Padrinho Sebastiao in Colonia 5000

Marcio Purusha

Marcio Purusha is the founder of Queen of the Forest and has walked the Amazonian medicine path since 1988. A student of the Santo Daime tradition, a certified Road Man of the Native American Church, and creator of the Ancient Voices film project, he has spent more than three decades in ceremony, study, and direct relationship with the Indigenous communities of the forest — including the Huni Kuin, Yawanawá, Nukini, and Kuntanawa peoples whose medicines Queen of the Forest shares with the world. Read his full story on his About page: https://queenoftheforest.org/about-marcio-purusha/