Case file · Sacred site
Céu do Mapiá founded in the forest
In 1983 Sebastião Mota de Melo, 'Padrinho Sebastião', led his Santo Daime followers deep into the forest of Pauini, Amazonas, to found Céu do Mapiá, a village built around the sacramental drinking of daime (ayahuasca).
1983 CE · -8.29, -67.62 · status: account
The account
It became the mother community of the CEFLURIS branch of Santo Daime, from which the religion spread to Europe, North America and Japan.
Connections in the atlas
- Barquinha founded in Rio Branco
- Mestre Gabriel founds the União do Vegetal
- Mestre Irineu founds Santo Daime