Anthropology of Consciousness
March 7, 2024
Sidsel Marie
4 citations
Psychedelic integration in Denmark involves a dual typology of narrative and experiential-somatic processes through which users weave understandings and modes of being from acute psychedelic experiences into their everyday existence, transforming their experiential orientation over time. Based on ethnographic fieldwork from November 2020 to June 2021, the article charts the lived experiences and practices of integration among Danish psychedelic users, arguing that integration is a processual self-transformation rather than a single event.
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
March 9, 2026
Genís Ona, Sidsel Marie
Ibogaine, a psychedelic alkaloid, has a history before its 1960s anti-addictive discovery that involves colonial appropriation, early pharmaceutical research, and commodification. During French colonial rule, ibogaine-containing plants from the Congo Basin were classified and appropriated. In 1900, ibogaine was isolated from Tabernanthe iboga, leading to early French scientific research on its effects. Throughout the 20th century, ibogaine was commercialized in several pharmaceutical products, including Dragées Nyrdahl, Grains des Anémiques, Syséros, Viris Lucet, Ibobiose, and Iperton. Evidence shows ibogaine was used in Mexico in 1913 for substance use disorder, challenging the dominant account of its anti-addictive discovery. Indigenous medicinal knowledge from the Congo Basin critically shaped subsequent scientific understanding.