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Maciej Lorenc

Polish sociologist

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Source revisionMay 28, 2026
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Maciej Zbigniew Lorenc (born 1985) is a sociologist, opinion journalist and translator specializing in psychedelic drugs.

Biography

In 2009 he graduated in sociology from the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialization at the University of Warsaw.

He was a co-founder of the Polskie Towarzystwo Psychodeliczne (Polish Psychedelic Society). He published in Tygodnik Powszechny, Krytyka Polityczna, Znak and the Polish editions of National Geographic and Focus.

He translated into Polish works by authors such as Albert Hofmann, Stanislav Grof, Michael Pollan, James Fadiman, Alan Watts, Rick Strassman and David Nutt.

Books

Czy psychodeliki uratują świat?. Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej. 2019.

Grzybobranie. Kulturowa historia psylocybiny.

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