Ibogaine and the Bicameral Mind

Jonathan Dickinson is the CEO and cofounder of Ambio Life Sciences, the world leader in integrative ibogaine treatments, and is also the founder of Terragnosis. He has more than 15 years of experience in clinical care, traditional practice, and psychedelic research. He was initiated into a Dissoumba/Fang branch of Bwiti in 2014 and the Missoko tradition in 2022. He lives in Toronto, Canada.

• Foreword by Rick Perry Acknowledgments PART ONEIbogaine’s Roots Bwiti and the Medical Subculture1 The Spark That Lit the ThunderA Long Road to Gabon • Learning to Listen Deeply •Seeing with New Eyes • Visiting the Village of Issika • All the Secrets of Being a Man • Ngady Na Duma2 Time and Space Binding: A Brief History of Iboga The Light at the Center of the Garden •Time and Space Binding • The Chosen People of Iboga3 One Hundred Years of ControversyThe Staten Island Project • Ibogaine’s Contentious Rise • A Vast, Uncontrolled Experiment4 At the Crossroads of the Jungle and the LaboratoryWelcome to Rat Park • The Clinical Guidelines •Entangled Roots PART TWOThe Ibogaine ExperienceMirrors, Voices, and Visions 5 The Psychedelic Mirror: Reflections on Lacan Descriptions of Ibogaine’s Effects • A Hard Look in the Mirror • Jouissance • A Force Beyond the Ego6 The Bicameral StateJordan • Shawna • Myobi • The Other in Our Reflection •The Voice That Speaks Back to Us • The Bicameral Brain •Proto-Consciousness Rising • Beyond REM7 How Ibogaine Works in the BodyHow Ibogaine Differs from Other Psychedelics •Ibogaine Pharmacology • Ibogaine Metabolism •Inside the Cell • Cellular Energy Metabolism • New Frontiers of Understanding 8 Conversations with the Bicameral Other Setting the Stage • Exploring the Oneirogenic Experience •A Moment of Pause 9 The Liminal Voices of Reason:Our Guides and Antagonists The Guardian of the Threshold • The Daemonic Realm •True Hallucinations • The Bicameral Perspective10 The University of the Forest:Lessons on Order and Mortality Back to the Epicenter • The Bitter Brown Tea •Syntax of the Subconscious • The Onset • Thousands of Tiny Little Mouths to Feed • Body of Dreams • The Practical Science of Direct Experience PART THREEImplementing Ibogaine The Future of Neuroregenerative Medicine 11 The Myth of Psychiatry’s Magic BulletAnimals in the Age of Reason • Psychiatry’s Antibiotic •Will Psychedelics Become Psychiatry’s Long-Awaited Antibiotic? •A Questionable Diagnosis • Reimagining the Interior Landscape •The Opportunity of Psychedelic Therapy12 Recovering Personal Agency: Treating Addiction with Ibogaine Does Ibogaine Treatment Work for Addiction? • The Worst Success Rates in All of Medicine •Psychedelics in Recovery •It Was the Best Experience of My Life • Recovery Is Nonlinear13 Reconstructing Flow:Treating Navy SEALs, PTSD, and Traumatic Brain InjuryThe New Rites of Retirement • Investing the TBI Hypothesis • A Special Kind of Hell • Flow and Optimization for Combat • How Ibogaine Cultivate Flow • The Perfect Teacher • The Change Vector14 Neuroregeneration: Treating Parkinson’s,Neuropathic Pain, and Multiple SclerosisParkinson’s Disease • Non-Parkinsonian Tremors •Neuropathic Pain • An Overwhelming Sea of Voices • Multiple Sclerosis • From Clinic Bedside to Laboratory Bench •The Value of Real-World Experience 15 Unconventional Pathways:Forging Ibogaine’s Future in Medical Practice Oxa-Iboga Alkaloids • Tabernanthalog •The Incentive Structure • The Moonshot • Barriers to FDA Approval of Ibogaine • Multidimensional Chess •The Whole Complex PictureAfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex

“From the jungles of Gabon to Navy SEAL recovery programs, this transformative guide reveals ibogaine’s potential to bridge spirituality and science, challenging conventional psychiatry and offering hope for those seeking radical healing. A must-read for anyone fascinated by psychedelics, consciousness, and the future of mental health.”