Loose Leaf Notes

On our way to Boston to visit family we stopped at an upstate NY Airbnb in WallKill near Platterkill. I kid you not.

We stayed in Wallkill to break up the road trip from Virginia to Massachusetts and because we wanted to visit the Entheon, a psychedelic temple in Hudson Valley.

Entheon is home to the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors and houses three floors of the visionary art of Alex and Allison Grey.

The Sacred Mirrors series was created over a ten-year period between 1979 and 1988 and was originally inspired by LSD visions that the couple shared.

Alex, whose work frequently focuses on human anatomy, including the energy body, worked as a medical illustrator at one time and also taught anatomy and figure sculpture at New York University in the past.

The bulk of Allison’s work revolves around a secret writing, consisting of “an alphabet of 20 letters for an untranslatable, unproduceable language.

There were surprises around every corner. Even the bathrooms exhibited art of other visionary artists.

I spent a lot of time in this room, filled with Alex’s self-portraits that he chronicled from the age of 5.

They outlined a dark depression that was lifted when Alex and Allison met and they began their psychedelic journeys of spiritual connection and creativity together.

The couple also engaged in performance art and Alex is known for his collaborative posters for the band Tool.

“The name Entheon means a place to discover the God within, and it perfectly encapsulates the sanctuary’s mission to inspire visitors to explore the deeper dimensions of their being and the interconnectedness of all life.”