The Joyous Cosmology
Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness

Alan Watts, the student of comparative religions and exponent of Zen to the West, was originally reluctant to equate some of the experiences readily afforded by the psychedelics to those obtained through long yogic disciplines. He changed his views after some experiences with the drugs and this book......more

Alan Watts Effs the inEffable: Part 435......more

I sometimes feel as though some of Alan Watts's descriptions of his cosmology can't possibly be improved upon. He is at once very succinct and very poetic - his language is communicative and engaging without ever coming across as obtuse or obnoxious. I would have loved to have seen Watts write ficti......more

Alan Watts is arguably one of the more important writers of the past century. He brings all of his theological experience to bear in this book. This book follows in the steps of Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, but goes to a whole new elevation. Watts held a doctorate in Divinity and a Master......more

psychedelics are a difficult topic to write about for anyone as it pertains to personal experience. This short book also struggles with this topic but may be part of an introduction with other works......more