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Can Spiritual Experience Heal Trauma? | Flynn Helper
Addiction is often described as a battle against substances.
But what if substances aren’t the real problem?
What if they’re the solution we’ve chosen for wounds we don’t yet understand?
In this episode of Thought Atlas, I’m joined by Flynn Helper, one of the few Westerners initiated into the Bwiti tradition of Gabon, where the sacred plant iboga has been used ceremonially for centuries as a tool for healing, initiation, and spiritual transformation.
Flynn’s journey began not as a teacher, but as someone struggling with addiction, depression, and the realization that sobriety alone wasn’t…
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