Sublime

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, syn

the Slavic tradition, she’d be the dangerous old woman of the woods, Baba Yaga — and so on.

all appearances, it’s dedicated to Inari, the god of rice and harvests, but the truth is that it’s always been dedicated to a great samurai from the Amago clan, who was killed by the villagers centuries ago. The armour was his. It’s said to be a sort of relic.” As the reader knows, the samurai’s armour was now clothing the wax corpse at the Monkey’