Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Editors’ Preface xi
5. Alan Watts and the Academic Enterprise 1
6. Language and Mysticism
7. On the Meaning and Relation of Absolute and Relative (1950) 45
8. The Negative Way (1951) 63
9. The Language of Metaphysical Experience 67
10. On Philosophical Synthesis (1953) 79
11. Philosophy beyond Words (1975) 81
12. Buddhism and Zen
13. The Problem of Faith and Works in Buddhism (1941) 91
14. Zen (1948) 107
15. The Way of Liberation in Zen Buddhism (1955)^α 127
16. Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen (1958) 143
17. Zen and Politics (1962) 151
18. Christianity
19. Prefatory Essay to Suzuki’s Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism (1963) 155
20. Theologia Mystica 167
21. The Case for God (1946) 183
22. The Meaning of Priesthood (1946) 193
23. The Christian Doctrine of Marriage (1946) 205
24. Comparative Religion
25. Worship in Sacrament and Silence (1964/1971) 219
26. Western Mythology 229
27. The Future of Religion (1970) 241
28. Unity in Contemplation (1974) 251
29. Psychedelics
30. The Individual as Man/World (1963) 263
31. A Psychedelic Experience 273
32. Psychedelics and Religious Experience (1968) 285
33. Ordinary Mind Is the Way (1971) 297
34. Psychology and Psychotherapy
35. Asian Psychology and Modern Psychiatry (1953) 303
36. Convention, Conflict, and Liberation 311
37. Eternity as the Unrepressed Body (1959) 319
38. Oriental and Occidental Approaches to the Nature of Man (1962) 327
39. The Woman in Man (1963) 331
40. An Interview with Alan Watts (1969) 339
41. Psychotherapy and Eastern Religion 349
42. Academic and Literary Reviews of Watts’ Major Texts 361
43. Contributors 369
44. Index 371