Fear No Spirits: A Pilgrim’s Journey through the Brazilian Churches of Ayahuasca

Abstract

This is an intimate account of a pilgrimage through the “Holy Land” of Daime, the Brazilian frontier state of Acre, in which the author weaves together accounts of his own healing experience. It also portrays the extraordinary variation and vitality of the communities there, both indigenous and Catholic/Afro-Brazilian, who use ayahuasca as a sacrament.