Śiva's Brainchild

From Hinduism to the Brain

Brian Capleton

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Amarilli Books
14 December 2022

Oriental & Indian philosophy; Nature & existence of God; Comparative religion; Hinduism

Hinduism is ancient. Considered as one religion, it is the oldest religion on Earth. Modern scientific understanding, in contrast, is relatively very recent. It is only in this very recent mode of understanding that we have come to understand the basic material structure of the human brain is that of a supremely complex network.

We don't find anything in the Hindu corpus that refers to this, or to the modern scientific fact that our experience of self and world as human beings, is a construct of the functioning of this supremely complex network. And yet Hinduism itself contains, expressed through a cultural fabric, the representation of a supreme understanding, through which the most fundamental fact of modern brain science comes into focus.

The point of Hinduism, like that of any of the great religions, is the discovery of God, and not merely the provision of entertaining stories about our origins. With this in mind, this book contains a steep but fast shortcut into the core content behind the cultural fabric, in such a way that is compatible with Western inquiry, whilst giving full due regard to the profound and spiritual nature of the corpus.

It is all too easy to regard the pantheon of Hinduism as proof of its estrangement and disconnection from a religion such as Christianity, which amongst the religions predominates in the West. But such a judgement would be to overlook the one thing that all cultures and all religions have in common, and on which they depend for their expression, in the first place. Which is none other than human brain function.

In these pages the deeper content of the Hindu corpus and the single most fundamental fact of modern neuroscience, come together. They are exposed together, for anyone who is interested, to show how in a very 21st-century way, as well as in an ancient Hindu way, we are what Hinduism may might regard as Śiva's brainchild.

By: Brian Capleton
Imprint: Amarilli Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Onyx ed.
ISBN: 9781739258207
ISBN 10: 1739258207
Pages: 390
Publication Date: 14 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian Capleton holds a doctorate in music (philosophy of music) and is an alumnus of Trinity College of Music (now Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance), The Royal College of Music, and Wolfson College Oxford. He formerly lectured at the Royal National College, and his earliest publications were in the field of music, musical instruments, and musicology.He now writes both fiction and non-fiction. His fiction employs Mythic Symbolism, drawing on cross-cultural influences from Hinduism to Renaissance Neo-Platonism. His work is now founded on omnist and SBNR themes and in particular presents transpersonal spirituality and its relevance in the context of the contemporary endeavour to scientifically understand the brain.