"A escritura de quem não sabe ler" - transmissão de conhecimentos no Santo Daime

Abstract

The doctrine of Santo Daime, which appeared in the Amazon region in the early decades of the twentieth century is characterized by the ceremonial use of ayahuasca in religious rituals. Its development takes place in the mid-1930s, Brasiléia municipality in Acre, northern Brazil and its founder is Irineu. After his death, Sebastião Mota starts a characteristically messianic movement into the forest and further to the world. The doctrinal system is mainly transmitted through the oral tradition, present in the hymnals, the lectures of the older fans and the interaction between the community. From the 1980s began a movement of expansion of this religion to other regions of the country and abroad. In Natal, the Daime is present since the 1990s, through the creation of Céu da Arquinha (CEFLUTEG), currently located in the municipality of Nísia Forest-RN. The purpose of this research is to study the knowledge transmission processes in the Santo Daime doctrine, from my experiences in the field in Céu da Arquinha, participating in rituals and informal meetings with its members. The purpose of the study is to show the formation of daimista brotherhood in Potiguar soils, their characteristics and idiossincrasias.Algumas questions guide this research: how the teachings of doctrinal order are transmitted within the Santo Daime tradition? Who sends them? In what way? There is a particular ethos within the group, transmitted by the consecration of the drink and its performaticidade ritualistic? How set the ethos of Céu da Arquinha church? The central hypothesis is that the form of transfer of knowledge is guided by the hierarchy, the time lived in the doctrine and the performance of their practices.