Alan Watts was a philosopher, lecturer and the West's foremost popularizir of Asian religion & philosophy. This autobiography tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution from a child of religious conservatives in rural England to a spiritual teacher who challenged Westerners to challenge convention and think for themselves.

Includes index.

The stoned wood -- Tantum religio -- I go to the Buddha for refuge -- On being half-miseducated -- My own university -- Dawn in the western sky -- The sunwise turn -- Paradox priest -- Interlude -- Journey to the edge of the world -- Beginning a counterculture -- Other selves -- Breakthrough -- The soul-searchers -- The sound of rain.