For Assata, spirituality was not an escape but a survival mechanism, a wellspring of strength, and a practice of remembrance. In Cuba, she deepened her understanding by studying African and Afro-Cuban religions, where ancestors and ordinary objects—rocks, leaves, shells—become sacred (Ifa-Orisa is an Earth based practice). She described this... See more

Iboga (Tabernanthe iboga) is an unassuming perennial shrub native to equatorial West Africa. While it has only become known in the West in the past few decades, it has an ancient history in West Africa, particularly in Gabon, Cameroon, Angola, and the Republic of Congo. Traditional use of iboga is perhaps most associated with Bwiti, an animist,

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Without directly imitating or in any other way co-opting the principles and practices of the NAC, its ways may be able to serve as role models for the renaissance of effective ceremonial practices that will play an essential role in the birthing of the “Future Human” and the regeneration of sane and sustainable societies. The container created is

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