009: Tricia Eastman | Iboga & The Bwiti: Origins of Iboga, How It Is Used & Ancestral Healing
“A foundational aspect of Bwiti is that the illness, disharmony or unhappiness that one is experiencing is connected with something coming from your masculine side or feminine side from your early childhood imprinting.”
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In this episode we talk about:
Tricia’s journey becoming a facilitator of Iboga
The process of getting initiated by the Bwiti
What an Iboga ceremony experience is like
The ancient traditions and rituals in the Bwiti
How Bwiti view the Western world and illness
Sustainability and black market issues around Iboga
Ancestral healing with Iboga
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“When you grow Iboga outside of Gabon, it doesn’t actually produce the alkaloids - there is something with the relationship with the jungle… When you look at medicine it is really about the intention behind it. ”
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Where to find Tricia Eastman:
Tricia Eastman, a Medicine women and healing practitioner, has experience in the shamanic and clinical backgrounds of psychedelic-assisted therapeutic modalities. She offers a unique bridge between the scientific, cultural, and indigenous perspectives. Eastman has been initiated into Bwiti traditions of Fang and Ngonde Missoko tradition, as well as facilitated the psychospiritual iboga program for Crossroads Treatment Center in Mexico. Eastman is a writer, speaker and advocate for the psychedelic movement. Over the last decade, she has been involved in ongoing projects related to the preservation of sacred medicines, cultural traditions, and sacred sites. Eastman’s book Traversing the Innerverse: Plant Medicine, Ancestral Wisdom, and the Path to Transcendent Consciousness will be available in late 2021.
“Iboga has been deemed the National treasure of Gabon. ”
