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Publication Name
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN
9780394719047
Book Title
This Is It : and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length
6.9 in
Publication Year
1973
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Item Height
0.4 in
Author
Alan Watts
Genre
Religion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy, Self-Help
Topic
Mindfulness & Meditation, Zen, Mysticism, Spiritual, Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen)
Item Weight
3.5 Oz
Item Width
4.2 in
Number of Pages
160 Pages

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0394719042
ISBN-13
9780394719047
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1141859

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Book Title
This Is It : and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1973
Topic
Mindfulness & Meditation, Zen, Mysticism, Spiritual, Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen)
Genre
Religion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy, Self-Help
Author
Alan Watts
Format
Mass Market

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Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
3.5 Oz
Item Length
6.9 in
Item Width
4.2 in

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Reviews
"Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of 'writing beautifully the unwritable.'" -- Los Angeles Times
Table Of Content
Preface 1.) This Is IT 2.) Instinct, Intelligence, and Anxiety 3.) Zen and the Problem of Control 4.) Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen 5.) Spirituality and Sensuality 6.) The New Alchemy Bibliography
Synopsis
Six revolutionary essays exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life--and the need for them to coexist within each of us. With essays on "cosmic consciousness" (including Alan Watts' account of his own ventures into this inward realm); the paradoxes of self-consciousness; LSD and consciousness; and the false opposition of spirit and matter, This Is It and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience is a truly mind-opening collection., Six revolutionary essays from "the perfect guide for a course correction in life, away from materialism and its empty promise" (Deepak Chopra),exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life-and the need for them to coexist within each of us. With essays on "cosmic consciousness" (including Alan Watts' account of his own ventures into this inward realm); the paradoxes of self-consciousness; LSD and consciousness; and the false opposition of spirit and matter, This Is It and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience is a truly mind-opening collection., Six revolutionary essays from the perfect guide for a course correction in life, away from materialism and its empty promise (Deepak Chopra), exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life--and the need for them to coexist within each of us. With essays on "cosmic consciousness" (including Alan Watts' account of his own ventures into this inward realm); the paradoxes of self-consciousness; LSD and consciousness; and the false opposition of spirit and matter, This Is It and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience is a truly mind-opening collection., The six essays in this volume all deal with the relationship of mystical experience to ordinary life. The title essay on "cosmic consciousness" includes the author's account of his own ventures into this inward realm. "Instinct, Intelligence, and Anxiety" is a study of the paradoxes of self-consciousness; "Spiritually and Sensuality," a lively discussion of the false opposition of spirit and matter; and "The New Alchemy," a balanced account of states of consciousness akin to spiritual experience induced by the aid of lysergic acid. The collection also includes the text of Watts' celebrated pamphlet, "Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen."
LC Classification Number
BL625.W35 1973

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