Psilocybin Assisted facilitator Licensure Preparation Program

The Psilocybin Assisted Facilitator Licensure Preparation Program is designed for individuals who wish to gain a deeper understanding and knowledge of working with psilocybin from an ecological perspective. The program emphasizes a relational framework that focuses on preparation, experiencing the fungi, and integrating the experience into work with clients.

  • 20 Enrolled
  • Professional
  • Last updated Oct '23
  • English
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Course Description

The Psilocybin Assisted Facilitator Licensure Preparation Program is designed for individuals who wish to gain a deeper understanding and knowledge of working with psilocybin from an ecological perspective. The program emphasizes a relational framework that focuses on preparation, experiencing the fungi, and integrating the experience into work with clients.

The program is grounded in an intentional connection between humans, beings other-than-humans, and, specifically, the psilocybin fungi. The program shares the premises that human behaviour is always relational and is embedded first and foremost in the networks of life that sustains us on our planet, and that human behaviour occurs within family, social, and cultural contexts.

The program is designed for a 20-student cohort and provides mentorship and connections in a close-knit learning community. The classes are a hybrid of Zoom and in-person sessions, and the program's length is 10-12 months, with 160-172 hours of instruction. Each group will have 20 students, and there will be two retreats for administration and facilitation. Throughout the program, there will also be faculty mentoring.

The listed price is an estimate, we will update once we have more information (also about when a new cohort will start).

You will learn:

  • What is Bwiti?
  • Roles in Bwiti initiation/treatment
  • Instruments in Bwiti: ngombe, mogongo
  • What is an Nganga
    • Maboundi/Yombo
    • Maboundi/Yombo
  • Sustainability/reciprocity

You will learn:

  • History of the Fang tradition
  • Dissumba vs. Dissumba Fang
  • Ombwiri/Mbumbayano Fang
  • The kambo
  • State of Fang Bwiti in Gabon
  • Impact of Westerners coming to work with the sacred wood

You will learn:

  • History of the Missoko tradition
  • Various branches of Missoko initiation:
    • Miobe/Mioba
    • Ngonde Na Dipuma
    • Sengedia
  • The impact of logging on the tradition
  • What the future of Bwiti could look like in Gabon

You will learn:

  • History of Dissumba
  • Various branches of Dissumba initiation:
    • Abanji/Mabanji
    • Ilombo
    • Ombwiri
    • Ombudi
    • Loro
  • The ngombe (sacred harp)
  • Healing rituals involved in her tradition
  • Training to serve the wood
    • What does it involve?
    • How long does it take?

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Tatayo

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About Instructor

Tatayo (“Fruit of the Wind”) first arrived in Gabon in 1971 at the age of 21 and became a Gabonese citizen. In 1979, he became the first white person to be initiated into the Bwiti Fang tradition in Gabon. In 1994, he was initiated into the Misokko tradition. As a guide for numerous expeditions and missions, including those of National Geographic, the BBC, and others, Tatayo is considered to have “opened the door” to westerners in Gabon.

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Please see below for start and finish dates/times. This course is currently being offered live and dates/times will change throughout the year.

$10000

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This course includes

  • Modules 10
  • Duration 10 Months
  • Skills Professional
  • Language English
  • Availability Cohort
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