Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown
A Mountain Journal

Just finished this one and, not surprisingly, it was amazing. The chapter titled "What are we doing?" is by itself worthy of 5 stars. Talk about hitting the nail on the head! In about ten pages or so he effectively lays bare the entire root system of Western thought and, more importantly, details th......more

This book introduces me to two Alan Watts': Uncle Tao and Papa Patchouli. The former finds and reveals transcendence in the harmonies of nature; the latter rants (deservedly, but it is such a contrast to the serene wisdom of the Tao-based essays) against the church and imagines a rather unappetising......more

After having read almost half of Watts' books, this offers little new in terms of material or stance. But probably my favorite thing about Watts is his gift of being able to say the same thing in various ways, and he definitely does that here. Additionally, he offers some harsh critiques of religion......more

Way back in the old days, when the hallucinogens flowed like wine and hipness not quite so leaning on its laurels, friends & I used to find ourselves, often, late in the night, tuned in to FM radio and listening to the ever-wise seeming voice of the sage Rev. Watts seeping into our tripping heads. A......more

A series of essays by the eastern philosopher, Alan Watts. It's a kind of journal of miscellaneous thoughts. He writes about nature, ecstasy, reincarnation, karma, dualism, environmentalism, tantra, meditation, Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism, and Sufism. Some of it is silly and cute, like the futuri......more