Thursday, April 29, 2004
Santo Daime, what is your religion?
The Eclectic Center of the Universal Flowing Light is a spiritual work which aims at self-knowledge and the experience of God or the Superior I Inside. To accomplish this task we use, within a ritual context, the sacramental enteogen beverage known as ayahuasca re-baptized by Master Irineu as Santo Daime. The use of enteogen substances as a sacrament seems to have been part of the main religion traditions of ancient times and gave the visionary basis for many of the most important religions that exist in the world today.
The Eclectic Center of the Universal Flowing Light is a spiritual work which aims at self-knowledge and the experience of God or the Superior I Inside. To accomplish this task we use, within a ritual context, the sacramental enteogen beverage known as ayahuasca re-baptized by Master Irineu as Santo Daime. The use of enteogen substances as a sacrament seems to have been part of the main religion traditions of ancient times and gave the visionary basis for many of the most important religions that exist in the world today.Our liturgical religion, which consists in sharing the sacramental tea in appropriate dates, is called Eclectic for its roots are deeply buried in a strong syncretism of various folk, cultural and religious elements. We praise God, Jesus Christ, saints, angels and spiritual beings of many cultures, especially the Christian, Indigenous and African ones. The use of the Santo Daime sacrament is done in the dates of its festivities calendar, following the ritual rules set by both Master Irineu and Padrinho Sebastião.
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