03. Hexagram: Initial Difficulty
above K’AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER below CHêN THE AROUSING, THUNDER The name of the hexagram, Chun, really connotes a blade of grass pushing against an obstacle as it sprouts out of the earth–hence the meaning, “difficulty at the beginning.” The...
An Ode to the Candlemaker
The Sacred City of Caral-Supe (or simply Cara)
Christos means Sacred Oil
12 steps and spiritual awakening
I like this quote about the origin of 12 steps being through Carl Jung and his emphasis on spiritual awakening. That is our purpose here at Awake in our mission to end addiction. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJ90G0jR-1f/?
Addiction as a Shadow Initiation
Addiction does not need to be erased to find healing—it needs to be listened to. Underneath the compulsion is a call. A call to wholeness. A call to initiation. A call to remember what was always known in the body, even when the mind forgot. Addiction is the soul’s clumsy attempt at remembering itself. It is the sacred fire burning in the wrong temple.
Lighting the Right Fire in the Wrong Hearth: Addiction, Longing, and the Search for Belonging
Human beings have always gathered around fire. Long before words, the hearth was our centre — warmth against the cold, a circle of belonging, a thread tying us to ancestors and generations yet to come. Fire cooked our food, warded off predators, and cast light...
Ditoxamin
Kratom and its byproducts such as “7-OH” have been getting much more popular in our society and can be easily procured at local gas stations and smoke shops. It can be very addictive for many people, especily its synthetic version such as “7-OH”. Ive seen it begin to...
What Successful Integration Really Looks Like Post-Ibogaine
Integration is not a moment but a movement—a sustained, relational unfolding of everything glimpsed in the depths of the iboga experience. It cannot be reduced to insight alone, nor maintained through discipline alone. Rather, it emerges through a reverent reweaving...
A Sage in your pocket
How to use the Iching to integrate ibogaine and other deep entheogenic journneys.