Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown

A Mountain Journal

By: Alan Watts

Narrated by: John Lee

Over the course of nineteen essays, Alan Watts ("a spiritual polymatch, the first and possibly greatest" —Deepak Chopra) ruminates on the philosophy of nature, ecology, aesthetics, religion, and metaphysics.

Assembled in the form of a “mountain journal,” written during a retreat in the foothills of Mount Tamalpais, CA, Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown is Watts’s meditation on the art of feeling out and following the watercourse way of nature, known in Chinese as the Tao. Embracing a form of contemplative meditation that allows us to stop analyzing our experiences and start living in to them, the book explores themes such as the natural world, established religion, race relations, karma and reincarnation, astrology and tantric yoga, the nature of ecstasy, and much more.

Thank you for hard work

Yet here the Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown A Mountain Journal is presented without needless mystification, love it !

Some of Alan Watts greatest essays

This book is beyond just insightful, it is revelatory and edifying. Every essay is a gem and a delight. Even though it wasn’t read by the Master himself, it is performed beautifully. What is missing is Alan Watts’ great sense of humor in his delivery and his infectious laughter at his own jokes. I believe as he did, that no matter what Sisyphean burden we must bare, unlike Camus who has his condemned protagonist returning back down from the infinite tragedy smiling, Watts also has him breaking out in laughter at the absurdity of it all, and in that, if we can muster the courage, is how we all can become indefeasible and unconquerable! Much praise and gratitude for Alan Watts and his great book of collected essays!

EXCELLENT

This is another MUST READ book by Alan Watts.
I highly recommend this book to those who are not familiar with him, and those who are will enjoy this book.
So much wisdom and so logical.
I do like the books that are narrated by Alan Watts himself, but in this case mr. John Lee is an excellent choice.
My thanks to all involved, JK.

Performance vs Read or narrated

A nonfiction book like this one suffers from a “performance", esp. by this one… not in keeping with the author or his words.