Tricia Eastman & Dr. Joseph Barsuglia: Iboga, the Mount Everest of Psychedelics Here he comes… Doctor Iboga! If you’ve been listening to Life is a Festival for a while, you may recall in Episode 18 I shared the story of my journey to Gabon to initiate with the Bwiti, the spiritual keepers of the psychedelic medicine iboga. Today on the podcast I go very deep with two experts on the plant and the traditions surrounding it, Tricia Eastman and Dr. Joseph Barsuglia. Tricia and Joseph offer the perfect yin & yang of perspectives on this shamanic heavyweight. Both worked at the Crossroads Igoba clinic in Mexico, Tricia facilitating the psychospiritual program and Joseph as the Research Director. Like all expressions of yin and yang, there is keen analysis in Tricia’s lofty visions and a tender heart in Joseph’s scientific rigor. On the podcast we talk about the specifics of the brambly root bark from its mythology to its pharmacology. We discuss the Bwiti people and share our stories ...