Roman Paškulin, dr.med.

Dr. Paškulin graduated from the Medical Faculty of University of Ljubljana in 2002 and passed his professional examination in 2004. He is currently concluding a Ph.D. thesis in the field of biotechnology titled “Pharmacodynamics of Enteogen Drugs – Influence on Gene Expression”, under the tutorship of prof.dr.Borut Štukelj.

He has been involved in the topic of addiction as a volunteer/advisor for four years at the Center for Mental Health and the foundation “Odsev se sliši”. During that time period he has undertook additional training in harm reduction in the field of drug addiction.

Between 2001 and 2004 he edited and hosted a monthly radio show »Cerumen Ulixis« at Radio Študent. The show, that dealt with the topic of addiction in its widest context, had 37 editions with local and international guest speakers and one round table.

For his four years of engagement as a volunteer and the editor of the radio show he was priced with the title “The Selected Volunteer of the Year 2002” (orig. “Naj prostovoljec leta 2002”).

In 1997 and 1998, under the commission of Ministry of Health, the Open Society Institute and the Ljubljana Community Office for Drug Addiction Prevention, he twice visited Gabon where he conducted on-site research of the traditional usage of the plant Tabernanthe iboga.

In 2004, in co-operation with the Faculty of Pharmacy, Biotechnical Faculty and the Medical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, he initiated a project of scientific evaluation of ibogain as the cure for addiction. The project is currently ongoing. The findings up to the present have been published in two articles in international scientific publications and presented at numerous conferences.

In 2005, he founded the OMI Institute, Institute for Anthropological Medicine, that runs research and experimental development projects in the field of medicine, with extended activities in the fields of professional work and education.


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SPIRITUAL HEALING with IBOGA

The African enteogene iboga (bark of the root of the bush Tabernanthe iboga) and, to the Western community better known alkaloid of the same plant, ibogain, are believed to be a sort of a panacea with healing effects on the physical, psychological, social and spiritual level. In traditional medicine it is indicated in case of addiction diseases, as a detoxifier in case of addictive conditions, as a substance in cultural initiation rites and as a compass when searching for one’s “own way”… Do all these effects have a common denominator and how could they be described in scientific terms in case of spiritual healing?

The interconnectedness of micro- and macrocosmos is represented by the influence of iboga or ibogaine on the intracellular biochemistry, through it on the energy condition of the organism and its biofield, as well as by the placement of the individual in its social environment and the spiritual world.

Apart from objective scientific results, the lecture will also outline the differences and similarities between the personal and the collective experience of the individuals who have passed the initiation rite or the ritual of transcendence.