Ep. 7 – Drugs: Turning the Head or Turning On

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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Zen, Eastern Philosophy, Dao, Spirituality, Tao, Education, Society & Culture, Buddhism, Alan Watts, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Self-improvement, Taoism, Being In The Way

4.9 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Can you get mysticism in a bottle? Alan Watts explores the drug question, in this psychedelically infused episode of Being in the Way.

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In this talk at San Jose State during the counterculture bloom and LSD peak of the mid-1960s, Alan shares a nuanced and well-rounded approach to the psychedelic experience, sharing personal antidotes of his first two LSD trips, as well as outlining the benefits and pitfalls of taking drugs on both cultural and spiritual levels.

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1:53.0	amazing recording. It was made in 1966 at San Jose State at a talk on drugs, turning the head or turning on.
2:03.2	And to put this in perspective, there was a lot going on at that time.
2:07.4	The youth was in full revolt. There was a lot of civil unrest.
2:11.7	And the use of mind-expanding substances generally called psychedelics
2:15.5	was in broad use in the counterculture. It was quite a time.
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