The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

Name: The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts
Released: 2017-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Alan Watts

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts video series was recorded in 1971 above Muir Woods, California, and in 1972 aboard the ferryboat the SS Vallejo in Sausalito. Produced by his son Mark and directed by long-time archivist Henry Jacobs, the series explores core philosophical themes that spawned over Watts’ career.

2017 · 27m

Starring Alan Watts

Director Henry Jacobs

EPISODE 1

Nothingness

Alan Watts puts forth the idea that you can't have anything without nothing.

27m
EPISODE 2

Ego

Alan Watts considered it unfortunate that people separate the "I" from reality and think of "I" in terms of how others see them or the image that people want to project.

28m
EPISODE 3

Meditation

Alan Watts covers basic mediation techniques, including listening without naming and mantras or sonic meditations.

28m
EPISODE 4

God

The image of God as a gray-bearded omnipotent and omnipresent supreme being has become implausible, yet the common sense notions of divine authority surrounding that image persist.

28m
EPISODE 5

Cosmic Drama

Alan Watts further explores the Hindu dramatic view of the universe, in which God plays all of the parts.

28m
EPISODE 6

Time

Exploring the definition of time.

20m

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