psychedelic movement

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countercultural movement cultural phenomenon social movement

The psychedelic movement was a 1960s countercultural phenomenon centered on the exploration of altered states of consciousness through psychedelic drugs, music, art, and spiritual experimentation.

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Label	Occurrences
United States psychedelic era	1
psychedelic movement canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8027727 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: psychedelic movement
Context triple: ["Turn on, tune in, drop out", associatedWith, psychedelic movement]

A. hippie movement
The hippie movement was a 1960s countercultural phenomenon characterized by rejection of mainstream values, advocacy of peace and love, communal living, psychedelic experimentation, and a distinctive bohemian style.
B. Psychedelic art
Psychedelic art is a visually intense, often abstract art style associated with the 1960s counterculture, characterized by vivid colors, swirling patterns, and imagery meant to evoke or reflect altered states of consciousness.
C. Psychédélices
Psychédélices is the second studio album by French pop singer Alizée, showcasing a more mature, electro-pop sound that marked her artistic evolution after her early success.
D. The Psychedelic Experience
The Psychedelic Experience is a 1964 guidebook to using psychedelic drugs for spiritual and psychological exploration, inspired by and structured around the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
E. LSD
LSD is a powerful psychedelic drug known for its profound hallucinogenic effects and its central role in 1960s counterculture and the hippie movement.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: psychedelic movement
Target entity description: The psychedelic movement was a 1960s countercultural phenomenon centered on the exploration of altered states of consciousness through psychedelic drugs, music, art, and spiritual experimentation.

A. hippie movement
The hippie movement was a 1960s countercultural phenomenon characterized by rejection of mainstream values, advocacy of peace and love, communal living, psychedelic experimentation, and a distinctive bohemian style.
B. Psychedelic art
Psychedelic art is a visually intense, often abstract art style associated with the 1960s counterculture, characterized by vivid colors, swirling patterns, and imagery meant to evoke or reflect altered states of consciousness.
C. Psychédélices
Psychédélices is the second studio album by French pop singer Alizée, showcasing a more mature, electro-pop sound that marked her artistic evolution after her early success.
D. The Psychedelic Experience
The Psychedelic Experience is a 1964 guidebook to using psychedelic drugs for spiritual and psychological exploration, inspired by and structured around the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
E. LSD
LSD is a powerful psychedelic drug known for its profound hallucinogenic effects and its central role in 1960s counterculture and the hippie movement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (103)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	countercultural movement ⓘ cultural phenomenon ⓘ social movement ⓘ
associatedDrug	DMT ⓘ LSD ⓘ cannabis ⓘ mescaline ⓘ peyote ⓘ psilocybin mushrooms ⓘ
emergedInContextOf	1960s counterculture ⓘ postwar youth culture ⓘ
hasCoreElement	alternative lifestyles ⓘ communal living ⓘ psychedelic art ⓘ psychedelic music ⓘ spiritual experimentation ⓘ
hasCorePractice	exploration of altered states of consciousness ⓘ use of psychedelic drugs ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	altered cognition ⓘ altered perception ⓘ altered sensory processing ⓘ alternative reality exploration ⓘ alternative spirituality ⓘ anti-establishment values ⓘ anti-war sentiment ⓘ collective consciousness ⓘ communal consciousness ⓘ communal experimentation ⓘ cosmic consciousness ⓘ cosmic unity ⓘ creative experimentation ⓘ ego dissolution ⓘ environmental awareness ⓘ expanded consciousness ⓘ expanded creativity ⓘ expanded creativity in arts ⓘ expanded empathy ⓘ expanded identity ⓘ expanded imagination ⓘ expanded intuition ⓘ expanded literary creativity ⓘ expanded musical creativity ⓘ expanded musical perception ⓘ expanded perception of reality ⓘ expanded perception of self ⓘ expanded perception of time ⓘ expanded philosophical inquiry ⓘ expanded psychological inquiry ⓘ expanded sensory awareness ⓘ expanded spiritual inquiry ⓘ expanded visual creativity ⓘ expanded worldview ⓘ experiential spirituality ⓘ experimentation with consciousness ⓘ heightened awareness ⓘ holistic worldview ⓘ inner exploration ⓘ inner exploration of psyche ⓘ inner freedom ⓘ inner guidance ⓘ inner healing ⓘ inner journey ⓘ inner landscapes ⓘ inner peace ⓘ inner symbolism ⓘ inner transformation ⓘ inner vision ⓘ love and compassion ⓘ mind expansion ⓘ mind-body connection ⓘ mythic imagination ⓘ non-dual awareness ⓘ non-ordinary states of consciousness ⓘ nonconformity ⓘ peace and love ideology ⓘ personal liberation ⓘ personal myth-making ⓘ psychedelic aesthetics ⓘ psychological exploration ⓘ questioning of authority ⓘ rejection of materialism ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ sensory enhancement ⓘ set and setting ⓘ sexual liberation ⓘ spiritual awakening ⓘ symbolic perception ⓘ synesthesia ⓘ synesthetic experience ⓘ transcendence ⓘ transformative experience ⓘ utopian ideals ⓘ visionary art ⓘ visionary experience ⓘ visionary states ⓘ visual hallucinations ⓘ
hasMainPeriod	1960s ⓘ
influencedBy	Beat Generation ⓘ Eastern spirituality ⓘ existentialism ⓘ indigenous shamanic traditions ⓘ mysticism ⓘ surrealism ⓘ linked to: Surrealism