Anthony: Copacabana/Ipanema

I spent four and a half hours walking around Brasilia taking photos. The Sanctuary of Dom Bosco, a Catholic Church, was one of my favorite sites to photograph. The little square pieces of stained glass, blue and purple, surround the pews. The light is beautiful. If one sees nothing else in Brasilia, I'd recommend visiting this church.

I met Humberto after spending an afternoon taking photos. He picked me up at the Grand Bittar Hotel, Brasilia, and drove us to Vale do Amanhecer. Three mediums worked on me, but they were unsucessful in removing the malicious entity or entities from me. They told Humberto -- who relayed to me -- that the obsessing entity was very strong. They said that I was a medium who could no longer put off developing my capacity for mediumship. If I put off this path, the mediums said that I would continue to be bothered by lower entities.

In the neighborhood of Santa Teresa in Rio de Janeiro, I worked with a handful of mediums who said they were able to remove eight entities. But I would need more help in removing the remaining entities. When I left Abadiânia, I had heard that all entities had been cleared.

Since I cannot feel anything during this processes, I'm not sure what to think. In the end, I always leave hearing the same voices with the experience that another consciousness can move through me and speak through me. The interpretations from one spiritist center to the next can vary, so I'm left a bit confused as to my situation.

I'm still taking the herbs from the Casa de Dom Inacio in Abadiânia and meditating with the masculine-feminine crystals for protection and clearing. A woman I met in Abadiânia suggested that ayahuasca rituals might help.

Anyway, I'm enjoying walking along the beaches in Rio. I moved into the South American Copacabana Hotel. I've found a place to get laundry and cheap watermelon juice and tangerine juice. I love it here. I'm very glad that I decided to take some classes to refresh my memory of Portuguese before leaving on this trip. I look forward to studying the language more.

I have a few more Spiritist centers to visit before I leave on August 11.