The Barquinha

Symbolic Space of a Cosmology in the Making, translated by Robin M. Wright, revised by Matthew Meyer

Authors

  • Wladimyr Sena Araújo UNINORTE (União Educacional do Norte)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.v2i3.350

Keywords:

Acre, ayahuasca, Barquinha, cosmology, Daime, Daniel Pereira de Mattos, religious symbols, ritual space

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to introduce the symbolic repertoire of the Centro Espírita e Culto de Oração—‘Casa de Jesus, Fonte de Luz’, popularly known as the Barquinha. The Barquinha was created in 1945 in Rio Branco (Acre) by Daniel Pereira de Mattos, a native of Maranhão. The ritual ceremonies, which include the consumption of Daime, imply a relation of European, Afro- Brazilian, and indigenous religious practices and philosophies. The concept of cosmology in construction is used to understand the constant and dynamic process of creation and resignification of religious symbols of this group unto itself.

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Author Biography

  • Wladimyr Sena Araújo, UNINORTE (União Educacional do Norte)

    Wladimyr Sena Araújo is a Professor at UNINORTE (União Educacional do Norte) and also an Associate Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Group for Psychoactive Studies (NEIP). He is the author of Navegando Sobre as Ondas do Daime: história, cosmologia e ritual da Barquinha (1999: Editora da Unicamp) and coeditor, with Beatriz Caiuby Labate, of O Uso Ritual da Ayahuasca (2002: Mercado de Letras).

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Published

2008-11-27

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Articles

How to Cite

Araújo, W. S. (2008). The Barquinha: Symbolic Space of a Cosmology in the Making, translated by Robin M. Wright, revised by Matthew Meyer. Fieldwork in Religion, 2(3), 350-362. https://doi.org/10.1558/firn.v2i3.350