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Alan W. Watts
Author · 84 books
Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker, who held both a Master's in Theology and a Doctorate of Divinity. Famous for his research on comparative religion, he was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies for a Western audience. He wrote over 25 books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, the meaning of life, concepts and images of God and the non-material pursuit of happiness. In his books he relates his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religion and philosophy.

Books

The Temple of Konarak book cover

The Temple of Konarak

Erotic Spirituality

1971

Nature, Man and Woman book cover

Nature, Man and Woman

1958

From Time To Eternity book cover

From Time To Eternity

2016

EL ARTE DE SER DIOS book cover

EL ARTE DE SER DIOS

MAS ALLA DE LA TEOLOGIA

1977

The Essence of Alan Watts book cover

The Essence of Alan Watts

1977

The Spirit of Zen book cover

The Spirit of Zen

1936

The Two Hands of God book cover

The Two Hands of God

1963

Thusness book cover

Thusness

2015

Out of Your Mind book cover

Out of Your Mind

1998

Four Ways to the Center book cover

Four Ways to the Center

2015

Beyond Theology book cover

Beyond Theology

The Art of Godmanship

1960

Wandering Nowhere book cover

Wandering Nowhere

A Personal Journal for Everyday Inspiration

2023

Reality, Art and Illusion book cover

Reality, Art and Illusion

2015

Mind Over Mind book cover

Mind Over Mind

2016

Just So book cover

Just So

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

2017

Alan Watts - In the Academy book cover

Alan Watts - In the Academy

Essays and Lectures

2017

The Nature of Man book cover

The Nature of Man

1975

Vivir el presente book cover

Vivir el presente

1987

God book cover

God

1974

Out of the Trap book cover

Out of the Trap

1985

QUE ES LA REALIDAD book cover

QUE ES LA REALIDAD

1980

Death book cover

Death

1975

The Culture of Counter-Culture book cover

The Culture of Counter-Culture

Edited Transcripts

1998

Alan Watts Teaches Meditation book cover

Alan Watts Teaches Meditation

1992

What Is Tao? book cover

What Is Tao?

2000

Buddhism book cover

Buddhism

The Religion of No-Religion

1996

Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown book cover

Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown

A Mountain Journal

1973

Tao book cover

Tao

The Watercourse Way

1975

The meaning of happiness book cover

The meaning of happiness

1940

Psychedelics and Religious Experience book cover

Psychedelics and Religious Experience

1968

Zen book cover

Zen

The Supreme Experience: The Newly Discovered Scripts

2000

Taoism book cover

Taoism

Way Beyond Seeking

1998

Zen Clues book cover

Zen Clues

1996

Meditation book cover

Meditation

1975

Mahayana Buddhism

1980

Learning the Human Game book cover

Learning the Human Game

1998

This is It and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience book cover

This is It and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience

1960

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life book cover

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life

2006

Ego book cover

Ego

1975

Seeds of Genius book cover

Seeds of Genius

The Early Writings of Alan Watts

1998

The Essential Alan Watts book cover

The Essential Alan Watts

1977

The Book book cover

The Book

On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

1966

The Supreme Identity book cover

The Supreme Identity

1950

Time book cover

Time

1975

Play to Live book cover

Play to Live

1982

Summer of Love book cover

Summer of Love

The Spirituality and Consciousness of the 1960's

2025

Zen and the Art of the Controlled Accident book cover

Zen and the Art of the Controlled Accident

1994

The Joyous Cosmology book cover

The Joyous Cosmology

Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness

1962

The Tao of Philosophy book cover

The Tao of Philosophy

1995

There Is Never Anything but the Present book cover

There Is Never Anything but the Present

And Other Inspiring Words of Wisdom

2021

The Fish Who Found the Sea book cover

The Fish Who Found the Sea

1944

Talking Zen book cover

Talking Zen

1994

The Philosophies of Asia book cover

The Philosophies of Asia

1995

Psychotherapy East and West book cover

Psychotherapy East and West

1961

Zen and the Beat Way book cover

Zen and the Beat Way

1900

The Power of Space and Reincarnation book cover

The Power of Space and Reincarnation

2015

Does It Matter? book cover

Does It Matter?

1958

Just So book cover

Just So

Money, Materialism, and the Ineffable, Intelligent Universe

2020

Zen Bones book cover

Zen Bones

On the Spirit of Zen

1993

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

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

2005

The Wisdom of Insecurity book cover

The Wisdom of Insecurity

A Message for an Age of Anxiety

1951

Alan Watts Live book cover

Alan Watts Live

1991

The Art of Contemplation book cover

The Art of Contemplation

1972

The Collected Letters of Alan Watts book cover

The Collected Letters of Alan Watts

2017

Become What You Are book cover

Become What You Are

1955

Man, Nature, and the Nature of Man book cover

Man, Nature, and the Nature of Man

1991

The Tao of Philosophy, Vol. II book cover

The Tao of Philosophy, Vol. II

A Case of Mistaken Identity

1999

Nothingness book cover

Nothingness

1974

Om book cover

Om

Creative Meditations

1979

The Way of Liberation book cover

The Way of Liberation

Essays & Lectures on the Transformation of the Self

1955

The Way of Zen book cover

The Way of Zen

1957

Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen book cover

Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen

1967

Myth and Religion book cover

Myth and Religion

1996

Uncarved Block, Unbleached Silk book cover

Uncarved Block, Unbleached Silk

the Mystery of Life

1978

Leave It Be book cover

Leave It Be

Alan Watts on the Art of Meditation

2020

Still the Mind book cover

Still the Mind

An Introduction to Meditation

2000

The Cosmic Drama book cover

The Cosmic Drama

1975

What Is Zen? book cover

What Is Zen?

2000

Behold the Spirit book cover

Behold the Spirit

A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion

1971

The Nature of Consciousness book cover

The Nature of Consciousness

2016

Three book cover

Three

1977

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

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

2009

Myth and Ritual In Christianity book cover

Myth and Ritual In Christianity

1955

Zen Practice, Zen Art book cover

Zen Practice, Zen Art

Further Explorations from the Way of Zen

1989

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