Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: A Mountain JournalOver the course of nineteen essays, Alan Watts ("a spiritual polymatch, the first and possibly greatest" —Deepak Chopra) ruminates on the philosophy of nature, ecology, aesthetics, religion, and metaphysics. Assembled in the form of a “mountain journal,” written during a retreat in the foothills of Mount Tamalpais, CA, Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown is Watts’s meditation on the art of feeling out and following the watercourse way of nature, known in Chinese as the Tao. Embracing a form of contemplative meditation that allows us to stop analyzing our experiences and start living in to them, the book explores themes such as the natural world, established religion, race relations, karma and reincarnation, astrology and tantric yoga, the nature of ecstasy, and much more. |
Contents
The Water | 3 |
The Watercourse Way | 17 |
The Future of Ecstasy | 37 |
The Reality of Reincarnation | 63 |
Spectrum of Love | 85 |
Black andor White | 99 |
What on Earth Are We Doing? | 115 |
Incantation of the Stars | 139 |
What Shall We Do with the Church? | 153 |
On the Tantra | 173 |
The ZeroOne Amazement | 197 |
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