Posthumous work
The Essence of Alan Watts
Illustrated compilation of short texts by Watts published by Celestial Arts shortly after his death under the care of his widow, Mary Jane Watts. It gathers passages on God, meditation, time, death and play.
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Authorship note
Posthumous compilation prepared by Mary Jane Watts.
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English
The Essence of Alan Watts
Celestial Arts, 1977
ISBN 9780890872109
Alan Watts
The Essence of Alan Watts
The Conscious Library
Other works by Alan Watts
- An Outline of Zen Buddhism · 1932
- The Spirit of Zen · 1936
- The Legacy of Asia and Western Man · 1937
- The Meaning of Happiness · 1940
- Theologia Mystica (translation of Pseudo-Dionysius) · 1944
- Behold the Spirit · 1947
- Easter: Its Story and Meaning · 1950
- The Supreme Identity · 1950
- The Wisdom of Insecurity · 1951
- Myth and Ritual in Christianity · 1953
- The Way of Zen · 1957
- Nature, Man and Woman · 1958
- Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen · 1959
- This Is It · 1960
- Psychotherapy East and West · 1961
- The Joyous Cosmology · 1962
- The Two Hands of God · 1963
- Beyond Theology · 1964
- The Book · 1966
- Nonsense · 1967
- Psychedelics and Religious Experience · 1968
- Does It Matter? · 1970
- Erotic Spirituality · 1971
- In My Own Way · 1972
- The Art of Contemplation · 1972
- Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown · 1973
- Tao: The Watercourse Way · 1975
- The Essential Alan Watts · 1976
- Uncarved Block, Unbleached Silk · 1978
- Om: Creative Meditations · 1979
- Play to Live · 1982
- The Way of Liberation in Zen Buddhism · 1955
- The Way of Liberation · 1983
- Out of the Trap · 1985
- Diamond Web · 1986
- The Early Writings of Alan Watts · 1987
- The Modern Mystic · 1990
- Talking Zen · 1994
- Become What You Are · 1995
- Buddhism: The Religion of No-Religion · 1995
- The Philosophies of Asia · 1995
- The Tao of Philosophy · 1995
- Myth and Religion · 1996
- Taoism: Way Beyond Seeking · 1997
- Zen and the Beat Way · 1997
- Seeds of Genius · 1997
- Culture of Counterculture · 1998
- Still the Mind · 2000
- What Is Zen? · 2000
- What Is Tao? · 2000
- Zen: The Supreme Experience · 2002
- Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life · 2006
- The Collected Letters of Alan Watts · 2017
- Just So · 2020
- Tao for Now · 2023
- Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life (television series) · 1959
- A Conversation with Myself · 1971
- Out of Your Mind · 2004
Sources
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