If I now know what I want to be, and assume that I am it, and walk as though I were, I become it and becoming it I so completely die to my former concept of self that I cannot point to any place in this world and say: that is where my former self is buried...

Published in the : CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 27, 4 (2002): 499–516 In this article I assess and further develop the possibility of an existential intelligence as postulated by Gardner (1999a). Moreover, I entertain the possibility that some kinds...

- Conclusion - We have seen that the origin of the practices and concepts of the Santo Daime religion go back to ancient Indian traditions. We have also seen that Mestre Irineu learnt the secrets of the brew from someone belonging to the tradition of...

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Chapter 6 From the Solitary "Vegetalistas" to the "Collective Shamanism" of the Santo Daime Shamanism, also called "pajelanca" in Brazil, is the most important Amerindian religious institution preserved by the Amazonian mestizo. In spite of having adopted...

Chapter 5 The Controlled Use of Ayahuasca and Its Structuring Effects in the Santo Daime Rituals "The first thing Daime obliges you to do, is to abandon any pretension of considering it a hallucinogenic beverage that will give you "kicks". Those who go...

Chapter 4 The Santo Daime Rituals The Santo Daime doctrine made its initial appearance and began to develop at a time when the decadence of the rubber based Amazonian economy forced many of the old rubber tappers to migrate to the urban areas. The basic...

Chapter 3 The Development of the Santo Daime Religion Origins The South American rain forests occupy an area of approximately 6.5 million square kilometers, with a predominance of plains. They also include the greatest part of the Amazon basin and extends...

from : http://www.neip.info/downloads/edward/ebook.htm Chapter 2 Caboclo Conceptions of Illness and the Use of Ayahuasca In many parts of the world where magical views on health and illness predominate, the questions asked when someone is taken ill are...

from : http://www.neip.info/downloads/edward/ebook.htm Chapter 1 Shamanism in the Western Amazon : Ayahuasca, the Shaman and the "Vegetalista" Before beginning a discussion on the Santo Daime religion, one should examine the different uses of ayahuasca...