Shamans’ gardens: sites of creative equivocation between Indigenous and internationalized ayahuasca shamanism

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Shamans' gardens hold a variety of plants characteristic of Amazonian vegetalismo, defining them distinctly in ayahuasca shamanism.
Visitors often form personal relationships with plants found in these gardens, enriching their experience of ayahuasca shamanism.
The paper offers detailed mapping and commentary on the plant set within one garden, enhancing understanding of its cultural significance.
Ethnobotanical gardens serve as sites where Indigenous and international understandings of healing meet, highlighting cultural negotiation.

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This observational analysis maps plant diversity in ayahuasca gardens, suggesting intersections with biomedicine and cultural practices.

Barbira-Freedman et al. (2025) studied this question.

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