Experiences of encounters with Ayahuasca–“the vine of the soul”
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Ayahuasca is a psychoactive brew used by the indigenous populations of the Amazon. The aim of this qualitative study was to gain insight into the experiences of western users of ayahuasca, as well as to ascertain the experienced meaning that participants felt by their participation. Twenty-five people from Northern Europe with experiences of group sessions with ayahuasca wrote anonymous descriptions of their experiences. The Empirical Phenomenological Psychological method was used for this analysis. The analysis resulted in 33 categories which were assembled into six general themes: (a) motivation and aim, (b) contractile frightening state (c) sudden transformation of the experience, (d) limitless expansive states with transcendental experiences, (f) reflections, and (g) changed worldview and new orientation to life. These themes provided a new structure, called the transcendental circle. Participants reported many positive psychological and physical improvements that indicate that ayahuasca could be of potential interest in the development of new medicines and therapies.
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The subjective experience shared phenomenological similarities with ayahuasca and other serotonergic psychedelics such as psilocybin, including alterations of consciousness captured by the 11 subscales of the 5D-ASC.
“Overall, the subjective experience shared phenomenological similarities with ayahuasca and other serotonergic psychedelics such as psilocybin (19, 49), including alterations of consciousness captured by the 11 subscales of the widely used 5D-ASC scale (63, 75).”
From Potential therapeutic effects of an ayahuasca-inspired N,N-DMT and harmine formulation: a controlled trial in healthy subjects (2024) · cites this paper as [19]
The clear biphasic phenomenology of initially psychedelic and subsequently more empathogenic experiences described for ayahuasca was less prominent in this study.
“The clear biphasic phenomenology of initially psychedelic and potentially overwhelming, and subsequently more empathogenic experiences, described for ayahuasca such as discussed by Wolff (19, 49) as “bottleneck” phenomenon during the ayahuasca experience was less prominent in our study.”
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- Authors
- Kjellgren, A., Eriksson, A., & Norlander, T.
- Affiliations
- Karlstad University (SE)
- Venue
- Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-12
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 309-315
- ISSN
- 0279-1072 (ISSN-L)
- 2159-9777
- OpenAlex
- W2010516245
- Cited by
- 97
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Keywords
- ayahuasca, psychedelic experience, transcendental experience, altered states of consciousness, worldview change, psychedelic therapy
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Ceremonial Behavior, Female, Hallucinogens, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, Plant Preparations, Banisteriopsis
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