Iboga, Kambo, and other Sacred Earth Medicines which facilitate consciousness-expanding experiences have long been a part of indigenous medicine around the world. Despite these origins, many Black and Indigenous People of Color are today disconnected from their ancestors’ practices. The Ancestor Project (TAP), led by Charlotte James and Undrea ‘Dre’ Wright, serves to bring BIPOC back to these ancestral practices while reducing harm, expanding consciousness, and inciting collective liberation for all people. The Baltimore-based collective provides virtual and in-person support, guidance, and education to modern journeyers and healers.
TAP holds free BIPOC integration circles facilitated by James, Wright, and other members of the community to support communal liberation after sitting with the medicine. It is important to note that although these medicines are powerful and can reveal joyous pathways, the learning is challenging, often paired with some discomfort. Wright said, “In our practice, you want to develop a healthy intention but what happens in ceremony is something that we will find out once we’re in ceremony and the expectation is that we’re going to move through this with gentleness and respect. But many times the medicine gives you what you need, not necessarily what you want.”
BIPOC looking for community to support their integration can sign up for the Integration Circle here. Clinicians, facilitators, and space holders who want to build an intersectional, interconnected movement together are encouraged to sign up for the second cohort of TAP’s 10-week Psychedelic Liberation Training program. The last cohort was fruitful, and both James and Wright hope to build an in-person gathering into the second cohort as gathering together becomes safer. Lastly, allies who would like to support collective liberation are encouraged to donate to the Mutual Ceremony Fund to ensure that cost is never a barrier to healing.
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