Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xiii
4. Preface xix
5. Acknowledgments xxvii
6. Framing and Tackling the Question
7. Introduction 5
8. How the Outsider Can Understand Daimista Insiders 35
9. From Amazonia With Love
10. Tracing Origins 59
11. The Current State of Santo Daime Studies 81
12. Passage to “Heaven” of Mapiá 91
13. Back to the Old World
14. Santo Daime and the Re‑Enchantment of Europe 107
15. National Profiles 121
16. Santo Daime “Works”
17. Framework for Curing the Ego 173
18. Eclectic Symbolisms of Santo Daime Ideology 201
19. Being‑in‑the‑Astral 225
20. The Mystical Technology of Santo Daime Rituals
21. A Key to Solutions 245
22. Fardados’ Conception of Santo Daime as a Mystical Path 267
23. Fardados’ Existential Values
24. Timeless Wisdom 289
25. The Aims of Santo Daime Perennialism 327
26. Applying Anthropology to Public Debates About Ayahuasca
27. The Cosmopolitics of Entheogenic Healing 359
28. Closing Remarks 391
29. Glossary of Portuguese Santo Daime Terms 409
30. Liturgical Calendar of Santo Daime 413
31. Master List of Sacred Plants (Europe‑wide Sample) 415
32. Master List of Great Spiritual Teachers (Belgian Sample) 419
33. Master List of Great Spiritual Teachers (Europe‑wide Sample) 433
34. Triad Test Results and Statistics 439
35. Notes 443
36. Bibliography 475
37. Index 519