{"product_id":"cloud-hidden-whereabouts-unknown-a-mountain-journal-paperback","title":"Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: A Mountain Journal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Watts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver 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\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAssembled in the form of a \"mountain journal,\" written during a retreat in the foothills of Mount Tamalpais, CA, \u003ci\u003eCloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese ruminations, assembled in the form of a journal and here published in paperback for the first time, were written at Alan Watts' retreat in the foothills of Mount Tamalpais, California. Many current themes are discussed, including meditation, nature, established religion, race relations, karma and reincarnation, astrology and tantric yoga, and the nature of ecstasy, but the underlying motif is the art of feeling out and following the watercourse way of nature, known in Chinese as the Tao. Watts suggests a way of contemplative meditation in which we temporarily stop naming and classifying all that we experience, and simply feel it as it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan W. Watts, who held both a master's degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity, is best remembered as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. Standing apart, however, from sectarian membership, he has earned the reputation of being one of the most original and \"unrutted\" philosophers of the twentieth century. Watts was the author of some twenty books on the philosophy and psychology of religion that have been published in many languages throughout the world, including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Way of Zen.\u003c\/i\u003e An avid lecturer, Watts appeared regularly on the radio and hosted the popular television series, \u003ci\u003eEastern Wisdom and Modern Life, \u003c\/i\u003ein the 1960s. He died in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 7.03 x 4.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 1974\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725606064191,"sku":"9780394719993","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3496720da421557925946c7a238f1983.webp?v=1765107228","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/cloud-hidden-whereabouts-unknown-a-mountain-journal-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}