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?

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Bremen, Germany

Tom John Wolff

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

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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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