Espaços rituais de ingestão da Ayahuasca no oeste catarinense: estudo de caso do Espaço Céu Caminhos do Amor

Abstract

The present work aims to make notations about the expansion of the Ayahuasqueiras lines to the interior of Brazil, specifically to the west of Santa Catarina, using as object of study the Institute Espritual Shamanic Caminhos do Amor, to understand the permanence of Neoxamanic institutes in urban environments. He traces some of the vegetal veins that culminate in different ayahuasqueiras networks, from the expansion and the popularization of the drink in the Amazon seringais, and points axes that connect one to the other. It addresses the historical specificities that determine the emergence of neoxamical spaces in urban centers, and beyond, presents a series of rituals that represent a range of experiences where it encompasses different processes of cultural formation. Using as primary sources interviews and official documents of the institute, it was possible to project the profile of the participants, and to understand the links between them and the use of Ayahuasca. This monograph aims to discuss the morphology of these ceremonies, and especially their cosmology that involves not only the use of the drink, but also the cultural approaches that merge with the ideologies of the participants.