Season 1
(1972)
Overview
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.
Cast
as Alan Watts
Episodes
Nothing 0.0
December 31, 1972
Basing his ideas on sensory perception and physical experience, Alan Watts makes a compelling argument that everything …
Ego 0.0
December 31, 1972
Alan Watts was concerned with the way we trap ourselves in words. He considered it unfortunate that we separate the "I"…
Meditation 0.0
December 31, 1972
As Alan Watts explains, "A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts and loses touch wi…
God 0.0
December 31, 1972
To many of us the image of God as a gray-bearded omnipotent and omnipresent supreme being has become implausible, yet t…
Cosmic Drama 0.0
December 31, 1972
Alan Watts further explores the Hindu dramatic view of the universe, in which God plays all of the parts - all the whil…
Time 0.0
December 31, 1972
Here Alan Watts points out that our insistence that the past determines the present is nonsensical.
Work & Play 0.0
December 31, 1972
Alan Watts swirls an orange on a string and shoots an arrow high into the air before explaining why the art of living i…
Death 0.0
December 31, 1972
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 0.0
December 31, 1972
Alan Watts speaks on our fascination with reproduction through media, and on the far out notion that human beings may j…
Clothing 0.0
December 31, 1972
After talking about growing up near London, Alan Watts demonstrates a variety of cultural garb and points out how each …
Do You Smell? 0.0
December 31, 1972
Alan Watts speaks about our most repressed sense. Here he introduces viewers to the intricacies of incense in front of …
Conversation with Myself 0.0
December 31, 1971
While walking in a field above Muir Woods, Alan Watts points to humankind's attempts to straighten out a wiggly world a…