jacky
05-17-2008, 02:48 AM
this magazine has always been one of my interests as far as periodicals are concerned.
it almost now has more relevance to the world of entheogens than the current articles that have been published lately in the entheogen review..
anyway, this recent issue has about 4 articles regarding iboga rituals. front and back cover photos in full color and nice black and white photo documentation on the inside.
a very interesting and well done issue.
as far as avialable iboga related literature is concerned this issue is surely in the top 10 published works concerning iboga that I have seen.
for the last few years shamans drum magazine has backed off on the sweat lodge and new age subjects, entheogen related articles now dominate the magazine, and in my opinion this has added alot of depth to the authors coverage of the healing arts/shamanism "scene"'s out there.
they dont touch much on vedic cultures, hinduism and eastern practises as much as I would like to see, and lately much of the focus has been on south american shamanism and ayahuasca ritual work, so this departure into coverage of the little understood heart of the Bwiti religion is both a suprise, and welcome addition.
my interest is once again pulled into the direction of iboga, too bad its not legal where I live.
I have tried some of the various plants that are not scheduled that contain ibogaine and iboga like compounds, and really not had much interesting or potent effects.
having a child may be looming in my future, as I am getting into the "middle" age area of my life, and I think that taking iboga to get clean of kratom and other opioids would be an educational experience in the very least.....spirituality may or may not be part of that experience, who knows, I am not deficient in my spiritual life, nor am I looking for a new avenue, but I am open to the many forms of plant medicine work, and am willing to open my mind and heart to a new experience.
I tend to be a very lightweight psychedelic user, I tolerate medium to heavy doses well enough, but I find suffering and delusion are many times the result of too high of doses. almost a gram of mescaline left me very sick with heartburn and nausea, but literally no open eye or closed eye visuals, this was a san pedro enema from peruvian grown cactus powder. this stuff was potent as hell, and I should have done alot less.
I have found that my mind will meet almost any dose, the smaller doses can be expanded upon, and my clarity of vision and mind seems to make more sense for a mind expanding experience.
so I think when it comes to iboga, that I would like to experiment with low dose therapys, and smaller doses mixed with meditation/walking meditation.
a few years ago I had some very small amounts of ibogaine in a root powder that a freind brought with him from overseas. but the dose was more of just a stimulant dose....... still, above the city in the desert foothills, I did notice an expanding component to the material, and my body felt powerful, but slightly dizzy... most of all, I notice a serene peace and laid back demeanor that is not always present with me.
somewhere in some old antique store here in the USA, there is probably an old tin of ibogaine pills from the early 1900's, or a tincture bottle of iboga alkaloids left in some formulary/apothecary shop.
if I ever find something like that, I really wont worry much about past due dates, iboga doesnt diminish in power that much I have heard.
it almost now has more relevance to the world of entheogens than the current articles that have been published lately in the entheogen review..
anyway, this recent issue has about 4 articles regarding iboga rituals. front and back cover photos in full color and nice black and white photo documentation on the inside.
a very interesting and well done issue.
as far as avialable iboga related literature is concerned this issue is surely in the top 10 published works concerning iboga that I have seen.
for the last few years shamans drum magazine has backed off on the sweat lodge and new age subjects, entheogen related articles now dominate the magazine, and in my opinion this has added alot of depth to the authors coverage of the healing arts/shamanism "scene"'s out there.
they dont touch much on vedic cultures, hinduism and eastern practises as much as I would like to see, and lately much of the focus has been on south american shamanism and ayahuasca ritual work, so this departure into coverage of the little understood heart of the Bwiti religion is both a suprise, and welcome addition.
my interest is once again pulled into the direction of iboga, too bad its not legal where I live.
I have tried some of the various plants that are not scheduled that contain ibogaine and iboga like compounds, and really not had much interesting or potent effects.
having a child may be looming in my future, as I am getting into the "middle" age area of my life, and I think that taking iboga to get clean of kratom and other opioids would be an educational experience in the very least.....spirituality may or may not be part of that experience, who knows, I am not deficient in my spiritual life, nor am I looking for a new avenue, but I am open to the many forms of plant medicine work, and am willing to open my mind and heart to a new experience.
I tend to be a very lightweight psychedelic user, I tolerate medium to heavy doses well enough, but I find suffering and delusion are many times the result of too high of doses. almost a gram of mescaline left me very sick with heartburn and nausea, but literally no open eye or closed eye visuals, this was a san pedro enema from peruvian grown cactus powder. this stuff was potent as hell, and I should have done alot less.
I have found that my mind will meet almost any dose, the smaller doses can be expanded upon, and my clarity of vision and mind seems to make more sense for a mind expanding experience.
so I think when it comes to iboga, that I would like to experiment with low dose therapys, and smaller doses mixed with meditation/walking meditation.
a few years ago I had some very small amounts of ibogaine in a root powder that a freind brought with him from overseas. but the dose was more of just a stimulant dose....... still, above the city in the desert foothills, I did notice an expanding component to the material, and my body felt powerful, but slightly dizzy... most of all, I notice a serene peace and laid back demeanor that is not always present with me.
somewhere in some old antique store here in the USA, there is probably an old tin of ibogaine pills from the early 1900's, or a tincture bottle of iboga alkaloids left in some formulary/apothecary shop.
if I ever find something like that, I really wont worry much about past due dates, iboga doesnt diminish in power that much I have heard.