Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 01:53:51 -0500 (EST)
From: HSL123@aol.com
To: Multiple recipients of list <ibogaine@ibogaine.org>
Subject: Another completed Ibogaine questionnaire

>IBOGAINE EXPERIENCE: QUESTIONNAIRE
>Thank you for agreeing to fill in this questionnaire. In Section I: please
>simply tick as many (or little) of the possible responses ( ) for each
>sub-heading that you feel accurately describe the effects of your vision
>(also feel free to send additional information!). The research is intended
to
>help clarify how ibogaine visionary experiences may contribute to the
healing
>process of recovery from addiction;  personal growth; and/or  for therapy:

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>Section I: Concerning ibogaine visions:
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>"Other-world" journey:
> ( )experience of journey (e.g. through tunnel; stair-case)
> ( )feeling of soul leaving body;
  (X )return to 'beginning of time'
> ( )arrival in 'other-world' (e.g. Heaven; outer-space; Utopian meadow)
> ( )encounters with deceased friends or relatives
> ( )encounter with 'supreme-being' (e.g. God; Jesus; Buddha; White-Light)
> (x)acquisition of important knowledge from "other-world"
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>Inner-world journey:
> ( X)life-review of significant past events;
  ( X)'re-live' past events
> recollection of: (  )birth; (X )primal; ( X)childhood scenes
> (X )feeling of "insight";
  (X )see past  situations from others point-of view
> ( )enactment of fantasies - or change outcome of past events in vision
> ( )sexual or aggressive fantasies;
  (X )"tribal" images or sounds
> (X )mythological images (e.g. monsters; giants etc.)
> (X )emotional involvement with vision contents
> were you a ( X)spectator; or ( )participant; (or both) in the vision?

>Transcendentalism:
> (X ) timelessness (e.g. past-present-future as one)
> (X )love-peace-acceptance;
  (X )unity with all living things
> (X )realisation of meaning of existence
> ( )feeling of eternal existence;
  (X )reduced fear of death
> (X)transcendental images (e.g. of universe; earth etc.)
> ( )future insight (e.g. premonitions)
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>Transformation
> (X )new found self-responsibility;
  (X )realisation of choice 
> (X )spiritual (not necessarily religious) transformation
> ( )heightened perception of the world (such as sounds, colours etc.) 
> (X )greater intensity in personal relationships
> (X )renewed commitment to life;
  (x )feeling of "re-birth";
> ( X)purification;
  ( X)inclination to help others
> ( X)desire to spread new knowledge (e.g. 'spiritual'; anti-drug message)

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>Section II:
>Please give brief answers to the following questions:
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>Cultural background:
>How would you describe your cultural background?
>- details you may wish to include are: country of origin; educational
>background; religious orientation and beliefs (past or present - if any);
>self-described ethnicity etc.

South America, white, medical doctor, i believe in God but have no special
religion.




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>Understanding your vision:
>How have you come to understand the personal meaning of your visionary
>experience?
>- was it immediately apparent during the vision; did you only arrive at a
>meaning while thinking about it retrospectively; did a meaning only emerge
in
>discussion of you vision with others (e.g. friends; other visionaries;
with
a
>therapist) etc. - please elaborate:
 
I was very impressed by the visions, i'm still understanding them, day by
day, after 3 years...




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>ANYONE WITH IBOGAINE EXPERIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COOPERATE IN THE STUDY
USING THESE QUESTIONNAIRES, PLEASE COPY TO JAMES ROGER AND THE LIST.  IF YOU
WOULD PREFER TO REMAIN MORE ANONYMOUS, EMAIL TO ME AND I WILL REMOVE
IDENTIFIERS BEFORE PROVIDING INFORMATION TO JAMES AND THE LIST. 

Howard
 (see below)
>
>Completed questionnaires:
>Please return ASAP:
>FAX:  00 (44) 926 842325
>
>Mail:  James Rodger
>  "Oak Trees"
>  Pinley Green
>  Claverdon
>  Warwick. CV35 8LU.
>  ENGLAND.
>
>E-mail:   zchamc3@ucl.ac.uk