Join Peruvian Initiated Shaman Kay Dougherty for the Winter Solstice Fire Ceremony
to
 Release, Reset and Recharge your life.  Move into 2009 with joy enthusiasm and
confidence!

The Ibogaine Fireside Chat :

Trimurti is hosting a special guest from Africa, Moughenda Mikala and American Shaman,
Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis who will lead a discussion about the plant spirit, Ibogaine.

Ibogaine is an alkaloid derived from the
 root of the African plant tabernanthe Iboga.
It is a hallucinogenic substance used in the initiation ceremonies of the Gabonese
Bwiti society. Through the Ibogaine ceremony, you will be able to focus on the underlying
causes of your addiction without having to go through the usual intense withdrawal
symptoms that accompany most other forms of detox. It acts by giving the person an
intensive 30 or so hours of 'therapy'.  The
 person gets to identify and remove the
emotional reasons why they took to drugs in the first place.  With the reason for
taking drugs gone, the desire to take drugs again also goes.  Some people who have
taken Ibogaine reported an increased feeling of responsibility for their life.  A
better description of the effects of ibogaine would be oneirophrenic, or "dream creating".
To a bystander it would appear that a person on ibogaine was simply lying down in
a state of partial sleep while having dreams. Some patients report their experience
as if they were watching a movie of their life, or as if they were able to reorganize
the file cabinets in their brains. Every person's experience is as unique as the
individual themself; however, all insights into the subconscious and superconscious
mind might be a valuable foundation for a future without drugs. During the weeks
after ibogaine treatment people find that
 they can sort through issues that may have
burdened them; change compulsive behaviors; and become receptive to therapy. 

Hosts: 

Dimitri Mugianis is a nganga (shaman) Healer, and Spoken Word Artist who has been
initiated into the Bwiti.  Dimitri leads healings in and around the tri-state
 area
and is known for his compassion and integrity as he leads his clients through the
healing process of working with Iboga the sacred plant spirit medicine that is native
to Africa's Gabon.  Dimitri was able to overcome at 20-year addiction to Heroine
in just one
 session by working with the Plant Spirit.

Moughenda Mikala is a tenth generation nganga (shaman) of the Missoko Bwiti.   
Bwiti is the spiritual practice that originated among the forest Pygmies, is a traditional
African spiritual practice whose essence is ancestor worship and direct connection
to God. Moughenda was born and raised in Libreville, Gabon and Mimongo Village, the
home of the Massango tribe on his mother's side. His father is from the Mitsogho
tribe. It was Moughenda's maternal grandfather who guided him through five initiations
from the age of fifteen to twenty two. 

Kay Dougherty is Trimurti's resident Shamanic Healer.  Kay was trained and Initiated
in the Andes Mountains of Peru, where she continues to travel every year.  Kay has
been trained to help her clients achieve the optimal state of health and well being
through work with the Sacred Mountain
 Spirits-The Apus of the Cuzco region of Peru.