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Not to be confused with conspiracy peddler Alan Watt.

Alan Watts (1915–1973) was a British-American philosopher, writer, public speaker and translator of Eastern philosophies for Western audiences. He introduced the hippie crowd to Buddhism via his most famous book, The Way of Zen.

Watts was born in England and migrated to the United States in 1938, at the age of 23. He initially trained to be an Episcopalian minister before leaving the ministry in 1950. He then moved from New York to California where he assumed a position at the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco. He remained in California until his death in 1973.

He wrote many books on the subjects of Eastern philosophy, including The Book: The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, The Way Of Zen and The Wisdom Of Insecurity: A Message For An Age Of Anxiety. Many of the lectures he presented while at the Academy were broadcast on Pacifica Radio stations KPFA and KPFK, and have since been fragmented and made into YouTube videos by many users.

See also

• Alan Watt — the conspiracy theorist
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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