A documentary based on the book Umbanda no Brasil by the scholar Mata e Silva, who is interviewed by the director. The book studies the Brazilian religion known as spiritism, a syncretism of African beliefs and magical rites, Indian beliefs...
Registro de um depoimento de Woodrow Wilson da Matta e Silva (fundador da Umbanda Esotérica, em 1940) é alternado com cenas de transe e de rituais filmadas na Tenda Umbandista Oriental, em Itacuruçá.