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Ibogaine and the Bicameral Mind - Part 1

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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.

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Jonathan Dickinson, 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

ibogaine refuses to behave like a pharmaceutical. It does not reduce

symptoms. It opens a door, and the person has to walk through it.

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