the book: on the taboo against knowing who you are
sixth printing, 1966.
"philosophical entertainer" alan watts was one of the first writers to interpret buddism, taoism, and hinduism for a popular western audience. "the book" addresses the question of personal identity by adopting the hindu principle of vedanta. the los angeles times called it "a revelatory primer on what it means to be human and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence, by perhaps the foremost interpreter of eastern disciplines for the contemporary west."
new york: pantheon books. 146 pages. 6x8.5". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: stamp to front free-end paper. near fine. jacket condition: negligible sunning throughout, closed tear to back panel, minor bumping to head and foot of spine, unclipped ($5.95). Item #1059
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