Transpersonal Intersubjectivity in Ibogaine Experiences: Three cases

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Abstract

This report presents the personal experiences of three individuals who ingested iboga or ibogaine in different contexts and for different reasons. Narrative analysis reveals a connection with previously identified phenomenological categories of experience, however demonstrating a wide variability. Most notably, each of these interviewees reported a distinct impression of transpersonal communication, either with “iboga/ine” or with visions of others encountered in the oneirogenic experience. This relates with a sense of transpersonal presence that is mentioned elsewhere in literature describing waking REM experiences, such as sleep paralysis. Within these cases, a sense of transpersonal intersubjectivity appears to contribute a sense of ontological realism and meaningfulness of the experiences. Similar deep engagement with narrative reports may better inform future research, as well as ibogaine-assisted therapies.

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Dickinson, J. (2023). Transpersonal Intersubjectivity in Ibogaine Experiences: Three cases. Anthropology of Consciousness, 34(1), 161–180. https://doi.org/10.1111/anoc.12172

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