The Force Calls Cipriano recounts in an interview his journey to arrive at the mission of Mestre Irineu. Cipriano: I was born on October 12, 1935, in Belém do Pará, in a town called Primavera that was 50 hours away — over there they say 50 leagues, right? Here they say 50 hours, far from […]
the Doctrine of Mestre Irineu that has lasted for 51 years Interview by the journal Varadouro in 1981 with José das Neves, one of the first disciples of Mestre Irineu. Varadouro Journal, Year IV, April 1981, #20. Rio Branco – AC. The Daime, or Yagé, or Vine, is a drink made from a certain species […]
Walsírio Genésio da Silva, Mestre’s eldest son Collection of the Cultural Foundation of Acre Interview with Walcírio Genésio da Silva, the Valcírio Serra, Mestre’s eldest son, held by Eduardo Bayer [1] for the Museum of Rubber of the Cultural Foundation of the State of Acre on November 15, 1991. [From the cyber magazine Arca da […]
I was a boy when I started to know Irineu, the kids from the “Papouco” neighborhood and its periphery. Irineu was a tall black man, stout, of tiny eyes and enormous feet that didn’t have shoes in the city to fit them. His staggering, sort of limping walk and his sardonic smile framed a thundering […]
I joined the Daime when I was 23 years old, through my wife, Rizelda, whom I married a year before. She drank it since the age of seven, and at the beginning I only went to accompany her. I didn’t want to drink the Daime yet. I was the bearer of a spiritual disease, which […]
The position that I had, given by Mestre’s hands, was general commander of the feminine’s wing and the hinário’s general manager. I would conduct every hinário. When the male wing wasn’t quite right I would call the guardian. Everything was with me, and until today this position of general commander is in my hands. He […]
My father was born in the state of Ceará and he came to Acre to work on the rubber plantations. In the rubber plantation he got married with my mother, Nazaré, and from the rubber plantation he came to Rio Branco. I was born here and this is the place where my father spent his […]
Mestre was in such a way that even to tell us something, if we had made a mistake, he had care. It once happened to me to do something that wasn’t quite right and he backed me up. After the event he said, “You was mistaken and I want you to understand why.” Then he […]
… I was drinking some milk on a gamela (wooden/adobe mug) on top of the kitchen cabinet and the thing stroke like a thunder. Thump! I felt the thud at the same moment, in which I was already cursing, because in that time I was still kind of rough. The thing remained over here teeming […]
Jairo da Silva Carioca From the original in Portuguese at www.mestreirineu.org The Life of Raimundo Irineu Serra, according to the personal account of Jairo da Silva Carioca – Directory Member of CICLU – Centro de Iluminação Cristã Luz Universal (Universal Light Christian Illumination Center) Alto Santo / Acre territory. The glossary is placed at the […]