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Talking Zen : reflections on mind, myth, and the magic of life / Alan Watts ; edited by Mark Watts.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Shambhala, 2022Description: x, 198 pages ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781645470960
  • 1645470962
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction / by Mark Watts -- Picture Without a Frame -- The Psychology of Acceptance: The Reconciliation of the Opposites in Eastern Thought and in Analytical Psychology -- Mythological Motifs in Modern Science -- Time and Convention: Five Broadcasts -- Biting an Iron Bull -- Taoist Ways -- Swimming Headless -- Zen Tales -- Zen Bones -- Notes.
Summary: "Alan Watts's essays and talks range widely through psychology, art, religion, and politics, but always come home to the Zen core. For those familiar with Alan Watts's style of presentation, the wonderful, memorable, and prophetic style of his voice is captured in this volume. Talking Zen puts on display Watts's ability to explore the very subtle philosophies, those common across traditions and those unique to Zen, in ordinary and accessible language. These lectures paved the way for the rise of Zen in the West"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 294.3927 W348 Available 33111010858583
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Insightful and entertaining essays spanning 40 years of lectures by Alan Watts on Zen, Taoism, psychedelics, and comparative philosophy.

Alan Watts's essays and talks range widely through psychology, art, religion, and politics, but always come home to the Zen core. For those familiar with Alan Watts's style of presentation, the wonderful, memorable, and prophetic style of his voice is captured in this volume. Talking Zen puts on display Watts's ability to explore the very subtle philosophies, those common across traditions and those unique to Zen, in ordinary and accessible language. These lectures paved the way for the rise of Zen in the West.

Introduction / by Mark Watts -- Picture Without a Frame -- The Psychology of Acceptance: The Reconciliation of the Opposites in Eastern Thought and in Analytical Psychology -- Mythological Motifs in Modern Science -- Time and Convention: Five Broadcasts -- Biting an Iron Bull -- Taoist Ways -- Swimming Headless -- Zen Tales -- Zen Bones -- Notes.

"Alan Watts's essays and talks range widely through psychology, art, religion, and politics, but always come home to the Zen core. For those familiar with Alan Watts's style of presentation, the wonderful, memorable, and prophetic style of his voice is captured in this volume. Talking Zen puts on display Watts's ability to explore the very subtle philosophies, those common across traditions and those unique to Zen, in ordinary and accessible language. These lectures paved the way for the rise of Zen in the West"-- Provided by publisher.

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