In the Field

Essays from the field.

Practitioners, researchers, and people with standing in the ibogaine world writing in their own voice. Independent. Grounded. Willing to say what the room won't.

This section publishes original and republished essays from people who work with ibogaine, study it, or have earned the right to have a view on it. The editorial standard is the same as the rest of this site: honest, evidence-grounded, and free of the advocacy-first framing that has done the field more harm than good.

If you have something worth saying, get in touch.

Essays
In the Field June 2, 2026

The Cost of Attention

How Ibogaine Became a Movement Before It Became a Science

There is a difference between building awareness and building understanding, and the recent trajectory of ibogaine is the story of what happens when the first outruns the second. A clear-eyed argument for what the field got right, what it got wrong, and what the distance between known and believed is now costing.