Alan Watts Being in the Way

Ep. 42 – The Divine Madness of Love

2026-10-30

Challenging conventional ideas of sex and marriage, Alan Watts discusses surrendering to the divine madness of love.

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In this episode of Being in the Way, Alan Watts ponders:

Falling in love as one of the most insane things we can doThe idea of marriage versus the experience of falling in loveThe secret intent of the Christian repression of sexSexual yoga and seeing our partner as a mutual guru and studentThe unpredictability of falling in loveBeing truthful and setting each other free within a relationshipLove and the act of surrendering to another person

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“Love is an act of surrender to another person, total abandonment. I give myself to you. Take me. Do anything you like with me. So, that’s quite mad. It’s letting things get out of control. Actually, the course of wisdom (what is really sensible) is to let go, to commit oneself, to give oneself up, and that’s quite mad. So we come to the strange conclusion that in madness lies sanity.” —Alan Watts

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Being in the Way is a podcast series that explores the Alan Watts Archive’s 100-hour tape collection - including recordings not heard in 40 years. We will meet some of the people being influenced by the works of Alan Watts today and learn a little of the history behind how these remarkable recordings were made. 

Mark and his guests offer reflections on Alan’s ideas— ideas that were radically innovative and groundbreaking in the sixties and seventies, and yet seem to have come of age today.

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