Text and Research / Thesis, papers, books and articles regarding the Santo Daime doctrine and the sacramental drink Ayahuasca.
 
A Closer Look at the Shamans BrewA Closer Look at the Shamans Brew / Adam J. Walker - The following is a research paper I wrote about several of the aspects of ayahuasca. It is intended for those who are new to the subject of ayahuasca or people interested in learning more but don't have the time to read an entire book.
 
Seu MarioThe beautiful exercise of a happy man / Naylor George - Drinking Ayahuasca and in peace with the world, a follower of Mestre Irineu’s doctrine completes today 90 years of solar life.
 
Antonio AlvesAntônio Alves, a journalist, talks about Mestre Irineu - during the solemnity in which the governor Jorge Viana and the mayor Raimundo Angelim signed decrees that makes official the Universal Light Christian Illumination Center – Alto Santo (CICLU – ALTO SANTO) as a historic and cultural patrimony of Acre and the city of Rio Branco.
 
Leoncio GarciaShipibo Ayahuasca Shaman Leoncio Garcia Interviewed - at Mishana Private Retreat Centre, Amazon Rainforest with Peter Cloudsley August 2005 (Howard G Charing)
 

1960s Media Coverage of Ayahuasca and the UDV1960s Media Coverage of Ayahuasca and the UDV - Dear friends, two months ago the website of the Núcleo de Estudos Interdisciplinares sobre Psicoativos (NEIP) published a text called “O LSD Caboclo: notas sobre a reportagem ‘Na selva, um místico vende o sonho’ (1968)”, written by me, Brian Anderson and Matthew Meyer. An expanded, translated version of this text has now been published on Erowid.org with the title “1960s Media Coverage of Ayahuasca and the UDV: Notes on the article "Na selva, um místico vende o sonho" [In the forest, a mystic sells dreams] (1968)”.

An English translation of the article can be found at the end of our text; and there is also a link to the article in the original Portuguese.

This text presents a few of observations on one of the very first newspaper articles to be written on the União do Vegetal (UDV) and distributed throughout Brazil. The article was written in 1968, during a period when awareness of the Brazilian ayahuasca religions was first beginning to reach beyond the Amazon. Until now, 40 years latter, this article has, to our knowledge, not been referenced in the ayahuasca literature.

Although the article demonstrates a clear prejudice against the UDV and makes some inaccurate claims, it also presents new information on the religion and a fascinating view into the climate that surrounded the religious use of ayahuasca in 1960s Brazil.

Best wishes
Bia Labate & co-authors
http://bialabate.net
http://www.neip.info

 

Peter Gorman: 25 Years of ShamanismPeter Gorman: 25 Years of Shamanism
Peter Gorman’s Love affair with the Amazon jungle is well-known to people in the Field. Since 1984 Mr. Gorman has spent a minimum of three months annually there, generally using Iquitos, in Peru, as his base. During that time he has studied ayahuasca, the visionary healing vine of the jungle, with his friend, the curandero Julio Jerena.

Part one:
http://thegormanblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/25-years-of-shamanism.html

Part two:
http://thegormanblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/25-years-of-shamanism-section-2.html

Part three:
http://thegormanblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/25-years-of-shamanism-part-3.html

Part four:
http://thegormanblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/25-years-of-shamanismpart-4.html

Part five:
http://thegormanblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/25-years-of-shamanism-part-5.html
 
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