Ibogaine Therapy

First introduced to Western cultures in 1864, Belgian and French explorers observed iboga being used in spiritual ceremonies and to combat fatigue in West Central Africa.

The alkaloid we now know as ibogaine was first produced from extracts of the Tabernanthe iboga plant’s bark in 1900 and its various properties were subsequently explored throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries.

Ibogaine therapy is commonly used to treat a variety of conditions to include anxiety, depression, fatigue, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Ibogaine can also be used as a catalyst to facilitate emotional and spiritual growth and development.

Ibogaine Therapy as a Tool for Personal and Spiritual Growth

Ibogaine is also used for psycho-spiritual purposes and is believed to aid in the attainment of an ego-free state. Entering this state allows users to more easily let go of the ravages of past experiences, sometimes without even realizing that is what is happening at the time.

Author Peter Frank wrote about the use of ibogaine to induce psycho-spiritual experiences in his enlightening book Ibogaine Explained.

Describing the initial ibogaine experience, Frank wrote: “After waking up from your first long sleep, you will probably feel energized and euphoric.” Continuing, he added that “for the next few weeks or months” you will experience “a lot of freedom from your emotional triggers.”

“Ibogaine does not give you what you want, it gives you what you need.”
Frank, Peter. Ibogaine Explained, page 39, Kindle Edition.

After the passage of about three months, “you will settle into a baseline state,” a new reality. “For most people, this baseline is lighter and freer than their baseline before taking ibogaine,” Frank continued.

“People often find that they have resolved an issue that was causing them a lot of pain, even if this issue was not why they decided to take ibogaine. As one experienced person put it: ‘Ibogaine does not give you what you want, it gives you what you need.'”