Santa Maria

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Santa Maria is the name given to cannabis by followers of Padrinho Sebastião in the Santo Daime tradition. She is regarded as a healing plant teacher used in ceremony to help practitioners with their mediumship, which involves embodying spirits for the purpose of healing.

When

First attested
1970 CE
Attested period
1970 – 2020
Historical notes
Used ceremonially by followers of Padrinho Sebastião beginning in the 1970s within the CEFLURIS branch of Santo Daime.

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Followers of Padrinho Sebastião believed cannabis to be a healing plant teacher, and referred to it as Santa Maria, using it in ceremony to help their mediumship (embodying of spirits for the purpose of healing).”

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