuasca spirituality and the Santo Daime tradition / Ayahuasca spirituality and the Santo Daime tradition G. William Barnard. - 1 online resource (xiv, 364 pages) illustrations, map
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- 1. First encounter with the Daime -- 2. Initial philosophical reflections -- 3. Next steps on the path -- 4. C�eu do Mapi�a : Beginnings -- 5. Feitio : The ritual of making the Daime -- 6. Early works in C�eu do Mapi�a -- 7. Mira�c�oes : Visionary/mystical experiences in the Santo Daime -- 8. Mediumship in the Santo Daime -- 9. The holy house in C�eu do Mapi�a : Rosary works -- 10. Final days in C�eu do Mapi�a -- 11. Post-Mapi�a ponderings : Divinization.
"In the last few years there has been a resurgence of interest in psychedelics across a number of fields from anthropology to religion, psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. Whereas most recent publications have either stressed the potential therapeutic benefits of these powerful mind-altering substances or offered anthropological analyses of how these substances are utilized in different cultural contexts, Liquid Light takes a different approach. Using as a case study the Santo Daime community in Brazil, which practices a religion based on the sacramental use of ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew. Barnard gives readers a vivid, introspectively sophisticated depiction of the dramatic ritual and visionary worlds that appear in the life of a practitioner of this tradition--himself--arguing that careful examination of entheogenic religions, understood not only historically and culturally but also, as it were, "from within," can provide a rich empirical basis for sustained reflection on what psychedelics more generally can tell us about a wide range of key philosophical questions concerning the nature of consciousness, selfhood, and reality"--
G. William Barnard is a professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University.
9780231546720 0231546726
22573/ctv2j5rx62 JSTOR
2021043555
Santo Daime (Cult)--Case studies.
Ayahuasca ceremony--Case studies.--Brazil
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience--Case studies.
RELIGION / Spirituality
Ayahuasca ceremony
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience
Santo Daime (Cult)
Brazil
Case studies
Case studies.
BL2592.S25 / B37 2022eb BL2592.S25
299/.93