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The Touristic Use of Ayahuasca in Peru

Expectations, Experiences, Meanings and Subjective Effects

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Authors:
  1. Tom John Wolff

    1. Bremen, Germany

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  • Recent empirical-psychological research on ayahuasca tourists in Peru

Part of the book series: Sozialwissenschaftliche Gesundheitsforschung (SPGES)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Introduction

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 1-6

  3. Traditional Settings

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 7-10

  4. Ayahuasca tourism

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 11-22

  5. Spirituality

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 23-23

  6. Neo-shamanism

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 25-28

  7. Historical approaches on DMT

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 29-38

  8. Phenomenology of psychedelic experiences

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 39-47

  9. Ritual elements that influence psychedelic experiences

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 49-62

  10. Research about DMT and ayahuasca

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 63-81

  11. Health and health theories

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 83-110

  12. The empirical research

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 111-125

  13. Main questions and general research ideas

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 127-129

  14. General design

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 131-135

  15. Motivational structure for the ingestion of ayahuasca in the Internet

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 137-140

  16. Phenomenological analysis of experiences of ayahuasca

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 141-155

  17. Expectations, motivation, experiences, meaning and subjective effects

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 157-176

  18. Results, conclusions and discussion

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 177-236

  19. Limitations

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 237-239

  20. Closing words

    • Tom John Wolff
    Pages 241-245
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About this book

This book covers the psychedelic ayahuasca tourism in Peru, with its facet-rich psychological, pharmacological, anthropological, and sociological aspects. The reader gets an interdisciplinary insight into the historical development and the current state of ayahuasca research. Findings from three empirical studies are presented, which the author has won in a 4-year field research: How do common standards develop in this particular form of psycho-spiritual tourism? Why are people from developed nations and urban centres heading to the Amazon to ingest the psychedelic beverage Ayahuasca? How do they experience such ceremonies and retreats? Which insights, personal meaning and effects do they gain and how do they integrate their experiences into the everyday life?

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bremen, Germany

    Tom John Wolff

About the author

Tom John Wolff, Dipl.-Psych., is a licensed psychotherapist and addiction therapist in Germany.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Touristic Use of Ayahuasca in Peru

  • Book Subtitle: Expectations, Experiences, Meanings and Subjective Effects

  • Authors: Tom John Wolff

  • Series Title: Sozialwissenschaftliche Gesundheitsforschung

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29373-4

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-29372-7Published: 08 February 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-29373-4Published: 07 February 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2523-854X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2523-8558

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 287

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Social Work, Health Policy, Sociology of Culture

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