Santo Daime UK
A talk about how the British media and justice system system has reacted to ayahuasca and Santo Daime in the UK.
Note, as of December 2012, the charges have since been dropped.
Click here for a more detailed and up-to-date talk on the same topic.
Given at Breaking Convention: A Multidisciplinary Meeting on Psychedelic Consciousness
Entertaining and informative, as usual. God’s blessing and guidance with the upcoming petititon to the house of lords
yes the reaction to aya is over the top but laughing at will only incense the law makers even more.
Hi
im not sure if this is the correct place to write to , as i was looking
for the Santo Daime Uk branch. Anyway Since Ayahuasca is illegal in the
UK i imagine practioners must travel to Europe to take part in the services. Is this a usual thing and are the people From the Uk welcome is there a charge. the only places i can find seem to be Shamanic wokshops that charge a lot of money £150 aday. Or is this the norm and what the santo Daime hurch charges?
Luke
Hi Luke,
There are several Daime churches doing their works and celebrating their festivals on the continent unmolested. Here’s a list
Mestre Irineu, who gave the name of Daime to the tea and to our line, was explicit that you can’t make money from Daime. So we are prohibited from charging for our ceremonies.
In practice, visitors are invited to make a donation, in Brazil and in the UK.
Given the costs of making it, transporting it, and occasionally flying over rock star pardrinhos, there is a minimum suggested donation, but it is far more modest.
The dynamic is quite different to a shamanic workshop, where there is a shaman or two, and maybe ten or so clients. Our sessions can involve sometimes over a hundred regulars, and often no-one from Brazil. They happen monthly, as part of our day to day lives, and the organisers, the participants and the people running sessions are the same people. So such prices are out of the question.