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Alan Watts

Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience.

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Just So: An Odyssey Into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure

Just So: An Odyssey Into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure

Wandering Nowhere: A Personal Journal for Everyday Inspiration

Wandering Nowhere: A Personal Journal for Everyday Inspiration

2023

There Is Never Anything but the Present

There Is Never Anything but the Present

2021

There Is Never Anything but the Present: And Other Inspiring Words of Wisdom

There Is Never Anything but the Present: And Other Inspiring Words of Wisdom

2021

Leave It Be: Alan Watts on the Art of Meditation

Leave It Be: Alan Watts on the Art of Meditation

2020

Just So: Money, Materialism, and the Ineffable, Intelligent Universe

Just So: Money, Materialism, and the Ineffable, Intelligent Universe

2020

Le bouddhisme zen

Le bouddhisme zen

2019

Zen: A Short Introduction with Illustrations by the Author

Zen: A Short Introduction with Illustrations by the Author

2019

The Collected Letters of Alan Watts

The Collected Letters of Alan Watts

2018

with Anne Watts

The Meaning of Happiness

The Meaning of Happiness

2018

Psychotherapy East & West

Psychotherapy East & West

2017

This Is It

This Is It

2011

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life

2011

What Is Zen?

What Is Zen?

2010

You're It! On Hiding, Seeking, and Being Found

You're It! On Hiding, Seeking, and Being Found

2009

In My Own Way

In My Own Way

2007

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life: Collected Talks 1960-1969

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life: Collected Talks 1960-1969

2006

Do You Do It, or Does It Do You? How to let the universe meditate you

Do You Do It, or Does It Do You? How to let the universe meditate you

2005

Taoism

Taoism

2001

Eastern Wisdom: What Is Zen?/What Is Tao?/An Introduction to Meditation

Eastern Wisdom: What Is Zen?/What Is Tao?/An Introduction to Meditation

2000

Still the Mind

Still the Mind

2000

with Mark Watts

What is Tao?

What is Tao?

2000

Out of Your Mind

Out of Your Mind

1998

Buddhism: The Religion of No-Religion

Buddhism: The Religion of No-Religion

1996

The Philosophies of Asia: Edited Transcripts

The Philosophies of Asia: Edited Transcripts

1995

The Tao of Philosophy: The Edited Transcripts

The Tao of Philosophy: The Edited Transcripts

1995

Talking Zen: Reflections on Mind, Myth, and the Magic of Life

Talking Zen: Reflections on Mind, Myth, and the Magic of Life

1994

Alan Watts Teaches Meditation

Alan Watts Teaches Meditation

1992

Play to Live

Play to Live

1982

The Essential Alan Watts

The Essential Alan Watts

1977

Il Tao. La via dell'acqua che scorre

Il Tao. La via dell'acqua che scorre

1975

Tao

Tao

1975

Tao: the Watercourse Way

Tao: the Watercourse Way

1975

Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown

Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown

1973

Behold the Spirit

Behold the Spirit

1972

The Book

The Book

1966

The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

1966

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

1966

Polly Pocket And The Ice Kingdom Adventures

Polly Pocket And The Ice Kingdom Adventures

1966

The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness

The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness

1962

Psychotherapy East and West

Psychotherapy East and West

1961

This Is It, and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience

This Is It, and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience

1960

Nature, Man and Woman

Nature, Man and Woman

1958

Does It Matter? Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality

Does It Matter? Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality

1958

The Way of Zen

The Way of Zen

1957

Become What You Are

Become What You Are

1955

Wisdom Of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety

Wisdom Of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety

1951

The Wisdom of Insecurity

The Wisdom of Insecurity

1951

The meaning of happiness: The quest for freedom of the spirit in modern psychology & the wisdom of the east

The meaning of happiness: The quest for freedom of the spirit in modern psychology & the wisdom of the east

1940

The spirit of Zen

The spirit of Zen

1936

Zen and the Beat Way

Zen and the Beat Way

1900