Course: Ayahuasca Healing, Science and Indigenous Knowledge
April 14 @ 10:30 am - July 21 @ 12:00 pm
$950
Price $950
This course will be taught by leading experts in the field of ayahuasca research and renowned Indigenous leaders. The goal of the course is to address the current challenges and new perspectives on the use of ayahuasca in a global context, not only from an academic standpoint but also drawing from Indigenous voices and their experience with ayahuasca. Students will be introduced to current issues on the internationalization of ayahuasca and its impacts. The course will address Amazonian traditional healing modalities; ayahuasca and Western psychotherapy, the commodification of ayahuasca;therapeutic and clinical research; conservation, environmental legislation and the legal framework of ayahuasca worldwide. This course will also be dedicated to honor the voices and experiences of Brazilian Indigenous leaders, addressing issues that are most dear to Indigenous communities that consecrate ayahuasca. Our Indigenous professors will explore the dilemmas posed by western civilization, such as exploitative extractivism, cultural appropriation, and the discredit of ancestral knowledge. They will also talk about ayahuasca shamanism and its role for the political, spiritual and cultural resistance of Indigenous Peoples. This innovative course will bridge the gap between academic and traditional knowledge, connecting the ceremonial use of sacred plants and psychedelic science. Following Chacruna’s tradition, this course will unite a community of kindred people to get together and exchange notes around the most complete and up-to-date debates on ayahuasca and its challenges in current times.
