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Unveiling the iboga experience for first-timers and shamans alike, Iboganautics is the podcast committed to discovering everything there is to know about "Tabernanthe iboga," or simply called iboga, a naturally occurring psychedelic plant from Gabon in western Central Africa. While other podcasters and content producers mainly focus on the addiction interruption properties of ibogaine, the main acting alkaloid in iboga, there is so much more to discuss, so much more one could and should know for a richer appreciation of the experience. For this reason, I invite members of the iboga community and other experts on the podcast to speak not just about addiction but about alternative topics pertaining to iboga-the-plant as well as the subjective experiences elicited by iboga. After several transformative personal experiences in addition to my own academic research, I speak with people that have something educational and interesting to say about this substance/experience, directly or indirectly related; for example, from scholars in neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and botany to experienced staff at retreat centers, artists, lay experts, and so on. While there’s much good information about iboga across multiple media, I believe there’s more to discover by conversing with said experts. For more information, visit https://amhouot.com/iboganautics/

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2.1_Supervising and Caretaking of Experiencers_Tricia Eastman

August 23, 2020 • A.M.

Tricia Eastman conducts healing ceremonies around the world after years of iboga training in Mboumba, Eyano, Mimbare, and Missoko Bwiti traditions from Gabon, in addition to working with 5-MeO-DMT in shamanic and ceremonial contexts. She’s an inspiring voice on the psychedelic lecture circuit, presenting at conferences such as the Aware Project, the Sleeping Octopus Assembly on Psychedelics (SOAP), and Awakened Futures Summit, to name several. When not doing all of the above, she’s working on her first book about how we can apply ancestral wisdom to modern-day contexts, understanding the holistic nature of psychedelic medicines, in addition to the importance of preparation and integration. In this episode we speak about a very narrow aspect of the iboga experience, namely, the idea of supervision and caretaking of iboga experiencers: the responsible person looking after your body, so you don’t have to during your experience. Topics of our discussion include: Tricia’s background and shamanic training; metaphorical and literal notions of death; signs of risk to watch out for after ingestion; trust in caretakers; avoiding the term “trip sitting” to describe iboga supervisors and caretakers; the neoshamanic medicine wheel; Ann Shulgin’s “life contract”; and what the iboga experience is like overall from the caretaker’s perspective. To find out more about Tricia, visit her website at (https://www.psychedelicjourneys.com). Also, visit my Podcast Supplements article regarding afterthoughts of Tricia and I's conversation (https://amhouot.com/60-ep2-1_supervising-and-caretaking-of-experiencers_tricia-eastman/).

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