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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.

Comments

[entheo.livejournal.com]

Do you have a wish list at Amazon?

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Not a current one, no. I never keep wish lists up-to-date, so I tend to let them devolve into inactivity.

[artofcode.livejournal.com]

Pretty freakin' deep!

Always wanted to read "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind".

From the reviews, "The Hidden Face of God: Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth" looks pretty cool. Seems to contain some rather majestic language. "The Probability of God : A Simple Calculation That Proves the Ultimate Truth" sounds groovy too.

I'm very skeptical of "God at the Speed of Light" though.

Thanks for the suggestions!

[lordofgaysantas.livejournal.com]

The one Alan Watts book I read I had to stop halfway through it annoyed me so much - it struck me as the dull, deluded ramblings of a drugged out hippie crossed with an old pervert, emphasis on the pervert. His ideas for "enlightened harems", where young girls would have sex with various men no matter how old they were, were especially classic. And that's one of the few things that even made vague sense (which it didn't), as the rest truly were dull nonsensical ramblings. I don't see why so many people adore him - he reads like the hippie version of Dr Phil. And at least Dr Phil can hold a coherent thought, no matter how lame it actually is. I'd much rather read Krishnamurti or Aldous Huxley.

[artofcode.livejournal.com]

pssst. I think that entheo guy wants to buy you a present.
wink-wink, nudge-nudge.

[artofcode.livejournal.com]

I have a copy of "The Book : On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are" by Watts sitting around somewhere. Never read it, so I have no comment.

I also have an old copy of "Be Here Now" by Baba Ram Das. Much more interesting, if only because of the unique typography and layout. And it's pretty enlightening in a lot of ways.

- om -

[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.

[liquidgrey.livejournal.com]

I meant to buy The Wisdom of Insecurity a while back. I was in a bookstore and I felt compelled to pull it off the shelf. I didn't have the money though, and forgot about it.
I'll have to hunt it down again.

[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.