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{{Short description|American visual artist and author}}
{{Infobox artist
| name             = Alex Grey
| image            = Alex Grey 2013.jpg
| image_size       = 220
| caption          = Grey in 2013
| birth_date       =  {{Birth date and age|1953|11|29}}
| birth_place      = [[Columbus, Ohio]], United States
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| nationality      = 
| alma_mater       = [[School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts]]
| notable_works    = [[The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors]]
| known_for        = Painting, illustration
| website          = {{URL|https://www.alexgrey.com}}
| spouse           = Allyson Grey
| movement         = [[Visionary art]], [[Psychedelic art]]
| style            = 
}}
'''Alex Grey''' (born November 29, 1953) is an American visual artist, author, teacher, and [[Vajrayana]] practitioner known for creating spiritual and [[Psychedelic art|psychedelic]] artwork such as his 21-painting ''Sacred Mirrors'' series.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Johnson|first=Ken|date=2008-12-20|title=Turning On, Tuning In and Painting the Results (Published 2008)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/arts/design/20sacr.html|access-date=2021-01-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He works in multiple forms including [[performance art]], [[process art]], [[installation art]], [[sculpture]], [[visionary art]], and [[painting]].  He is also on the board of advisors for the [[Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics]], and is the Chair of Wisdom University's Sacred Art Department. He and his wife Allyson Grey are the co-founders of [[The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors]] (CoSM), a non-profit organization in [[Wappingers Falls, New York]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Zeiba|first=Drew|date=2018-06-13|title=In upstate New York, an ecstasy-inspired psychedelic temple rises|url=https://www.archpaper.com/2018/06/psychedelic-art-temple-entheon/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621030049/https://archpaper.com/2018/06/psychedelic-art-temple-entheon/ |archive-date=2018-06-21 |access-date=2021-01-17|website=The Architect’s Newspaper|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Grey was born '''Alexander Velzy''' on November 29, 1953, in [[Columbus, Ohio]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Lyttle|first=Thomas|date=November 29, 2002|title=Interview With Alex Grey|url=https://hightimes.com/culture/alex-grey/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130162247/https://hightimes.com/culture/alex-grey/ |archive-date=2019-11-30 |access-date=2021-01-17|website=High Times|language=en-US}}</ref> His father was a graphic designer and artist.<ref name=":0" /> Grey was the middle child.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Ernest|first=Nuala|date=August 4, 2013|title=Alex Grey: Net of Being|url=https://issuu.com/raw-vision/docs/issuu_complete/6|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Issuu|publisher=Raw Vission|language=en}}</ref> He attended the [[Columbus College of Art and Design]] for two years before dropping out.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Rogers|first=Clay Allen|date=2019-04-10|title=Alex Grey: Art influenced by psychedelics|url=https://theaggie.org/2019/04/10/alex-grey-art-influenced-by-psychedelics/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411021424/https://theaggie.org/2019/04/10/alex-grey-art-influenced-by-psychedelics/ |archive-date=2019-04-11 |access-date=2021-01-17|website=The Aggie|language=en-US}}</ref>  Grey went on to study art at the [[School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts]] in Boston in 1975.<ref name="MillerSFChron">{{cite web |url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/03/24/findrelig.DTL |title= LSD Helped Forge Alex Grey's Spiritual, Artistic and Love Lives |author= David Ian Miller |work= [[San Francisco Chronicle]] "Finding My Religion" series |date= March 24, 2008 }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Grosso|first=Chris|date=2019-02-12|title=Visionary Art, Psychedelics, Tool: The Mystical Life of Alex and Allyson Grey|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/visionary-art-psychedelics-tool-mystical-life-alex-and-allyson-grey|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215122630/https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/visionary-art-psychedelics-tool-mystical-life-alex-and-allyson-grey |archive-date=2019-02-15 |access-date=2021-01-17|website=Revolver|language=en}}</ref> At the end of art school, Grey met his wife Allyson at a party where they both ingested [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]] and later bonded over the experience.<ref name="MillerSFChron" /> He reported that the LSD was initially given to him by his professor.<ref name="MillerSFChron" />

==Career==

[[Image:Alex Grey - COSM 5.jpg|thumb|A viewer in front of Grey's art in 2007]]
Grey learned anatomy by working to prepare cadavers for dissection at Harvard Medical School's anatomy department, a position he held for five years.<ref name=":1" /> He worked as a [[Medical illustration|medical illustrator]] for approximately ten years in order to support his studio art practice.<ref name=":0" /> Grey also taught anatomy and figure sculpture at [[New York University]]<ref name=":1" /> for a period of ten years.<ref name=":5" />

Grey is best known for his psychedelic paintings and illustrations.<ref name=":2" /> In 1986 Grey's artwork was exhibited at [[New Museum|the New Museum]] in New York City.<ref name=":2" />

Alex and Allyson Grey have worked collaboratively and have openly supported the use of [[entheogen]]s.<ref name=":2" /> 

''Mending the Heart Net,'' an interactive installation artwork by Alex and Allyson Grey, was displayed at Baltimore's [[American Visionary Art Museum]] in 1998–99 as part of the exhibition "Love: Error and Eros".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Remesch|first=Karin|date=May 17, 1998|title=American Visionary Art Museum|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-05-17-1998137180-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021083144/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-05-17-1998137180-story.html |archive-date=2020-10-21 |access-date=2021-01-18|website=Baltimore Sun|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1999, the [[Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego]] held a mid-career retrospective of Grey's work titled "Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|last3=|first3=|last4=|last5=|last6=|last7=|last8=|first8=|last9=|date=1999-05-08|title=The Artist as Visionary|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-08-ca-35018-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122195707/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-08-ca-35018-story.html |archive-date=2021-01-22 |access-date=2021-01-18|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> That same year, Grey was noticed by guitarist [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]] of the progressive metal band [[Tool (band)|Tool]], who later featured his artwork on their albums ''[[Lateralus]]'' and ''[[10,000 Days (Tool album)|10,000 Days]].''<ref name=":1" />

Illustrations created by Grey have been selected to appear on albums for musical groups such as the [[Beastie Boys]] and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]],<ref name=":0" /> as well as [[Meshuggah]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=May 8, 2015|title=10 old school album cover artists, you should know about|url=https://noizr.com/articles/10-old-school-album-cover-artists-you-should-know-about/:355/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809145725/https://www.noizr.com/articles/10-old-school-album-cover-artists-you-should-know-about/:355/ |archive-date=2020-08-09 |access-date=2021-01-19|website=Noizr|language=en}}</ref> and [[The String Cheese Incident]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=2004-03-18|title=A Night To Honor Bands That Jam (Published 2004)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/18/arts/a-night-to-honor-bands-that-jam.html|access-date=2021-01-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine, and the [[Discovery Channel]], have featured his artwork. His images have been printed onto sheets of [[blotter acid]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sexton|first=Jason S.|date=Winter 2015|title=Jesus on LSD: When California blotter acid got religion|url=https://online.ucpress.edu/boom/article/5/4/78/106727/Jesus-on-LSDWhen-California-blotter-acid-got|journal=Boom|volume= 5|issue= 4|pages=78–84|doi=10.1525/boom.2015.5.4.78|via=University of California Press|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and have been used on flyers to promote [[Rave]] events.<ref name=":5" />

Grey's artwork has been exhibited worldwide, including at [[Feature Inc.]], [[Tibet House US]], [[Stux Gallery]], [[MoMA PS1|P.S. 1]], the Outsider Art Fair, the [[Grand Palais]] in Paris, and the [[Sao Paulo Biennial]] in Brazil.<ref name=":5" />

Grey has been a keynote speaker at conferences in Tokyo, Amsterdam, Basel, Barcelona and Manaus.<ref name=":5" />  In the 2012 book ''Psychedelia'', author [[Patrick Lundborg]] credits Grey as "the leading psychedelic artist of today, and also one of the foremost proponents of Visionary Art as a style."<ref>Lundborg, Patrick, ''Psychedelia, An Ancient Culture, A Modern Way of Life'', 2012, ''Lysergia'', pg 421</ref>

Since 2020, Alex Grey and Allyson Grey have created a podcast that features a variety of topics. Episodes include musings about religion, science, visionary art, nature, meditations, and full moon ceremonies.  Mr. and Mrs. Grey have interviewed artists, philosophers, YouTubers, musicians, and PhD candidates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Podcast |url=https://www.cosm.org/podcast |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=CoSM, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors}}</ref> 

=== The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors ===
[[Image:Alex Grey - COSM 4.jpg|thumb|Inside the [[The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors|Chapel of Sacred Mirrors]]]]
{{Main|The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors}}
Grey founded the Foundation for Sacred Mirrors (CoSM), a 501(c)3 as a place to permanently display the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. Additionally, he created the Church of Sacred Mirrors (CoSM).

CoSM allows visitors a place of respite and worship while admiring Grey’s artwork and writings. Other invited artists can display their works at the CoSM. According to CoSM’s website, “The mission of CoSM is to build an enduring sanctuary of visionary art to inspire a global community.”

Located in Wappinger, New York, visitors can stroll the 40 acres while enjoying art by Alex Grey, Allyson Grey, and Amy Senn, to name a few. Alex Grey, Allyson Grey, and various other artists created murals that can be found in the cafeteria at CoSM.  The property contains a 10 bedroom Victorian guest home that is decorated with art in the visionary style of Grey. A large amount of Grey’s work is displayed in Entheon, a converted carriage house on the property.  The Greys are currently raising funds for the completion of Entheon. Visitors will enter through bronze doors (see below) that display “Creating a Better World” by Alex Grey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Entheon |url=https://www.cosm.org/entheon |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=CoSM, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors}}</ref>

While in Entheon, visitors can also admire Grey’s works ''Kissing'', ''Copulating'', ''Pregnancy'', ''Birth'', ''Gaia'', ''Net of Being'' (featured by the band Tool), and ''Nursing''.” Viewers will also be able to enter the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors.

Grey's project The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (CoSM) first opened to the public in Chelsea, New York in 2004 and drew visionary and psychedelic art fans to the site for four years until its closure in December 2008.<ref name=":2" /> The CoSM featured 20 life-size paintings of standing human figures Grey created in the early 1980s.<ref name=":2" />

The Greys reopened CoSM in [[Wappingers Falls, New York]], a community within [[Hudson Valley]].

=== Painting ===
[[Image:Alex Grey Painting 1.jpg|thumb|upright|Alex Grey painting in 2007]]
Grey's paintings are a blend of [[sacred art]], [[visionary art]], [[postmodern art]] and [[psychedelic art]]. He is best known for his paintings of glowing anatomical human bodies, images that "x-ray" the multiple layers of reality.<ref name=":4" /> His art is a complex integration of body, mind, and spirit. The ''Sacred Mirrors'', a life-sized series of 21 paintings, took 10 years to complete, and examines in detail the physical and metaphysical anatomy of the individual. "The inner body is meticulously rendered - not just anatomically precise but crystalline in its clarity".<ref name="Kuspit2000">{{cite book|last1=Kuspit|first1=Donald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x3WibfHqGZUC&q=alex+grey's+mysticism&pg=PA251|title=Alex Grey's Mysticism|last2=Castiglione|first2=Joe|work=Redeeming Art: Critical Reveries|publisher=Allworth Press|year=2000|isbn=9781581150551|editor-last=Van Proyen|editor-first=Mark|location=|pages=}}</ref> Many of his paintings include detailed representations of the [[skeleton]], [[nervous system]], [[cardiovascular system]], and [[lymphatic system]]. Grey applies this multidimensional perspective to paint the universal human experience. His figures are shown in positions such as praying, meditating, kissing, copulating, pregnancy, birth, and death.

Grey's work incorporates many religious symbols, including [[Aura (paranormal)|aura]]s, [[chakras]], and [[icon]]s with [[Geometry|geometric]] [[shape]]s and [[tessellation]]s in [[nature|natural]], [[Industrialisation|industrial]], and [[multicultural]] situations. Grey's paintings are permeated with an intense and subtle light.

"It is the light that is sublime in Grey’s oeuvre - which is the most important innovation in religious light since the Baroque - and that makes the mundane beings in them seem sublime, in every realistic detail of their exquisite being".<ref name="Kuspit2000" />

His highly detailed paintings are spiritual and scientific in equal measure, revealing his psychedelic, spiritual and super-natural view of the human species.<ref>''[http://www.rawvision.com/books/outsider-art-sourcebook Outsider Art Sourcebook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921184354/http://www.rawvision.com/books/outsider-art-sourcebook |date=2018-09-21 }}'', ed. John Maizels, Raw Vision, Watford, 2009, p.82</ref>

In 2002, Holland Cotter, ''New York Times'' art critic wrote, "Alex Grey's art, with its New Age symbolism and medical-illustration finesse, might be described as psychedelic realism, a kind of clinical approach to cosmic consciousness. In it, the human figure is rendered transparently with X-ray or CAT-scan eyes, the way Aldous Huxley saw a leaf when he was on mescaline. Every bone, organ and vein is detailed in refulgent color; objects and space are knitted together in dense, decorative linear webs."<ref>Cotter, Holland, ''The New York Times'', Alex Grey Tibet House review, October 4, 2002</ref>

===Writing===
In 1990 Grey published a large format art book, ''Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey''. The book included essays on the significance of Grey's work by [[Ken Wilber]], and by New York art critic, [[Carlo McCormick]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Grey|first=Alex|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PmQPjYELYoEC|title=Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey|date=1990-09-01|publisher=Inner Traditions/Bear|isbn=978-0-89281-314-8|language=en}}</ref>

Grey's ''The Mission of Art'', a [[Philosophy of Art|philosophy of art]],<ref name=":3" /> originally published in 1998 with a foreword by Ken Wilber was reissued in 2017.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Grey|first=Alex|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJfGDgAAQBAJ|title=The Mission of Art|date=2017-05-23|publisher=Shambhala Publications|isbn=978-0-8348-4086-7|language=en}}</ref> The book traces the evolution of human consciousness through art history, explores the role of an artist's intention and conscience, and reflects on the creative process as a spiritual path. He promotes the [[Mysticism|mystical]] potential of art and argues that the process of artistic creation has an important role to play in the enlightenment of both the artist and the broader culture.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=November 30, 1998|title=Reviews: The Mission of Art|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-57062-396-7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122025721/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-57062-396-7 |archive-date=2021-01-22 |access-date=2021-01-18|website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>

In ''Transfigurations,'' published in 2001, Grey addresses his portrayals of light bodies, performance works, his collaborative relationship with Allyson Grey, and their quest to build a Chapel of Sacred Mirrors.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Grey|first=Alex|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CheJHAAACAAJ|title=Transfigurations|date=2004-11-09|publisher=Inner Traditions/Bear|isbn=978-1-59477-017-3|language=en}}</ref>

[[Sounds True]] has released ''The Visionary Artist'', a CD of Grey's reflections on art as a spiritual practice.

Grey co-edited the book, ''Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics'' (Chronicle Books, 2002, reprinted by Synergetic Press, 2015).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rico|first=Diana|date=2016-01-04|title=A Book of Art and Essays Explores Psychedelics as a Spiritual Technology|url=https://hyperallergic.com/260398/a-book-of-art-and-essays-explores-psychedelics-as-a-spiritual-technology/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US}}</ref>

Alex Grey has published a 10 volume journal that features his own artistic works and the works of other visionary thinkers and philosophers.

===Film===
As an advocate for [[sacred art]], Grey was the subject of the 2004 documentary ''ARTmind: the healing potential of sacred art.''

Grey and the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors gallery in New York City were featured in the 2006 documentary ''CoSM The Movie'', directed by Nick Krasnic.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Grey|first=Alex|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cndetAEACAAJ|title=CoSM, the Movie: Chapel of Sacred Mirrors|date=2006|publisher=Docurama|isbn=978-0-7670-9192-3|language=en}}</ref>

Grey appeared in the 2006 film ''Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within'', a documentary about rediscovering an [[Disenchantment|enchanted]] cosmos in the modern world.<ref>{{cite video |people=Mann, Rod (Director) |title=Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within |url=http://www.entheogen.tv/ |year=2006 |type=DVD video |publisher=Critical Mass Productions |access-date=19 November 2012 |oclc=181630835 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111070217/http://www.entheogen.tv/ |archive-date=11 November 2012 }}</ref>

He also appeared in the film ''[[DMT: The Spirit Molecule]], ''in which he talked about the importance of the substance DMT in the past and present world, as well as describing some of his personal experiences with the substance and how it influenced his painting.{{third party inline|date=October 2018}}

Grey appeared in the 2016 documentary film ''[[Going Furthur]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alexgrey.com/blog/go-furthur-at-cosm|title=Go Furthur at CoSM &#124; Blog &#124; Alex Grey|website=www.alexgrey.com|access-date=2021-04-20|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417233749/https://www.alexgrey.com/blog/go-furthur-at-cosm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In 2008, the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' reported that Grey lived in [[New York City]] with his wife, painter Allyson Grey. They have one daughter, Zena Grey.<ref name="MillerSFChron" /> Grey is a member of the [[Integral Institute]], formed by his friend Ken Wilber.

==In the media==
[[Image:Alex Grey Explaining.jpg|upright|thumb|Grey in 2007 with one of his artworks]]

The ''Viking Youth Power Hour'' interviewed Alex and Allyson Grey about the role of [[sacred art]], the holy shenanigans of [[Burning Man]], and the development of his process.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefeedlot.org/vikingyouth/show_show.php?show=68&x=9&y=16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024517/http://www.thefeedlot.org/vikingyouth/show_show.php?show=68&x=9&y=16 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |title=The Vikings Chat with Alex & Allyson Grey |website=Viking Youth Power Hour}}</ref>

In ''[[Variable Star]]'', a 2006 science fiction novel written by [[Spider Robinson]] based on a story outline by [[Robert A. Heinlein]], Robinson devotes several pages to his protagonist's discovery of Grey's ''Sacred Mirrors'' and ''Progress of the Soul'' series, and to using them to enhance meditation.<ref name="robinson">{{cite book
  | last1 = Heinlein
  | first1 = Robert
  | author-link = Robert A. Heinlein
  |first2=Spider
  |last2=Robinson
  |author2-link=Spider Robinson
  | title = Variable Star
  | url = https://archive.org/details/variablestar00robe
  | url-access = limited
  | edition = 1st 
  |date=September 2006
  | publisher = Tom Doherty Associates
  | location = New York
  | isbn = 0-7653-1312-X
  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/variablestar00robe/page/170 170]–173
}}</ref>{{third-party inline|date=February 2024}}

In 2013 Grey appeared on the podcast of [[Joe Rogan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/01iOijP7du6HIoat8RcnL9|title= #359 - Alex Grey|website=www.spotify.com}}</ref>

==Publications==
* 1990: ''Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey,'' [[Inner Traditions - Bear & Company]], {{ISBN|0-89281-314-8}}
* 1998: ''The Mission of Art'', [[Shambhala Publications|Shambhala Publications Inc.]], {{ISBN|978-1570623967}}
* 2001: ''Transfigurations,'' Inner Traditions - Bear & Company, {{ISBN|0-89281-851-4}}
* 2007: ''CoSM, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors'' (Alex Grey & Allyson Grey), CoSM Press, {{ISBN|978-160402-121-9}}
* 2008: ''Art Psalms,'' North Atlantic Books, {{ISBN|978-1-55643-756-4}}
* 2012: ''Net of Being'' (Alex Grey & Allyson Grey), Inner Traditions - Bear & Company, {{ISBN|978-1594773846}}
*2015: ''Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics'', (Ed. Allan Badiner, Alex Grey), Synergetic Press, {{ISBN|9780907791621}}

==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite magazine |first=Benjamin M. |last=Adams |date=December 10, 2023 |title=Profound Parallels: The psychedelic art of Allyson Grey explores timeless themes |magazine=[[High Times]] |url=https://hightimes.com/culture/profound-parallels/ |access-date=2024-01-03}}
* {{cite news |first=Noah |last=Eckstein |date=May 23, 2023 |title=A Sanctuary for Psychedelic Art Opens in the Hudson Valley |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/arts/design/entheon-chapel-sacred-mirrors.html |access-date=2024-01-03}}
* {{cite magazine |first=Karen |last=Ellis |date=Spring 1999 |title=Alex Grey's Body of Light |magazine=Raw Vision |issue=26 |url=http://www.rawvision.com/articles/alex-greys-body-light |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120044229/http://www.rawvision.com/articles/alex-greys-body-light |archive-date=2012-11-20 |url-status=dead}}
* {{cite book |first=James |last=Oroc |year=2018 |title=The New Psychedelic Revolution: The Genesis of the Visionary Age |publisher=Inner Traditions/Bear |isbn=978-1620556627}}
* {{cite magazine |first=Cassady |last=Rosenbaum |date=June 30, 2023 |title=Pilgrims Are Flocking to This Psychedelic Temple |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/alex-grey-allyson-grey-tool-psychedelic-temple-1234780332/ |access-date=2024-01-03}}
* {{cite magazine |first=Nadja |last=Sayej |date=December 15, 2012 |title=Chapel of Sacred Mirrors: Cosmic Creativity, Entheogens, and Psilocybin with Allyson and Alex Grey |magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/chapel-of-sacred-mirrors-cosmic-creativity-entheogens-and-psilocybin-with-allyson-and-alex-grey/ |access-date=2024-01-03}}

== External links ==
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