The Heidelberg Research III - Janine Schmid

Schmid, Janine. Droge oder Medizin? Selbstbehandlungsversuche im Kontext von Ayahusca - oder Santo Daime Ritualen. Gesundheitskonzepte im Umfeld des ritualisierten Drogengebrauchs in Europa. Eine qualitative Studie zur Ritualdynamik und Salutogenese [Droga ou remédio? Auto-cura no contexto de rituais da Ayahuasca ou do Santo Daime. Conceitos de saúde em torno do uso ritual de drogas na Europa. Um estudo qualitativo de dinâmica ritual e da salutogênese]. Ph.D. project at Medizinische. Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg. 2007. ( pesquisa em andamento/work in progress)

Summary:
Who uses Ayahuasca/Santo Daime for healing purposes in Europe? In which contexts do people consume the substance? What is the result of their struggle for healing or health? In the thesis of Janine Schmid about 15 people participating in European Ayahuasca/Santo Daime rituals have been studied who declare to be looking for healing from very different maladies - reaching from cancer to migraine. The study reports and analyses their subjective theories on health, disease and the process of becoming well. As far as possible objective data (diagnoses) on the change of disease processes through the use of Ayahuasca have been collected.

To get in touch with Janine: schamanismusforschung@web.de