During the late 1960s, in lectures at major universities, Alan Watts addressed the big questions: What is the nature of reality? How does our individual relationship to society affect this reality? Watts points out that the transcendental or mystical experience invariably carries one beyond the pale of a contemporary society, and wakens each of us to review our participation in society and our role in the spiritual life.

Culture of Counter-Culture, The Edited Transcripts, Alan Watts, Tuttle Publishing, Hardcover, 105 pp., $16.95

Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker, who held both a Master's in Theology and a Doctorate of Divinity. Famous for his research on comparative religion, he was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies for a Western audience. He wrote over 25 books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, the meaning of life, concepts and images of God and the non-material pursuit of happiness. In his books he relates his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religion and philosophy.