RT Article
T1 Bwiti, iboga, trance and healing in Gabon
JF Mental health, religion & culture
VO 21
IS 8
SP 755
OP 762
A1 Nyongo Ndoua, Pierre Didier
A1 Vaghar, Kaveh
LA English
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1839004037
AB The Bwiti is one out of several religions in Africa and through it, it is believed, that the members can be connected to the world of the ancestors. There is also the ritual of healing in Bwiti. In this ritual, participants are invited to take iboga. They fall into a trance and after this phase, which in principle lasts three days; those who were sick recover the health in many cases. We try to find out in the article, if the change of the state of consciousness like trance can heal. In the end we discover that it is possible. In Bwiti, the change of the paradigm is the most important principle.
K1 Bwiti
K1 Consciousness
K1 Culture
K1 Health
K1 iboga
K1 Religion
K1 Trance
DO 10.1080/13674676.2018.1504012