The Religion of Ayahuasca: The Teachings of the Church of Santo Daime by Alex Polari de Alverga

The Religion of Ayahuasca: The Teachings of the Church of Santo Daime



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It allows recognition of the psique´s . Aug 4, 2008 - The great merit of Ayahuasca, brought to our attention by the Indian societies, is that It dissolves the limits of the unconscious mind; It gives access the repressed and forgotten contents. In the United States, the Supreme Court in 2006 upheld a preliminary injunction permitting another Brazilian church, the União do Vegetal (UDV), to use ayahuasca ritually. In subsequent years Mestre Irineu shared his teachings, experiences and ayahuasca with growing numbers of fellow rubber extractors before building his own church, Alto Santo, on the outskirts of Rio Branco in Acre. The religion, called simply the Doctrine of Mestre Irineu by its most senior practitioners, has little basis in written texts. Mar 26, 2008 - Santo Daime is syncretic in that it incorporates elements of several religious or spiritual traditions including African Animism, South American Shamanism, and Christianity. Sep 23, 2009 - The article documents U.S. Apr 16, 2008 - The Church of Santo Daime (“holy give me” in Portuguese) was born in the 1930s out of the experiences of a Brazilian rubber-tapper named Raimundo Irineu Serra, or Mestre (Master) Irineu, as followers call him. He was born in 1892 defined rituals. One could say that the people that thinks Santo Daime 'is a doctrine', or 'is a divine being' represent the same emphasis from the ones who think Daime 'is a beverage' or 'is a religion', in a higher octave. Jun 22, 2012 - Completely ignored by the West for centuries, Ayahuasca is getting a lot of attention now from academics, doctors, philosophers, historians and mystics for its healing and teaching properties. In modern times, a new religious movement based on Ayahuasca has emerged, the most popular being Santo Daime and Uniao de Vegetale that integrate shamanism with Christianity. Netherlands was host to first Ayahuasca church in europe, affiliated to Santo Daime.

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