Tribe Babongo Iboga

Ibogaine is a powerful hallucinogenic.

Join Bruce Parry as he takes part in an extraordinary initiation ritual with the Babongo tribe, implementing the use of powerful hallucinogen, Iboga, or Ibogain, deep in the rainforest of central Africa. Bruce believes the only way to truly understanding another culture is to live as they do, and to become, for a short while, one of the tribe. He plans to stay with the Babongo tribe for a month. 2 days after he arrives there are 2 deaths and he is allowed to film the funeral taking place and the rituals surrounding it, giving insights into this way of life. Parry also goes along on hunting expeditions. He is an amazing human being who has genuine respect, compassion and love of tribal people and their belief systems.

The entheogen Iboga makes you violently sick, purging your body of negativity. Then strong hallucinations begin. The Babongo tribe believe your soul leaves your body and is free to go on a great journey. They are able to wander amongst the dead, seeing visions that will change them forever. You are also able to speak with the spirits of animals and plants, they say Iboga allows you to see yourself as you really are, from the INSIDE OUT, similar to Ayahuasca. You discover who you really are. Days later you emerge cleansed, reborn. This rebirth is not without risk as people have died doing this, their hearts failing as the drug pumps through their body. Ibogain is no pleasure drug and once you have taken it once, will want a very long break from it to integrate all you have learned on this spiritual quest.