Myth and
Ritual in Christianity by Alan Watts (1953). If you’ve ever
attended a Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, or Anglican liturgy, you may have
wondered about all the ritual actions and words. What’s going on here? I’ve
wondered, having grown up in the Catholic Church, especially about the complex and rich liturgy of
Holy Week. Well, Alan Watts explains what’s going on, the symbolism and
the metaphysics. It was hard to pick one Watts book, as I’ve read and enjoyed a
number of them, but this one has been referenced many times, and therefore this
one gets the nod.
