In these three chapters of Domingo Alvares’ story, we see the ways that Domingo’s spiritual power simultaneously liberates and oppresses him in various spheres. For the purposes of this discourse, spiritual power will be defined as the ability to influence others due to spiritual status and/or spiritual abilities. By examining Domingo’s social climb in Rio de Janerio that ultimately leads to him being sent to the Portuguese Inquisition, a conclusion will be drawn regarding the way in which spiritual power is situated within larger societal structures that will denote whether that spiritual power will lead to increased or decreased freedom.
In Rio, Domingo’s spiritual abilities provide him with a spiritual power, albeit controversial, that
