The life of Alan Watts

Alan Watts was a philosopher, writer, poet, radical thinker, teacher and critic of society. He popularised Eastern wisdom and interpreted it for a Western audience.

• He was born close to London in 1915 and discovered a Buddhist Lodge early in his life.
• In 1938, he moved to the United States and became an Episcopal priest.
• In 1951, he moved to San Francisco to teach Buddhist studies.
• In 1956, he began a popular radio show, "Way Beyond the West."
• By the 19060s, his radio talks were broadcast throughout the United States, and the counterculture movement adopted him as a spiritual spokesperson.