Birth Name:

Alan Wilson Watts

Male

Birth Date:

Wed, Jan 06, 1915

Time of Birth:

06:20 AM

Place of Birth:

Chislehurst, England, United Kingdom

Age:

109

Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn

Astrology Data:

Sun

14°

Cap

51'

Moon

11°

Vir

36'

Asc

18°

Sag

43'

MC

21°

Lib

27'

About Alan Watts

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularising Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. He received a master's degree in theology from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and became an Episcopal priest in 1945. He left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• AlanWatts.org run by Watts' son Mark, who has produced a documentary about his father's life called Why Not Now?

• Why Not Now? film trailer

• Alan Watts Mountain Center north of San Francisco

• Alan Watts Electronic University – Alan Watts' audio and video courses, co-founded by Alan Watts, Mark Watts, and Henry Jacobs in 1973.

• Alan Watts Podcast – the official podcast

• Master Enlightenments Arts Seminars and Lectures by Alan Watts – looking at many different forms of enlightenment; recorded by Henry Jacobs in 1964/65.

• Alan Watts Online – Project Unicorn (also Archived 31 October 2004 at the Wayback Machine)

• Watts essay on Nothingness

• Alan Watts Lectures and Essays audio, video, essays, and articles – resources from deoxy.org

• Alan Watts' This Is It: The First Psychedelic LP essay by Patrick Lundborg

• Alan Watts Resource Compilation audio and video links of his lectures and essays

• "Alan Watts on YouTube, South Park". Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 2009-09-09.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) interview with Mark Watts on the resurgence of his father's work

• "What if money was no object?" interpretation of Watts' lecture at ZenPencils.com

• Alan Watts on Cuke.com

• Tribute to Alan Wilson Watts

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Alan Watts: Sun 14 Capricorn, Moon 11 Virgo, Mercury 15 Capricorn, Venus 3 Sagittarius, Mars 11 Capricorn, Jupiter 23 Aquarius, Saturn 27 Gemini, Uranus 10 Aquarius, Neptune 29 Cancer, Pluto 0 Cancer, Asc 18 Sagittarius, Mc 21 Libra, Sun Trine Moon, Sun Conjunct Mars, Moon Trine Mercury, Moon Trine Mars, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Moon Quincunx Uranus, Moon Semi Square Neptune, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Venus Trine Neptune, Venus Quincunx Pluto, Mars Semi Square Jupiter, Mars Semi Sextile Uranus, Jupiter Trine Saturn, Jupiter Trine Midheaven, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Saturn Semi Sextile Neptune, Saturn Conjunct Pluto, Neptune Semi Sextile Pluto, Ascendant Sextile Midheaven

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