1951 - 1960

Alan Watts became a popular lecturer at the Academy, and in 1953 was invited to speak on public radio station KPFA in Berkeley

Five years later he published his best-selling book, The Way of Zen, followed by the popular pamphlet Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen.

The Wisdom of Insecurity. Pantheon, New York, 1951.

Way Beyond the West

Pacifica Radio series, Berkeley, 1953-1958.

The Way of Zen, Pantheon Books, New York, 1958.

Nature, Man, and Woman. Pantheon, New York, 1958.

Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen. City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1959.