From Psychiatric Clinics to Magical Center: LSD in the Netherlands

Stephen Snelders

doi:10.7551/mitpress/14417.003.0023

From Psychiatric Clinics to Magical Center: LSD in the Netherlands

Stephen Snelders

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Abstract

Dutch psychedelic history had its own characteristics. In psychiatry, LSD therapy was used for the management of the traumas of World War II; in Dutch society, overlapping groups of activists and psychedelics users were involved in a playful transformation of society into a “Magical Center”; and in economics, the Netherlands became a key player in the illegal production and distribution of LSD worldwide.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Expanding Mindscapes
Subtitle of host publication	A Global History of Psychedelics
Editors	Erika Dyck, Chris Elcock
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	The MIT Press
Chapter	15
Pages	357-377
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	970-262-54693-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14417.003.0023
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

Psychedelics
LSD
The Netherlands
drugsgeschiedenis

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