Plants and Religion


Perspectives on the academic study of plants and spirituality

Archive for November, 2011

ADHS interviews with Rick Doblin of MAPS

The ADHS Points blog is going to be running a 3-part interview series this week with Rock Doblin of MAPS, the final posts of which will cover ayahuasca, ibogaine, and addiction.  Should be fascinating stuff.  The first entry is here.

November 29th, 2011
Topic: Therapeutics Tags: ,

Traditional knowledge of the jaguar shamans of Yuruparí

The following information has been posted by UNESCO following the meeting of the sixth session of the Intergovernmental Committee in Bali, Indonesia, during the month of November, 2011. It was posted in Colombia’s El Espectador here. See also here for more information on the 6.COM meeting. The mythical and cosmological structures that make up the traditional knowledge [...]

November 28th, 2011
Topic: Shamanism Tags: , ,

Plants and Religion Symposium – Dec 15-17

Welcome The Working Group on Plants and Religion at the University of Florida (UF) is hosting a symposium entitled “Multidisciplinary Approaches to Plants and Religion,” to be held 15-17 December 2011. The event will be relatively small and informal, consisting of sessions on specific topics, as well as a planning session to guide the future [...]

November 1st, 2011
Topic: Anthropology, Religion Tags: