The Daime was established in the year 1930.
The Daime was founded by Raimundo Irineu Serra, “Mestre Irineu”, in the year 1930. It developed over the next several decades and after the death of Mestre Irineu in 1971 it was spread throughout Brazil and soon the whole world through the successor group led by Sebastião Mota de Melo, “Padrinho Sebastião”. Today, Santo Daime groups exist on all continents of the Earth except for Antarctica.