This comes from letter from a friend in Gabon who had gone to seek out pygmies who use iboga for hunting. However this was not mentioned in this letter:
"I would say briefly that the whole concept of stillness through the use of a plant is best embodied through the use of Iboga. It is the most peaceful, beautiful, still, loving plant I have yet encountered. The experience was pure peace and love, and I was blown away by the tenderness and care with which these people use the plant, and the reverence with which they treat it.
I think it would be quite an experience for you two to be initiated into the Bwiti.
My initiation was essentially the equivalent of a Freemason's introduction to the elemental beings. It was quite the most beautiful and loving embrace by these beings that you could imagine and I think that the Bwiti have evolved an intricate and specific ritual that perfectly compliments the universe you access through Iboga.
Which is why I recommend you at some point you do the Bwiti initiation. It is perfectly structured, smoothly and proficiently conducted with an ease and simplicity that belies a profound experience, far more profound than the humour they conduct it with indicates.
The whole experience is built around you the individual, and is formulated with your happiness in mind. They are such mindful people, not a thing is left out. Once you have taken the Iboga, you understand the significance of each and every part of their ceremony, from the baby powder to the umbrellas. I can't tell you too much about the experience other than to say that to get to know Iboga, the Bwiti ritual is probably the best way. They really know the plant and conduct such a precise ritual that it activates exactly those principles of the plants' psychoactivity and cerebral action that you see the most incredible things and feel quite non-physical... words are no good at this point."
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