Came across this after reading about someone's experience coping with (and overcoming) heroin addiction. Highly interesting stuff. From the shamanic rituals in Western Africa, the presence of an otherworldly being guiding you through your self, to the potential medical application in treatment of addiction.
It's a shame that these substances are demonized in our country, there is lots of potential for therapeutic use yet research on these chemicals is very limited due to it being illegal (schedule 1) in the US.
Entertaining tale. Lots of pseudo-science, lots of spiritualism. Not a lot of useful insights? Took a hallucinogenic drug: experienced hallucinations...did it again: same result.
More reading: http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/ibogaine/ibogaine_article3.s...