This is It - Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience

''A spiritual polymath, the first and possibly greatest'' Deepak Chopra

The spiritual is not to be separated from the material, nor the wonderful from the ordinary

This remarkable collection of essays from pioneering Zen scholar Alan Watts offer a challenging and comprehensive insight into ''cosmic consciousness''. From the paradoxes of self-consciousness to psychedelics and the connection of spirit and matter, this is a mind-opening exploration into the relationship between spirituality and ordinary life.