RT Article
T1 Jurema In Contemporary Brazil: Ritual Re-Actualizations, Mysticism, Consciousness, And Healing
JF Anthropology of consciousness
VO 33
IS 2
SP 307
OP 332
A1 Grünewald, Rodrigo de A.
A1 Savoldi, Robson
A1 Collins, Mark I.
LA English
PB American Anthropological Association
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1818742047
AB This article proposes an exposition and analysis of perceptions intrinsic to rituals carried out with the use of the jurema plant, especially when mixed with Syrian rue (juremahuasca) in contexts of contemporary esoteric re-actualizations in Brazil. These rituals are conducted by people who look at jurema as a spiritual path, once acquainted with its psychedelic properties. We highlight the mystical attributes and the cultural bricolage elaborated by these individuals, who conduct ceremonies in ritual spaces in which participants experience altered states of perception and consciousness. Considered as an entheogen, jurema leads to states of mystical transformation in people. Such personal changes are often considered by users as the rhetoric of healing. Life stories and ethnographic contexts form the background of the article, which seeks to advance understandings about jurema based on speculations around the intertwining of the themes of consciousness, mysticism, and healing.
K1 Contemporary Brazil
K1 Healing
K1 Mysticism
K1 Consciousness
K1 Jurema
DO 10.1111/anoc.12150