Beatriz Caiuby Labate And Glauber Loures de Assis

3 The religion of the forest: reflections on the international expansion of a Brazilian ayahuasca religion

September 1, 2016 Beatriz Caiuby Labate And Glauber Loures de Assis 2 citations

In the 1930s, a new religious community emerged from the rubber camps of Brazil's Amazonian hinterlands, founded by a charismatic leader, Raimundo Irineu Serra, referred to by his followers as Mestre (Master) Irineu. He was born in the impoverished state of Maranhão, the grandson of black slaves, and had no formal schooling. The nascent church of Santo Daime represented a fusion of multiple...