The Collected Letters of Alan Watts by Watts, Alan

The Collected Letters of Alan Watts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781608686087)

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The Collected Letters of Alan Watts by Watts, Alan

The Collected Letters of Alan Watts

$29.95
The Collected Letters of Alan Watts by Watts, Alan

The Collected Letters of Alan Watts

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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Philosopher, author, and lecturer Alan Watts (1915-1973) popularized Zen Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies for the counterculture of the 1960s. Today, new generations are finding his writings and lectures online, while faithful followers worldwide continue to be enlightened by his teachings. The Collected Letters of Alan Watts reveals the remarkable arc of Watts's colorful and controversial life, from his school days in England to his priesthood in the Anglican Church as chaplain of Northwestern University to his alternative lifestyle and experimentation with LSD in the heyday of the late sixties. His engaging letters cover a vast range of subject matter, with recipients ranging from High Church clergy to high priests of psychedelics, government officials, publishers, critics, family, and fans. They include C. G. Jung, Henry Miller, Gary Snyder, Aldous Huxley, Reinhold Niebuhr, Timothy Leary, Joseph Campbell, and James Hillman. Watts's letters were curated by two of his daughters, Joan Watts and Anne Watts, who have added rich, behind-the-scenes biographical commentary.

Edited by Joan Watts & Anne Watts



Author: Alan Watts
ISBN-10: 1608686086
ISBN-13: 9781608686087
Publisher: New World Library
Language: English
Published: 12/11/2018
Pages: 616
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.60d
By Alan Watts
By Alan Watts
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Alan Watts is best known as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular and of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. He earned the reputation of being one of the most original and unfettered philosophers of the twentieth century. He was the author of more than twenty books, including The Way of Zen, The Wisdom of Insecurity, The Meaning of Happiness, Psychotherapy East and West, The Book, This Is It, The Joyous Cosmology, In My Own Way, and Tao, the Watercourse Way (with Chungliang Al Huang). He died in 1973.

Editors Joan Watts and Anne Watts are Alan Watts's eldest children.

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