RESUMO Objetivo: desenvolver programa de treinamento em cirurgia minimamente invasiva, baseado em simulação e com ênfase na aquisição de competências laparoscópicas. Métodos: trata-se de estudo prospectivo observacional que foi realizado em hospital universitário de Belo Horizonte, Brasil, entre abril de 2020 e janeiro de 2021. Foram recrutados residentes de clínicas cirúrgicas para treinamento progressivo estruturado de acordo com princípios instrucionais de promoção da aprendizagem, como: motivação, ativação, demonstração, aplicação e integração. Testes de habilidades foram filmados no início, meio e final do programa, e, então, avaliados em anonimato por perito em educação cirúrgica. As performances individuais foram pontuadas por meio das ferramentas de avaliação global “GOALS” e “checklist específico de sutura”. Ao final, todos participantes receberam feedbacks individuais e preencheram questionário destinado a avaliar o impacto do treinamento, baseado no modelo de Kirkpatrick. Resultados: 43 residentes concluíram o treinamento. A evolução das performances foi crescente e evidente entre os testes. Os aproveitamentos médios foram: 29% no teste inicial; 43% no teste intermediário; e 88% no teste final, com diferenças significativas entre todas as médias de pontuação, sendo H=97,59; GL=2; p<0,0001. A avaliação do programa e percepções de aprendizagem foram excelentes, mas apenas 10,7% dos residentes sentiram-se totalmente capazes a realizar cirurgia laparoscópica de baixa complexidade sem supervisão ao final do treinamento. Conclusões: o programa de treinamento desenvolvido nesse estudo mostrou-se factível e promissor como estratégia de ensino da cirurgia laparoscópica.

ABSTRACT Objective: to develop a training program in minimally invasive surgery, based on simulation and with an emphasis on the acquisition of laparoscopic competences. Methods: this was a prospective, observational study carried out at a university hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, between April 2020 and January 2021. We recruited residents of surgical specialties for structured, progressive training according to instructional principles to promote learning, such as motivation, activation, demonstration, application, and integration. We filmed the skill tests at the program’s beginning, middle, and end, which were then anonymously evaluated by a surgical education expert. Individual performances were scored using the global assessment tools “GOALS” and “specific checklist for suture”. At the end, all participants received individual feedback and completed a questionnaire to assess the impact of training on the Kirkpatrick model. Results: 43 residents completed the program. The evolution of performances was evident and grew between tests. The average achievements were 29% in the initial test, 43% in the intermediate test, and 88% in the final test, with significant differences between all mean scores, with H=97.59, GL=2, p<0.0001. The program evaluation and learning perceptions were excellent, but only 10.7% of residents felt fully capable of performing unsupervised, low-complexity laparoscopic surgery at the end of training. Conclusions: the training program developed in this study proved to be feasible and promising as a strategy for teaching laparoscopic surgery.

RESUMO Aproximadamente 80% da população mundial sofre algum tipo de dor nas costas em alguma fase de vida, sendo que em 10% dessa população, as dores acarretam incapacidade crônica, deflagrando alto custo de tratamento desses pacientes, além de comprometer as habilidades de trabalho e convívio social desses indivíduos. As estratégias de tratamento atuais incluem o procedimento cirúrgico por ressecção do disco intervertebral degenerado, bloqueio de raízes nervosas e fisioterapia. Entretanto, tais tratamentos apenas aliviam os sintomas e não impedem que ocorra a degeneração de discos intervertebrais. Portanto, novas estratégias terapêuticas têm surgido e incluem a manipulação de células com o objetivo de recuperar o disco degenerado. No presente artigo, serão discutidas as diferentes possibilidades alternativas de terapias celulares no processo de regeneração discal, caracterizando um estudo descritivo da medicina translacional que envolve aspectos clínicos de novas alternativas de tratamento e o conhecimento de áreas básicas de pesquisa como biologia celular e molecular. Nível de evidência V; Opinião do Especialista.

ABSTRACT Approximately 80% of the world population experiences some type of back pain at some point in their life, and in 10% of this population the pain causes chronic disability resulting in a high cost for the treatment of these patients, in addition to compromising their work and social interaction abilities. Current treatment strategies include the surgical procedure for degenerated intervertebral disc resection, the nerve root block and physiotherapy. However, such treatments only relieve symptoms and do not prevent the degeneration of intervertebral discs. Therefore, new therapeutic strategies have emerged and include manipulating cells to recover the degenerated disc. This article will discuss the possible cell therapy alternatives used in the disc regeneration process, featuring a descriptive study of translational medicine that involves clinical aspects of new treatment alternatives and knowledge of basic research areas, such as cellular and molecular biology. Level of evidence V; Expert Opinion.

RESUMEN Aproximadamente 80% de la población mundial sufre algún tipo de dolor de espalda en alguna etapa de la vida, y en 10% de esa población, los dolores causan incapacidad crónica, deflagrando alto costo de tratamiento de esos pacientes, además de comprometer las habilidades laborales y convivencia social de esos individuos. Las estrategias de tratamiento actuales incluyen el procedimiento quirúrgico para la resección del disco intervertebral degenerado, bloqueo de las raíces nerviosas y fisioterapia. Entretanto, tales tratamientos solo alivian los síntomas y no impiden que ocurra la degeneración de discos intervertebrales. Por lo tanto, han surgido nuevas estrategias terapéuticas e incluyen la manipulación de células con el objetivo de recuperar el disco degenerado. En el presente artículo se discutirán las diferentes posibilidades alternativas de las terapias celulares en el proceso de regeneración discal, caracterizando un estudio descriptivo de la medicina traslacional que involucra aspectos clínicos de nuevas alternativas de tratamiento y conocimiento de áreas básicas de investigación como biología celular y molecular. Nivel de evidencia V; Opinión del especialista.

ABSTRACT Purpose: To develop and validate a new test of specific technical skills required for microsurgical varicocelectomy. Materials and Methods: An electronic questionnaire was sent to 558 members of the Brazilian Society of Urology for the validation of the task-specific checklist (TSC) for assessment of microsurgical varicocelectomy. Participants who had experience in this procedure were selected as judges. For construct validation, 12 participants including attending urologists and urological residents in training were recruited for voluntary participation. We formed a group of three experts and a group of nine novices, who had to perform the steps of microsurgical varicocelectomy on a simulation model using human placenta. Each participant was filmed and two blinded raters would then evaluate their performance using the TSC of microsurgical varicocelectomy. Results: 14 judges were recruited. The assessment tool was reformulated, according to the judges suggestions and had the content validity achieved. The final version of the TSC was comprised of the task-specific score, a series of 4 items scored in a binary fashion designed for microscopic sub-inguinal varicocelectomy. The differences between the performance of participants with different levels of experience reflected the construct validity. The reliability between the raters was high. The mean time required to complete the training of microsurgical varicocelectomy in simulation model was significantly shorter for experts compared to novices (201 vs. 496 seconds, p=0.01). Conclusions: This preliminary study suggests that the task-specific checklist of microsurgical varicocelectomy is reliable and valid in assessing microsurgical skills.

RESUMO OBJETIVOS Objetivou-se com este trabalho adaptar transculturalmente o instrumento Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (Osats) para o português-brasileiro e validá-lo no Brasil. MÉTODOS Uma versão em português-brasileiro do Osats foi criada por meio de um processo de tradução, retrotradução, versão consensual por um comitê de especialistas e pré-teste, seguido da etapa de validação. Para validades de constructo e concorrente, foram recrutados 12 participantes da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, divididos em um grupo de seis especialistas e um grupo de seis novatos, que tiveram de realizar tarefas em modelos de simulação utilizando placentas humanas. Cada participante foi filmado em anonimato e dois examinadores avaliaram os seus desempenhos usando o método tradicional subjetivo e depois a versão em português-brasileiro do Osats. RESULTADOS A versão em português-brasileiro do Osats alcançou as validades de face, de conteúdo, de constructo e concorrente. A média e o desvio padrão das pontuações atribuídas aos especialistas foram, respectivamente, 34 e 0,894, para o Juiz 1 e 34,33 e 0,816 para o Juiz 2. No caso dos novatos, foram 13,33 e 2,338 para o Juiz 1 e 13,33 e 3,204 para o Juiz 2. O Coeficiente de Correlação (de Pearson) entre os dois juízes foi de 0,9944 com IC 95% entre 0,9797 e 0,9985, com p<10-10, evidenciando a excelente reprodutibilidade do instrumento. CONCLUSÃO A versão em português-brasileiro do Osats manteve-se equivalente ao instrumento original e foi validada. Assim, pode ser usada para avaliar a performance operatória dos residentes em cirurgia no Brasil.

SUMMARY BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (OSATS) tool into Brazilian Portuguese and to determine its reproducibility and validity in Brasil. METHODS A Brazilian Portuguese version of OSATS was created through a process of translation, back-translation, expert panel evaluation, pilot testing, and then its validation. For the construct and the concurrent validities, twelve participants were divided into a group of six experts and six novices, who had to perform tasks on a simulation model using human placentas. Each participant was filmed, and two blinded raters would then evaluate their performance using the traditional subjective method and then the Brazilian Portuguese version of OSATS. RESULTS The Brazilian Portuguese version of OSATS had the face, content, construct, and concurrent validities achieved. The average experts’ score and standard deviations were 34 and 0.894, respectively, for Judge 1 and 34.33 and 0.816 for Judge 2. In the case of novices, it was 13.33 and 2.388 for Judge 1 and 13.33 and 3.204 for Judge 2. The concordance between the judges was evident, with the Correlation Coefficient (Pearson) of 0.9944 with CI 95% between 0.9797 and 0.9985, with p < 10-10, evidencing the excellent reproducibility of the instrument. CONCLUSION This preliminary study suggests that the Brazilian Portuguese version of OSATS can reliably and validly assess surgical skills in Brasil.

Resumo: Introdução: Como os profissionais da área médica terão que lidar com a questão da morte, este trabalho teve como objetivos identificar os sentimentos dos estudantes de Medicina e dos médicos residentes do Brasil ante o morrer e a morte, e compreender como eles vivenciam a própria formação durante a graduação e a especialização para esse enfrentamento. Método: Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática da literatura feita com base na metodologia PRISMA. A revisão foi conduzida entre agosto e dezembro de 2019 com os descritores “estudantes de medicina”, “medical students”, “morte” e “death”, pesquisados na Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS). Resultados: Dos 372 artigos identificados na busca, 18 estudos publicados atendiam a todos os critérios de inclusão e exclusão estabelecidos. Quanto à análise dos artigos em relação aos sentimentos dos estudantes de Medicina e dos médicos residentes perante situações de morte, percebeu-se que a maioria dos estudos relatou experiências negativas, como medo, insegurança, tristeza, raiva e culpa. Apesar de ainda serem incipientes as disciplinas e estratégias institucionalizadas, parece que, com o decorrer do curso e da prática profissional, os sentimentos negativos são amenizados, porque se vivenciam com mais frequência contextos de terminalidade e morte, oportunizando, assim, o aprendizado por meio da observação e postura perante essas situações práticas, visto que a morte e suas interfaces fazem parte do cotidiano médico. Conclusões: Os estudantes de Medicina e os médicos residentes do Brasil apresentam desconforto e dificuldade em lidar com os processos de morte e do morrer. Para modificar esse cenário de despreparo, é consenso entre eles a necessidade de incluir disciplinas teórico-práticas de Tanatologia, Cuidados Paliativos e Psicologia Médica no currículo das faculdades de Medicina e reformular o conteúdo delas de forma a abordar mais profundamente o processo de morte no contexto prático.

Abstract: Introduction: Most professionals in the medical field will have to deal with the issue of death. This paper aims to describe the feelings of Brazilian medical students and resident doctors regarding end of life and death, as well as to understand how they experience their undergraduate training and specialization in dealing with this process. Method: This is a systematic literature review based on the PRISMA methodology, conducted between August and December 2019 with the descriptors “medical students” and “death,” in both English and Portuguese, in papers indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL). Results: 372 papers were identified in the search; 18 were published studies that met all the established inclusion and exclusion criteria. Analysis of the articles concerning the feelings of medical students and resident doctors facing situations involving death revealed that most studies reported negative experiences, such as fear, insecurity, sadness, anger, and guilt. Despite the subjects and institutionalized strategies still being relatively new, it would seem that as their training and professional practice progress, the young doctors’ negative feelings are attenuated as they experience end-of-life and death situations more frequently, thus learning through observation and posture in these practical situations, seeing as death and dealing with it is part of everyday medical work. Conclusions: Medical students and medical residents in Brazil experience discomfort and difficulty in dealing with the processes of death and dying. To improve their preparedness in this respect, there is a consensus among them about the need to include the theoretical/practical disciplines of Thanatology, Palliative Care and medical psychology in the medical curriculum and to reformulate the content in order to approach the subject of death in a more practical context.

RESUMO Introdução: O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a política criminal aprovada de 1989 a 2016 pelo parlamento brasileiro. Buscou-se verificar se o Brasil adotou unicamente uma política criminal de recrudescimento punitivo ou se, ao contrário, há uma lógica ambígua após 1988. Foram considerados dois conjuntos de indagações: i) quais variáveis legislativas influenciaram tais direções; ii) quais os tipos de punição na legislação aprovada. Materiais e Métodos: Foram selecionadas 130 leis sancionadas, as quais foram analisadas por variáveis (partidos, regiões, casa propositora, ano de sanção, tipo de punição, casa propositora, tempo de tramitação). Resultados: A maior parte das leis que se relacionam com escolhas de política criminal foram aprovadas nos primeiros anos dos primeiros governos de FHC, Lula e Dilma; os mandatos presidenciais de FHC e Lula são os que sancionaram mais leis nesta matéria; PSDB, PMDB e PT são os partidos que tiveram o maior número de proposições aprovadas; quanto à iniciativa, o Legislativo possui predominância em relação ao Executivo nesta área temática; há uma associação entre casa propositora/tempo de tramitação e tipo de punição/tempo de tramitação. Discussão: Os tipos de punição indicam que a política criminal é definida pela sua dualidade entre princípios hierárquicos e princípios universais de cidadania, ora ampliando, ora restringindo direitos e garantias fundamentais dos acusados; assim como é marcada também pela expansão do Direto Penal nas diferentes áreas da vida social.

ABSTRACT Introduction: The purpose of this article is to analyze the criminal policy approved from 1989 to 2016 by the Brazilian parliament. We sought to verify whether Brazil adopted only a criminal policy of punitive recrudescence or whether, on the contrary, there is an ambiguous logic after 1988. Two sets of questions were considered: i) which legislative variables influenced these directions; ii) what are the types of punishment in the approved legislation. Materials and Methods: 130 sanctioned laws were selected, which were analyzed by variables (parties, regions, proposing house, sanction year, type of punishment, proposing house, processing time). Results: Most of the laws that relate to criminal policy choices were passed in the early years of the first governments of FHC, Lula and Dilma; the presidential mandates of FHC and Lula are the ones that sanctioned more laws in this matter; PSDB, PMDB and PT are the parties that had the highest number of proposals approved; as for the initiative, the Legislative has a predominance over the Executive in this thematic area; there is an association between the proposing house / processing time and the type of punishment / processing time. Discussion: The types of punishment indicate that criminal policy is defined by its duality between hierarchical principles and universal principles of citizenship, sometimes expanding, sometimes restricting fundamental rights and guarantees of the accused; as it is also marked by the expansion of the Criminal Law in different areas of social life.

Exercising prior to experimental infarction may have beneficial effects on the heart. The objective of this study was to analyze studies on animals that had exercised prior to myocardial infarction and to examine any benefits through a systematic review and meta-analysis. The databases MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and Cochrane were consulted. We analyzed articles published between January 1978 and November 2018. From a total of 858 articles, 13 manuscripts were selected in this review. When animals exercised before experimental infarction, there was a reduction in mortality, a reduction in infarct size, improvements in cardiac function, and a better molecular balance between genes and proteins that exhibit cardiac protective effects. Analyzing heart weight/body weight, we observed the following results - Mean difference 95% CI - -0.02 [-0.61,0.57]. Meta-analysis of the infarct size (% of the left ventricle) revealed a statistically significant decrease in the size of the infarction in animals that exercised before myocardial infarction, in comparison with the sedentary animals -5.05 [-7.68, -2.40]. Analysis of the ejection fraction, measured by echo (%), revealed that animals that exercised before myocardial infarction exhibited higher and statistically significant measures, compared with sedentary animals 8.77 [3.87,13.66]. We conclude that exercise performed prior to experimental myocardial infarction confers cardiac benefits to animals.

ABSTRACT Selenium (Se) is considered a beneficial chemical element for plants, but in high concentrations it may present symptoms of toxicity. The present study aimed to evaluate 11 concentrations of Se (0; 0.1; 0.5; 1; 5; 10; 20; 40; 80; 400; 800 mg.L-1) to determine the low and high (toxicity) critical levels to seed germination of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). In addition, alterations in the rate of photosynthetic pigments, lipid peroxidation and sugars during the initial growth development of seedlings were analysed. Seeds exposed to 800 mg.L-1 of Se showed a decrease of 20% of seed germination index compared to the control treatment. The decrease in seedling growth reflected in the increase of total sugars and sucrose concentration in both the shoot and root in response to exposure to Se concentration. There was a decrease in the concentration of leaf chlorophyll, carotenoids and pheophytin from seedlings exposed to high Se concentration. The rate of lipid peroxidation and the hydrogen peroxide concentration in the shoot was reduced up to the concentration of 1 mg.L-1 with subsequent increase in response to Se concentration applied. In the roots, the lipid peroxidation rate increased at concentrations higher than 80 mg.L-1. The highest oxidation rate of the cellular lipid membrane in response to Se occurred in the shoot, due to oxidation reactions in the chloroplast. Degradation of photosynthetic pigments and accumulation of total sugars and sucrose can be considered efficient biomarkers to indicate the toxicity of Se in cowpea seedlings and probably in other crops.

In this paper, the influence of gas nitriding (80% H2-20% N2) pressure (between 3 and 7 Torr) on the modification of surface properties of AISI 316L stainless steel is examined. The structural, mechanical, tribological and electrochemical properties of the layer produced in disk samples were studied. The samples’ characteristics were determined by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, electrochemical potential curves, microhardness, roughness and wear tests. When pressure increases, the microhardness, elasticity and thickness also increase. The maximum thickness of the nitrided layer was 6.4 µm, the hardness reached 2200 HV0.0036 and the mass loss decreased until 1% relatively to the unnitrided sample. The X-ray diffractograms showed the presence of the expanded austenite in all the samples. The correlation between these diffractograms and the corrosion results corroborate to the most recent previous conclusions of our systematic study, which evince the interconnection between the improvement of the corrosion resistance and the presence of nitrides on the top of the nitrided layer. More significant presence of such nitrides was observed for the sample nitrided at 6 Torr, whose corrosion performance was better than for the other samples. This pressure seems to be the most indicated to improve the properties under study. Moreover, the results verified not only that the sample geometry is an important factor for enhancing these properties but also that the border effect, which causes the rings on the disk border, depends on the pressure, but not on temperature or time from the plasma nitriding process.

Plant model systems are needed to properly conduct basic laboratory studies prior to field applications of phytoremediation. In vitro plant cultures are a useful tool for such research. This study focuses on the removal and/or degradation of 24 persistent organic pollutants under in vitro conditions by Helianthus annuus L (sunflower). The main purpose of exploiting this plant for phytoremediation process is due to its strong adaptability to adverse environments conditions such as resistance to pests, disease, and others. The study of bioremediation effects of all chemical molecules under in vitro conditions showed promising results. Sixteen out of twenty-four compounds evaluated reached up to 87% for remediation. The highest accumulation of pollutants was observed in the roots, showing that these results are consistent with the current literature. Through the study, it was observed effective absorption of POPs with logKow ranging from 4.50 to 6.91. Sunflower phytoremediation process efficiently detected heptachlor, aldrin, heptachlor epoxide, trans-chlordane, chlordane, dieldrin, DDE, DDT, methoxychlor, mirex and decachlorobiphenyl.

Resumo Este texto aborda as implicações da atual lei de drogas no Brasil, analisada como um dispositivo de poder médico-criminal. A análise está voltada, mais especificamente, para algumas implicações da lei n. 11 343 de 2006 – “Nova” Lei de Drogas – no sistema de justiça criminal na cidade de São Paulo, tendo como pano de fundo o fenômeno da intensificação do encarceramento por tráfico de drogas no país após o advento da mesma lei no ano de 2006. São apresentados dados sobre prisões por drogas no Brasil e, em seguida, utiliza-se um modelo de série temporal interrompida [interrupted time series designs] em conjunto com um modelo de regressão binária logística com dados relativos à cidade de São Paulo, para indicar como se dá a atual administração estatal das drogas e como se desenvolvem práticas no interior do sistema de justiça criminal que privilegiam a pena de prisão, mesmo depois do suposto fim desta para o usuário de drogas, com a aprovação da lei de 2006.

Abstract This study analyzes the main implications of the new so called drug law – Law 11 343 of 2006, analyzed as a medical-criminal power device. Therefore, the analysis assumes that the new drug device in National Congress had, among its main goals, to dispose: i) the end of a prison sentence for drug users; ii) the advent of a medical treatment for the user; iii) an increasing of the punishment for the trafficker. These are the two figures that engender the development of a new drug device with different types of punishments for the sale and use of drugs in Brazil in the 2000s. We argue that the introduction of this new device called here as medical-criminal drug device – has produced a new way to govern users and drug dealers and it brought, as one of the main consequences, the increased criminalization of drug trafficking and the rejection of the user displacement to another system other than the criminal justice system. Data on drug arrests in Brazil are presented and then an Interrupted time series designs are used together with a binary logistic regression model with Data on the city of São Paulo, to indicate how the current state administration of drugs is given and how practices are developed within the criminal justice system that privilege the prison sentence, even after the supposed end of it for the drug user.

Resumo O estudo da colaboração científica permite observar resultados que podem orientar a gestão da pesquisa em uma organização. Nesse sentido, o objetivo deste estudo é analisar a rede de colaboração científica em nanotecnologia na Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária e sua evolução, considerando-se ser um tema que vem gerando resultados inovadores para o agronegócio brasileiro. Para tanto, foi empregada a metodologia de Análise de Redes Sociais, com o objetivo de perceber as relações de coautoria e de como analisar a evolução dessa rede de colaboração. Para trabalhar a perspectiva dos dados, foi escolhida a Base de Dados da Pesquisa Agropecuária, de acesso público, organizada e gerenciada pela Embrapa. A análise dos dados baseou-se na produção científica entre 2006 e 2014. Para a análise da evolução da rede, o período foi dividido em três fases: de 2006 a 2008, de 2009 a 2011 e de 2012 a 2014. Os dados, recuperados a partir do ano de 2006, permitiram compor um período significativo de análise de quase dez anos, evidenciando que a evolução da rede aconteceu de forma progressiva, e que a colaboração científica sobre o tema na Embrapa se torna cada vez mais efetiva e dinâmica.

Abstract The study of scientific collaboration allows us to observe, for instance, results that can guide research management in an organization. In this sense, the objective of this study is to analyze the network for scientific collaboration in nanotechnology at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, and the evolution thereof, since this is a field which has produced innovative results for Brazilian agribusiness. To this end, the methodology of Social Network Analysis was used in order to identify co-authorship connections and to analyze the evolution of this network. The origin of the data was Agricultural Research Database (Base de Dados da Pesquisa Agropecuária), which is freely accessible to the public. The analysis was based on scientific production from 2006 to 2014. For the analysis of network evolution, this timeframe was divided into three periods, consisting of the periods from 2006 to 2008, 2009 to 2011, and 2012 to 2014. The results showed that the data represents a significant timeframe for analysis, nearly 10 years, providing the perception that, insofar as the evolution of the network is concerned, it evidently occurred in a gradual manner, highlighting the fact that scientific collaboration in nanotechnology at Embrapa becomes increasingly effective and dynamic.

ResumoEste artigo apresenta a figura do esoterista colombiano Samael Aun Weor em dois contextos: o primeiro, inserido num quadro mais geral de chegada das ideias esotéricas europeias à América Latina e de sua reinterpretação a partir de peculiaridades endógenas; no seu caso específico, nos debruçamos sobre suas contribuições doutrinárias a respeito do magismo sexual; o segundo, analisando as dinâmicas fundamentais em torno da qual se constitui o gnosticismo samaeliano; neste caso dedicamos nossa atenção à progressiva influência que o pensamento de Gurdjieff/Ouspensky exercem sobre a obra de Samael e suas implicações no campo institucional, principalmente após sua morte.

AbstractThis article presents the Colombian esoteric Samael Aun Weor in two contexts: first, inserted in a more general framework arrival of European esoteric ideas to Latin America and its reinterpretation from endogenous peculiarities; in this particular case, we worked through on his doctrinal contributions regarding sexual magic; second, we analyzed the fundamental dynamics which constitutes the Samael's Gnosticism. In this case we concentrated on the progressive influence Gurdjieff / Ouspensky's thought has on Samael's work and its implications in the institutional field, especially after his death.