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(PDF)(PDF) (PDF)Timothy Leary, Gary Snyder, Alan Watts, Allen Ginsberg- Life o f Alan Watts (PDF)by Monica FurlongAlanWatts (1915-1973)TheJoyous Cosmology:Adventures in the Chemistry of ConsciousnessForeword by Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert©1962 by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House.' To the Peopleof Druid Heights'ForewordThe Joyous Cosmologyis a brilliant arrangement of words describing experiences for which our languagehas no vocabulary. To understand this wonderful but difficult book it is usefulto make the artificial distinction between the external and the internal. Thisis, of course, exactly the distinction which Alan Watts wants us to transcend.But Mr. Watts is playing the verbal game in a Western language, and his readercan be excused for following along with conventional dichotomous models.External and internal.
Behavior and consciousness. Changing the external worldhas been the genius and the obsession of our civilization. In the last two centuriesthe Western monotheistic cultures have faced outward and moved objects aboutwith astonishing efficiency.
In more recent years, however, our culture hasbecome aware of a disturbing imbalance. We have become aware of the undiscovereduniverse within, of the uncharted regions of consciousness.This dialectic trend is not new.
The cycle has occurred in the lives of manycultures and individuals.
Alan Watts, who held both a master's degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity, is best known as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. Standing apart, however, from sectarian membership. Mar 31, 2017 - Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) was a. By Alan Watts 11 editions - first published in 1957. El Libro del Tabu.