A Map for the Sincere Journeyer
Healing with Psychedelics & Shamanic Plant Medicines is a practical field guide through cannabis, MDMA, ketamine, psilocybin, ayahuasca, and iboga, written by a Bwiti-initiated guide with 15+ years walking people through the medicine, safely.
Written From the Field, Not the Sidelines
James Mbela is the founder of Summit Garden Wellness — an initiated Bwiti practitioner and firekeeper with more than fifteen years of experience, having personally guided over a thousand people through plant medicine. This book distills that fieldwork into a practical, non-dogmatic manual: what to do before, during, and after a journey, so you walk in prepared, not just curious.
What's Inside
Preparation & Screening
Medical and psychological screening protocols so you know if a journey is right for you right now.
Medicine Profiles
In-depth profiles of cannabis, MDMA, ketamine, psilocybin, ayahuasca, iboga, and more — what each medicine does and how it's traditionally used.
In-Journey Navigation
Grounding techniques for when it gets hard, and how to work safely with a facilitator or sit alone.
Integration & Microdosing
A real integration framework, plus microdosing and self-led journey protocols for the months after.
Why Preparation Decides the Outcome
Most bad experiences trace back to skipped preparation, not the medicine itself. This book gives you the screening checklist, dosage context, and safety protocol most guides leave out.
Meet Your Guide
15+ Years in the Field
Fifteen-plus years personally guiding people through plant medicine work.
Bwiti-Initiated Practitioner
Initiated Bwiti practitioner and firekeeper, trained in traditional protocol.
Nearly 1,000 Journeys Guided
Personally guided almost a thousand people through their medicine work.
Founder, Summit Garden Wellness
Built a practice around preparation, safety, and real integration — now sharing that framework in book form.
What Readers Are Saying
Your Journey Companion Guide
Every copy pairs with the Journey Companion — a 67-page preparation and integration workbook and journal. Screening checklists, dosage journaling pages, and guided integration prompts to use before, during, and after your work with the medicine.
Begin Your Journey Prepared
You don’t have to figure this out alone. Get the field guide that walks you through preparation, the medicines themselves, and real integration afterward — written by a guide who has personally walked this path with nearly a thousand people.
