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L’opium, cette substance autrefois utilisée à des fins rituelles contre la douleur et offrant l’accès à un univers artificiel, fut longtemps idéalisée par les artistes et les écrivains. baudelaire, malraux, cocteau, tous s’inspirèrent des nuages de la fée bleue pour créer. drogue sacrée ou bien pire des poisons, l’opium devint rapidement populaire en grandebretagne et source de commerce avec la chine impériale. ce titre présente de manière illustrée l’histoire et les rites quasi religieux de sa consommation.

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Language French ● Format PDF ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781783109197 ● Publisher Confidential Concepts ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 3245580 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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