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The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

1972 1 Seasons 12 Episodes ⭐ 10.0 Reality Talk Documentary Comedy

The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts video series was recorded in 1971 above Muir Woods, California, and in 1972 aboard the ferryboat the SS Vallejo in Sausalito. Produced by his son Mark and directed by long-time archivist Henry Jacobs, the series explores core philosophical themes that spawned over Watts' career.

The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts video series was recorded in 1971 above Muir Woods, California, and in 1972 aboard the ferryboat the SS Vallejo in Sausalito. Produced by his son Mark and directed by long-time archivist Henry Jacobs, the series explores core philosophical themes that spawned over Watts' career.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Nothing

Basing his ideas on sensory perception and physical experience, Alan Watts makes a compelling argument that everything a

EP 2

Ego

Alan Watts was concerned with the way we trap ourselves in words. He considered it unfortunate that we separate the "I"

EP 3

Meditation

As Alan Watts explains, "A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts and loses touch wit

EP 4

God

To many of us the image of God as a gray-bearded omnipotent and omnipresent supreme being has become implausible, yet th

EP 5

Cosmic Drama

Alan Watts further explores the Hindu dramatic view of the universe, in which God plays all of the parts - all the while

EP 6

Time

Here Alan Watts points out that our insistence that the past determines the present is nonsensical.

EP 7

Work & Play

Alan Watts swirls an orange on a string and shoots an arrow high into the air before explaining why the art of living is

EP 8

Death

Alan Watts comments on the circle of life and our response to the surprising event of being born in the first place.

EP 9

The More It Changes

Alan Watts speaks on our fascination with reproduction through media, and on the far out notion that human beings may ju

EP 10

Clothing

After talking about growing up near London, Alan Watts demonstrates a variety of cultural garb and points out how each i

EP 11

Do You Smell?

Alan Watts speaks about our most repressed sense. Here he introduces viewers to the intricacies of incense in front of a

EP 12

Conversation with Myself

While walking in a field above Muir Woods, Alan Watts points to humankind's attempts to straighten out a wiggly world as

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Alan Watts

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