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For many years, Dimitri practiced a secular form of Iboga, which does away with religious ceremonialism and focuses on the therapeutic effects of Iboga, without stressing its African roots. This changed radically after he visited Gabon and participated in a Bwiti ceremony for the first time. (more)

[The Ayahuasca Monologues] • In the summer of 2004, I was set to travel to South America for a ten day Dieta to work with the plant medicines Bobinsana and Ayahuasca.  Prior to departure, my father died a harsh and tragic death. A new phase of my life began with these two seminal events. I found my understanding of this earth to be changed utterly, and a terrible and loving beauty was born.  (more)

Psychedelics are back in the labs, where researchers hope to develop treatments for chronic depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and drug and alcohol dependency. (more)

The term "spiritual emergency" reflects the similarity between the words "emergency" and "emergence," suggesting both a problem and opportunity to rise to a higher level of psychological functioning and spiritual awareness. (more)

After a forty-year moratorium on research driven by propaganda and political repression, treating some of life’s most challenging illnesses with psychedelic compounds has made a miraculous comeback. A deeply personal story about some of these miracles. (more)

An interview with Rocky Caravelli about his work with the Dream House, a drug addiction treatment center in Mexico that uses the plant extract ibogaine to heal addiction. (more)