Association for Nature Culture and Future: Ebando

[Thyme4Mind]

Anyone familiar?

Apparently they charge 3,000 euros for some kind of Bwiti initiation. They seem to attract the attention of a lot of White folk.

http://www.ebando.org/en/EN.accueil.htm

[educatedindian]

This is not definitive about this particular group, but elsewhere one can easily find evidence the Bwiti don't think these ceremonies are for everyone.

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http://www.awakeninginthedream.com/moughenda.html
Interview with Patrick Moughenda, Bwiti healer
"What might be secret is the Bwiti stuff, the rites...First of all, Bwiti at first was pure and African. From day one it was African, and there's a group of people in Gabon who will not share anything, who kept Bwiti a secret. They wanted a secret religion. Most Gabonese from different tribes are going to have a heart attack to find out you're initiated Bwiti."

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Moughenda himself is denounced many other places online and deserves his own thread. But even he admits the great majority of believers don't want just anyone initiated.
A big part of the faith is healers who take iboga. Just like with ayahuasca and peyote, too many outsiders imagine it's a quick fix for anyone curious or desperate.