Why Every Hospital Needs a Shaman | Dr. Simon Ruffell on Ayahuasca, PTSD & Shipibo Healing

Описание: In this episode of Obsicast, we speak with Dr. Simon Ruffell, a UK-trained psychiatrist and researcher who now works closely with Indigenous healers in the Amazon. He shares how his career shifted from working in hospitals and clinical trials to studying traditional healing with Shipibo shamans in Peru.

Dr. Ruffell talks about:

His early interest in psychiatry and why he became disillusioned with conventional treatments

Encounters with traditional healers in Uganda and Peru

Learning from Shipibo shamans and how they understand illness through spiritual, psychological, and physical levels

The role of sound and healing songs (icaros) in their ceremonies

What “master plant dietas” are and how they work

His work with Onaya, an organization conducting research on ayahuasca for mental health, especially PTSD in veterans

Dr. Ruffell is also the CEO of Onaya Health and co-founder of Onaya Science. His research focuses on the effects of ayahuasca on trauma, personality, and genes. He continues to work between the worlds of Indigenous medicine and modern science.

Topics Covered:

Psychiatry and its limits

Indigenous views on illness and healing

Ayahuasca and its effects

Master plant dietas

Sound and energy in healing

Research bridging traditional and Western medicine

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Links:
Onaya: https://www.onaya.io/
Onaya Science:   / onaya.io  
  / sgdruffell  
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00:00:00 - Introduction to Dr. Simon Ruffell
00:01:15 - Journey into Psychiatry and Disillusionment
00:04:16 - Exploring Traditional Healing in Uganda
00:05:41 - Encounter with Shipibo Cuarenterismo
00:06:59 - First Experience with Ayahuasca
00:09:27 - Researching Ayahuasca and Mental Health
00:10:15 - The Need for a Spiritual Component in Healing
00:12:47 - The Role of Shamans in Western Medicine
00:16:12 - Integrating Western and Indigenous Healing Practices
00:20:17 - Shipibo Worldview and Energies
00:22:48 - Reincarnation and Energy Recycling
00:24:29 - Karma and Balance in Shipibo Culture
00:25:59 - Understanding the Multiverse in Shipibo Cosmology
00:30:11 - Master Plant Dietas and Relationships with Plants
00:35:20 - Dieting Non-Traditional Entities
00:40:33 - Shipibo Cosmology and the Importance of Sound
00:44:55 - The Serpent in Shipibo Mythology
00:46:36 - ONAIA's Research and Work with Veterans
00:48:02 - Collaborative Research with Indigenous Healers