Iriana T
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Iriana T
@irisarchive
The main tool of the sorcerer was a metal staff that was probably held between the legs and rotated (they apparently served as symbolic distaffs, and were used to ‘wind back’ the performer’s travelling soul, attached to the body by a kind of spiritual thread). Several of the terms for these staffs are synonyms for the male organ; descriptions of th
... See moreIboga (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, syn
... See moreThe Witch is not easy to define or categorise. She’s an idea, a figure, a myth, an archetype, and a reality with her own transgressive epistemology. She thereby serves to shift perception and understanding, or at least invites such shifts, which many believe are essential today as ways to get out of our collective stuckness, and escape our ‘solipsi
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