Alan Watts Quotes

He wrote more than 25 books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, meaning of life, concepts and images of God and the non-material pursuit of happiness.

By the early seventies Alan Watts had become a foremost interpreter of Eastern thought for the West, and was widely published in periodicals including Earth, Elle, Playboy, and Redbook. He appeared on CBS television’s Camera Three in 1969, and in 1971 he recorded a pilot for a new  show titled “A Conversation with Myself” for NET, the precursor to PBS.  When the series was not produced he recorded the shows in 1972 with his son Mark and his long-time audio archivist Henry Jacobs.  Overall Alan Watts developed an extensive audio library of nearly 400 talks and wrote more than 25  books during his lifetime, including his final volume, Tao; the Watercourse Way.  Alan died in his sleep in November of 1973 after returning from an intensive international lecture tour. A film on his life and works is currently in production.

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