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Why Ibogaine Triggers a 'Second Childhood' in the Brain - Part 2

Why Ibogaine Triggers a 'Second Childhood' in the Brain - Part 29. Sept.1 Std. 15 Min.

Jonathan Dickinson, CEO and co-founder of Ambio Life Sciences and author of Ibogaine and the Bicameral Mind, returns to the Brainforest Café for part two of his conversation with Dr. Dennis McKenna. Where part one followed the personal journey, this one goes into the machinery: what ibogaine is actually doing to the mind and to the cell.

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Jonathan Dickinson, co-founder and CEO of Ambio Life Sciences and

founder of Terragnosis, joins Dr. Dennis McKenna on the Brainforest Café

for a conversation about ibogaine, iboga, and the Bwiti tradition of

Gabon.

A Mexico-licensed psychologist and former executive director of

the Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance, Jonathan helped develop the

field's foundational safety guidelines and completed the first

Nagoya-compliant export of Tabernanthe iboga root. In part one of a

two-part conversation, he traces the path from harm reduction work in

Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to initiation in Gabon, and explains why