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| Author | Charles Baudelaire |
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| Language | French |
| Subject | Recreational drug use |
| Publisher | Auguste Poulet-Malassis |
Publication date | 1860 |
| Publication place | France |
Les Paradis Artificiels (English:Artificial Paradises) is a book byFrench poetCharles Baudelaire, first published in 1860, about the state of being under the influence ofopium andhashish. Baudelaire describes the effects of the drugs and discusses the way in which they could theoretically aid mankind in reaching an "ideal" world. The text was influenced byThomas De Quincey'sConfessions of an English Opium-Eater andSuspiria de Profundis.[1]
Baudelaire analyzes the motivation of the addict, and the individualpsychedelic experience of the user. His descriptions have foreshadowed other such work that emerged later in the 1960s regardingLSD.[2]
