The Bizarre Life of Alan Watts (video)

Asangoham, 12/3/22; AlanWatts.org; Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

British Alan Watts became an Episcopal priest for a time then Eastern philosophy saved him.

The Bizarre Life of Alan Watts

(Asangoham) Alan Watts, the spiritual entertainer, was born in England, living most of his life in California as a writer, speaker, and East-West philosopher.

"Man is a Hoax" (Being in the Way, Ep. 20) with his son Mark Watts

Young Alan became a Buddhist

Watts was best known for making Indian, Japanese, and Chinese spiritual traditions in the form of Buddhism, Zen, Taoism, Hinduism, Sufism, Esoteric Christianity, and other mystical traditions entertainingly accessible to a wide and popular audience throughout the world.

Alan Watts also played a pivotal role in the spiritual revolution that shook the religious status quo of the United States during the 1960s.

This change in the spiritual and religious consciousness of the West brought to the public ancient Eastern philosophical teachings and other mystical religious traditions.

The square looking freak arrived in the US

This spiritual revolution changed the United States in ways that are still felt today. Yoga, meditation, vegan/vegetarian diets, chanting, nonviolent protests, therapies of all kinds, feminism, equal rights, herbal and alternative medicines and treatments, and much more were all first introduced to Americans in the 1960s. They were products of this spiritual revolution.

For many spiritual seekers in the United States and other parts of the Western world, Alan Watts was a trusted guide through this incredible spiritual change.

Alan Watts' greatness got him a TV show (KQED) and radio show (KPFA)

Spiritual speaker, radio philosopher, writer

Watts introduced listeners to religious practices that would help to improve and intensify the spiritual lives of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people.

Watts treated these sometimes extremely unfamiliar religious traditions, paths, and practices in a very accessible speaking and writing style for speakers of English.

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• Script: Matt Mackane
• Voiceover: Andrea Giordani
• Edit: Pratik C. Ramteke | frms.in
• Music: Epidemic Music

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