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Alan Watts Bibliography

Alan Watts Bibliography

Books

The Spirit of Zen
1936
The Legacy of Asia and Western Man
1939
The Meaning of Happiness
1940
Behold the Spirit
1947
Easter - Its Story and Meaning
1950
The Supreme Identity
1950
The Wisdom of Insecurity
1951
Myth and Ritual in Christianity
1953
The Way of Zen
1957
Nature, Man, and Woman
1958
This Is It
1960
Psychotherapy East and West
1961
The Joyous Cosmology
1962
The Two Hands of God
1963
Beyond Theology
1964
The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
1966
Nonsense
1967
Does It Matter?
1970
Erotic Spirituality
1971
The Art of Contemplation
1972
In My Own Way (autobiography)
1972
Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown
1973
Tao: The Watercourse Way
1975

Monographs and Pamphlets

An Outline of Zen Buddhism
1932
Seven Symbols of Life
1936
The Psychology of Acceptance
1939
The Theological Mystica of St. Dionysius
1944
The Meaning of Preisthood
1946
Zen Buddhism
1947
Zen
1948
The Way of Liberation in Zen Buddhism
1955
Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen
1956

Records

Om: The Sound of Hinduism
1967
Why Not Now: Dhyana, The Art of Meditation
1969

This bibliography doesn't include the numerous books of essays and lecture transcripts published after his death.

Alan Watts at deoxy.org