Christian Rätsch

Christian Rätsch (20 April 1957 – 17 September 2022) was a German anthropologist and writer on topics like ethnopharmacology, psychoactive plants and animals.

He started learning about shamanism and sacred plants at 10 and had his first drug experience at 12.

[citation needed] Rätsch earned a doctorate in Native American cultures.

[1] He conducted field research for three years while living with the Lacandón Indians in Chiapas, Mexico investigating shamanism first-hand, and completed his doctorate on their incantations and spells.

Rätsch died at the age of 65 from an undiscovered stomach ulcer, which he had staunchly tamed over the years.