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.
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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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