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Article: Moving beyond a figurative psychedelic literacy: Metaphors of psychiatric symptoms in ayahuasca narratives

TitleMoving beyond a figurative psychedelic literacy: Metaphors of psychiatric symptoms in ayahuasca narratives
Authors
KeywordsAyahuasca
Integration
Metaphor
Narrative medicine
Ontology
Psychedelic therapy
Issue Date1-Oct-2023
PublisherElsevier
Citation
Social Science & Medicine, 2023, v. 334 How to Cite?
Abstract

Metaphors, analogies, and similes commonly appear in narratives of drinking the potent psychedelic “ayahuasca”, presenting an intriguing transcultural pattern. Based upon survey and field research at an ayahuasca healing center in Pucallpa, Peru, the article investigates conceptual metaphors in narratives of ayahuasca experiences made by the visiting international guests. Bodily metaphors and visionary analogies frequently appear in narrative plots where they can express the reappraisal, overcoming, and sometimes emboldening of symptoms diagnosed by psychiatry. Moving beyond the literal-figurative divide, the article explores the intrinsic “metaphoricity” of psychedelic experiences and advocates for a literacy of conceptual metaphors regarding both clinical and non-clinical psychedelic narratives. Developing this literacy can broaden approaches in psychedelic psychiatry that analyze and treat syndromes and disorders, while also being applicable to social science and humanities research that examine psychoactive drug use beyond medical frameworks.


Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/337717
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2023 Impact Factor: 4.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.954
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dc.contributor.authorGearin, Alexander Donald-
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-11T10:23:20Z-
dc.date.available2024-03-11T10:23:20Z-
dc.date.issued2023-10-01-
dc.identifier.citationSocial Science & Medicine, 2023, v. 334-
dc.identifier.issn0277-9536-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/337717-
dc.description.abstract<p>Metaphors, analogies, and similes commonly appear in narratives of drinking the potent psychedelic “ayahuasca”, presenting an intriguing transcultural pattern. Based upon survey and field research at an ayahuasca healing center in Pucallpa, Peru, the article investigates conceptual metaphors in narratives of ayahuasca experiences made by the visiting international guests. Bodily metaphors and visionary analogies frequently appear in narrative plots where they can express the reappraisal, overcoming, and sometimes emboldening of symptoms diagnosed by psychiatry. Moving beyond the literal-figurative divide, the article explores the intrinsic “metaphoricity” of psychedelic experiences and advocates for a literacy of conceptual metaphors regarding both clinical and non-clinical psychedelic narratives. Developing this literacy can broaden approaches in psychedelic psychiatry that analyze and treat syndromes and disorders, while also being applicable to social science and humanities research that examine psychoactive drug use beyond medical frameworks.</p>-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier-
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Science & Medicine-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectAyahuasca-
dc.subjectIntegration-
dc.subjectMetaphor-
dc.subjectNarrative medicine-
dc.subjectOntology-
dc.subjectPsychedelic therapy-
dc.titleMoving beyond a figurative psychedelic literacy: Metaphors of psychiatric symptoms in ayahuasca narratives-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116171-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85168827661-
dc.identifier.volume334-
dc.identifier.eissn1873-5347-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:001069097500001-
dc.identifier.issnl0277-9536-

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