Welcome to MEYAYA
Eboga - the ancient, perennial religion of Eboga, For many years, both Europeans and Africans taking Eboga have realised that the Bwiti religion, whether Mitsogho or Fang, deals with the healing of the
spirit. And, as such, constantly re-adapts it's powers to the mythologies and archetypes of whatever culture uses it. And that in Europe we have lost this type
of knowledge, to our great detriment, sometime during the years of the Inquisition, or perhaps at the hands of the Carthans. It's in this spirit that in 1995 we began to look at, with the help of the Cameroon Bwiti, the possibility of adapting the essence of the Eboga experience, that it
might be brought into more widespread usage amongst the peoples of the West. In doing this, we drew heavily on the experience and knowledge of the
artists and intellectuals of the Cameroon, to ensure our work would be free of ethnocentric limitations. From then on, we have worked closely with a Cameroon Bwiti chapel, agreeing that our objective should be to take inspiration from the initiation ritual. But,
in order that the healing aspects of Eboga could be brought to more people, the religious aspects of the initiation ritual would not be used. the trade in illicit substances and the treatment of addiction The development of markets dealing in illegal addictive substances has not ceased growing since the mid-1950's, and such trade now encompasses the whole world. At the same time serious research into the treatment of addiction stopped in the 1950's and only resumed in the nineties. Allowing thirty-five years of peaceful development for the trade in drugs. Having infiltrated every layer of Western society, and indeed all economically-developed cultures, this trade has been consolidated by it's extension to poorer countries, where drug consumption has risen in accord with rising city populations. These third world peoples, already ravaged by alcoholism, are now offered easy access to hard drugs, especially cocaine or opiate derivatives, for derisory sums of money. For several years, low-quality heroin, originating from Nigeria, has been found in the region of Gabon and the Cameroon, where it is sold for around 50 US cents a dose. At the same time, Western society offers to these countries, as a treatment for rising drug-addiction, licit chemical alternatives. This is done out of ignorance. For there have always existed, within many indigenous cultures, effective and powerful treatments for problems like drug addiction. Tabernathe iboga is one found in Central Africa, Ayahuasca another native to Brazil. But these have been unknown to us until recently, being used by peoples outside of our traditional sphere of influence. In truth, there exists no genuinely effective treatment for addiction in the West. Collaborating with these ancient peoples may finally provide one. "antiwichcraft cult": The Tabernathe iboga, a plant from the dense, equatorial forests of Central Africa, has been known to Pygmy nomads of the region since the dawn of time. They passed knowledge of it on to the Mitsogho, who created the Bwiti religion. The Mitsogho then passed this knowledge on to the Fang peoples from the semi-arid north. The Fang peoples, widely Christianised, spread the Bwiti religion extensively throughout the area, bringing together diverse ethnological groups in the process. When one understands the neurological effects of Ibogaine, and also that, traditionally, psychological disorders have been regarded in Africa as the result of demonic possession or bewitchment, it becomes increasingly clear how adoption of the Bwiti religion by indigenous peoples of the area had the effect of reducing the belief in witchcraft. And now we in the West have the opportunity to adapt this thousand year old knowledge to treat ailments affecting our own culture. Repairing the chain More than just a new detox system, more than something to bring about spiritual and psychological transformation, Eboga represents a way of healing the illnessess of the present by re-connecting the sufferer to the knowledge ever-present in our past. This is given to us by a people we have persecuted and demonised over the centuries - a gesture showing their immense devotion to the future of humanity. And in the hope that we will finally realise just how much we still have to learn. |
