In this study I will investigate the religious experiences of Dutch members of the Santo Daime church: How do they experience the influence of Daime and how do they put these experiences into words? The main focus of this thesis is the interrelation between experience and narrative: how do my respondents transform their experiences into a narrative, and to what extent do their narratives inform us about the experiences? The first chapter contains a summary of the academic debate on the relation between narrative and experience, and my position herein. In the second chapter I explain why the method of participant observation contributes to my understanding of the interaction between narrative and experience. Based on these theoretical reflections, I present the specific method I used in chapter 3. In the following chapters the fieldwork data are presented. Chapters 4 and 5 respectively discuss the impact of the ritual and the brew on the experiences. The interaction between the specific cosmologies of my respondents and their experiences is investigated in chapter 6. In chapter 7 theory and data are combined, as the transformative process by which the Daime experience turns into a narrative is run through one more time again. The conclusion contains reflections on the study as a whole and a small glimpse beyond the scope of this thesis.