Feelings of removal from, and connection to, everyday life, are central to much of the 'therapeutic landscapes' literature, and to understanding of what makes 'therapeutic landscapes' 'therapeutic'. This paper develops understanding of the relationship between the everyday and 'therapeutic landscape' experiences, by exploring the origins of feelings of removal and connection. Data collected...
In 1957, the word 'psychedelic' entered the English lexicon from a rather unexpected location: an asylum superintendent working on the Canadian prairies in one of the provincial mental hospitals in Saskatchewan. During the 1950s Saskatchewan-based researchers engaged in political and psychiatric reforms that brought international attention to their work in a relatively isolated geographic...