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The use of natural psychoactive substances has been identified as a strategy to induce altered states of consciousness that can be found in several cultures (Dittrich & Scharfetter, 1987). In 90% out of 488 observed ethnicities, altered states of consciousness were institutionally integrated part of their societies (Bourguignon, 1973).
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Wolff, T.J. (2020). Traditional Settings. In: The Touristic Use of Ayahuasca in Peru. Sozialwissenschaftliche Gesundheitsforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29373-4_2
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