Spiritual Odyssey of Aldous Huxley
On the transformation of novelist Aldous Huxley towards a spiritual path The post Spiritual Odyssey of Aldous Huxley appeared first on KPFA.
View ArticleReturn to the Forest
Alan Watts on the work of Joseph Campbell, best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), in which he discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero. The post Return to...
View ArticleLevels of Magnification
We can never change things until we first accept them. The post Levels of Magnification appeared first on KPFA.
View ArticleFundamentals of Buddhism
A talk on the influence of Eastern philosophy on Western culture, broadcast at KPFA in 1960. The post Fundamentals of Buddhism appeared first on KPFA.
View ArticleInsight and Ecstasy
This talk begins with Alan Watts commenting on a book review show he heard on KPFA hosted by Kenneth Rexroth that looked at what could be called a cult of ecstasy among poets and thinkers of the day....
View ArticleReconciliation of Opposites
Watts points out that so many things that seem at one level to be opposed to each other, are at another level mutually necessary, including life and death. The post Reconciliation of Opposites appeared...
View ArticleWay Beyond the West
The English word “way” is the nearest translation perhaps that we can make of the Chinese word Tao, meaning the way of nature or the way things go. The post Way Beyond the West appeared first on KPFA.
View ArticleBus or Tram
The old Limerick that says, “Damn! For it certainly seems that I‘m a creature who moves in determinate grooves. I’m not even a bus I’m a tram”, is usually applied to the problem of fate and free will....
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