num_pages: 208
description: 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 Wattss style of presentation the wonderful memorable and prophetic style of his voice is captured in this volume. Talking Zen puts on display Wattss 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. 
language: English
title: Talking Zen: Reflections on Mind, Myth, and the Magic of Life
publisher: Shambhala