Zen effects: The life of Alan Watts

U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard Cover, With Dust Jacket, Very Good Condition. Through His Widely Popular Books And Lectures, Alan Watts (1915-1973) Did More To Introduce Eastern Philosophy And Religion To Western Minds Than Any Figure Before Or Since. Watts Touched The Lives Of Many. He Was A Renegade Zen Teacher, An Anglican Priest, A Lecturer, An Academic, An Entertainer, A Leader Of The San Francisco Renaissance, And The Author Of More Than Thirty Books, Including The Way Of Zen, Psychotherapy East And West And The Spirit Of Zen. Monica Furlong Followed Watts's Travels From His Birthplace In England To The San Francisco Bay Area Where He Ultimately Settled, Conducting In-Depth Interviews With His Family, Colleagues, And Intimate Friends, To Provide An Analysis Of The Intellectual, Cultural, And Deeply Personal Influences Behind This Truly Extraordinary Life. "For Illuminating Details On How Watts Happened To Be In The Right Place At The Right Time To Bring Zen To The Attention Of Millions, This Biography Is A Must." -Los Angeles Times "Lucid, Intelligent, And Compelling...Inspires New Respect For One Of The Most Important And Controversial Figures In Twentieth-Century Zen." -Jack Maguire, Author Of Waking Up: A Week Inside A Zen Monastery And Essential Buddhism Skylight Lives Reintroduces The Lives And Works Of Key Spiritual Figures Of Our Time-People Who By Their Teaching Or Examples Have Challenged Our Assumptions About Spirituality And Have Caused Us To Look At It In New Ways.