Daime

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Daime is the name given to ayahuasca within the Santo Daime practice, consumed as a sacrament during ceremonies. It contains several psychoactive compounds and is central to the religious ceremonies known as trabalhos. The spirit is invoked through collective singing and either silent concentration or ritual dancing in geometrical formations.

When

First attested
1930 CE
Attested period
1930 – 2020
Historical notes
Founded in the 1930s in Acre, Brazil by Mestre Irineu; became a worldwide movement in the 1990s.

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Ayahuasca, referred to as Daime within the practice, which contains several psychoactive compounds, is consumed as a sacrament as part of the ceremony.”

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