Rethinking the Boundaries between Spirituality and Therapy: Reflections about “healing” in Santo Daime

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https://doi.org/10.5380/cam.v7i1.5450

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Santo Daime, cura, continuum espiritual-terapêutico, healing, spiritual-therapeutic continuum

Abstract

The Santo Daime community Céu da Mantiqueira, located in the south of the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil), is considered a healing center by its participants. In this essay, I develop an analysis of the communitys health care system and a survey of the essential therapeutic procedures. These therapeutic procedures come from several sources, including: the Santo Daimes doctrine itself, other religious traditions, Brazilian indigenous groups, the so-called alternative therapies and biomedicine. Based on this survey, I suggest a reconsideration of the boundaries that are commonly established between the categories of spirituality and therapy. My contention is that, in this context, these dimensions cannot be separately considered; on the contrary, they are interpenetrated and form a spiritual-therapeutic continuum.

Author Biography

Isabel Santana de Rose, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social da Universidade Federal de SantaCatarina e integrante do Núcleo de Estudos Interdisciplinares sobre Psicoativos (NEIP)

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2006-07-14

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de Rose, I. S. (2006). Rethinking the Boundaries between Spirituality and Therapy: Reflections about “healing” in Santo Daime. Campos - Revista De Antropologia, 7(1), 35–52. https://doi.org/10.5380/cam.v7i1.5450

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Vol. 7 (2006)

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