EXHIBIT 24

                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY

   With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by ATAI
Life Sciences N.V. (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints the individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be
amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:


   1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Schedules 13D and 13G in
      accordance with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
      amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder, and Forms 3, 4,
      and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules
      thereunder;

   2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
      may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Schedule
      13D or 13G or Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
      amendments thereto, and timely file such schedule or form with the SEC and
      any stock exchange or similar authority; and

   3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
      foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
      benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
      undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
      attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
      Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
      as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
      discretion.

   The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.

   The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

   This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Schedule 13D and 130 and Forms 3, 4,
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 7th day of May, 2021.


                                        Signature:     /s/ Michael Auerbach
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                                        Print Name:    Michael Auerbach


                                  Schedule A

   Individual Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of Substitution and
Resubstitution

1.  Ryan Barrett
2.  Greg Weaver