 Bwekayé! Construction of the Universal Village MBOKA A NDZAMBE, headquarters of the NGO EBOTA A MAGHANGA. The opportunity exists for those who are culturally sensitive to visit the traditional village @mboka_a_nzambe and partake in a 2 week process of purification culminating in the spiritual rebirth ceremony MOSUSU A NDZAMBE Next visit is 4th to 18th May 2025. Full details ikararetreat.com/mosusu Your attendance supports the projects of the NGO EBOTA A MAGHANGA and enables them to preserve their traditions & culture in a world where the legalization of Ibogaine in the US threatens to destroy their way of life. The new breed of colonists are making their move to take what they want from Gabon - their most sacred plant IBOGA. If you wish to experience true IBOGA you must go to its origins. Through brotherly love, let us build a world of life and peace that will lead us to divine grace for the salvation of humanity>> Credo NGO EBOTA A MAGHANGA. Par l'amour fraternel, bâtissons un monde de vie et de paix qui nous conduira à la grâce divine pour le salut de l'humanité>> Credo ONG EBOTA A MAGHANGA. #iboga #ibogaine #mosusuandzambe #colonization #brotherhoodofman gabon #ibogagabon #indigenous #africanculture #africa #spiritualawakening  ....and an IBOGA ceremony is only going to be as hard as you are on yourself every day! This in itself is a process of removal of these behaviours. When you sit amidst your own realisations, without attachment, with pure attention to only what is happening in the moment, you are training yourself to do this in your day to day existence.
Uniquely, everyone is challenged by the IBOGA experience but the rewards you receive on the other end are immeasurably worth it. Save your energy and remain calm in all facets of your life. By worrying about the past or future, you are blocking your ability to be present in your everyday life, which is the only place to be. You must learn to maintain your own peace of mind no matter what or who challenges you. Wouldn't it be nice to wake up every morning, full of joy, happy to be alive and seeing that there is only choice for everything that you do on this day, including the choice to go to work. Do everything with love and there will be no obstacles. Join us in Costa Rica this year to start a new life of connection. 3rd to 7th Feb 2025 24th to 28th Feb 2025 17th - 21st Mar 2025 7th to 11th April 2025 28th Apr to 2nd May 2025 Photo: Sloth with Baby that we captured at Uvita Waterfall the day we arrived to start our new life in Costa Rica. #iboga #ibogaretreat #spirituality #wellness #selfhealing #knowledge #shadowwork #ibogaretreat #nganga #healing #sober #rumination #ocd #ptsd #selfworth #suicideprevention #naturalmedicines #entheogens #psychedelics #meditation 49s 
 Our spiritual family are proud to be representing true BWETE and working towards the preservation of their indigenous culture in a meeting with the new Government of Gabon in Libreville today. We hope the new government will support their indigenous and help them to preserve their traditional way of life and the work that the NGO EBOTA A MAGHANGA does for their local community, the first nations people - the Babongo Pygmies in Dibois and all of those who come to their village for treatment in their traditional medicine hospital LE DON DE VIE.
The NGO Ebota A Maghanga is setup by the people, by King Adumanagana, for the people. It is not an NGO that is run by people from the west hoping to profit from IBOGA. EBOTA A MAGHANGA works towards sustainability of indigenous knowledge for future generations and for a better world built on the brotherhood of man. Pictured, we see the NGO representatives, Vokonavoko, Dighembu & Bandzi on their way to the meeting. We wish them luck and we hope the government see's the value of their work. #iboga #gabon #africa #african #spirituality #ancestry #africanancestry #entheogens #plantmedicines #tradition #preservation #psychedelics #indigenousculture #bwete #bwiti #ancientculture #babongo #indigenous #originators #wisdomkeepers #universalknowledge #ancestors #africanculture #native #firstnation #god #tribes #ProudToBeAfrican  Young MIOBE NGANGA's from @mboka_a_nzambe wait for their spiritual father KING ADUMANGANA to take them into the forest so that may learn more about the plants that they will use later in life to treat patients.
For these children, it is their greatest moment, they do not want for an ipad, they want this. When the children play together in the village, none of them have toys, they simply play "ceremonies" and enact what they see the older NGANGA's doing in ceremonies. They already know all the dances, the songs, or they play the drums. They eat IBOGA everyday. They look after eachother, they have responsibility and they have the privilege of being what children are meant to be. They are able to retain their innocence and just be children. This is what King Adumangana is working so hard to preserve. Under his guidance, this village remains true to their traditional ways of life and with our help, and yours, is able to sit peacefully outside of modern society. #nganga #iboga #indigenous #plantmedicine #herbalism #naturopath #ceremonies #rituals #gabon #africa #wisdomkeepers  This photo shows the new mural painting at the entrance to the Village Mboka A Nzambe, painted by community members. The mural has many ancient symbolic images with deep significance and depicts the many faces of humanity showing that everyone is welcome at the Universal Village of God.
There is much to celebrate in Gabon and we share with you their views on the current political changes in Gabon. THE AFRICAN REVOLUTION by Mboka A Nzambe "Our mother continent Africa, which is the cradle of humanity and of all civilization, has for centuries been the victim of aggression and exploitation of all kinds by these opportunist and imperialist thieves. Today, the future of Africa depends on Africans aware of the future of this beautiful, rich and vast continent. This future passes through the fraternity, the unity and the solidarity of all its children as well as a return to the sources through our cultural diversity. Africa is the continent of the past, present and future. This is to say that, in truth, the future of the world depends on Africa and Africans." Bassè Famille!! ❤💕❤ #iboga #gabon #mbokaanzambe #freedom  Recently, we were classified based on the color of our skin, to be neo-colonialists that are exploiting African culture. It was a reminder that it may be time to recap on our ethos here at Ikara.
We advocate primarily the protection and preservation of indigenous knowledge and way of life. All cultures, worldwide. While our skin is white in colour we are the spiritual children of King Adumangana, who is the King of Primates, King of the Babongo people. King Adumangana is the holder of the universal knowledge of the Babongo Pygmies who were the people who spawned the spirituality known as BWETE and they are the protectors of the plant IBOGA. King Adumangana and his village, Mboka A Nzambe (The Universal Village of God) work tirelessly to maintain all traditions, rituals, ceremonies, and the way of life of the Babongo Pygmies. SA Majesty is an supremely intelligent and benevolent man who works tirelessly for his people and his culture and for TETA NZIAMBE KANA. He is well aware of the interest in IBOGA from the west and its increased usage and scrutiny from science. Mboka A Nzambe is one of the last traditional BWETE villages in Gabon. They live in traditional structures all made by hand using only that which is found in the surrounding forests and using ancient universal blueprints. All people live in the village full time and have come from many different regions of Africa (it is God's Universal Village). The primary dialect that everyone is expected to learn is Babongo. Everyone wears traditional dress, food is cooked on the fire, and the village is basically devoid of all modern technologies or colonial influence. Surprisingly though, Mboka A Nambe is one of the few villages that have an online presence. For years they have had people from the west contacting them about being initiated into their culture. None have been invited . If the village were into making money they could have made a fortune by now but their only motivation is truly for the preservation of their culture, their spirituality and way of life. Kuma had been in contact with the village for a while, and he was eventually invited by King Adumangana to come and join the village and he was initiated as a MIOBE NGANGA. He was also taken deep into the Babongo territories in DIBIOS to do his rite of passage MWELI before his initiation could be completed. His Majesty felt it of great importance that if he was to initiate Kuma as he was intending, he wanted him to come to the heart of the BWETE spirituality, to Dibois, the home of the Babongo Pygmies and go through MWELI as he himself had done long ago. Kuma is the first westerner to be taken there for this great privilege. It is important for people to understand that when someone is truly initiated, it is a lifetime of work for the person that has agreed to initiate him. King Adumangana is responsible for his son Kuma in every way shape and form. It is a great honor to be working under the guidance of King Adumanagana but it is also a huge responsibility and lifetime vocation which is often very hard. King Adumangana wanted an advocate in the west and he saw in Kuma someone who understood esoteric knowledge, the teachings and spirituality of BWETE. His Majesty wanted people in the west to experience TRUE BWETE, not just IBOGA in a retreat setting. The use of IBOGA is inseparable from its ritual practices. He wants people to see who the Babongo truly are. They are people that have been marginalized throughout time not only by their government, their people and also other indigenous tribes in Africa. BWETE is all about unity, and for this reason, I was initiated into OMBUDI so that we could truly do this work in the west as it is traditionally done. It is important in this tradition for there to be both male and female represented. As we know, the physical realm is the realm of polarities, or dualities, and it is important to have representation at either end of the swinging pendulum so that when it settles, in the centre, we have a connection to ALL THAT IS, GOD, TETA NZIAMBE KANA. It is very important for us to follow everything that we have been taught. We feel it is a great honour to be in this position together, Everyday we work towards the greater cause which is the brotherhood of man and freedom for humanity, one person at a time. We are not a retreat centre. The main aim of this arm of Mboka A Nzambe in the west is that we screen people who may wish to visit MBOKA A NZIAMBE, Gabon, Africa. This is King Adumangana's wish. He wants people to come and experience the traditional process of rebirth which is a two week process that results in a spiritual rebirth as part of an ancient ceremony known as MOSUSU A NZIAMBE. But it is important that the village is protected and they have had contact with people from the west before so they now have a process in place to bring the right people to the village. This is King Adumangana;s design. It is important to come to do a GHIENO A NZIAMBE IBOGA ceremony with us in Costa RIca so we can see who you are and how you react to IBOGA. Then, you can go to Gabon. Gabon is the heartland of spirituality. When you take IBOGA at Mboka a Nzambe, it is very different even to having it as part of GHIENO A NZAIMBE. You have to be strong. Don't misread what we are saying, at MBOKA A NZAMBE every one is welcome, it is the "Universal Village of God", no matter what race, creed, color, or divisive mechanism you can think of, all are welcome, but we need to keep the village safe. When you take IBOGA truths are revealed and for the western mind that lives a life of delusion and lies (and often in a very well intended way), this can result in a very difficult time for some people if they are not ready, His Majesty wants the people that are ready to experience MOSUSU, so that you may be reborn and return to who you are as a better version of self and adapt what you have learned for your own faith, your family, and your everyday life. Because it is the people that always make change. By changing your life you always change the world. When you remain focused on that which is you, there are no problems because in every moment there is only choice. Kuma and myself are spiritualists at heart, we always have been and we have worked a lifetime together to explore all aspects of our psychology and this led to understanding of our greater psyche. IBOGA spoke to us both individually and King Adumangana took us in and enrolled us through our initiations in the University of Knowledge. We graduated from the Universe of Sensing and enrolled into the Universe of Knowing, We are here so that others may commune with their soul through IBOGA. There is nothing that is not of your own making. You create everything you see before you, period. Some people look for magic in their lives but the magic already exists IN life and the only thing missing is your own realisation of that. So, we stand alone in the west, offering traditional BABONGO MIOBE OMBUDI IBOGA Ceremonies as taught to us by our Spiritual Father King Adumangana. All profits from our work here go directly to MBOKA A NZAMBE and the 7 BABONGO villages we support in Dibois. There is no colonial exploitation of a culture and their sacred plant here, we are simply "Flowers of Humanity'' working under the guidance of our Spiritual Father who has put us here in this role so that through IBOGA people may free themselves from a lifetime of Self Imposed Nonsense (SIN) and reconnect to consciousness to find true joy in their own creaturehood, their souls expression in flesh. #iboga #spirituality #consciousness #life #joy #bwete #babongo  As the modern plant medicine movement becomes a watered down version of the spirituality of ancient indigenous cultures, more and more people are seeking authenticity in their experiences. For those seeking IBOGA, for an experience within its original context, there is only one on offer. This is the traditional rebirth process of MOSUSU A NZIAMBE in the traditional BWETE BABONGO Village of MBOKA A NZAMBE in GABON.
MBOKA A NZAMBE translates as the UNIVERSAL VILLAGE OF GOD, everyone is welcome, no matter which race, color, creed or separation you may see. We can say that we all run the same color inside, red, to take it a step deeper, we all exist as one in consciousness, so separation is in fact an illusion. His Majesty King Adumangana invites people from the West to come and experience MOSUSU and then return to their own way of life, their own spirituality, their own way of being as a new version of them self that leads the way, for the people they meet, through example, through action in life. BWETE IS LIFE! You need to live it to understand the simplicity and far reaching undercurrents of this concept. Let us be clear, this is the first time this opportunity has been offered to people from the west, and His Majesty is the only person that maintains and is CONNECTED to the traditional processes involved in this ceremony. Myself and Kuma have both been through the MOSUSU rebirth. It is challenging on all levels, like an IBOGA retreat amplified 10 or more times - physically, emotionally and spiritually and this is coming from peoole who have been working on self for 30 or more years, before this modern faux new age movement. If you look at the video, I am struggling to walk as I am reborn with King Adumangana. Myself and the child, Mozuma, that I am carrying went through the MOSUSU process together. She is less than one year old and it is a great honor for the baby to pass through this ancient process. Anyone who wishes to join or live in the village must complete this process. It is tradition. We cannot tell you what exactly is involved or what you will do as that is the experience itself. The western mind wants to know everything before they come but this is an African experience, so you need to come and learn. It is a chance of lifetime for those who wish to connect to their own god in self. If you would like to visit MBOKA A NZAMBE In Gabon and go through the spiritual rebirth process known as MOSUSU A NZIAMBE please visit ikararetreat.com/mosusu to learn more or contact us +506 89837678. This will be an annual offering with onlhy 4 attendees per trip.  We have been asked by Mboka A Nzambe to bring people from the west to their village for an ancient purification process called MOSUSU, They are offering an opportunity for you to come to their village with a pure intent and sensitivity to preservation and culture. They are presenting the opportunity to be a part of their traditional ceremony MOSUSU so that you are aligned with Nziambe Kana and his creations. That you may go back to your identity in the west and make changes to the world, one person at a time through the example that you set in your own life.
Find out more here http://ikararetreat.com/mosusu  Today we celebrate our great Universal family in union. Manga returns home from the Temple of the Waters as the Moon to Kumas Sun. Her initiation into OMBUDI signifies her enrollment into the great celestial university of Nziambe Kana. Together we balance the physical and spiritual worlds through the guidance of our spiritual Mother and father, King Adumangana. Our individual initiations unified mimic all that is in Nziambes kingdom.
Brotherhood of man, united eternal. Now our work continues! #iboga #spirituality #brotherhood #unity #God  Life is an illusion, a very real one that we creating. How can we find a way to look at ourselves, the processes of our mind without judgement and the layers of conditioning that life brings? We create layers of camouflage that we can no longer see and from this comes dis ease (emotional and physical) & we see no way out because our mind has become rigid.
"And yet that is what most of us want—to find a secure place in our ways of thinking. We want to pursue a set pattern and be undisturbed in our thoughts, in our actions. But it is only the mind that is capable of patiently observing its own conditioning and being free from its conditioning—it is only such a mind that is able to have a revolution, a radical transformation, and thereby to discover that which is infinitely beyond the mind, beyond all our desires, our vanities and pursuits. Without self-knowledge, without knowing oneself as one is—not as one would like to be, which is merely an illusion, an idealistic escape—without knowing the ways of one’s thinking, all one’s motives, one’s thoughts, one’s innumerable responses, it is not possible to understand and go beyond this whole process of thinking." (from "As One Is: To Free the Mind from All Condition: To Free the Mind from All Conditioning" by Jiddu Krishnamurti) When we see past the illusion we have created, what do we find? Truth, a direct soul connection, true creativity, an ability to change and to heal - this is the process of Iboga The Bwiti in Gabon know of these processes, that is why they are the protectors of Iboga. Creation is universal knowledge attainable for all of those that are ready for change, to do the work. These processes do not need to be understood intellectually, they need to be experienced to become real, with Iboga this can be done.  Iboga is a state of being. It is everything and through the connection that Iboga provides, you will naturally heal yourself through freedom of thought. Iboga should not be defined, for in doing so, we will limit the efficacy of the plant. Let us start at the point of influence to come to Iboga. Why does someone come to Iboga? There is always a reason and behind that reason, if you investigate far enough there will be pain, guilt, fear, doubt, or sorrow. We are conditioned. You have a problem and are experiencing a problem. This is fragmentary and in conflict with your environment. Do not define the problem and fragment more. You are reacting to your thought, that is not relating to what things truly are. Emotions are intricately linked to our memories, we create a web. But back at the core, without the conditioning, there was just a feeling, an experience which was then defined and constrained and we say "it is this emotion we call XXXX". If we want to understand Iboga delivered within the Bwete tradition as best we can, we must understand that nothing we look at is what we think, that is a condition. What Iboga truly is an infinite connection to every other component, the artform cannot be studied or practiced, systemized. It is not a medicine, it is a connection to God, Universality, The Whole, All That Is, The One, Consciousness, or Soul. It just IS. remove conditioning, go through the mind. With Iboga you become what you are in actuality. Be spontaneous, leave your fears behind and come to Costa Rica.to experience Iboga as it is intended. Our Nganga Kuma Bwenze has been trained in one of the original branches of Bwete called Miobe. He is the only western man trained in Miobe The Miobe Nganga uses the plants in forest to assist the patients in healing states of dis ease caused from unbalanced thinking. Iboga is one of many plants that we use in our retreats. - 7th to 11th Nov 2022 - 14th to 18th Nov 2022 - 12th to 16th Dec 2022 - 19th to 23rd Dec 2022 ikararetreat.com/iboga Whatsapp-Signal +506 8983 7678 #iboga #ibogaretreatcentre #ibogaretreat #connection #soulconnection #plantmedicine #psychedelics #entheogens #microdosing #spiritualretreat #healingretreat #healing #traumainformed #anxiety #ptsd #spirituality #consciousness #the #Iboga #IbogaCeremony #Awakening #PsychedelicCeremony #Meditation #knowledge #god #ibogaine #psychedelictherapy  Bwete is the reflection of God. It is not a system, it is whole and a spirituality in true vernacular. Spirituality being the only omnipresent representation one can experience.
Bwete is therefore life in all of its manifestations. It is our knowing of our action, our realisation and truth beyond thought which is fragmentary and exists in religiosity. Bwete is not bwiti. Selling Iboga is not Bwete. Living a material life in sin is not being a Nganga. Nothing in the west today is anywhere near worthy of appropriating Bwete. You cannot study Bwete, you live Bwete. It is not Iboga, it is not ceremony. To realise your wholeness which is your only correction, you need people living Bwete. My life as a Miobe Nganga is to do Gods will in all facets of my life without contradiction. Only from here am I worthy to study and learn, under masters, the true tradition from the only unadulterated Bwete derived of the first nations Babongo. First I eat, sleep, work and therefore spiritualise my entire being to be as clean as possible in servitude, to ensure to those who are sick that there is a way out. Miobe Nganga hold the complete knowledge of the forest and the psychological prowess required to diagnose the sick. Come to wholeness. Come to being. Come to your natural state by the only way possible, by the hands of those that represent exemplary cleanliness of mind and body to ensure the exchange of healing spiritual force. ikararetreat.com Photo of His Majesty King Adumangana and Jamie at @mboka a nzambe The universal Village of God. Photo taken by Mhyss Karen Dighembou #healing #iboga #miobe #nganga #forestmedicine #wholeness #spirituality #bwete #manifesting #reality #positiveaffirmations #diagnosis #God #medicine #pyschedelics #fragmentation #mind #selfhealilng #costarica #spiritualretreat #ibogaretreat #mindfullness #lifecoach  Iboga is a spiritual tool. It is life itself. People in the west seek Iboga to heal. When you are ready and if you are spiritually clean, you can use Iboga to explore the nature of your being
"Learn to Experience what you are" for there is no thing more rewarding than knowing thyself. "Now: I want to emphasize again that while all this sounds difficult in the telling, it becomes much more clear intuitively when you learn to experience what you are, for if you cannot travel inside your physical body to find your identity, you can travel through your psychological self. There are far more wonders to perceive through this inward exploration than you can possibly believe until you begin such a journey for yourself. You are a soul; you are a particular manifestation of a soul, and it is sheer nonsense to think that you must remain ignorant of the nature of your own being. You may not be able to put your knowledge clearly into words, but this will in no way negate the value or the validity of the experience that will be yours once you begin to look inward. Now you may call this a spiritual or psychological or psychic exploration, as you prefer. You will not be trying to find your soul. In that respect there is nothing to find. It is not lost, and you are not lost. The words you use may make no difference, but your intent does indeed." - Session 529 Chapter 6 - The Soul and the Nature of its Perception, Seth Speaks "The Eternal Validity of the Soul" This book and my experiences with Iboga are inextricably linked. If you seek true understanding of the self and your own physical existence read it and the "Nature of Personal Reality" @sethcenter https://sethcenter.com Then come to Iboga, use this divinely inspired tool, and explore your psychological layers, connect to your inner self, and remove the blockages that are currently invisible, to find the reality that we are all part of the same whole, all that is, Teta Nzambe. This is the celestial knowledge that belongs to us all! Miobe Mingongo! Such beauty. #iboga #ibogaretreat #life #god #spiritualretreat #seth #sethmaterial #sethquote #sethspeaks #manifestation #spirituality #philosophy #growth #positivity Bwekayé ! The vision ceremony. At Mboka A Nzambe, King Adumangana cleanses Jamie with fire so that he can enter into communion with Nzambe Kana, the Creator God, master of time and circumstances.   Today Jamie landed in Gabon. He was invited to visit the Universal Village of God "Mboka A Nzambe". He will meet his friends and spiritual teachers, to learn tradition and philosophy. This is not about Iboga, It is about connection to self and a true spirituality that emerges only when universal understandings and philosophies are applied without conditioning.
Photos Used courtesy of @mboka_a_nzambe and Ebota A Maghanga Tellement bon de vous rencontrer mes amis! Mon cœur est plein de joie pour vous tous ce soir Néfertiti mord-il ? #iboga #conditioning #spirituality #knowledge #growth #love #friendship #gabon #babongo #ancestors #mind #freethinking #duality #brotherhood #l#life  By Teta Nzambe Kanas will we find ourselves closer to God through his majesty King Adumanganas teaching.
Thank you to his grace and Gods Village for welcoming me into the family of healers. For this i am eternally grateful. Our devotion to the service of brotherhood of man through true Bwete is our dedication to the delivery of true Bwete teaching to the west. The recognition of the first peoples of Gabon, the Babongo, is integral and this will be fulfilled. To my new sisters, Mbiambie! Ikara returns to the marginalised first peoples and we earn our lessons through our devotion to God. True Bwete through strong lineage that bridges the western world to the first peoples of Iboga. Grace to god! #bwiti #bwete #iboga #god #babongo #sisters  Thank you SITESEE for recommending Ikara Retreat Centre as number 2 in the 9 best Iboga Retreat Centers for 2022
https://www.shopsitesee.com/blog/best-iboga-retreats To find out more about how we deliver Iboga please visit our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1IokWj54SxlorOvKVISoQ We also include a few recent comments from our customers online at https://www.ikararetreat.com/testimonials.html #iboga #ibogaretreat #plantmedicines  GOOD NEWS!! Starting 1st April 2022! it will be even easier to enter Costa Rica, please read below.
We will be back home hosting retreats in Costa Rica in July 2022 - 4th to 8th July 2022 - 11th to 15th July 2022 There are many countries that offer direct flights to Costa Rica including but not limited to Canada, United States, Germany, Switzerland, France, UK, France, Spain, the Netherlands and of course many South American Countries. Costa Rica has always welcome vaccinated and non-vaccinated travelers. Starting 1st April 2022, the temporary immigration measures for entering Costa Rica – put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic – are repealed. This eliminates the requirement to complete the epidemiological form known as the Health Pass and the requirement of medical insurance for unvaccinated foreigners. Costa Rica does not require a COVID test for entry either! One of our favourite aspects of Costa Rica, is the abundance of wildlife. This is a spider monkey we saw in Cabo Matapalo. What a face! #spidermonkey #cabomatapalo #iboga #bwiti #ibogaretreatcentre #plantmedicines #reteatscostarica #costaricaretreat |