AP Photos: In Brazil's Amazon, worship with psychedelic tea

CEU DO MAPIA, Brazil (AP) — Canoes slide through a narrow river, dodging branches and trees for more than four hours to reach a tiny village deep in the Amazon jungle of western Brazil.

Men chant to a steady rhythm, banging mallets on jungle vines called Jagube.

While the hallucinogenic effects are usually moderate, drinkers say it helps facilitate spiritual connections.

At the church, Alfredo Gregorio de Melo, son of the village founder and spiritual leader of Holy Daime, lit candles on a table shaped like the Star of David.