Born: November 16, 1946 Paonia, Colorado, USA
Died: April 3, 2000, San Rafael, California, USA
Ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, author.
He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects, including psychedelic drugs, plant-based entheogens, shamanism, metaphysics, alchemy, language, philosophy, culture, technology, environmentalism, and the theoretical origins of human consciousness.