Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Glauber Loures de Assis, And

A religious battle: musical dimensions of the Santo Daime diaspora

September 1, 2016 Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Glauber Loures de Assis, And 5 citations

Introduction This chapter examines the experience of music and language in relationship to the religious use of a psychoactive substance in a case study of the diaspora of Santo Daime, a Brazilian ayahuasca religion. Although there is a growing literature on the international expansion of Santo Daime, only a handful of studies have addressed the crucial role of music and language in this process.