That is where they taught the Fang how to eat iboga by the root. The Bwiti of the Fang, unlike that of the Mitsogho, accepts women as members, but all of them, regardless of sex, are admitted only after taking iboga. The iboga root is absorbed not only in the form of fine scrapings but also in a preparation made of cane juice or sugar, palm wine or milk. Such preparations, which reduce the bitterness and partly prevent the vomiting, make it possible to achieve the phase of normative visions more rapidly. During the rites of passage, the essential features of the Mitsogho rites are preserved and the ritual language is Mitsogho.
Great importance is given to the retreat and to the confession that precede the initiation.
The Fang Bwiti, received mediately at a late period by the Fangs, is an astonishing syncretism with a blend of Christianity and animism. If we compare, in broad terms, the Fang Bwiti and the original Bwiti, we find striking similarities between the contents of the vision. Only the setting and the figures or persons represented differ. The latter are entities derived from Christianity and may appear in unlimited numbers. However, it would be a mistake to think that the Fang Bwiti has departed completely from the original Bwiti and from the ancestral culture of the Fangs.