Iboga

[The Cannarchist]

Bwiti is a West Central African religion practiced by the forest-dwelling Babongo and Mitsogo people of Gabon (where it is one of the three official religions) and the Fang people of Gabon and Cameroon. Modern Bwiti is syncretistic, incorporating animism, ancestor worship and Christianity into its belief system. Bwiti use the hallucinogenic rootbark of the Tabernanthe iboga plant, specially cultivated for the religion, to induce a spiritual enlightenment, stabilize community and family structure, meet religious requirements and to solve problems of a spiritual and/or medical nature. The active ingredient of the root, ibogaine, has been studied scientifically. The root bark has been used for hundreds of years as part of a Bwiti coming of age ceremony and other initiation rites and acts of healing, producing complex visions and insights anticipated to be valuable to the initiate and the chapel. The root bark or its extract are taken in doses high enough to cause vomiting and ataxia as common side effects.

Bwiti ceremonies are led by a (male or female) spiritual leader called N'ganga who is a very important member of the community and has extensive knowledge of traditional healing practices, hexes and spells. The crucial rite of Bwiti is the initiation ceremony, when young Gabonese men take iboga for the first time in the men's hut to become members of the religion. There are many ceremonies at different times of the year to give homage to the ancestors. Special ceremonies may be held to heal sick persons or drive out harmful spirits. While early forms of Bwiti excluded women, modern chapels include men and women.

During many ceremonies, a traditional torch made of bark and tree sap is burned. Musicians playing drums and a traditional Ngombi harp are central to the rites. The N'ganga and other participants usually dress in red, black and white cloth. They may wear skirts of raffia material and small shells or beads. Animal skins, such as civet cat fur, are often worn. The iboga root may be made into a tea or more often taken in the form of scrapings. Ceremonies usually begin at night and may last for days as the doses of the drug used in these ceremonies is particularly long lasting. One of the best English language sources of information on the religion is James W. Fernandez's book, Bwiti: An Ethnography of the Religious Imagination in Africa[1]. An excellent review article is that of Goutarel, Gollnhofer and Sillans, Pharmacodynamics and Therapeutic Applications of Iboga and Ibogaine [2].


I visited an Iboga treatment facility.They are getting folk off hard core addictions with this plant.Opened my eyes........

[Green Supreme]

It'll make ya quit the herbs FOREVER. Not for me thanks. Love the herbs too much. Peace GS

[unknown]

I visited an Iboga treatment facility.They are getting folk off hard core addictions with this plant.Opened my eyes........

and hence the reason its now illegal in some countries. can get people off morphine and other legal addictions. thats the last thing the tga wants since they all have stakes in pharmaceutical industry. people are dieing from the shit yet ibogane is the evil.

fuck the corrupt agender of the tga.

does anyone know where one can get seeds?

TCC where abouts was the facility based? i would love to visit some time.

[c-ray]

when I was looking into it a few years ago I found that one needs to order fresh seeds, a few months old or less, and they can only be acquired during certain times of the year

[The Cannarchist]

From my investigations,the Fang people of Gabon harvest the roots of the Iboga tree.The Tree has to be 7 yrs old for this to take place .They dig a hole on the outside of the root circle and harvest the root bark in small amounts to keep the tree alive.

[nuggdigger]

[QUOTE]Iboga (Tabernanthe iboga), also known as Black bugbane, is a perennial rainforest shrub and hallucinogen, native to western Africa. Iboga stimulates the central nervous system when taken in small doses and induces visions in larger doses.

Normally growing to a height of 2 m, T. iboga may eventually grow into a small tree up to 10 m tall, given the right conditions. It has small green leaves. Its flowers are white and pink, while the elongated, oval-shaped fruit are orange. Its yellow-coloured roots contains a number of indole alkaloids, most notably ibogaine, which is found in the highest concentration in the root-bark. The root material, bitter in taste, causes an anaesthetic sensation in the mouth as well as systemic numbness to the skin.

Contents
1 Traditional use
2 Addiction treatment
3 Legal status
4 Quotations
5 External links and references
6 See also



Traditional use
The Iboga tree is the central pillar of the Bwiti religion practiced in West-Central Africa, mainly Gabon, Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo, which utilises the alkaloid-containing roots of the plant in a number of ceremonies. Iboga is taken in massive doses by initiates when entering the religion, and on a more regular basis is eaten in smaller doses in connection with rituals and tribal dances, which is usually performed at night time. Bwitists have been subject to persecution by Catholic missionaries, who to this day are thoroughly opposed to the growing religious movement of Bwiti. L

[The Cannarchist]

Naturally a one or two hit cure for addiction causes big pharma a trip in it's own right......Yet another plant that does something made illegal.....When will it end?

[Green Supreme]

A fellow called Dana Neal had collected quite a bit of info and was distributing it in Vancouver about 5 years ago. He had something to do with setting up the Million Marijuana March or something like that. Peace GS

[nuggdigger]

[QUOTE]Ibogaine is an indole alkaloid, a long-acting hallucinogen which has gained attention due to its application in the treatment of opioid addiction and similar addiction syndromes. It occurs naturally in a number of dogbane plants, among them above all in Tabernanthe iboga.

Contents
1 Formulations
2 History
3 Effects
4 Pharmacology
4.1 Mechanism and Pharmacodynamics
4.2 Metabolites
4.3 Analogs
5 Usage
5.1 Addiction Interruption
5.2 Chronic pain management
5.3 Degenerative neural diseases
6 Side effects
7 Research
8 Legal status
9 Media references
9.1 Documentary and autobiographical
9.2 Incidental fictionalized/fanciful references in popular media
10 See also
11 External links
12 References



Formulations
Isolated and standardized ibogaine is sold by Sigma-Aldrich in form of its crystalline hydrochloride salt. Natural alkaline ibogaine and related indole compounds tend to (auto)oxidize quickly in air atmosphere[1] as opposed to their salt form which is stable. So, working under inert atmosphere or under acidic conditions is crucial to prevent decomposition during extraction.

The total alkaloid extract from Tabernanthe iboga rootbark is said to have about 1/5th the potency of pure ibogaine hydrochloride and the fresh, properly prepared extract contains all the alkaloids used in African traditional religion and medicine.[2] In Africa, Tabernanthe iboga is consumed as a stimulant by chewing the rootbark. In Bwiti religious ceremonies, the rootbark is pulverized and swallowed with water to produce intense psychoactive effects.

The name "Indra extract" has become synonymous with the total alkaloid extract of iboga rootbark. However, that name actually refers to a particular stock of about 44kg of an iboga extract manufactured by an unnamed European industrial manufacturer in 1981. This stock was later purchased by Carl Waltenburg, who distributed it under the name "Indra extract". Waltenburg used the extract to treat heroin addicts in Christiana, Denmark, a squatter village where heroin addiction was widespread in 1982.[3] Indra extract was offered for sale over the internet until 2006, when the Indra web presence disappeared. Iboga extracts are still often called "Indra extract", but it is unclear whether any of them are actually from Waltenburg's original Indra stock, or whether any of that stock is still in existence or viable after over 2 decades. Whether the extraction was once performed properly is unknown, so the real composition of the product remains uncertain.


History
Ibogaine was first isolated from Tabernanthe iboga in 1901 by Dybowski and Landrin[4] and independently by Haller and Heckel in the same year. Samples of the plant were obtained from Gabon, Africa in the mid 1800s where it has been used in initiation rites of the Bwiti religion. The challenging total synthesis was accomplished by G. B

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

pics

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

"...other plants of reputed narcotic properties are involved in the Iboga cults, sometimes used alone, somethimes as admixtures with Tabernanthe iboga itself. Cannabis Sativa--known as Yama or Beyama--may often be smoked following ingestion of small doses of Iboga. In Gabon, Cannabis resin may on occasion be eaten with Iboga...."

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

will try to write/scan some pages from Daniel Pinchbeck's books on Iboga quests.....

[c-ray]

cool info about the cannabis...potentiator effect maybe?

[Green Supreme]

Might prevent nausea too. Peace GS

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

Pinchbeck writes:

"...for a hip-hop magazine, I went to the jungle of Gabon, a small country on the equator of West Africa, to take iboga, a psychedelic root bark that is the center of the Bwiti cult-my desire to connect with some spiritual source overwhelmed any fear of malaria, Ebola, or tribal violence. Even before the trip began, I seemed to enter a zone of hyperreality. My visa from Gabon was inexplicably postponed, arriving on my doorstep just hours before my flight to Paris. In France, I learned my connection to Gabon had been canceled, and I spent the night in an airport hotel, wondering if my guide would still be waiting when I arrived. Luckily, he was there for me, and we traveled from hot, oppressive Libreville into dense jungle. Out in the shaman's tribal village before the ceremony, more money was demanded from us by the screaming Bwiti-I had paid 600 dollars and hardly had a penny left to my name. Finally, they agreed, gruffly, to put me through the initiation anyway. They forced me to strip naked and bathe before the men of the tribe in the local stream, gave me a Bwiti costume to wear, then fed me a huge amount of vile-tasting root bark powder..."

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

"...at the beginning of the night-long ordeal, while the tribe drummed and sang around me, I saw, open-eyed, a golem-like figure made of rough tree branches sit down on a bench, cross his legs, and lean forward, obeserving me curiously. I was later told this was the spirit of Iboga, coming to meet me. Afterward, I watched Scrabble-like letters turn in the air to spell out a curious phase:"Touchers Teach Too"-one of a series of hints that seemed vaguely prophetic. For much of the night. I was taken on a detalied tour of my early life.. many reports of iboga trips describe such a biographical survey, though nobody knows how a complex alkaloid molecule can unlock such deep doors in the psyche, or how neurochemical reactions can create the sense I had-reported by others as well-of a presence guiding me through the process..."

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

"...I reviewed my childhood, confronting old terrors. I saw how my parents' split had impacted my psyche, marking me with guilt feelings of responsibility. I was shown my misuse of alcohol-after the trip, I cut down on my drinking permanently. I had heard iboga described as "ten years of therapy in one night", and there seemed to be some truth to this. Iboga was like a stern but just father figure, pointing out all of my faults. At the same time, it imparted an exhilarating sense of possibility. Despite my conditioning and the forces that shaped me, Iboga whispered to me, I was free to reinvent myself, if I could find the will to do so. A few nights later, we attende another iboga ceremony with a friendlier Bwiti sect in another jungle village. For hours we sat around a fire, and I observed how the members of the tribe tended the flame, adding wood or damping it down at just the right moment, without uttering a word. I realized they cared for each other in the same way; this was an insight into tribal life, a shared sense of purpose, a trust and fierce pride that we in the modern world have forfeited. I felt the deep loss of it. During that ceremony, one of the shamans-a powerful jet-black-skinned man with eyes bright from eating iboga powder-said he saw my grandmother hovering over me. "she loved you very much," she said through a translator, "but now she is dead, and she doesn't want to let you go. Her spirit is hanging over you. She is stopping you from seeing visions, from visiting the other world." My grandmother had died recently. It did not seem accidental that the Bwiti was s specific about her, but how could he have seen this? I did not believe in "spirits." However, if there were such things, my grandmother would be the type who hung around. She had clung to life tenaciously, as if awaiting some hope that life denied her..."

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

"...Hyperreality continued on my return to the United States: I had a one-night layover in Paris, where a friend was lending me his apartment. I walked into a crowded cafe to watch France win the World Cup on television, then wandered all night as the city erupted, in delirious fountain splashings and climbings of monuments, that seemed to me, coming out of the primordial jungle, peculiarly histrionic and unreal.
A few months after returning hme, I dreamed of my grandmother rattling around my apartment, going through my things, looking for "papers." I screamed at her throwing her out of the house. When I awoke, I felt strengthened, as though I had somehow cleared my psychic premises of a lingering ghost. This was not the only odd correspodence: Daniel Lieberman, the young Jewish botanist who brought me to the Bwiti, told he wasn't going to live very long. Two years after our journey, I recieved an e-mail that he had died in a freakish car accident, on his thirty-thrid birthday, whille traveling across South Africa..."

FIN

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

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I need some help here :yeahthat:

[nuggdigger]

hiya, hope this is the one you were trying to setup..the same youtube #'s, etc..but its french:beatnik:

YKBX6LA76GI

fwiw..down in the bottom left corner of the page is a box labelled Posting Rules. Clicking on the vBcode link will open a new page showing all the vBcode and how to use it:)

peace:pipe:

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

nuggdigger!:sun:

k+ as we used to say back in the days hehe


more Pinchbeck on the way soon...

[Monseigneur Stroganoff]

[QUOTE]The duna mushroom
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]There is surprisingly another fact in other versions of the myth; together with iboga, a mushroom named duna plays a significant symbolic role. In these versions, the spirit of the dead tell Bandzioku to put the iboga roots on top of the mushroom, using it as a plate or a basket. They could also ask her to eat the iboga root placed on top of the mushroom, or they could request that she eat iboga together with the mushroom. Fernandez (1972: 246; 1982: 636) had already pointed out the importance and the urgency to check whether or not this mushroom found in the reality and mythology of the Fang is psychoactive, but to this day its taxonomic classification is not known. Raponda-Walker & Sillans (1961: 457) have made reference to an opparently edible mushroom called dune by the Fang, duna in Bakele, and kuna in Mitsogho; it is said to resemble a big funnel-shaped hat, with many vegetating filaments, which may be the size of a human head. The bulk of this white mass, dried and mashed, is used in certain sorcery rituals. Fernandez

[Green Supreme]

There was a one page article on the Sunshine Coast Iboga house in the Vancouver Province newspaper today. Peace GS

[plantbuilder]

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/story.html?id=09a3b939-f0cd-4cfe-a77b-c9d3f5f22068&k=39964

[Green Supreme]

Thanks buddy. Peace GS

[vapor]

saw that one interesting eh!

[purplehaze2]

wow ! albi that was a trippy storie.thats some good root.

[c-ray]

http://gnosticmedia.podomatic.com/player/web/2010-05-02T23_55_58-07_00

[vapor]

http://gnosticmedia.podomatic.com/player/web/2010-05-02T23_55_58-07_00



this is a good one!!