Author: Watts, Alan
Brand: New World Library
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 304
Release Date: 08-09-2020
Details: Product Description
The forgotten book on world mythology by Alan Watts
Alan Watts is today remembered as a trailblazing interpreter of Eastern philosophy, but
The Two Hands of God reveals a different side of his multifaceted genius. In this ambitious work, Watts takes readers on a fascinating journey through the mythology of China, Egypt, India, the Middle East, and medieval Europe. His theme is the human experience of
polarity, a condition in which opposing qualities define and complement each other. Light cannot exist without darkness, good cannot exist without evil, and male cannot exist without female. Chinese philosophy expresses this idea of universal polarity with the concepts of yin and yang, while other cultures express it through the symbolic language of myth, literature, and art. Watts illustrates the way great sages and artists across time have seen beyond the apparent duality of the universe to find a deeper unity that transcends and embraces everything.
Review
“Perhaps the foremost Western interpreter of Eastern thought for the modern world.”
— New York Times
About the Author
Through his books and lectures,
Alan Watts (1915–1973) introduced millions of Westerners to Eastern philosophies such as Vedanta, Taoism, and Zen Buddhism. Born in England, Watts immigrated to the United States in his twenties, worked as a chaplain and teacher, and wrote more than twenty books, including the bestsellers
The Way of Zen and
The Wisdom of Insecurity.
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
Languages: english
