Christ returns from the jungle : ayahuasca religion as mystical healing / by Marc G. Blainey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blainey, Marc Gordon, author.

Series:

SUNY series in transpersonal and humanistic psychology.

SUNY Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and culture--Europe.

Religion and culture.

Santo Daime (Cult)--Europe.

Santo Daime (Cult).

Cultural pluralism--Europe.

Cultural pluralism.

Europe--Religion--21st century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (564 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ayahuasca religion as mystical therapy

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2021.

Summary:

An in-depth, ethnographic study of the transnational expansion of Santo Daime, a mystical religious tradition organized around sacramental ingestion of the mind-altering ayahuasca beverage.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I: Framing and Tackling the Question: Why Santo Daime in Europe?

Chapter 1 Introduction

Ethnographic Contexts

The Santo Daime Family in Europe

Allures of the Ayahuasca Experience

Chapter 2 How the Outsider Can Understand Daimista Insiders

Ethnophenomenology and Existential Anthropology

Fitting in as an Ethnographer

Answering the Research Problem

Part II: From Amazonia with Love

Chapter 3 Tracing Origins

Traditional and Novel Ayahuasca Practices in South America

Ethnobotany of Ayahuasca

Indigenous Entheogen Use in the Present Day

Ayahuasca Tourism

Mestizo Ayahuasca Innovations

Emergence and Expansion of the "Ayahuasca Religions"

Rubber Migrations: Global and Local

History of Santo Daime

Chapter 4 The Current State of Santo Daime Studies: Brazil and Beyond

Chapter 5 Passage to "Heaven" of Mapiá

Part III: Back to the Old World

Chapter 6 Santo Daime and the Re‑Enchantment of Europe

Religious Modernity in Europe

Transnational Developments of Santo Daime

Chapter 7 National Profiles

Spain

Portugal

Germany

The Netherlands

Italy

United Kingdom

Ireland

Austria

Greece

Finland

Czech Republic

Switzerland

France

Belgium

Part IV: Santo Daime "Works"

Chapter 8 Framework for Curing the Ego

Inside the Ritual Space

Music and the Ethical Lyrics of Daime Hymns

Chapter 9 Eclectic Symbolisms of Santo Daime Ideology

Outside the Ritual Space: Supplementary Trends

Confronting and Reforming Egoic Anxiety

Chapter 10 Being‑in‑the‑Astral: An Auto‑Ethnography of Ethnophenomenology

Part V: The Mystical Technology of Santo Daime Rituals

Chapter 11 A Key to Solutions

Fardados' Domain of "Sacred Plants"

Therapeutic Functions of a Sacred Technology.

Chapter 12 Fardados' Conception of Santo Daime as a Mystical Path

Awakening or Conversion

Self‑Knowledge or Purgation

Illumination

Surrender, or the Dark Night

Union

Part VI: Fardados' Existential Values

Chapter 13 Timeless Wisdom

European Fardados' Domain of Great Spiritual Teachers

First in Both Belgian and European Freelists: Jesus Christ (7-5 BCE-30-33 CE)

Second in Belgian / Third in European Freelist: Gautama Buddha (c. 566-486 BCE)

Third in Belgian / Second in European Freelist: Mestre Irineu (1890-1971 CE)

Fourth in Belgian / Tied for Tenth in European Freelist: Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948 CE)

Thirty‑second in Belgian / Fourth in European Freelist: Osho (1931-1990 CE)

Thirteenth in Belgian / Eighth in European Freelist: Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986 CE)

Seventh in Belgian / Seventy‑fourth in European Freelist: Krishna (? BCE)

Fifth in Belgian / Sixth in European Freelist: Padrinho Sebastião (1920-1990 CE)

Twenty‑ninth in Belgian / Ninth in European Freelist: John the Baptist (BCE-32 CE)

Thirty‑eighth in Belgian / Seventh in European Freelist: Pd. Alfredo (1950-present)

Sixth in Belgian / Twenty‑third in European Freelist: Mohammed (570-632 CE)

Eighth in Belgian / Tied for Tenth in European Freelist: Virgin Mary (BCE-1st century CE)

Ninth in Belgian / Fifth in European Freelist: Dalai Lama (1935-present)

Tenth in Belgian / Eighty‑ninth in European Freelist: Eckhart Tolle (1948-present)

Delving Deeper into the Belgian Sample

Chapter 14 The Aims of Santo Daime Perennialism

Beyond Egocentricity: Cosmic Consciousness as the Primary Objective in Daime

Part VII: Applying Anthropology to public Debates About Ayahuasca

Chapter 15 The Cosmopolitics of Entheogenic Healing

A Word on Risk Management and Conflict Resolution

Entheogens and Post‑Secular Cosmopolitics.

Chapter 16 Closing Remarks: Toward Mutual Respect and Toleration

Appendices

Appendix I Glossary of Portuguese Santo Daime Terms

Appendix II Liturgical Calendar of Santo Daime

Appendix III Master List of Sacred Plants (Europe‑wide Sample)

Appendix IV Master List of Great Spiritual Teachers (Belgian Sample)

Appendix V Master List of Great Spiritual Teachers (Europe‑wide Sample)

Appendix VI Triad Test Results and Statistics

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781438483153

1438483155

OCLC:

1257548939