Similar to contemporary theoretical physics, the I'Ching's understanding of the emergence of Space-Time implies that extraordinary simplicity (singularity) is the source of extraordinary complexity-namely, the manifest universe. Of more interest will be the fact that the I'Ching's hexagrammic progression has also proven to share an isomorphic relationship with the sequencing of DNA by modern geneticists. The I'Ching's binary sequencing progression has proven to be an inspiration for logicians, computer engineers, and fractal geometry-none of which will be considered in greater detail in this paper. Leibniz, who is regularly claimed to have invented the binary logic on which computers operate, openly praised the I'Ching, the most ancient of sacred Chinese texts, for giving him inspiration. This view, however, overlooks the fact that the ancients of China and Egypt grounded their natural sciences in a binary mathematics identical to that on which modern computers operate.
While focused on Ayahuasca research, the outcomes of this thesis relates to broader issues in the social sciences and beyond, and raises some important questions for future research.Ī common Eurocentric presupposition distinguishes modern science from pre-modern science by claiming the former alone is grounded in advanced mathematics.
This is achieved through reference to recent Ayahuasca research and analysis that seek to overcome limitations of Western epistemology, through dialectically synthesizing scientific and indigenous paradigms of healing and knowledge. I apply the concept of neo-enchantment to outline how the globalization of Ayahuasca challenges the hegemony of rationalism and secularism in industrialized society. In this thesis, I provide an analysis of Ayahuasca to outline the spiritual centrality of its use and appropriation, especially in context of healing beliefs and practices. It has become evident for those engaged in Ayahuasca research that Western epistemology is limited by its longstanding constraints of objectivism, rationalism and scientific materialism. This increasing popularity has attracted a multidisciplinary array of research interests, of which anthropology has significantly contributed. In the last few decades the use of Ayahuasca has developed outside of the Amazon and has since become a transnational phenomenon, crossing boundaries between Western and non-Western healing contexts. It is known as a healing medicine that is deeply embedded in shamanic practices and spiritual beliefs. Ayahuasca is a psychoactive brew that has origins in the indigenous traditions of the Amazon regions of South America.
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