Visions of Christ in the Amazon: The Gospel According to Ayahuasca and Santo Daime
In the Amazon, under the influence of ayahuasca, eco revolutionary Christian visions describe how Christ’s power takes root in the Amazonian ground. The article explores the "Gospel"—the story of Christ’s life and teachings—according to ayahuasca as told by the Quichua Aguarico Runa, a nat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2009
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2009, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 66-98 |
| Further subjects: | B
Cosmologies
B jagube B napo B New Religious Movements B santo daime B Shamans B brazil B amazonian history B Ayahuasca B mestre ireneu B native theology B comparative myth B andes B amazon B aguarico B Christian B nature religions B native traditions B native christianity B yage |
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| Summary: | In the Amazon, under the influence of ayahuasca, eco revolutionary Christian visions describe how Christ’s power takes root in the Amazonian ground. The article explores the "Gospel"—the story of Christ’s life and teachings—according to ayahuasca as told by the Quichua Aguarico Runa, a native people of the Ecuadorian upper Amazon and then traces local phrasings of the Gospel according to Santo Daime, a Christian sect indigenous to Brazil. As the Christian myth transforms, these radical botanical visions reinterpret South American history, bringing healing to continental and communal memory, and to the decimated and threatened land. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-4915 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.v3i1.66 |