The first and only fulllength biography of one of the most charismatic spiritual innovators of the twentieth century. Through his widely popular books and lectures Alan Watts 19151973 did more to introduce Eastern philosophy and religion to Western minds than any figure before or since. Watts touched the lives of many. He was a renegade Zen teacher an Anglican priest a lecturer an academic an entertainer a leader of the San Francisco renaissance and the author of more than thirty books including The Way of Zen Psychotherapy East and West and The Spirit of Zen. Monica Furlong followed Wattss travels from his birthplace in England to the San Francisco Bay Area where he ultimately settled conducting indepth interviews with his family colleagues and intimate friends to provide an analysis of the intellectual cultural and deeply personal influences behind this truly extraordinary life. show more