The sacred tradition of the Northeast, daughter of the forests, of the indigenous people, and of the Brazilian land. The tree that carries the secrets of the masters and the enchantments.
A Jurema Sagrada is a spiritual tradition deeply rooted in the indigenous culture of the Northeast of Brazil. It has as a central element the Mimosa tenuiflora, the Jurema tree, a native plant of the caatinga with psychoactive and spiritual properties recognized by indigenous peoples for centuries.
Also called Catimbó in some regions, Jurema is a practice that involves communication with spirits called Mestres and Mestras spirits that were once healers, indigenous people, benzedeiras, and wise figures of the northeastern sertão.
Over time, Jurema merged with elements of Umbanda and Candomblé in many terreiros, especially in the Northeast, generating Umbanda Nordestina or Jurema Umbandista.
Mestres and Mestras
Spirits of healers, midwives, and wise people of the sertão
Caboclos Gentis
Indigenous spirits linked to the forest and the caatinga
Juremeiro Indians
Spirits of extinct tribes that preserve ancestral knowledge
Juremeiro pretos-velhos
In the terreiros that merge Jurema and Umbanda
Jurema (Mimosa tenuiflora) is called the "tree of dreams" by indigenous peoples. Its bark contains DMT, a psychoactive substance used in healing and vision rituals.
Native to the northeastern semi-arid region, resistant to drought and a symbol of survival and strength
The jurema wine (ritual drink) is prepared with the root bark for spiritual ceremonies
Used by pajés and masters to access altered states of consciousness and receive spiritual guidance
In the houses of Jurema, knowledge is called science the knowledge of herbs, prayers, toadas, and the paths of the enchanted. This knowledge is guarded and transmitted by the mestre juremeiro, who conducts the rituals and watches over the principles of the tradition, inherited from the indigenous and African peoples of the Northeast.
The rituals are marked by the linhas and toadas, chants that call the Mestres, Mestras and Caboclos for the work of healing and guidance. The pipe, smoke cleansing (defumação) and sacred herbs help to open the paths and clear the energies, always within respect for the sacred.
Jurema is, above all, a religion of the earth and healing. For those who follow this path, Joia Mística Laroyê offers pipes, herbs, incense burners, candles, and images, with welcoming service in Extrema, Minas Gerais and shipping to all of Brazil.
Oxum (Oshun) in Umbanda is the orixá (orisha) of the waterfalls, celebrated on Saturdays, with a blue or yellow candle depending on the house. See the falange, who descends in the gira and what is requested.
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Oxum sung chant calls and dismisses the waterfall line. See the lily in the house of Zélio and in Pai Maneco, the sung chants with author, the maleime and the ijexá of the chant.
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Xangô (Shango) sung chant calls, firms and dismisses the quarry line. See the sung chants from the house of Zélio, the lily that turns into a book and the double-edged oxé in the ponto riscado.
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Extrema, Minas Gerais · South of Minas
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