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18 articles
Psycho-spiritual

What Is Ibogaine? A Beginner's Guide to the Medicine That's Changing Lives

Understanding the ancient plant and why people travel across the world to experience it.

Iboga Staff8 min
Addiction

From Joe Rogan to Conor McGregor: Why Athletes and Leaders Are Turning to Ibogaine

The mainstream visibility of the medicine is growing. What this cultural shift reveals about high-performers and healing.

Iboga Staff11 min
Mental health

Ibogaine and the Brain: What the Science Says About Neuroregeneration

How an ancient medicine is reshaping our understanding of healing at the cellular level

Iboga Staff9 min
Psycho-spiritual

Why I Can't Imagine Doing Ibogaine Anywhere Else Than South Africa

A tech founder's unexpected journey to the Langeberg Mountains — and why it changed everything.

Iboga Staff12 min
Addiction

How Joe Rogan Put Ibogaine on the Map

Why JRE episodes have become the single biggest mainstream awareness driver for ibogaine therapy

Iboga Staff7 min
PTSD

The Invisible Wound: Why Women Veterans Are Finding Hope in Ibogaine

When traditional care falls short, some women vets are turning to plant medicine to reclaim their lives.

Iboga Staff8 min
Mental health

When the Brain Begins to Fade: Ibogaine's Emerging Role in Neurodegenerative Disease

A careful look at emerging science, the 90-day neuroplasticity window, and what ongoing research reveals about ibogaine's potential in Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and traumatic brain injury.

Iboga Staff8 min
Addiction

How Ibogaine Works

Ibogaine alleviates withdrawal by resetting and refreshing opiate receptor sites. The mechanism is still not fully understood, and no other known substance acts the same way.

Anita Viviers10 min
Psycho-spiritual

The History of Ibogaine

Tabernanthe iboga is a perennial rainforest shrub native to West Africa, found across Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo.

Anita Viviers4 min
Psycho-spiritual

What is Ibogaine?

Ibogaine is a naturally occurring psychoactive substance found in plants like Tabernanthe iboga, Voacanga africana, and Tabernaemontana undulata.

Anita Viviers2 min
Addiction

Will Ibogaine Cure My Addiction?

Ibogaine removes opioid and other-drug withdrawals, but Anders frames a cure as more than a detox.

Anders Beatty2 min
Psycho-spiritual

What Is The Good Life And How To Start Living It

Painful childhood conditioning teaches us to withdraw from life. Addiction often shows up as that conditioning enforcing itself.

Anders Beatty3 min
Psycho-spiritual

Ibogaine, Recovery From Addiction, and Discovering Your True Identity

Ibogaine is famous for detox, but Anders treats it as a rite of passage toward true identity, not a drug-removal tool.

Anders Beatty2 min
Addiction

Can Couples Take Ibogaine Together?

Couples should not take ibogaine together in the same facility. Each person needs to own their own journey without partner-driven distraction.

Anders Beatty3 min
Addiction

Psychedelics And Addiction - Live Event

Anders Beatty and Ben Taub of Ibogaine Counselling Services spoke at The Psychedelic Society in London on the spiritual condition that drives addiction.

Anders Beatty2 min
Psycho-spiritual

The Importance of Ritual in Recovery From Addiction

Addiction arises out of a frustrated search for meaning. Ritual provides the roadmap recovery needs once the medicine has done its part.

Anders Beatty4 min
Mental health

Maintaining Recovery Through Self-Love After Ibogaine

Good recovery is self-love. That means living with respect, reverence, integrity, and intentionality after the medicine has done its work.

Anders Beatty3 min
Mental health

Learning To Be Vulnerable Is The Key To Recovery After Ibogaine

The drive to control sits at the heart of addiction, depression, and most spiritual suffering. Ibogaine helps people loosen the grip and become vulnerable to experience again.

Anders Beatty3 min