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Welcome to the Polemics of Jack
The Polemics, as I lovingly refer to my writings, are intended to be a collection of short articles, art-i-facts, journey notes, diagrams, ecstatic poetry, sleight-of-hand with Compass, Square and Pen, written exclusively under the influence of...
Hacking Addiction with Ibogaine: An Interview with Patrick Kroupa
Patrick Kroupa, an early pioneer in the movement to medicalize ibogaine for opioid addiction with Howard Lotsof (right), the man who discovered as a young addict in 1962 NYC, that a "drug" from Africa called "ibogaine" had ended his addiction to heroin in just one...
Awakening from Illusion
You live in a world cunningly crafted to claim you long before you even become aware of what truly happened. From the moment you draw your first breath, they have already set the stage—naming you, numbering you, confining you within invisible bars. They shape your...
Writing is Righting
I started this post as a test of how easy is it to write a post on Awake. And as soon as I logged in I was taken to this Draft page and I started typing the words you are now reading. Super easy! I envision Awake as a Living Library of Knowledge about healing and...
Mediamakers: Write a Post
Mediamaker and Mentors & Masters Members can write a blogpost right from the frontend and have it publish to their own Channel on their profile as well as be visible on their social media feed. Try it, it’s simple. WRITE A...
Iboga Saves: Ending Addiction, Jun 17, 2025, Boulder Canyon Theater, 1:30 -6:45 PM MTN, Free
Attend IMAGINE A PLANT MEDICINE THAT CAN END OPIOID ADDICTION IN A SINGLE TREATMENT LIVE + ZOOM EVENT Iboga (and its extract ibogaine) is a powerful plant medicine that can reset the brain and the addiction receptors to a “pre-addicted state” in the course...
From Combat to Communion
Abstract This paper explores a psychospiritual model for the recovery of returning special forces veterans experiencing complex PTSD (CPTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), utilizing the framework of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, Robert Moore’s four-fold...
Seven Years Facing a Wall
Elite runner Jaqueline Kiplimo helps a disabled Chinese athlete drink during the 2010 Zheng-Kai marathon. I embarked upon the Iboga Saves documentary effort in 2018. We raised some money, got a lot of footage. Somewhere along the way I realized the pain point was...
Welcoming Deborah Mash, Doctor, Scientist and Neuroshaman to the Awake Board
Dr. Deborah C. Mash is a Professor of Neurology (Emerita) and Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at the University of Miami School of Medicine. With over 25 years of continuous NIH funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Deborah is a leading expert on...
Transcending Trauma with Entheogens: A Journey of Rebirth
I have been a psychonaut for almost 20 years, beginning with an unbidden ayahuasca journey in 1997 that changed me profoundly. Entheogens, as the name suggests, have helped me to find God, discover Self, understand Death, revere Nature, refine my character ,...
Donate to Jessica’s FEAT Fundraiser for Ibogaine Treatment.
Whilst lawmakers are jubilant about another round of funding and another round of clinical trials that will take years to validate, and indigenous ceremonialists are celebrating their supremacy, someone dies every 10 minutes of overdose. These deaths are...
Jessica FEAT 8
Jessica's Story LISTEN TO HER INTERVIEW ON THE TRUE LIFE PODCAST WITH GEORGE MONTY Jessica is determined to end her addiction which has dominated her life for so long. She is currently on Fentanyl with it’s daily dangers of overdose. She holds down a job and is...