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Christian Ratsch talks about shamanism, mythology, ayahuasca, philosophy and crackpot religions..

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Love it! especially the part where he laughs as soon as 2012 is brought up.

I have never heard of this man. which book would you say i should start with?

I like what he says about duality, and polarity. I often see a duality with the internet itself, do you think the internet could be without its duality? I think if the internet had its "bad side" taken out it would be only a half truth. how does something like the internet reach polarity?

... if i even make sense there
 
Thanks for this post. It really has had me thinking, expanding on what I've learned. Never heard of this guy. I even have one of his books that he helped write: Plants of the Gods. Didn't realize it till I saw the list of publications in the erowid biography.

Plants of the Gods is a pretty good book. An easy read.
 
Rätsch is definatly one of the biggest figures in the field. His limited popularity in the US is not really a strange thing considering the fact that english is not his mother tongue.
 
fractal enchantment said:
I love Ratsch so much..him and ott are 2 of my favorites for sure. Thought I share this talk with him that I really love... ..wait till 2012 comes up, and he laughs so hard! I love it.
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Excellent interview...enjoyed it very much. You do realize that after he laughed (at the idea that 2012 was the end of the world) he went on to say that every beginning is some other beginnings end, and that 2012 is as metaphor for a Turning Point?

I also liked this: "The genuine scientific approach to [psychedelics] is to know that you do not know. To accept that nothing is stable. To accept that nothing is right or wrong." "That any theory can be falsified."
 
thanks for this great interview! i always enjoy listening to Rätsch..
on the 2nd album of the mystery of the yeti, there is a sample of him talking about the Yeti. Does anybody knows if this interview is available on the net?
 
I also enjoyed this interview. wish the interviewer wouldn't say "right", "mhm-hmm", "yes", "I understand", "I see" so much and let him talk. lol
 
teotenakeltje said:
thanks for this great interview! i always enjoy listening to Rätsch..
on the 2nd album of the mystery of the yeti, there is a sample of him talking about the Yeti. Does anybody knows if this interview is available on the net?
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That was taken from this talk..it's a really good talk as well..
 
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