Alan Watts Organization
  • Home
  • Collections
    • Browse Audio
    • Browse Print
      • Books
      • Articles
      • Writings About Watts
  • Licensing
    • Creative Use
    • Commercial Use
  • About
    • Alan Watts
    • Organization
    • Our Team
  • Newsletter
  • Merch
  • Donate
Select Page

1.5.12. – Spiritual Alchemy

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

Now today, we are living in an age which is quite peculiar, because in the world of science,  there are no longer any secrets. Because the method of science requires that all scientists be in communication with each other. And therefore, that every scientist, as soon...

1.5.11. – The Smell of Burnt Almonds

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

Some time ago, I received a visit from a woman who as a result of listening to these talks, was wondering if I could help her to regain and experience what she had had while undergoing a surgical operation. As is generally known, anaesthetics sometimes induce,...

1.5.10. – Game of Yes and No – Pt. 2

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

So, yang and yin go together. But,  through not seeing that, our life is, as I said geared to the thought that we might be able to make the yang side win. And so, in every thought of human enterprise, we are trying to have white without black. And this connects with...

1.5.9. – Game of Yes and No – Pt. 1

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

Now it has been announced that I would speak this evening about the I Ching. I should just say then briefly, that the Book of Changes, is thought to be the oldest of the great Chinese classics , and to date from perhaps as early as thirteen hundred B.C. Although...

1.5.8. – Love of Waters

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

Do you mind if I talk for a while about something I love? About water and the ocean. Ever since I can remember anything at all. The light, the smell. The sound and motion of the sea has been pure magic. Even the mere intimation of its presence, gulls flying a little...

1.5.7. – Spectrum of Love

2019 | August | 07 | Comparative Philosophy, Essential Lectures, Searchable, The Works, Transcript

We know that from time to time there arise among human beings people who seem to exude love as naturally as the sun gives out heat. These people, usually of enormous creative power, are the envy of us all, and, by and large, man’s religions are attempts to cultivate...
« Older Entries

Recent Posts

  • 3.3.5 Buddhist Mysticism
  • 3.3.6 Constitution of Nature
  • 3.3.7 Daylight Savings Time and God
  • 3.3.8 Fundamentals of Buddhism
  • 3.3.9 On GK Chesterton

Recent Comments

  • Paul Tillich The Eternal Now – HighNoon on 1.3.1. – Images of God

Archives

  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • August 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019

Categories

  • Buddhism
  • Comparative Philosophy
  • Comparative Religion
  • Early Radio Talks
  • Eastern and Western Zen
  • Essential Lectures
  • Human Consciousness
  • Myth and Religion
  • Philosophies of Asia
  • Philosophy and Society
  • Psychedelics
  • Religion of No Religion
  • Searchable
  • Tao of Philosophy
  • Taoism
  • The Arts
  • The Future
  • The Self
  • The Universe
  • The Works
  • Transcript
  • Ways of Liberation
  • Zen and Meditation

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Alan Watts Organization - Privacy