Excerpts from Alan Watts lectures
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This is just a bunch of little pieces from lectures Alan Watts a philosopher used to give when he was alive about religion the mind and body (some chapters might be my response to a topic) I don't know the title of most of his lectures
but enjoy and embark on the wonderful journey into philosophy
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