Millbrook, New York psychedelic community
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The Millbrook, New York psychedelic community was a 1960s countercultural enclave centered around a mansion estate where Timothy Leary and others conducted psychedelic experiments, spiritual exploration, and communal living.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Millbrook, New York psychedelic community canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1640287 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Millbrook, New York psychedelic community Context triple: [Timothy Leary, associatedWith, Millbrook, New York psychedelic community]
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Woodstock, New York
Woodstock, New York is a small arts-oriented town in the Catskill Mountains best known for its vibrant creative community and association with the 1960s counterculture movement.
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Wassaic
Wassaic is a small hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, known for its rural setting, historic architecture, and the Wassaic Project arts organization.
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C.
Moriah, New York
Moriah, New York is a small town in Essex County in the Adirondack region, known for its historic iron mining industry and scenic Lake Champlain shoreline.
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Peekskill, New York
Peekskill, New York is a small historic city in Westchester County known for its scenic Hudson River waterfront, revitalized downtown arts scene, and role as a regional commuter hub to New York City.
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E.
Pound Ridge, New York
Pound Ridge, New York is a small, affluent town in northeastern Westchester County known for its wooded landscapes, large residential properties, and conservation areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Millbrook, New York psychedelic community Target entity description: The Millbrook, New York psychedelic community was a 1960s countercultural enclave centered around a mansion estate where Timothy Leary and others conducted psychedelic experiments, spiritual exploration, and communal living.
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A.
Woodstock, New York
Woodstock, New York is a small arts-oriented town in the Catskill Mountains best known for its vibrant creative community and association with the 1960s counterculture movement.
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B.
Wassaic
Wassaic is a small hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, known for its rural setting, historic architecture, and the Wassaic Project arts organization.
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C.
Moriah, New York
Moriah, New York is a small town in Essex County in the Adirondack region, known for its historic iron mining industry and scenic Lake Champlain shoreline.
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D.
Peekskill, New York
Peekskill, New York is a small historic city in Westchester County known for its scenic Hudson River waterfront, revitalized downtown arts scene, and role as a regional commuter hub to New York City.
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E.
Pound Ridge, New York
Pound Ridge, New York is a small, affluent town in northeastern Westchester County known for its wooded landscapes, large residential properties, and conservation areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
countercultural community
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intentional community ⓘ psychedelic commune ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Millbrook
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surface form:
Millbrook commune
Millbrook psychedelic community ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Harvard Psilocybin Project alumni
ⓘ
Ralph Metzner ⓘ Richard Alpert ⓘ League for Spiritual Discovery ⓘ
surface form:
The League for Spiritual Discovery
Timothy Leary ⓘ |
| centeredOn | Hitchcock Estate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalMovement | 1960s counterculture ⓘ |
| endTime | late 1960s ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Richard Alpert
ⓘ
Timothy Leary ⓘ |
| hasGenre | psychedelic spirituality ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early center of LSD research outside academia
ⓘ
iconic site of American psychedelic movement ⓘ |
| influenced |
New Age spirituality
ⓘ
later psychedelic communities ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Eastern spirituality
ⓘ
human potential movement ⓘ mysticism ⓘ |
| legalIssues | subject to police raids ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dutchess County
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutchess County, New York
Millbrook, New York ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
communal living
ⓘ
psychedelic experimentation ⓘ spiritual exploration ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
communal residence for researchers and visitors
ⓘ
large mansion estate setting ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Ralph Metzner
ⓘ
Richard Alpert ⓘ Timothy Leary ⓘ |
| propertyOwnedBy | Hitchcock family ⓘ |
| purpose |
exploration of consciousness
ⓘ
research into psychedelic therapy ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
psychedelic therapy
ⓘ
set and setting ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
High Priest
ⓘ
The Psychedelic Experience ⓘ |
| startTime | 1963 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| usedSubstance |
LSD
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psilocybin ⓘ |
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