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Alan Watts, author portrait
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Alan Watts

The philosopher ALAN WATTS (1915‒1973) is best known for popularizing Zen Buddhism in the United States and Europe. During his lifetime he wrote more than twenty-five books, including the bestsellers The Way of Zen and The Wisdom of Insecurity. Born in England, Watts immigrated to the United States in his twenties. His colorful and controversial life, from his school days in England, to his priesthood in the Anglican Church as chaplain of Northwestern University, to his experimentation with psychedelic drugs, made him an icon of the 1960s counterculture movement. Millions of followers continue to be enlightened by his teachings through his books, which have been published in twenty-six countries, and his lectures, which are found worldwide on the internet.
Wandering Nowhere
There Is Never Anything but the Present
The Wisdom of Insecurity
The Way of Zen
Nature, Man and Woman
The Book
Tao
Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown
This Is It
Behold the Spirit

Books

Wandering Nowhere
There Is Never Anything but the Present
The Wisdom of Insecurity
The Way of Zen
Nature, Man and Woman
The Book
Tao
Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown
This Is It
Behold the Spirit