Ibogaine Therapy - David Stetson - Oka Center Iboga
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🗓️ 5 May 2017
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
David Stetson - Oka Center Ibogaine - Ibogaine Therapy
IBOGAINE and AYAHUASCA in the MAYAN YUCATÁN
Kyle and Joe discuss iboga and ibogaine with David Stetson who runs Oka Ibogaine Center in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. David was a wonderful guest on the show and we had a lovely talk that was very broad. We discussed the ecological issues surrounding iboga and ibogaine therapy, as well as the differences between the more traditional model and the clinical model of administering these medicines. Oka has recently started offering ayahuasca retreats as well.
Our place is a marriage of two different worlds: While we respect and utilize western clinical protocols for safety and detox success, we love and live by our numerous and ongoing experiences with the traditional use of these master plants in Africa and Peru.

Links from the show
- Pinchbeck - 2012 - http://amzn.to/2qF7MSn
- Bwiti - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bwiti
- Sapo Frog Medicine - http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/07/30/sapo-frog-strange-medicine-that-sharpens-senses.html
- Peter Gorman - Sapo in my Soul
- Holistic House - Ibogaine Aftercare Center - http://www.rehabs.com/listings/holistic-house-las-vegas-213719005/
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Holistic-House/444751745688198
- Article about Holistic House - http://vegasseven.com/2015/09/30/dj-justin-hoffman-helping-addicts-holistic-way
- Voacanga Africana - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voacanga_africana
- Chris Jenks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W-GUEHDgFw
- Carfentanyl - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/27/this-new-street-drug-is-10000-times-more-toxic-than-morphine-and-now-its-showing-up-in-canada-and-the-u-s/?utm_term=.c9fa831551ba
About David Stetson
David's passion has been Bwiti since his Iboga initiation in 2007. It's his privilege to be sharing this medicine with people in need.
David is extensively well-traveled in Gabon, Africa where he is known as Okukwe. During his time in Gabon he learned Bwiti traditions, music, and ceremonial practices and is proficient on both the moungongo (musical bow) and ngombi (harp) instruments.
David views Bwiti and Ibogaine as a lifeway that champions communion with others while also empowering the individual. His approach to working and healing with others starts with the awareness of alienation and isolation as common and appropriate responses to our western culture, and is based in nonjudgement.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody. Welcome back to psychedelics today. Joe and Kyle here. Today on the show, |
| 0:16.4 | we have David Stetson of the Oka Retreat Center in the Yucatan of Mexico. |
| 0:21.6 | Great guy, really fun conversation. |
| 0:24.4 | Happy he joined us. |
| 0:26.3 | And I think we get into some really interesting stuff. |
| 0:30.7 | You know, ecological harms of Iboga, risks of Iboga, which are pretty minimal. |
| 0:39.3 | And I don't know, anything else, |
| 0:45.9 | Kyle, that kind of stood out in this that we want to preface with? Yeah, microdosing Iboga, which I thought was really interesting, some of the traditional uses. And then also maybe the |
| 0:51.4 | difference between kind of these grassroots, Ibegain centers versus the more medicalized. |
| 0:59.0 | So yeah, you'll hear some of the differences. |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah, doing Iboga in a hospital bed versus in a more traditional setting where you're in a group and singing. |
| 1:15.0 | There's some real differences for sure. |
| 1:19.8 | And it's, you know, I think it's situational. |
| 1:25.3 | What is best for you, the patient, it really depends on your situation. |
| 1:28.1 | Maybe you need the super clinical scenario because you're going to die in three days if you don't do it. |
| 1:32.0 | Or maybe you're not on death's door and you can go to a less clinical place. |
| 1:38.7 | And the interview cuts off at the end. |
| 1:41.3 | Being in Mexico, the internet isn't perfect. |
| 1:44.0 | But I was really impressed that we |
| 1:46.0 | got to stay on for so long with David. We'll definitely have them on the show again because |
| 1:49.9 | his work is very interesting. They also offer ayahuasca. I think Kyle and I planned on talking |
| 1:56.9 | to him about doing breathwork down there maybe because you know who doesn't want to go to |
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