News

10 May 2021

Diálogos: Mente de las Plantas

After the success of the first symposium, the editors of the book "The Mind of Plants" are proposing a new event, entitled "Diálogos: Mente de las Plantas" with presentations in Spanish and Portuguese, which will be held online with free access on 9 of July.


05 May 2021

Back to animism

Antoine Fratini, Vice-President of the Association of European Psychoanalysts and President of the Association Natura & Psiche wrote a reading note for the book “Medici che incontrano gli spiriti”, published in Italian by Alberto Dubbini, sociologist of religions, and which deals with the approach of the Amazonian spirits world by three doctors, including Rosa Giove and Jacques Mabit of Takiwasi.


28 April 2021

Amazonian medicine and the psychedelic revival: Considering the "dieta"

In Peruvian Amazonian medicine, plant diets (dietas) are a fundamental and highly flexible technique with a variety of uses: from treating and preventing illness, to increasing strength and resilience, to rites of passage, and even learning medicine itself. This research article aims at expanding the conceptual field of Amazonian medicine, particularly in the context of a renewed psychedelic science and its theoretical concepts.


26 April 2021

The Mind of Plants

An online symposium has been hosted on April 9, 2021, to bring together all the contributors of the Mind of Plants to share their reflections and various approaches to plants. Matteo Politi, scientific director of Takiwasi Center, offered a contribution on Ushpwasha Sanango.


22 April 2021

Integrative Medicine Congress

Dr. Rosa Giove participated in the 4th Edition of the International Congress of Integrative Medicine with the presentation: "Takiwasi: Traditional Amazonian Medicine and mental health".