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[novapsyche]

I kept forgetting to print out my Amazon invoice. I'm so silly. It's been nearly a week since I made the order.

I'll soon be receiving:

Nature, Man and Woman, Alan W. Watts
God at the Speed of Light, T. Lee Baumann
The Wisdom of Insecurity, Alan W. Watts
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Julian Jaynes

I've read the latter two. They come highly recommended.

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[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Which Watts book did you mean?

The Wisdom of Insecurity influenced my spiritual outlook in a fundamental way. I can't express how instrumental it was for me.

Watts uses poetic language, which may explain why I took to it so intensely and naturally. It was a reading experience that I thoroughly enjoyed.

[artofcode.livejournal.com]

The Alan Watts book is actually called "The Book : On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are".

Guess I'll have to read it now, since you like him so much. ;-)

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

The Book is decent, but not as good as The Wisdom of Insecurity. (IMO, of course.) I'd start out with the latter and go back to the former.