"We live in heaven. We just forgot."
— Neil, after ceremony
If something in that film found you where you are — the exhaustion of trying the same approaches and arriving at the same place, the addiction that willpower alone has never touched at its root, the depression that medication managed without moving, the sense of going through the motions of a life you cannot quite inhabit — keep reading.
What This Work Addresses
Most people who come here have already done what they were supposed to do.
Therapy helped them understand the problem without being able to move it. Medication reduced the symptoms without reaching what was generating them. Abstinence held them together without addressing the void that drove them to use in the first place. These are not failures of effort or character. They are the limitation of approaches that operate at the surface of the thing.
The Medicines
Two medicines. Two different encounters with what is real.
Primary
Iboga
The active ceremony lasts 12 to 24 hours. The medicine converts to noribogaine in the body and remains biologically active for weeks to months after ceremony — part of why the changes tend to hold. What happens during the experience is not euphoria. It is a direct encounter with the record of your own life, played back in detail.
Complementary
5-MeO-DMT
The active experience lasts 20 to 45 minutes. The structure of the self dissolves. What remains, in most cases, is a direct experience of being prior to the personal narrative — a state most people have no other word for than what is.
The Facilitator
Why people suffer the way they do.
The addiction is not the problem. The depression is not the problem. The anxiety, the compulsion, the pattern that returns no matter how many times it is interrupted — none of these are the root. They are what grows from the root when it goes untouched long enough.
"Addiction is not a moral failure. It is a logical response to a real experience of pain. The question is never what is wrong with this person. It is what happened to them — and what they decided about themselves because of it."
The Research
The Stanford study is difficult to ignore.
Stanford University — Nature Medicine, February 2023
88%
Decrease in PTSD symptoms
87%
Decrease in depression
81%
Decrease in anxiety
Population: 30 special operations veterans with PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and treatment-resistant depression. Measured one month post-treatment. For context, conventional antidepressant research considers a 50% reduction in depression scores a strong response. This was 87%.
Who this changes — and who it does not.
Have carried addiction for years and found that abstinence alone leaves them in the same interior state they were using to escape
Have depression that has not responded to medication, or that medication managed without resolving
Have trauma that therapy has helped them understand but not move
Are willing to face whatever comes up in the experience, regardless of what it is
Can commit to the medical screening requirements and the preparation protocol in full
How It Works
The process is straightforward.
01
Submit an application
A short form covering your background, what you are hoping to address, and your health history. We read every one personally.
02
We respond within 2–3 business days
If your situation is appropriate for ceremony, we will be in touch to begin the screening conversation.
03
Screening conversation
A thorough intake covering medical history, current medications, cardiac health, and psychological readiness. This determines whether ceremony is appropriate and which protocol fits your situation.
04
Ceremony confirmed and scheduled
Once screening is complete and you are confirmed as an appropriate candidate, we schedule ceremony and begin your preparation protocol.
Client Experiences
What people say after ceremony.
“Incredible experience with Explore Bwiti. Jake is passionate and knowledgeable. Creates a safe space for you to dive into your healing and healing is definitely what you will accomplish. If Western practices, medicines, treatments havent worked for you - I highly recommend diving into this. You will appreciate the finite and infinite experience of life that will forever impact you and your perspectives. Grateful to have had this shift in life for myself and for the relationships I hold close to me.”
Dareck W.
Google Review
“Was a very spiritual experience I had, gave me a lot of insite and a brighter outlook on life. Very grateful for the experience and would recommend for anyone trying to look at alternative paths for personal grown and addiction. Thank you Jacob!”
Tyler
Google Review
If this is where you are, the application takes five minutes.
We read every application personally. If your situation is appropriate for ceremony, we will be in touch within 2–3 business days.