The Babalorixá

My name is Sebastião Gomes de Souza. During the 1970s and 1980s, I alternated my commitments between nursing, music and the development of Templo Guaracy. In the artistic world, in addition to good friends, I also inherited the pseudonym “Carlos Buby”, which has stayed with me to this day. Nursing was a great initiation for me. During the hectic shifts, where pain and love coincided, it was fascinating to see tenderness precede technique.

My story is as simple as my origins. My “northeastern” childhood combined with my “São Paulo” adolescence certainly had a great influence on the formation of my psychological, social and religious profile. My family’s religious tradition, based on Catholicism, was the “window” through which I glimpsed the first valuable doctrinal aspects. Without this initial foundation, my concepts on issues such as those involving Life and Death would certainly have been different.

The founding of the Guaracy Temple in 1973 allowed me to put into practice everything that was latent or limited to the level of ideas. The encounters with Nature, the ritualistic meetings, the personalized spiritual care, the unity of the group, the songs, the dances, the solidarity, the research, the rites of support for healing became part of my life and the lives of many Guaracyanos.