Mateo Bonells is a plant medicine healer at the Iboga Wellness Center, Gabon, and is an initiate of the Bwiti tradition. In this episode, we discuss the wonder that is Iboga, the ethics of the government's attempt to coerce everyone to take the COVID-19 vaccine, the cultural division this is causing, and much more.

P.S. There's some real display of vulnerability on this one, so if that kind of content offends you, I suggest you skip this episode.

(4:24) What does initiation into the Bwiti tradition at the Iboga Wellness Center in Gabon look like?

(10:20) What does the future look like? What are the events of today leading up to? Is there any way to tell with any accuracy or certainty?

(18:35) How the Bwiti cope with uncertainty

(19:16) The cultural controversies COVID has left in its wake; should you take the vaccine? Are the conspiracy theorists right? Seeing as the government and health authorities told multiple straight-out lies over the course of the past year, shouldn’t we be at least a little concerned at the government’s attempts to coerce everyone into taking the vaccine?  

(36:02) Is it possible to successfully push back against state propaganda on a large scale?

(45:41) How does Iboga work? How is it able to do such a wide range of things from curing heroin addiction, to fixing physiological ailments, to providing meaning? What are its secrets?