We had an “before iboga” article and podcast episode where I shared what my experience has been with sacred plants, and where Larry made the announcement that he would be participating in an iboga ritual.
For that episode, go here and make sure to log behind the paywall for the Wisdom Keeper hour to hear our panelists' experiences with sacred plants, their viewpoints and research.
This week, we are covering not only Larry’s experience with the iboga sacred plant, but we have also interviewed two of our panelists as well as our friend Craig, all of whom participated in the ritual.
One of the things that became clear to me, was that the plant is not to be taken lightly. There are certain things the person needs to prepare before the ritual, including cutting out stimulants such as coffee. Also, certain supplements do not participate well with the experience.
Although the ritual can last just a few hours, the work with the plant can start weeks if not months before the ritual, and can last many days or weeks after it. There was information I received for three of the participants beforehand, during and after the ritual. These were sometimes to help me understand what was happening but mostly it was almost like the plant wanted me to deliver a message that they were not listening to.
I did not participate in the ritual myself.
Larry had a bit of a tough time during the ritual. He had certain concepts and issues that were tough for him to work with. In the end, he came out of it with a certainty that he was done with addictive behaviors.
From a third party perspective, I have seen that Larry is now less willing to put up with blocks and frustrating situations. One might say that he expresses his feelings more easily. Whether the feelings are joy or anger, they are expressed more readily at a physical and emotional level. It almost feels like a block between himself and his body has been removed. Like a mask is no longer there. He also wakes early and spends hours in the morning doing physical things on our property, getting a morning sweat going, a go and do it with much less check the on-line world interference. Online world has diminished greatly in importance, while the outside world has become more important. This is a good thing/bad thing for an individual whose work now involves much more online tasks, and much less outside tasks. I did notice that the amount of online time he spends watching random videos or on facebook clickbait is greatly reduced, choosing instead to spend that online time learning skills and being busy at work.
Larry shares his full experience in our podcast here, and on the Wisdom Keeper Hour we get to interview Craig, Ashley and Fred. You will be familiar with Ashley and Fred as our second hour panelists.
The discussion doesn’t stop here—listen to the full podcast episode for unfiltered insights from Inelia and our panelists.
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