Alan Watts Bibliography

• The Legacy of Asia and Western Man (1937)
• The Meaning of Happiness (1940)
• The Theologica Mystica of St. Dionysius (1944) (translation)
• Behold the Spirit (1948)
• 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" and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience (1960)
• Psychotherapy East and West (1961)
• The Joyous Cosmology - Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness (1962)
• The Two Hands of God - The Myths of Polarity (1963)
• Beyond Theology - The Art of Godmanship (1964)
• The Book - On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966)
• Nonsense (1967)
• Does It Matter? - Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality (1970)
• Erotic Spirituality - The Vision of Konarak (1971)
• The Art of Contemplation (1972)
• In My Own Way - An Autobiography 1915-1965 (1972)
• Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown - A Mountain Journal (1973)
• Tao: The Watercourse Way (unfinished at the time of his death in 1973 - published in 1975)
• The Early Writings of Alan Watts (1987)
• The Modern Mystic: A New Collection of Early Writings (1990)

In addition, a number of books have been published since his death that contain transcripts of recorded lectures and/or articles not included in the above.  They include:

• The Essence of Alan Watts (1974)
• Essential Alan Watts (1976)
• Uncarved Block, Unbleached Silk: The Mystery of Life (1978)
• Om: Creative Meditations (1979)
• Play to Live (1982)
• Way of Liberation: Essays and Lectures on the Transformation of the Self (1983)
• Out of the Trap (1985)
• Diamond Web (1986)
• Talking Zen (1994)
• Become Who You Are (1995)
• Buddhism: The Religion of No-Religion (1995)
• The Philosophies of Asia (1995)
• The Tao of Philosophy (1995)
• Myth and Religion (1996)
• Taoism: Way Beyond Seeking (1997)
• Zen and the Beat Way (1997)
• Culture of Counterculture (1998)



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