In My Own Way
Written by Alan Watts
Narrated by Jeremy Arthur
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About this audiobook
Macmillan Audio presents In My Own Way, Alan Watts's acclaimed autobiography, published for the first time in audio.
In this audiobook, Alan Watts tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution from a child of religious conservatives in rural England to a freewheeling spiritual teacher who challenged Westerners to defy convention and think for themselves. From early in this intellectual life, Watts shows himself to be a philosophical renegade and wide-ranging autodidact who came to Buddhism through the teachings of Christmas Humphreys and D. T. Suzuki.
Told in a nonlinear style, In My Own Way wonderfully combines Watts’ own brand of unconventional philosophy and often hilarious accounts of gurus, celebrities, psychedelic drug experiences, and wry observations of Western culture. A charming foreword written by Watts’ father sets the tone of this warm, funny, and beautifully written story of a compelling figure who encouraged seekers to “follow your own weird” — something he always did himself, as his remarkable account of his life shows.
Alan Watts
Alan Watts published over 25 books, including The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, The Way of Zen and Tao: The Watercourse Way. He was a philosopher, academic and theologian, who wrote and spoke widely on Asian philosophy and theology. He is best known as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. He was the author of more than twenty books on the philosophy and psychology of religion. He died in 1973.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What a life. Huge enjoyable story of one mans waltz through life.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I can’t think of anyone who wrote or writes English prose more brilliantly than Alan Watts. And, as a self described “philosophical entertainer” par excellence, he shares limitless wisdom and recounts a dizzying array of wonderful experiences and encounters with famous and otherwise fascinating people. In short, Alan Watts was a genius writer and world sage who crafted a supreme autobiography just a year before his death that is a written work of genius even though it has never received close to its due, and I give it the highest possible recommendation, especially this remarkable audiobook presentation that brings Watts’s words to stunning life.