Anyone familiar with his works or any of the other "intellectuals" of that era? I've studied a lot of the philosophies of that era but I don't know much about Alan Watts and he's been recommended to me several times, but I don't know where to begin.

Is there anything I should start with?

Cheers,
Lost

Yea Allan Watts is good. Another of the early pioneers of the mod and beatniks, like Kerouac. I read a collected works of his called howl and other poems. Also, if you can, find the audio of Tom Waits reading allan watts america over piano. Good stuff.

Um... Alan Watts didn't write Howl or America. Allen Ginsberg did.

Alan Watts was a philosopher of that era. Like Ain Rand.

Cheers,
Lost

Oh wait, I know who your talking about now, he wrote on alot of eastern philosophies. My mom's into that guy. Not say he isn't good reading, I liked what iv'e read.

Yea, I just found a bunch of his books which are all really interesting. Nature man and woman, the watercourse way and the taboo against knowing who you are.