With the publication of the book Hoasca, Ci^encia, Sociedade e Meio Ambiente [Ayahuasca, Science, Society and Environment] (Bernardino-Costa 2011), the Brazilian ayahuasca religion Uni~ao do Vegetal (UDV) demonstrated vitality and growth, projecting confidence, organizational acumen, and a truthful, confessional character. The book was edited by Joaze Bernardino-Costa, a sociologist at Universidade de Bras ılia (UNB), who specializes in racial inequality and also holds the rank of Mestre (Master) of this religious group. The book emerged from the UDV’s efforts to publicize the results of its Second International Congress of Hoasca, which took place in Brasilia in 2008. More than a thousand participants took part in the event, which featured presentations by church members and guests of honor, including a few scientific researchers. The book includes the contributions of 44 authors, consisting of a Foreword, Introduction, Opening, and 30 chapters divided among three thematic sections: Science, Society, and Environment. If we take pains to point out these limitations in the academic approach sustained by the book, it is because this tension and hybridism between science and religion is what makes the UDV such an interesting phenomenon and the book such a valuable contribution. Through its desire to seek public recognition and its openness to research—in sum, its vision of convergence between spiritual knowledge (the “science of Solomon”) and science (academic knowledge)—UDV has creatively and constantly added new elements to its religious and cultural repertoire. In this sense, the ideas expressed in the book tend to become part of the group’s own worldview, thus strengthening it. Finally, if the book’s objective was to elevate UDV to a new level in its public representation and to provoke academics, then it was certainly doubly successful.