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Journey to the land of hallucinogens

2020-02-24T12:06:11.662Z


In her book Phantastica, freelance journalist Stéphanie Chayet is interested in the medical use of psychotropic drugs in a personal way.


It is a committed book, of which we do not share all the theses. But the astonishing Phantastica, an investigation in the land of hallucinogens, launches the debate on a subject that we cannot eternally ignore ...

"In the summer of 2017, I took hallucinogenic mushrooms for the first time in my life." Stéphanie Chayet thus begins an abundant work on these substances which, before coming up against a planetary prohibition, made dream of crowds of psychiatrists after the war, then tripping the protesting youth of the years 1960-1970. Now, says the author, the country of psychedelics is also populated by "business leaders, lawyers, NGO leaders, university professors" and the golden youth of Silicon Valley. A whole world eager to reconnect with nature and its emotions.

Read also: Why are some mushrooms hallucinogenic?

Stéphanie Chayet, therefore, tasted the forbidden pleasures. Not for the sake of filling his Saturday evenings with the "sensory feast" offered by these substances which modify perceptions, mood and

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