Alex Grey went to the Columbus College of Art and Design for two years. Later he attended the Boston Museum School for one year. During this period he had a series of induced mystical experiences that transformed his agnostic existentialism to a radical transcendentalism. Alex then spent five years at Harvard Medical School working in the Anatomy department. He also worked at Harvard's department of Mind/Body Medicine with Dr. Herbert Benson and Dr. Joan Borysenko conducting scientific experiments to investigate subtle healing energies.