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The Book

The Book

On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

by Alan Watts
Paperback
Publication Date: 28/08/1989

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A revelatory primer on what it means to be human, from "the perfect guide for a course correction in life" (Deepak Chopra)-and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence.

At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated beings, unconnected to the rest of the universe, has led us to view the "outside" world with hostility, and has fueled our misuse of technology and our violent and hostile subjugation of the natural world. To help us understand that the self is in fact the root and ground of the universe, Watts has crafted a revelatory primer on what it means to be human-and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence.

In The Book, Alan Watts provides us with a much-needed answer to the problem of personal identity, distilling and adapting the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.
ISBN:
9780679723004
9780679723004
Category:
Mind
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
28-08-1989
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House USA Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
176
Dimensions (mm):
203x131x11mm
Weight:
0.15kg
Alan Watts

Alan Watts was a philosopher, academic and theologian, who wrote and spoke widely on Asian philosophy and theology. He became a cult figure in the 50s and 60s, lecturing and presenting radio shows in San Francisco and the Bay Area. His ideas especially gained a following in counter-cultural circles, including among the Beat generation.

He is best known as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. He was the author of more than twenty books on the philosophy and psychology of religion including Behold the Spirit, The Way of Zen, and Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: A Mountain Journal. He died in 1973.

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