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This Is It And Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience

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ISBN-10: 0394719042

ISBN-13: 9780394719047

Edition: N/A

Authors: Alan Watts, Alan W. Watts

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The six essays in this volume all deal with the relationship of mystical experience to ordinary life. The title essay on "cosmic consciousness" includes the author's account of his own ventures into this inward realm. "Instinct, Intelligence, and Anxiety" is a study of the paradoxes of self-consciousness; "Spiritually and Sensuality," a lively discussion of the false opposition of spirit and matter; and "The New Alchemy," a balanced account of states of consciousness akin to spiritual experience induced by the aid of lysergic acid. The collection also includes the text of Watts' celebrated pamphlet, "Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen."
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Book details

List price: $12.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/12/1973
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 4.17" wide x 6.81" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English

Alan Watts, a countercultural icon and author of more than twenty books, was also a spiritual philosopher, scholar of Buddhism, Anglican minister, and chaplain at Northwestern University. He died in 1973.

Preface
This Is It
Instinct, Intelligence, and Anxiety
Zen and the Problem of Control
Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen
Spirituality and Sensuality
The New Alchemy
Bibliography