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Title: Seeds of Genius: The Early Writings of Alan Watts by John Snelling, Alan W. Watts, Mark Watts ISBN: 1-86204-264-0 Publisher: Harper Collins - UK Pub. Date: February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: First Watts' Book, Last Watts' Review
Comment: This was the first of a baker's dozen of Alan Watts books which I have read in the past year and, looking back over this reading project, I think I like this one best of all, even over Tao the Watercourse Way and some others which so greatly impressed me at the time I read them.
There is no question that Watts was an intellectual giant and this book is evidence of that. The articles are well-researched and presented with clarity and detail. There is more scholarship here than in some of his other books.
I especially liked his extended discussion of Pure Land Buddhism and its relation to Mahayana. Pure gold here!
It was this book also which introduced me to the quote on the omnipresence of God from F.W. Faber (page 227) which has made a great impact on my life. Everything changed from the moment I read that.
If you have read any of my other reviews on his books, you will see that my initial enthusiasm turned eventually to boredom with his predictability, but none of that includes Seeds of Genius. I have read it several times now and have greatly enjoyed it. If I could give it more than 5 stars, I would. I am glad to have been introduced to Alan Watts and Seeds of Genius and would highly recommend it to anyone interested in philosophy and religion, whether or not you agree with his own philosophical stance.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent insight into Eastern Philosophy
Comment: Generally speaking, Alan Watts "did his own thing" with the themes and thoughts of Eastern philosophy, often in such a way that "square" Buddhists and others sought to distance himself from him. In this book, where most of the selections are taken from when he was still in his early twenties, he is seen engaging the ideas of Zen, Taoism, Krishnamurti and other topics, for the first time, in a way that is more orthdox, yet also contains his fresh insights. Also of interest is a section of political writings, since Watts is generally veiwed as apolitical.
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Title: This Is It : and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience by Alan W. Watts ISBN: 0394719042 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 March, 1973 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Behold the Spirit : A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion by Alan W. Watts ISBN: 0394717619 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 February, 1972 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Tao : The Watercourse Way by Alan W. Watts ISBN: 0394733118 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 12 January, 1977 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan W. Watts ISBN: 0394704681 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 September, 1968 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Two Hands of God by Alan W. Watts ISBN: 0020681100 Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company Pub. Date: April, 1969 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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