Document Type
Book Review
Author ORCID Identifier
Bonnie Glass-Coffin https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8382-0537
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
Volume
8
Issue
2
Publisher
Akademiai Kiado Rt.
Publication Date
5-10-2024
Journal Article Version
Version of Record
First Page
191
Last Page
192
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Abstract
Liquid Light is an important addition to the growing number of published accounts that discuss the use of ayahuasca (known by the name, Daime), and its role within Santo Daime, a fundamentally Christian though highly syncretic new religious movement founded in 1930 in the Amazonian state of Acre by an Afro-Brazilian rubber tapper known to followers as Mestre Irineu. The text is a richly descriptive account of Barnard’s own evolution as a fardado (Santo Daime initiate) and includes first-hand accounts of his participation in many kinds and types of Santo Daime worship services in both the United States (Chapters 1 and 3) and during his four-month visit (Chapters 4–10) to the Amazonian village of Céu do Mapiá, an intentional community founded in 1983 by one of Irineu’s followers known as Padrinho Sabastião.
Recommended Citation
Glass-Coffin, Bonnie. “Liquid Light: Ayahuasca Spirituality and the Santo Daime Tradition.” Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 10 May 2024, https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2024.00376.