Collective Wisdom Blogs
ALL ABOUT IBOGAINE: MAY 21
Join Awake.net and Special Guest Felipe Camino from Iboga Quest for a conversation about the various addictive substances that ibogaine can interrupt, like opioids, fentanyl, kratom, ketamine, alcohol, methadone, suboxone, methamphetamines, cocaine and more, as well...
ALL ABOUT IBOGAINE: A CONVERSATION WITH EXPERTS & EXPERIENCERS
Join us Thursday May 14 a 11:30 am MDT, for an Open Mic conversation on the topic of finding purpose and meaning in life and how ibogaine helped you do that. You can share the details of an actual ibogaine journey and a blow-by-blow account of what happened or you can...
ALL ABOUT IBOGA/IBOGAINE: A CONVERSATION WITH EXPERTS PART 3, MAY 7th
Happening tomorrow! Special guest Rick Doblin, Expert Panelists: Anders Beatty and Paul Featherstone talking about the process or journey of an ibogaine treatment— the five phases of a successful ibogaine treatment are — 1. preparation, 2. detox, 3. treatment or...
Crucified on the Cross of Self-Perfectionism: An Interview with Rick Doblin
Rick Doblin founded the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) in 1986, leading a 40-year effort to legalize MDMA for therapeutic use. After completing two successful Phase 3 clinical trials—which found that 71% of participants no longer met the...
ALL ABOUT IBOGAINE PART 1
ALL ABOUT IBOGAINE: A 3-PART CONVERSATION WITH EXPERTS ZOOM LINK Join us Thursday April 23, 30, and May 7, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm MTN for a panel discussion about ibogaine and iboga Hosted by Awake.net & GITA (Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance) SPEAKERS Garyth Moxey,...
A Holistic Examination of the Therapeutic Boundary
If you are a psychologist or psychiatrist or other practitioner venturing into entheogenic medicine you will learn a lot from Dr. Andrew’s exquisite talk as he weaves together the strands of psychiatry, psychology, and non-ordinary states born of a lifetime of experience. The talk is available to read or watch.
Our next Sacred Wood in May in Spain
Bwiti Heart Awakenings Sacred Wood Ceremony for rebirth and renewal in Spain May 2026
The Profound Awakening through Ibogaine
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“This is the life I am working so hard to return to — a home, a love, and a future worth healing for.”
DONATE TO PATRICK’S IBOGAINE FUND Living with Complex PTSD, dissociation, depression, and anxiety has made that return incredibly difficult at times. My struggle with addiction developed as a coping mechanism for unresolved trauma, and despite years of sincere...
What I Don’t Know
I stand on the edge of Anticipation Seeking Know-ledge And it is only by stepping Into “What I don’t know” That I can find The courage to step Into what I do know. SAVOR &...
The NEXT Chapter
“The NEXT Chapter – Psychedelics, Healing, and the Second Half of Life” – is a deeply personal documentary following adults over 55 as they explore psychedelic-assisted therapy to address depression, anxiety, grief, and unfinished inner work. Through intimate,...
The Hardest Addiction to Quit
When people talk about addiction, the conversation almost always turns to substances. Alcohol, heroin, cocaine, nicotine — the things that clearly hijack the body and brain and leave people feeling trapped in cycles that can seem almost impossible to escapeIt is the...
Bwiti Heart Awakening Sacred Wood Ceremony
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Erythroxylum coca: Sacred Medicine, Nutrition, and Cultural Significance
Erythroxylum coca Lam., Erythroxylaceae (the coca family), commonly known as the coca plant, is a sacred, medicinal, and nutritional shrub native to the Andean region ( Peru and Bolivia) with indigenous use documented for over 8,000 years (Nanchoc Valley in...
Ibogaine and Expectations: What Actually Supports the Process
Many people spend a great deal of time trying to manage their expectations before an ibogaine experience.In clinical practice, however, expectations themselves are rarely the central issue.What tends to matter far more is how rigidly those expectations are held. At...
Mapping the Subjective Experience of 5-MeO-DMT: Why This Research Matters
A recent clinical study has provided one of the most detailed maps to date of what individuals actually experience during 5-MeO-DMT. For clinicians and treatment centers, this type of phenomenological research is particularly valuable. It moves the...
My Journey
Hello everyone, my name is Jamie. I am 29 years old and a nurse! I am also a mom. If you are here, thank you for reading my story as I seek to be a better person through ibogaine. Over the last decade, I’ve carried more pain than I ever imagined I could survive. My...
The Self, Entheogens, and the Cosmic Process: A Neuroscientific and Contemplative Synthesis
Modern neuroscience fundamentally deconstructs the classical notion of a singular, enduring “self.” It reveals the self not as a static entity, but as a dynamic, emergent process—a useful illusion constructed by the brain to provide narrative coherence and...
The Dance of Realms
In the heart’s quiet chamber, shadows and light entwine, Fantasy’s gentle whisper, psychosis’ tangled vine. Spirit weaves its golden threads through reality’s loom, A dance of worlds within worlds, from cradle to tomb. Fantasy is the soul’s and...
A Holistic View of Addiction—Dr. Jung’s Profound Legacy
Dr. Jung’s understanding of addiction transcends simplistic categorisations of physical dependence or moral weakness.He presents it as a profoundly symbolic, existential, and spiritual crisis—a manifestation of the soul’s desperate longing for meaning, wholeness, and...
FEATURED AUTHOR: JACK CROSS
The Polemics of Jack
by Jack Cross
