Collective Wisdom Blogs
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.
Reverence is the foundation of true culture
An IChing quote
Jessica’s post-ibogaine True Life interview with George Monty
https://www.linkedin.com/events/jessica-lifeafteriboga7363423132608561154/theater/
Mansoa alliacea (Garlic Vine / Ajo Sacha)
Botanical, Medicinal, Ethnopharmacological, and Shamanic Perspectives 1. Botanical Overview 1.1 Taxonomy and Nomenclature Family: Bignoniaceae Genus: Mansoa Species: Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A.H. Gentry Synonyms: Pachyptera alliacea, Bignonia alliacea Common Names:...
Mobile IV Hydration Drips
A mobile IV drip bar offers the convenience of receiving IV hydration and vitamin infusions at your preferred location, such as your home, office, or hotel. This service brings professional IV therapy to you, allowing for personalized wellness care without the...
Understanding the First Two Weeks After Ibogaine
When your child or loved one completes ibogaine treatment, it’s natural to want them close. You’ve longed for this moment—when the chaos quiets, the pain recedes, and perhaps for the first time in a long time, there’s a glimpse of your child again. So why,...
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...
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 of a...
Introduction-The Metaphorical Cooking Pot
Things are heating up on Planet Earth. But even within the worst crisis there is a recipe for transformation. Join Ibogaine coach Anders Beatty on a monomythic journey into yourself as he teaches you how to prepare for, navigate, and integrate your ibogaine treatment so that you don’t just interrupt your addiction, you learn how to come home to yourself.
From Combat to Communion
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 masculine archetypes, Carl Rogers’ humanistic theory, and the transpersonal psychology of Grof, Wilber, and Washburn. Within this paradigm, plant medicine is not merely a pharmacological agent but a ritual gateway into a sacred process of ego death, archetypal rebalance, and reintegration. The healing journey is reframed as a rite of passage that dignifies suffering, restores sovereignty, and allows trauma to be alchemized into meaning.
FEATURED AUTHOR: JACK CROSS
The Polemics of Jack
by Jack Cross
