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This paper aims to analyze the new aspects that pajelança cabocla presents in Amazonia, and specifically in Soure (Marajo Island/PA) through the pajelança presented by D. Zeneida Lima, whose practices and beliefs are characterized by the worship of Mother Earth and other entities (caruanas, Girador, Auí, and others), presenting a ecological discourse and selfdeclared indigenous ancestry to her practices and beliefs. The pajé (shaman) Zeneida Lima defends her practice as being a "pure", true, pajelança, opposing to other forms of pajelança very present in Amazonia and that are beyond elements of indigenous culture, also afro-brazilian religions and popular Catholicism, when she tries to unlink to her practice, specially referring to the cult of catholic saints. This is a survey that has been developed since 2009, and will culminate in a master thesis in Science of Religion by Uepa. The objectives of this study are present the Zeneida Lima's pajelança, comparing to other forms of this cult described in anthropologist literature, and analyze the function of woman in religious and symbolic context of pajelança in Soure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]