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Ayahuasca’s Religious Diaspora in the Wake of the Doctrine of Discovery
<p>‘Ayahuasca’ is a plant mixture with a variety of recipes and localized names native to South America. Often, the woody ayahuasca vine (<em>Banisteriopsis caapi</em>) is combined with <em>chacruna</em> leaf (<em>Psychotria viridis</em>) in a tea, inducing psychedelic effects among its users. …
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THOREAU'S A WEEK, RELIGION AS PRESERVATIVE CARE: OPPOSING THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY, MANIFEST DESTINY, AND A RELIGION OF SUBJUGATION
<p>This dissertation argues for a rereading of Henry David Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) as "Transcendental scripture writing." By placing his book in this genre, Thoreau's religious thinking comes to the fore. His book becomes a contextualized pilgrimage addressing …