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Santo Daime Pilgimage: Brasilia & Jurua
In Nov/Dec of 2003 members of the Kayumari spiritual network made a pilgrimage to visit the Santo Daime centers in Brazil.  This album is a photo essay about the ceremonies, people and places of the Santo Daime that were encountered on that trip.
Date(s): Nov - Dec, 2003. Album by Lou Gold. Photos by Lou Gold. 1 - 144 of 144 Total. 12589 Visits.
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Cathedral of Brasilia

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Cathedral of Brasilia (2)

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Inside the Cathedral

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The National Congress of Brazil (Brasilia, DF)

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Michael goes to Congress

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Downtown Brasilia

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Bridge across Lake Paranoa, Brasilia.

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Community of Ceu do Planalto in Brasilia

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Casa do Murilo

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Jyoti sharing the vision of a Grandmother's Council with hosts Jose Murilo and Padrinho Fernando LaRoche

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Fernando sharing the history of Ceu do Planalto with Gisele.

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Rehearsing Santo Daime music at Murilo's home.

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Liana's birthday cake.

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Manuel and Ken

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Cintia and Jasmine

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Guilherme and Cesar

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Manuel, Giliherme, Lou and Ken

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Cintia and Murilo

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Murilo and Jyoti

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Sharing more stories at the home of Isabela

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Marcus getting to know a new friend.

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Cintia, Jasmine and Jyoti at the waterfall near the garden of Jagube and Rainha.

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The Leaf: Psychotria Virdis
(Santo Daime name is Rainha)


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The Vine: Banisteriopsis Caapi
(Santo Daime name is Jagube)


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Gisele and Jagube

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Ceu do Planalto. Santo Daime church in Brasilia, Brazil.

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Rainbow over Ceu do Planalto.

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Concentracao. Meditation Work at Ceu do Planalto

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Taking the Santo Daime at Ceu do Planalto in Brasilia, Brazil

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Jyoti, Manuel, Bailey, Cesar and Luzenir saying what they thought of the Work.

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Luzenir with Mestre Irineu

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Arriving in Cruzeiro do Sul

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Santo Daime church at Cruzeiro do Sul

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Getting to know the children at Cruzeiro do Sul

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Luzenir and the family of Padrinho Carlino.

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Carlos Irineu Assem

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Clarissa and Carlos Irineu.

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Leaving Cruzeiro do Sul for Jurua -- Rute coming aboard.

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Pad Alfredo and Luis Fernando at the helm.

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First stop is a river gas station.

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Cruzeiro do Sul from our boat. The large Catholic Church was built by Germans during the rubber boom that brought many migrants to Amazonia.

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Along the Jurua River

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Along the Jurua River

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Along the Jurua River

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Along the Jurua River

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Along the Jurua River.

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Along the Jurua River

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Bailey taking in the sights.

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Alexandre, Bette and Alvino

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Tuning into the Jurua current.

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Heading into an Amazonian sunset.

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End of our first day on the Jurua River.

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Reading a story before sleep on the boat

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Arriving at Ipixuna we approach a floating health clinic.

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Centro Ecletico Raimundo Mota Melo, the Santo Daime church in Ipixuna

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Daime church in Ipixuna

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Painting of Mestre Irineu and Padrinho Sebastiao at Daime church in Ipixuna

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Our boat docking at Ceu do Jurua

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Community welcoming center of Ceu do Jurua

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Cleaning the Rainha leaves in the welcoming center.

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Padrinho Alfredo cleaning leaves.

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The river home of our Jurua hosts.

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Our Ceu do Jurua hosts.

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In the kitchen.

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Family altar.

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Backyard tree.

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Into the shady forest.

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A rest break in our hike to the village of Estorroes.

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Passing by Lago Grande at low water

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Bridge into the central area of Estorroes.

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Village boy watching our arrival.

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New friends.

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Cruzeiro in the commons of the Village of Estorroes.

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Wood stove in the community kitchen.

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Daily chores

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Washing the dishes Jurua-style

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Our private bath.

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Jyoti and Jasmine giving some TLC.

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Old home.

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New home.

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Home of Alexandre and Bette

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Home of Padrinho Alfredo.

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Raised bed garden.

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Plantation of Manioc.

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Ripe cashew.

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Feitio House where the Santo Daime is made at Ceu do Jurua

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Inside the Feitio house.

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Feitio oven from below.

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Fire ready for the pots.

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Pots simmering on top.

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Feitio in full swing.

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Pounding the vine into fibers.

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Pounding the vine.

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Cleaning the vine outside the Feitio house.

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Alois and Marcus cleaning the vine.

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Adding the leaves to the pots.

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Adding the vine to the pots.

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Cooking the Santo Daime.

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Cooking the Santo Daime.

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Cooking the Santo Daime.

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Cooking the Santo Daime. in Jurua

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Fresh Santo Daime.

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Santo Daime being bottled.

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Some of the Feitio crew.

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Feitio crew.

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Feitio crew.

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Graffiti, Feitio-style.

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The completed masterpiece.

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Cleaning the ash out of the oven.

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At the end of a long hot day at the Feitio.

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Feitio crew around butterfly.

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Pretty green butterfly.

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And a brown one.

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And a blue one.

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And a bunch of colors.

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Big bug.

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Fresh hatch of bugs.

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The Church of Ceu do Jurua

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Michael and Gisele outside the church.

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Going to Oracao at sunset.

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Some of the children gathering for a ceremony.

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At a Work at Ceu do Jurua.

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A moment of meditation during a healing ritual (Cura) at Ceu do Jurua.

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Altar of Ceu do Jurua

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Faces of Jurua.

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Faces of Jurua.

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Faces of Jurua.

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Faces of Jurua.

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Faces of Jurua.

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Daniel

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Jyoti.

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Bailey blissed out on fresh pineapple.

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Silvia -- wife of Padrinho Alfredo

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Alvino -- son of Padrinho Alfredo.

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Farewell pic of Padrinho Alfedo,  Silvia, Luis Fernando and our gang.

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Angelina waiting in the rain for the canoe to arrive.

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Returning by canoe to our boat on the Jurua River.

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Jasmine, Marcus and Alois back on the boat.

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Daniel, Angelina, Lynn and Bailey.

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Closing circle on the boat.

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Last goodbyes.

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Mad Rita & Pad Sebastiao (restored from old photo)

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Ascension of Padrinho Sebastiao's spirit to the Astral. Painting at Divina Luz in Brasilia.

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Pad Alfredo at Divina Luz in Brasilia (Dec, 2001).  Photo by Alan Barki

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