Second-order dipolar order in magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance J. Chem. Phys. 135, 154507 (2011) Single crystal nuclear magnetic resonance in spinning powders J. Chem. Phys. 135, 144201 (2011) Resistive detection of optically pumped nuclear polarization with spin phase transition peak at Landau level filling factor 2/3 Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 112106 (2011) High-resolution 13C nuclear magnetic resonance evidence of phase transition of Rb,Cs-intercalated singlewalled nanotubes J. Appl. Phys. 110, 054306 (2011) Introduction of the Floquet-Magnus expansion in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy J. Chem. Phys. 135, 044109 (2011) Additional information on J. Chem. Phys. This paper presents a description of nuclear magnetic resonance ͑NMR͒ of quadrupolar systems using the Holstein-Primakoff ͑HP͒ formalism and its analogy with a Bose-Einstein condensate ͑BEC͒ system. Two nuclear spin systems constituted of quadrupolar nuclei I =3/ 2 ͑ 23 Na͒ and I =7/ 2 ͑ 133 Cs͒ in lyotropic liquid crystals were used for experimental demonstrations. Specifically, we derived the conditions necessary for accomplishing the analogy, executed the proper experiments, and compared with quantum mechanical prediction for a Bose system. The NMR description in the HP representation could be applied in the future as a workbench for BEC-like systems, where the statistical properties may be obtained using the intermediate statistic, first established by Gentile. The description can be applied for any quadrupolar systems, including new developed solid-state NMR GaAS nanodevices.