For our American members:
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Boooshpig
Quote from: "Bushpig"For our American members:
http://www.sacaaa.org/ (http://www.sacaaa.org/)
Boooshpig
Thanks for sharing the data. I am interested in this and may attend. I might even propose a paper to them on my research of mushroom use in SE Asia.
boomer2
I don't know... Marlene Dobkin de Rios is on the executive committee, which makes the whole thing seem a little sketchy to me!
Never heard of her, whats your issue with her?
BP
Marlene Dobkin de Rios is an anthropologist who has lived and studied with the Kuma of New Guinea. She has written several scholarly papers on the Kuma and the nonda mushroom species they use in ritual ceremonies. Those included members of the Rusulla family, Heimiella and Boletus of which are said to contain stearic acids.
She is very well accepted in the entheogenic community by her peers and colleagues and her anthropology credentials are established and she is, as well, also established in good standing in the academic community.
Some of her published works on the Aztec and the Kuma and those whouse ayahuasca in the Amazon.
QuoteDobkin de Rios, Marlene. 1968. Suggested Hallucinogenic-Derived Motifs from New World Monumental Earthworks. Unpublished Manuscript.
------. 1974. The influence of psychotropic flora and fauna on Maya religion. Current Anthropology vol. 15(2):147-163. June.
------. 1976. The Wilderness of Mind vol. 5. #90-039.
1. Sacred plants in cross cultural perspectives.
2. The Aztecs of Mexico. Sage Research Papers in Social Sciences.
------. 1976. (KUMA). The New Guinea Highlands. The Wilderness of Mind vol. 5. No. 90-039.
For related articles see: (Dobkin de Rios, 1976; Heim, 1965b; Heim, 1966a; Heim, 1972; Heim and Wasson, 1964; Heim and Wasson, 1965; Reay, 1960; Singer, 1958e).
------. 1982. (Bk. Rev.). Journal of Psychedelic Drugs vol. 14(3):259-260. July-September.
A review of Alvaro Estrada's "Maria Sabina: Her life, her chants."
------. 1984. Hallucinogens: Cross Cultural Perspectives. The Aztecs of Mexico. Albuquerque. University of New Mexico Press.
...... 1984. Visionary Vine: Hallucinogenic Healing in the Peruvian Amazin.
...... 1992. Amazon Healer: The Life and Times of an Urban Shaman.
Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Roger Rumrrill. 1992. Amazon Healer: The Life and Times of an Urban Shaman.
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boomer2
Quote from: "Bushpig"Never heard of her, whats your issue with her? BP
My issue with her is in her writings on ayahuasca. She's so caught up in the non-self-aware structures of modern anthropology that her opinions aren't
even wrong. She epitomizes a performative contradiction that is grand in scope....
... not that I have a strong opinion on the matter :)
Quote from: "boomer2"She is very well accepted in the entheogenic community by her peers and colleagues and her anthropology credentials are established and she is, as well, also established in good standing in the academic community.
And therein lies one of the issues; in the field of anthropology, academic standing comes more from conformance to academic fashion than from studied insight...
I spoke about my experiences with ayahuasca at an anthropology of consciousness conference in Massachusetts a few years ago. One of the keynote speakers was Dr. Jaques Mabit, who also spoke about ayahuasca. I found the conference to be very interesting and was very happy to learn about the many topics presented, but I was especially thrilled to hear Jaques Mabit. He confirmed many theories I had formed on my own. Now, I see that there is a whole section on the fourth day entitled "Sacred Brews, Ayahuasca Controversies and A Clash of Cultures—Indigenous
and Postmodern"
This pleases me, for it has become a committed effort for me to help spread the ayahuasca paradigm so that it can be understood and adopted by spirit-free cultures. I have never met Marlene Dobkin de Rios but I doubt that her presence on the executive committee compromises the information being presented by the dozens of speakers at the conference.
QuoteShe's so caught up in the non-self-aware structures of modern anthropology that her opinions aren't even wrong. She epitomizes a performative contradiction that is grand in scope....
I find it difficult to have wrong opinions myself. To me, my opinions are always correct, even when they change. One opinion that I have is that the Anthropology of Consciousness Conference will be an amazing event worth attending. If I wasn't in the Amazon Rainforest right now, I'd most likely go too.
Oh damn, I live in the Portland area, but I can't afford it. Sounds interesting though.