Visitor information

If you feel called to explore a Santo Daime ceremony as part of your healing journey, we look forward to connecting with you.

Each participant in a Santo Daime work will be asked to provide some personal history. The co-protectors of Casa da Calma will then have a short (30-minute) conversation with you to help us understand your intention in coming to a Santo Daime work. All information shared with us is considered confidential.

About the sacrament

The sacrament we receive in a Santo Daime work is a powerful plant medicine. It is made using a combination of two sacred plants which have been used in shamanic ceremonies in South America for thousands of years.

• All participants must partake of the sacrament.
• The sacrament works by thinning the veils between this material world and the Spirit World. This allows divine beings to come close to us to help us heal ourselves.
• In the Santo Daime religion, the sacrament is often referred to as Daime. Daime means “give me” in Portuguese. We are asking to be given strength, healing (cleansing), understanding, forgiveness, firmness.
• Note, cleansing may happen in the form of purging.

Casa da Calma is a single-sacrament church

Using other plant medicines can interfere with the healing a person has been invited by the Daime to receive.

• Please do not bring other substances onto the property, even in your car.
  
• Refrain from using other substances or sacraments on the days before, during and after a Santo Daime Work.
• If you are struggling with an addiction, please speak with the co-protectors of Casa da Calma.

Medical considerations

The sacrament taken during a Santo Daime Work includes a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) as one of its constituents. MAOIs can dramatically increase the effects of some drugs, including SSRIs, to the point of becoming dangerous. SSRIs block the reuptake of serotonin in the brain.

Because MAOIs inhibit the breakdown of serotonin, the combination of MAOIs and SSRIs can lead to dangerously high levels of serotonin in the brain, called Serotonin Syndrome. It is important to avoid all SSRI antidepressants (i.e. Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro, Luvox, Paxil) for two weeks prior to a Santo Daime Work.

For questions about other medical considerations, please contact your doctor.

White paper

We have created an 8-page white paper about the nature of this religion, the current status of Santo Daime churches in the US, and what the ministers of Casa da Calma are doing to satisfy governmental concerns regarding public health and safety, and diversion.

Please contact us to receive a copy of this white paper.