The Alan Watts Quest

"Alan Watts was perhaps the single greatest influence on my own intellectual development that I can think of."

Alan Watts was perhaps the single greatest influence on my own intellectual development that I can think of.  He also taught me how to write—I literally copied out, by hand, entire books of his, watching to see how he put words together.  He was a pioneer of East-West integration of stunning originality.  He was also a speaker of unmatched fluency and compelling delivery.  If you don’t know who he is, I suggest you start here, with Mindvalley’s Alan Watts: The Quest to Answer Life’s Big Questions.  And if you’ve never actually read or heard Alan Watts, I assure you that you are in for the one of the most delightful, inspiring, and insightful experiences of your life, and something you absolutely do not want to miss.”          

Ken Wilber

The Religion of Tomorrow

United States

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