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Behold the Spirit: A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion
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Behold the Spirit: A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion Paperback - 1972

by Watts, Alan

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Vintage, 1972-02-12. Paperback. Good. 0.7992 in x 7.2008 in x 4.0000 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .
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  • Title Behold the Spirit: A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion
  • Author Watts, Alan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition Th
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date 1972-02-12
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0001175888
  • ISBN 9780394717616 / 0394717619
  • Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.28 x 4.33 x 0.82 in (18.49 x 11.00 x 2.08 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Mysticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00000000
  • Dewey Decimal Code 200

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First line

Philosophers and historians have been saying for years that the Western world is in a period of acute crisis.

From the rear cover

'I regard the book as one of the best-in fact the only first-rate-book in recent years in the field of religion. It gets to the fundamental problem, it honestly sees the weaknesses of contemporary Protestantism, and it attempts to diagnose and cure the evil in the only way a cure can be effected, namely by a doctrine with content at the basic metaphysical level.'-F.S.C. Northrop

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Behold The Spirit

"I regard [the] book as one of the best -- in fact the only first-rate -- book in recent years in the field of religion. It gets to the fundamental problem, it honestly sees the weaknesses of contemporary Protestantism, and it attempts to diagnose and cure the evil in the only way a cure can be effected, namely by a doctrine with content at the basic metaphysical level.

"It also goes further than this, recognizing contributions from Oriental religion which simply are not present in contemporary Western religion. More than this it shows how the traditional Western doctrine of the Incarnation and the Atonement can be reconciled with and combined with the intuitive religion of the Orient, such as that of Zen Buddhism. These are exceedingly important and outstanding achievements."

F.S.C. Northrop

"Behold the Spirit will, I think, prove to be one of the half-dozen most significant books on religion published in the twentieth century." Canon Iddings Bell

About the author

ALAN W. WATTS, who held both a master's degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity, is best remembered as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. Standing apart, however, from sectarian membership, he has earned the reputation of being one of the most original and "unrutted" philosophers of the twentieth century. Watts was the author of some twenty books on the philosophy and psychology of religion that have been published in many languages throughout the world, including the bestselling The Way of Zen. An avid lecturer, Watts appeared regularly on the radio and hosted the popular television series, Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life, in the 1960s. He died in 1973.