The Religious Uses of Licit and Illicit Psychoactive Substances in a Branch of the Santo Daime Religion

The article deals with the different effects of tolerant and prohibitionist policies associated with psychoactive substance use in Brazil. Whereas the licit use of ayahuasca has been successfully incorporated into mainstream Brazilian society, the ritual use of cannabis by one of the Santo Daime rel...

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主要作者: Macrae, Edward John Baptista das Neves 1946- (Author)
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語言:English
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出版: Equinox [2006]
In: Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2006, 卷: 2, 發布: 3, Pages: 393-414
Further subjects:B Drugs
B 聖多黛米宗教
B Cannabis
B ritual use
B 宗教
B entheogens
B 死藤水
B Santa Maria
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總結:The article deals with the different effects of tolerant and prohibitionist policies associated with psychoactive substance use in Brazil. Whereas the licit use of ayahuasca has been successfully incorporated into mainstream Brazilian society, the ritual use of cannabis by one of the Santo Daime religious groups has never been fully accepted and remains a constant source of problems for the ayahuasca churches, their followers and society at large.
ISSN:1743-0623
Contains:Enthalten in: Fieldwork in religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/firn.v2i3.393