In My Own Way : An Autobiography EPUB

In this new edition of his acclaimed autobiography - long out of print and rare until now - Alan Watts tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution.

A child of religious conservatives in rural England, he went on to become a freewheeling spiritual teacher who challenged Westerners to defy convention and think for themselves.

Watts's portrait of himself shows that he was a philosophical renegade from early on in his intellectual life.

Self-taught in many areas, he came to Buddhism through the teachings of Christmas Humphreys and D.

T. Suzuki. Told in a nonlinear style, In My Own Way combines Watts's brand of unconventional philosophy with wry observations on Western culture and often hilarious accounts of gurus, celebrities, and psychedelic drug experiences.

A charming foreword by Watts's father sets the tone of this warm, funny, and beautifully written story.

Watts encouraged readers to “follow your own weird” — something he always did himself, as this remarkable account of his life shows.