Individual and the World | Alan Watts

“If you were told that you were going to be given half an hour’s interview with God, and you have the privilege of asking one question, I wonder what you would ask. You might be given some preparation too because when you think [about] what is your ultimate question, you will probably do many things before you arrive at it…”

 

Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in England in 1915, Alan was an Episcopalian priest who became the spokesperson for Eastern religions during the late 1950s and tumultuous 60s. His first book, The Spirit of Zen, however, was written in the 30s when Watts was just 20 years old. He went on to write more than twenty other books. He died in 1973.