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Introduction: Alan Watts : there and then / Peter J. Columbus -- The vintage Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Albert W. Sadler -- The complete Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Albert W. Sadler -- Alan Watts' metaphysical language : positivity in negative concepts / Michael Brannigan -- The theory of non-duality in the philosophy of Alan W. Watts / Michael Brannigan -- Alan Watts and the therapeutic process. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Dennis T. Sibley -- Daemon est deus Inversus : the androgynous dialectics of Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Alfred L. Recoulley -- "Beyond separation". Prefatory note / Juliet Bennett ; Essay / John H. Morgan -- Alan Watts's word on myths of polarity: power to women, nature, and the left hand of God / Dirk Dunbar -- The meeting of the Twain : Alan Watts and the supreme identity. Prefatory note / by Peter J. Columbus ; Essay /by O'Hyun Park -- The mystical philosophy of Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Herman F. Suligoj -- An evaluation of Watts / David K. Clark -- Alan Watts was sure one strange kinda Chinaman! / Benjamin R. Tong -- The wayward mysticism of Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Alexander H. Catlin ; Essay / Louis Nordstrom and Richard Pilgrim -- A response to Nordstrom and Pilgrim's critique of Alan Watts' mysticism / Peter J. Columbus -- Zen, mysticism, and counter-culture : the pilgrimage of Alan Watts. Prefatory note / Peter J. Columbus ; Essay / Carl T. Jackson -- The influence of Oriental mysticism on American thought. Prefatory note / Morgan Shipley ; Essay / Reed M. Baird -- Editor's conclusion: Alan Watts : yesterday and today / Peter J. Columbus.

"This book is an anthology of commentary and criticism written within the transitional period between Alan Watts' 1973 death and the twenty-first century intellectual horizon. Comprised of 16 essays written and published between 1974 and 1994, with up-to-date introductions from the essayists and other contemporary thinkers, this volume opens a window onto unexplored grounds of Alan Watts' impact within late-twentieth-century discourse - an intermediate space where scholars reoriented their bearings through changing times and emerging academic trends. Offering varied explanations and assessments of Alan Watts, including his influence on the Beat and Hippie generations, and his popularization of Zen Buddhism in America, it tackles unaddressed questions within the milieu of late-twentieth century America from the Reagan Revolution and religious conservatism, to paradigm shifts in Buddhist studies and the rise of post-colonial theory. Contributors' post-mortem analyses and critiques of Watts allow for a thematic rendering of their consonance or dissonance with noted Beat, Hippie, and Zen Buddhism themes of his lifetime. This volume will appeal to scholars and students of humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, the psychology of religion, comparative religion, and American studies"--

Whilst accounting for the present-day popularity and relevance of Alan Watts' contributions to psychology, religion, arts, and humanities, this interdisciplinary collection grapples with the ongoing criticisms which surround Watts' life and work. Offering rich examination of as yet underexplored aspects of Watts' influence in 1960s counterculture, this volume offers unique application of Watts' thinking to contemporary issues and critically engages with controversies surrounding the commodification of Watts' ideas, his alleged misreading of Biblical texts, and his apparent distortion of Asian religions and spirituality. Featuring a broad range of international contributors and bringing Watts' ideas squarely into the contemporary context, the text provides a comprehensive, yet nuanced exploration of Watts' thinking on psychotherapy, Buddhism, language, music, and sexuality. This text will benefit researchers, doctoral students, and academics in the fields of psychotherapy, phenomenology, and the philosophy of psychology more broadly. Those interested in Jungian psychotherapy, spirituality, and the self and social identity will also enjoy this volume

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Introduction: A New Look at Alan Watts -- Curriculum Vitae -- On the Taboo Against Knowing Alan Watts -- Watts as Theologian -- Watts as Contemplative Mystic -- Watts as Zennist -- Watts as Philosopher -- Watts as Psychologist -- Watts as Cultural Symptom -- Here and Now -- An Emerging Legacy -- Notes -- References -- Chapter One: Alan Watts' Anticipation of Four Major Debates in the Psychology of Religion -- The Perennialist Thesis -- Psychedelics and Mystical Experience -- Eroticism And Mysticism -- Religion And Spirituality -- References -- Chapter Two: Alan Watts: The Immediate Magic of God -- Toward an Apophatic Theology -- Christianity Reconsidered -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Three: Phenomenological Exegeses of Alan Watts: Transcendental and Hermeneutic Strategies -- Transcendental Phenomenology and The Wisdom of Insecurity -- The Natural Attitude of Insecurity -- Bracketing the Natural Attitude of Insecurity -- The Intentionality of Insecurity -- The Second Bracketing Procedure -- Hermeneutics and The Book -- The Multidimensional Significance of Identity -- The Differentiation of Identity -- The Dialectic of Identity -- Intuitive Understanding of Identity -- Why Did Alan Watts Come from the West? -- Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Four: The Psychedelic Adventures of Alan Watts -- The Adventures Begin -- The New Alchemy -- The Trip to Harvard -- Mutual Concerns -- The Ontological Status of Psychedelic Experience -- The Problem of Neuropolitics -- Life on the S. S. Vallejo -- In Retrospect -- References -- Chapter Five: From the Joyous Cosmology to the Watercourse Way: An Appreciation of Alan Watts -- Set and Setting -- The Joyous Cosmology -- Life Is a Gesture -- The Watercourse Way -- A Concluding Appreciation

Part one.Language and mysticism --On the meaning and relation of absolute and relative (1950) --The negative way (1951) --The language of metaphysical experience: the sense of non-sense (1953) --On philosophical synthesis (1953) --Philosophy beyond words (1975) --Part two.Buddhism and Zen --The problem of faith and works in Buddhism (1941) --Zen (1948) --The way of liberation in Zen Buddhism (1955) --Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen (1958) --Zen and politics (1962) --Prefatory essay to Suzuki's Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism (1963) --Part three.Christianity --Theologia Mystica: being the Treatise of Saint Dionysius pseudo-areopagite on mystical theology Together with the first and fifth epistles (1944) --The Case for God (1946) --The meaning of priesthood (1946) --The Christian doctrine of marriage (1946) --Part four.Comparative religion --Worship in sacrament and silence (1964/1971) --Western mythology: its dissolution and transformation (1970) --The future of religion (1970) --Unity in contemplation (1974) --Part five.Psychedelics --The individual as man/world (1963) --A psychedelic experience: fact or fantasy? (1964) --Psychedelics and religious experience (1968) --Ordinary mind is the way (1971) --Part six.Psychology and psychotherapy --Asian psychology and modern psychiatry (1953) --Convention, conflict, and liberation: further observations on Asian psychology and modern psychiatry (1956) --Eternity as the unrepressed body (1959) --Oriental and occidental approaches to the nature of man (1962) --The woman in man (1963) --An interview with Alan Watts (1969) /Philip D. Ungerer --Psychotherapy and Eastern Religion: metaphysical bases of psychiatry (1974).