University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL, USA.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2012 Jul-Aug;44(3):209-15. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2012.703100.
Eighty-one subjects who used ayahuasca at least once in North America answered a lengthy set of open-ended questions and completed the 81-item After the Spiritual Experience Questionnaire. An additional 50 ayahuasca users were interviewed in person. The data for this study represent ayahuasca experience based on more than 2,267 ceremonies. A comparison group of 46 people attending a Catholic spiritual retreat weekend also completed the After the Spiritual Experience Questionnaire. A factor analysis of this questionnaire yielded three factors: Joy in Life, Relationship to the Sacred and Toxic Feelings. Although the ayahuasca users had significantly higher scores on the first two factors, the two groups had modest mean differences indicating a similar response to two very different spiritual experiences. This key finding strongly supports the view that ayahuasca users are engaged in an authentic process as spiritual in nature as that of the retreatants. The qualitative data revealed that ayahuasca users reduced their alcohol intake, ate healthier diets, enjoyed improved mood and greater self-acceptance and felt more loving and compassionate in their relationships. Seventy-four percent of the ayahuasca users said they had a relationship with and received ongoing guidance and support from the spirit of ayahuasca.
81 位在北美至少使用过一次阿育吠陀的受试者回答了一系列冗长的开放式问题，并完成了 81 项“精神体验后问卷”。另外 50 名阿育吠陀使用者接受了面谈。本研究的数据基于超过 2267 次仪式的阿育吠陀体验。一个由 46 人组成的参加天主教精神静修周末的对照组也完成了“精神体验后问卷”。对该问卷的因素分析得出了三个因素：生活中的快乐、与神圣的关系和毒性感。尽管阿育吠陀使用者在前两个因素上的得分明显更高，但两组的平均差异不大，表明对两种非常不同的精神体验有相似的反应。这一关键发现有力地支持了这样一种观点，即阿育吠陀使用者正在从事一种与静修者的精神性质相同的真实过程。定性数据显示，阿育吠陀使用者减少了饮酒量，饮食更健康，情绪改善，自我接纳度提高，在人际关系中感到更有爱心和同情心。74%的阿育吠陀使用者表示他们与阿育吠陀的精神有联系，并得到其持续的指导和支持。
