Mestre irineu biography for kids free
An ex-copywriter turned punk rock pastor and peacemaker who dedicates his life to making the world a better place for all humanity. Be Kind About this blog About the author Contact. It was Brian, a. Donut, who said I needed to know about Mestre Irineu. For the past year, Donut who is one of the most adventurous people on the planet since Ernest Hemingway or Admiral Shackleton had been living in the jungles of Costa Rica.
In the jungles of Central America, Donut met ayahuasca a tropical vine native to the Amazon region that when properly prepared is known to induce hallucinogenic visions.
Raimundo Irineu Serra was born in in a small town in Maranhão, Brazil's poorest state, just two years after the country abolished slavery .
Which leads me to Mestre Irineu. Mind you, slavery had only been abolished here for less than two years before he was born. As the grandson of enslaved Black people, he grew up in extreme poverty. As such, education never presented itself as opportunity for him. What they got, including Mestre Irineu, was more slavery and more hopelessness.
But it was here, while working in the rubber tapping industry, the Mestre began his service as a spiritual apprentice with some of the native Peruvians whom he worked with. According to Daimista mythology, on a clear and beautiful night, Irineu took ayahuasca and, as he looked up at the moon, he saw a beautiful and wondrous lady.
Raimundo Irineu was baptized on March 22nd of This baptismal date is crucial since until very recently it was customary to say that Mestre Irineu was born.
She granted him this wish, and thus Irineu Serra became Mestre Irineu. They were people from all walks of life, like Donut today, who were seeking healing and prophetic visions themselves. Needless to say, that in a highly Catholic country, many tried to stop him.