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The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

TV-Y71972•5h 42m•10.0/10
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The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts video series was recorded in 1971 above Muir Woods, California, and in 1972 aboard the ferryboat the SS Vallejo in Sausalito. Produced by his son Mark and directed by long-time archivist Henry Jacobs, the series explores core philosophical themes that spawned over Watts' career.

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Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

December 31, 1972

Last Aired

December 31, 1972

Created By

Alan Watts

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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Nothing
E1
Nothing
Air date: 1972-12-31
Basing his ideas on sensory perception and physical experience, Alan Watts makes a compelling argument that everything actually depends upon nothing for its very existence.
Ego
E2
Ego
Air date: 1972-12-31
Alan Watts was concerned with the way we trap ourselves in words. He considered it unfortunate that we separate the "I" from reality and think of "I" in terms of how others see us or the image that we want to project. What is the answer?
Meditation
E3
Meditation
Air date: 1972-12-31
As Alan Watts explains, "A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts and loses touch with reality." He covers basic mediation techniques, including listening without naming and mantras or sonic meditations.
God
E4
God
Air date: 1972-12-31
To many of us the image of God as a gray-bearded omnipotent and omnipresent supreme being has become implausible, yet the common sense notions of divine authority surrounding that image persist.
Cosmic Drama
E5
Cosmic Drama
Air date: 1972-12-31
Alan Watts further explores the Hindu dramatic view of the universe, in which God plays all of the parts - all the while pretending not to know who he/she/it is!
Time
E6
Time
Air date: 1972-12-31
Here Alan Watts points out that our insistence that the past determines the present is nonsensical.
Work & Play
E7
Work & Play
Air date: 1972-12-31
Alan Watts swirls an orange on a string and shoots an arrow high into the air before explaining why the art of living is being paid to play - and to the extent that we feel compelled to work and survive, life becomes a drag.
Death
E8
Death
Air date: 1972-12-31
Alan Watts comments on the circle of life and our response to the surprising event of being born in the first place.
The More It Changes
E9
The More It Changes
Air date: 1972-12-31
Alan Watts speaks on our fascination with reproduction through media, and on the far out notion that human beings may just be one star's way of becoming another star!
Clothing
E10
Clothing
Air date: 1972-12-31
After talking about growing up near London, Alan Watts demonstrates a variety of cultural garb and points out how each influences the way we live and feel. His choices of attire include a western business suit and a kimono.
Do You Smell?
E11
Do You Smell?
Air date: 1972-12-31
Alan Watts speaks about our most repressed sense. Here he introduces viewers to the intricacies of incense in front of a small Buddhist altar, while commenting on the types of incense used in Church rituals and all across Asia.
Conversation with Myself
E12
Conversation with Myself
Air date: 1971-12-31
While walking in a field above Muir Woods, Alan Watts points to humankind's attempts to straighten out a wiggly world as the root of our ecological crisis.

Cast

Alan Watts

Alan Watts

Alan Watts

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