The Joyous Cosmology

Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness

Alan Watts, Daniel Pinchbeck

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New World Library
04 June 2013

Spirituality & religious experience; Cosmology & the universe

"A classic account of the psychedelic experience The Joyous Cosmology is Alan Watts's exploration of the insight that the consciousness-changing drugs LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin can facilitate ""when accompanied with sustained philosophical reflection by a person who is in search, not of kicks, but of understanding."" More than an artifact, it is both a riveting memoir of Watts's personal experiments and a profound meditation on our perennial questions about the nature of existence and the existence of the sacred.

Includes Watts's article ""Psychedelics and Religious Experience"""

By: Alan Watts
Introduction by: Daniel Pinchbeck
Imprint: New World Library
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 159g
ISBN: 9781608682041
ISBN 10: 1608682048
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 04 June 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Spiritual philosopher <b>Alan Watts</b>, student of Buddhism, Anglican minister, chaplain at Northwestern University, and author of more than twenty books, died in 1973.

Reviews for The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness

Alan Watts describes with startling clarity and poetic beauty his drug-induced experiences. -- Contemporary Psychology The Joyous Cosmology is a carrier wave of information and insight, which has lost none of its subtlety, suppleness, or zest. -- from the new introduction by Daniel Pinchbeck, author of Breaking Open the Head A stirring introduction to one of mankind's newest self-examinations. -- Newsweek Alan Watts describes with startling clarity and poetic beauty his drug-induced experiences. Contemporary Psychology The Joyous Cosmology is a carrier wave of information and insight, which has lost none of its subtlety, suppleness, or zest. from the new introduction by Daniel Pinchbeck, author of Breaking Open the Head A stirring introduction to one of mankind s newest self-examinations. Newsweek